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December 4, 2023
November 20, 2023
Faeries Never Lie - Cover Reveal!
Amor Actually - Audio Book Preorder Kiss Marry Kill with Leigh Bardugo
Untold Legends Episode 5 Stardust Records - Convergence Interview
@Margaux.Skywalker @SWMinifiguremocs @Cherriielle @Andrea.Sketches @ClaireKryze
I cannot wait to share this anthology with you.
-Z
October 31, 2023
Witchy Reads for All Hallows' Eve 🎃
@LAYAHIMILAYA on IG @MELIESCRIBBLES on IG.
Here are some lovely TikToks that I just had to share!
@exclusivepalmbeachliving love!
Thank you for all of your support, have a happy Halloween!
-Z
October 20, 2023
A Chaos Author’s Guide to Surviving Events
A Chaos Author’s Guide to Surviving EventsAt the beginning of the year, I made the decision that 2024 was a no-events year for me. They’re exhausting, and a cocktail of endorphins, humiliation, and ego-stroking only creatives can understand. I’ve been seeing a lot of discussion among writers about cons and festivals. I will explain further in this guide that no one asked for, but I kept thinking about after attending NYCC (Which was incredible, more at the end). I used to show up at cons and festivals and not know what to do, but over the last 12 years or so, I’ve learned how to maximize my time before and after events. So, here goes.
FIRST OF ALL, HOW DO I GET INVITED TO AN EVENT?As blobs of sentient matter, we have been programmed to anticipate invitations. There are the dreaded birthday parties at school, prom, weddings, someone’s dog birthday party, corporate parties. But an author waiting for an invitation to a convention or festival or bookstore, is a special kind of hell no one can prepare you for. For me, events have been the only way to get face time with readers and colleagues. I love the energy and love and creativity that readers give their writers. When I did the event circuit more often pre-pandemic, I could count on seeing certain writer friends at the same places, and certain readers. I’ve also attended events as a reader, without being invited as a professional, and still had an amazing time
Keeping in mind that this is a single experience, here are some scenarios:
It’s 2011. I’ve just sold my book and somehow (probably through twitter) found my way to a debut group. Here, other authors who are in my same newbie situation can navigate the new, shiny, world of publishing. My book isn’t out until June 2012, so it isn’t my time to do events yet because there’s nothing to sell (yet)! I still go to local book events and introduce myself to booksellers. The very first time I did this, the bookseller told me I could not do an event at her store, because my book wasn’t coming out in hardcover. Rude! But I kept attending events, this time at OTHER bookstores, who were much friendlier. Attending local events for fellow authors, especially in your genre, is a great way to support the community.
I also attended conferences on my own dime. Some, like RTCon (The Romantic Times Convention) was how I met 75% of the writer friends I still have now. I was not a “guest author” of the con, also I wouldn’t have had books to sell yet, but I loved my time there.
It’s 2016. I have a YA trilogy and an adult trilogy under my belt. I have my 7th novel coming out. This time, my publisher decided to send me to three industry conferences (that I can remember). The American Booksellers Association, the American Library Association, and Book Expo America. The publicist also pitches me to some festivals for after my book is out. What is the difference?
A tangent…
Signing conventions like RT (rip), all the Comic Cons, Book Bonanza, ApollyCon, SteamyLit, RARE, etc. etc—These are fan conventions. Writers go as talent. Here you have hundreds of authors all at once, thousands of participants, with craft and general panels. Some conferences accept applications. Some, the programmers have writers on their radars, and send them invitations through their agents or publishers (or directly!). Unless your publisher is footing the bill, this is coming out of your own pocket. For instance: Book Bonanza in 2023 cost me about $3000 to attend between hotel, flight, the con fees, shipping, ordering my own books, swag.
Book Signings can be solo events, panels, but usually organized at a bookstore. How do you get a book signing? You, the author, introduce yourself to the events person at your indie. Sometimes a bookstore is so small they don’t have one, but the managers and staff do double duty. If the idea of cold introductions makes you break out in hives, have your agent do it. Or, if you have a publicist and marketing team, ask if they can set something up. I’ve had signings where a single person attended, plus the nice booksellers who sat down just to have bodies in the audience. I’ve had events with 100 people. These numbers fluctuate and are not an indicator of your self worth. There will be other events, I promise. But whether you’re speaking to 1 person or 100, give it the same energy.
Industry conventions like the American Book Sellers and Librarians associations, respectively, are places where the publishers take the lead. They’re showcases of catalogs. (Forgive me if I don’t know how this functions on the Indie side.) Here, publishers have chosen a set of books to represent their publishing season. It’s like a coming out party for your novel, sometimes there are hors d'oeuvres. Authors dazzle, or panic, or dazzlingly panic through meet and greets, anxiety-inducing teas, and sign ARCs.
Book festivals are community or city centered. The LA Times, Tucson, Brooklyn, Miami Book Fair…these tend to have the backing of schools and universities, or funding from the cities themselves. These are also perfect if you’re a local author and can attend.
Tangent over….
It's 2017. I was invited to keynote SirenCon, a feminist SFF convention. Here, the festival covers travel, food, and a speaking stipend. I was honored and surprised at the invitation and accepted right away. I can’t say there’s anything I “did” to get invited as a speaker here. But the more books you publish, the more you do to connect within your genre community, the more organizers can get to know your books and keep you in mind for events.
HOW DO I BEHAVE AT EVENTS?
While I’ve had grand ol’ times getting tipsy at the author functions, I’m so glad there wasn’t much of an Instagram presence at these events. And again, none of this might work for you, but I keep to these basics:
Be patient. Everyone is having a crisis. Books might not arrive on time, a speaker’s flight is delayed, the hotel has run out of ketchup on day one, someone’s reservation is missing, someone got dumped. We walk around carrying our own invisible little worlds, and we want others to be patient with us, so return that.
Introduce yourself. I never expect anyone to know my name, let alone pronounce it. So, when you meet someone, say your name. A simple, “hi I’m XYZ” helps. Even to refresh someone’s memory. Plus, It’s really presumptive to assume anyone knows your name. Or, if you perhaps have a popular name, say your last name because otherwise I have to text someone I know all like “who dat?”
Research. If you’re on a panel, google your panelists! If you can, read their books. I know when I’ve had several panels, it becomes hard to read 15 books before a conference, but I try to familiarize myself with what these books are about and who I’m sharing space and community with.
Greet your panelists. This feels like an obvious thing, but I’ve been in situations where I go to say hi to everyone, but one author doesn’t say hi to anyone. Part of me was ready to be dismissive and annoyed, but then he said hi at the end and said he was nervous. So being patient came in handy.
Leave your ego at home. I do think there’s part of being a creative that simply comes with a dash of narcissism. The idea that we are willing to put our word spaghetti out there for strangers to love and hate and mock and love some more, requires even a flash of confidence. Embrace it. You’ve got the goods! So, what do I mean when I say “leave your ego at home”? I mean this isn’t about you. Unless the conference or event has your name on it—don’t worry, I’m not planning ZoCoCon anytime soon—you’re there as part of a community.
This word gets tossed around a lot, but even within the large BOOK COMMUNITY there are small subsets. This happens when you find your people. Friends you can walk around a festival with or attend panels to support others. They are a sounding board.
What happens when you don’t leave your ego at home? Idk, but I think you set yourself up to have a rotten time, if not in the moment, then down the line.
A caveat…
Look, it’s hard to know how a festival or event or conference or convention will turn out. The best you can do is be prepared, have back-up plans, and go with the flow. The only thing you can and should control is your own attitude and presence there.
I’ve had colleagues get mad at me for not going to their festival panels because I chose to go to a coffee shop and write during my break. I’ve reached out to authors to connect who never wrote back or simply had no interest in an author friendship. I’ve had book signings at conventions where I sold literally 6 books in 4 hours and felt utterly humiliated because other authors were selling hundreds. I’ve missed panels because I did not write my schedule down correctly, so this one is truly my bad.
It is not my job to balance everything that goes wrong at a professional event, or other people’s behaviors towards me. But when I walk into an event, I know I’m there to present my author self, to meet readers and fellow writers, have a good time plus a dirty martini, and go home. I have learned patience over the years. There are situations that call for rage, but that’s a different newsletter.
These are all cautionary tales. You will figure out what works best for you when navigating this landscape.
BUT, WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON’T GET INVITED TO A FUN THING?!
For a long time, I didn’t know how to get to attend one of these. I would see other writers go and wonder why not me?! You might ask yourself, why didn’t my publisher choose my book? Why didn’t this festival accept my application?
There are many factors.
Maybe your book wasn’t out this season, and you should remind your publisher of the events you’re open to attending.
Maybe there aren’t arcs out in time for the event.
Maybe it just didn’t happen.
Let’s say….if you really, truly dream of going to the LA Times Book Festival, tell your team. Your agent and editor are your messengers. You should feel comfortable and safe communicating that with them, because no one can read your mind. When I did this, the publisher team said they would be happy to pitch me, but there was no budget to send me. I weighed my options, and ultimately decided against going, but told them to keep me in mind when something changed.
I’ve had years where my publicist pitches me, but I don’t get selected by the event coordinators. I’ll try again next time. I’ve also been invited to romance signing festivals, and I knew I was only getting an invitation because there was public outcry that the authors of color were less than 10% of attending authors. I still went, had a jolly good time, though I was not invited back for 2024, which I honestly did not think twice about since it’s not in my yearly budget this time.
When I see that programming already has badass BIPOC women on deck, I don’t go “why not me?” I go, “YASSSS” for them. There is no room in my life to envy what another author has. (This is different than calling out publishing for lack of inclusion and equity). I’ve seen too many authors eaten up by their own ego and narcissism that I wonder how they can enjoy the very thing they’ve worked so hard for. I’ve seen people depressed over the lack of invites to Coveted Festival ™.
Don’t let a lack of invitation harden you or make you bitter. It doesn’t service your craft. I hate the advice that you need thick skin to navigate the world. Even if you need thick skin for armor, keep your heart open.
OTHER PRACTICAL THINGS
This has gone way longer than I intended. As I was enjoying my NYCC, I keep thinking how glad I was that I knew my way around the Javits. There have been times when I don’t know where I’m going. Some festivals include a town map, and while the Javits is as big as some towns, the maps don’t always help. So…
Give yourself half an hour longer than you think you’ll need. Whether it’s getting dressed or getting a cab.
Screenshot or write down important numbers: publicist, helper of the day, event staff. I was almost late to a signing but I called and texted to let them know I was ON MY WAY.
Bring a convention kit—mints, hand sanitizer (germs!), LOTION, pills for nausea, band-aids, (I always carry an extra tampon because someone is going to ask for one, and it might be your uterus surprising you), and deodorant. I forgot mine and had to buy it on the show floor. I have always either used, or gifted something from my con-kit.
Have a snack in your bag. I don’t care if it’s candy or protein, but every day this week I forgot my own rule. I forgot to eat lunch and felt dizzy and dehydrated by 3PM. Shout out to Macmillan who had croissants at their booth which I scarfed down like the gremlin I am.
Comfort cute is your friend. I know. MORE FASHION. MORE FASHION. But signing and standing and running around required sturdy shoes and clothes. Whatever you feel good in is the way to go.
Thank the people who work with you. Your publisher is not your employee, nor are you theirs. They are your partners, so thank the people who run your lines.
Thank the convention and festival staff. Often, especially at local festivals, people are volunteers. They need as much patience as you do.
I hope this is helpful. But most of all, have the best fucking time.
Love,
Zoraida
September 29, 2023
MERMAIDS NEVER DROWN 🌊 Out Now!
Listen to Untold Legends Here!
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Thank you so much for reading my newsletters and supporting me.
-Z
August 9, 2023
Kiss the Girl is a USA Today Bestseller, and other updates!
This morning I got a text from a fellow romance author congratulating me. I released my 20th novel, Kiss the Girl, last week Tuesday. I went on my first tour, which was incredible. I went to three cities, plus home in NYC. I slept maybe 10 hours across five days, still managed to write six thousand words toward my middle grade draft (I turned it in on Monday, thank you.) So I’ve been pretty tired. Which is why my answer was a very elegant, “?”
Kiss the Girl had hit #38 on the USA Today Bestseller’s List.
In the book world, which most of you who read this newsletter know, hitting a list is the most coveted goal when publishing a novel. Since I was a baby debut author in 2012, I have seen authors twist themselves into knots about this. I learned early on that hitting lists was not where I wanted to spend energy. You can’t always control this outcome. It’s a whole thing, but anyway, alls to say that I haven’t hit a bestseller list. I’ve been in anthologies that have hit (Star Wars), it’s never been one of my books.
When I mentioned this in a post on Instagram, I got a lot of DMs expressing disbelief that I’ve never hit. I’ve been publishing for 11 years and have published 20 novels in that decade plus. I’ve had books that have done badly, mostly well, and a few super well. I know what’s in my control. I know what publishers can do to set up a book for success. My job is just to keep writing.
This past week I met so many reader. I caught up with old friends. I listened to people tell me a memory associated with me, show me tattoos, give me letters, tears, hugs. As a writer I ideate in community, but I create alone. During this solitude it’s easy to forget why we’re writing and who we’re writing for.
All this to say, thank you for reading my books. If you missed out on the pre-order campaign but bought a copy of Kiss the Girl reply to this email with your receipt or a picture of your book, address (open internationally), and I’ll ship them out to you.
Other updatesI turned in my last deadline. It’s a Star Wars novel and I’m so excited to edit it.
I am working on fun promo for my next anthology, co-edited with Natalie C. Parker, Mermaids Never Drown.
I’m editing my next novel, and seen below.
As much as this industry changes, and success veers like a tempest-tossed ship, I know where I’ll be. Writing the next book.
June 17, 2023
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June 6, 2023
KISS THE GIRL pre-order campaign & tour! [with links]
The two months leading up to release are chaos. I have done this 20 times, and every books comes with its own challenges, fears, excitement, and expectations. It’s 31 flavors of writer anxiety. I suppose for non-writer folk, it’s like someone telling you to enjoy your wedding or massive party, except you can’t truly sink in and revel in the celebration because you’re thinking about everything and everyone else.
I don’t know if this time will be different. I feel like I need a chaperone to remind me to relax, sink into the moment. ENJOY the fruits of my labor. I’ll try. I promise.
For this book, Kiss the Girl, I’ve decided to commission some art and do a fun giveaway. It’s a bit ambitious because June is shaping up to be hectic and fun. I’m writing a book (Star Wars!), attending a book conference (come see me if you’re at Book Bonanza!) and turning 36 all before going home to Ecuador for the month of July.
Here’s the art by Yasmín Flores Montanez, who also illustrated my Shark-Girl vs. Namor one-shot for Marvel!
The print will have a holographic finish and measures 5.5X8.5”
I can’t seem to write a book without a fuzzy mascot. This will make sense after you read Kiss the Girl but for now, here’s. acute guinea pig riding a shooting star! Art by Cherriielle!
I know. Such cute. Too much cute!
Claim your set by filling out this Google form! [forgot the link >.
Tour infoTimes and links will be going up soon, but for now, save the dates! If I’m coming to your city, I really hope to see you!
August 1st - Books Inc. - San Francisco, CA w/ Jasmine Guillory
August 2nd - Book Soup - Los Angeles, CA w/ Leigh Bardugo
August 3rd - Book People - Austin, TX w/ Nisha Sharma & Ali Hazelwood
August 4th - Kew & Willow Books - Queens, NY w/ Adriana Herrera
What I’m loving…BOOKS!
The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker - A tween wolf pack solves a mystery!
Into the Glades by Laura Sebastian - A group of kids saves a magical swamp!
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera - A sapphic historical romance set in Paris!
MOVIES:
I watched the Dungeons & Dragons movie. I have not played the game so I went into it for Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez. It was amazing. I loved every second of it. I need to watch it again with a bowl of candy and some popcorn and just enjoy every second of it again. By the end, I was like, how am I crying over D&D!?
More soon. For now, love love love,
Z
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April 14, 2023
Deadlines and Rejections: A short story
A Note from your author: New location, same ramblings. As you can see, I have moved from Mailchimp to Substack. If you signed up for one of my newsletters, that is why you’re here. I hope you stay with me.
A Perfect Circle Four months into 2023 and I have hit two deadlines. The first was the final, final proofs for Kiss the Girl, book three in Disney’s series of standalone contemporary romance novels. I’ll be talking more about it closer to publication (August 1st!). I have a special pre-order gift in the works. But that’s not what this newsletter is about.
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It’s about deadlines and rejections.
I sold my first book twelve years and a month ago. March 16, 2011. The book was The Vicious Deep, a novel that is now out of print. It is still my heart child, the book that was my first step into the ~ahem~ tempestuous seas of publishing. When I think of this book, I remember the 23-year-old I was. Big dreams. A little naive. Loud and happy. I was paid a four-figure advance, but it didn’t matter because I had a full-time job, which I didn’t quit for another six-ish years. It was also a book that was rejected all over town. I was lucky enough to find an editor that loved my voice and wanted to work with me. She left Sourcebooks around when Book 2 was in edits, but she taught me so much about how to edit a book.
Bookmaking is a cyclical process. Though every publisher has different protocols, the process generally goes as follows: Draft 1, Edit 1, Edit 2, Line edit, Copyedit, 1st pass/proofs, final pass, 2P (second pass).
When you think of how long it takes to make something, you can’t help but marvel at the fact that someone is going to read a book in a day, a week, a single feverous sitting.
Though what happens when the book is printed is largely out of my control, I still think of that reader. I think about who my audience is. I think about who my audience isn’t. I write with myself as my first audience. But this is my job. I am an artist and the corporate boss all at once, to a certain extent.
Twelve years in this industry makes me feel out of place. I had more ideas now that when I first started, but as I struggle to meet my deadlines, I also feel like. I am running out of time. This is, of course, bananapants. There is no time limit to success. But there’s something about creative industries that want to reward the new, the shiny. As someone who loves shiny things, I get it. Our industry is going through a lot of changes. There’s uncertainty about what will sell big, what the next trend is, what is the book. It is enough to feel discouraged as hell.
But. Here’s the but… I remember being an 18-year-old intern, once upon a time, and this exact same thing happened then! Seventeen years ago! (Sorry, I am having a moment about my grizzled old age.)
So this is me giving myself some grace when it comes to writing. To deadlines. To quiet books releases. To books that last, long after the buzz dies down. The thing I control is the shape that my books take. Everything else is external and dependent on the business partners I’ve chosen.
The second deadline I met this year is the first draft of my follow-up to The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina. What is this mystery book? Well, not such a mystery. See the announcement below from almost a year ago.
The Fall of Rebel Angels is no longer set for fall 2023. Sorry, I tried. I am so beyond burned out, I might as well disintegrate into ash like an incense stick. Or snapped like Thanos is in charge of my life. I wrote the first version of a book that has been living in my head for seven years, spinning, percolating, morphing into a story-shaped thing. It’s still not ready, but I will be working on it this year.
Small confession: I’m also realizing that my difficulty in writing lately comes from wanting to be better. Sharper sentences. Unique imagery. Wity dialogue. I strive to get better with every book, which means approaching my 21st novel comes with a lot of self-inflicted pressure.
Thanks to you, incredible readers and friends, Orquídea Divina is my best-selling book. None of my books have had this much support from a publisher, and I felt it for the first time. I’ve had writer friends text and email me as they read, which always feels great when your colleagues and people you admire compliment your work. It is almost paralyzing to think of writing when all I want it for the lucid dreams of angels and demons and witches needs to be better than anything I’ve written in the past.
With the highs come the lows. I had a publisher (kidlit) reject a book I really wanted to write. My Stripped adaption is canceled in development. I got another pass on a project I’ve been chipping away at for literal years. These will not be my last rejections, and I’m okay with that. I have learned things work out on their own. Success looks different at several stages, but I will keep feeding my ambition. Feel, then move on is my motto this season.
In some ways, not a lot has changed in my decade-plus of being a writer. Some successes feel big. Some rejections feel brutal. It is a cycle. The only way to stop it is to get off the track and I’m not ready to do that (despite the many many threats of quitting and running away to the woods).
Until next time.
Write on like,
Zoraida
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December 6, 2022
A very spicy Christmas & other updates 🎁
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Dear Reader,
It’s that time of year again. For me, it doesn’t quite feel like it yet. When I was a kid, first having immigrated to New York City from Ecuador, my winters were full of snow. I know I was shorter back then, but the snow was piled up to my knees. We made giant snowmen on our Jamaica Queens street corner. When there was so much snow that they closed a street, we weren’t sledding on orange plastic sleds from the hardware store on Hillside Ave. Trees were encrusted with ice, glistening during the day. So yes, I love the holidays in New York. It hasn’t snowed yet, and decades later, I don’t think it will. But, this year we’re heating things up with an anthology very dear to my heart.
Together with other Latina romance writers, we came up with Amor Actually. Published last year, the collection follows nine couples getting their HEA. We were inspired by the modern classic, Love Actually but made the stories all out own.
I have two stories: “Love in Spanglish” about a heartbroken romance writer who gets snowed in with a handsome Chilean man. Despite the language barrier, sparks fly.
The second story is called “The Great (Holiday) Escape” about an exhausted woman who gets a vacation to Miami and meets, not one, but two men, who have been waiting for their love to be complete.
You can read them in order or our of order. You can read one at a time or binge them. Buddy read with a couple of friends! Just don’t miss it!
Amor Actually is a holiday romance anthology.
Nochebuena. One Party. Nine Happily Ever Afters.
It’s Christmas Eve in New York City, when anything is possible. For these couples, it’s the season to find true love. From second chances, big leaps, missed connections, and reconnections, this charming collection celebrates the spirit of the holidays and delivers nine perfect HEAs.
From seven acclaimed and bestselling Latina authors—Zoey Castile, Alexis Daria, Adriana Herrera, Diana Muñoz Stewart, Priscilla Oliveras, Sabrina Sol, and Mia Sosa—comes a holiday romance collection that will warm your heart.
For the Star Wars fan, my novel Convergence has been out for one week! This novel was an effort of love to the finish line. If you haven’t been following Star Wars publishing, then here’s your crash course. The High Republic started with Phase I. New stories. New Jedi. New baddies. Same galaxy far far away.
My novel is the first one in Phase II, 350 years before the events we know in the Star Wars we grew up with. Convergence is a book about two planets at war, love, hope, betrayal, and finding your place in the greater galaxy. There’s a B&N special edition hardcover, a regular hardcover, a Goldsboro special edition with sprayed edges. And the companion novel wraps things up with Lydia Kang’s Cataclysm.
The next adventure in the High Republic begins expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story set generations before Light of the Jedi.
It is an age of exploration. Jedi travel the galaxy, expanding their understanding of the Force and all the worlds and beings connected by it. Meanwhile, the Republic, led by its two chancellors, works to unite worlds in an ever-growing community among near and distant stars.
On the close orbiting planets of Eiram and E’ronoh, the growing pains of a galaxy with limited resources but unlimited ambition are felt keenly. Their hatred for each other has fueled half a decade of escalating conflict and now threatens to consume surrounding systems. The last hope for peace emerges when heirs from the two planets’ royal families plan to marry.
Before lasting peace can be established, an assassination attempt targeting the couple tilts Eiram and E’ronoh back into all-out war. To save both worlds, Jedi Knight Gella Nattai volunteers to uncover the culprit, while Chancellor Kyong appoints her son, Axel Greylark, to represent the Republic’s interests in the investigation.
But Axel’s deep distrust of the Jedi sparks against Gella’s faith in the Force. She’s never met such a puffed-up, privileged party boy, and he’s never met a more self-serious, relentless do-gooder. The more they work to untangle the shadowy web of the investigation, the more complicated the conspiracy appears to be. With accusations flying and potential enemies in every shadow, the pair will have to work together to have any hope of bringing the truth to light and saving both worlds.
Above: Here’s a photo from my book launch, where I was in conversation with the fabulous mystery writer Alex Segura at the B&N in Union Square, NYC.
Below: Star Wars artist Jake Bartok did a fan art mock-up of the four main characters in Convergence. Reader, I love them.
BUY STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC: CONVERGENCE
Because it’s the season for giving gifts and thanks, I wanted to thank everyone who reads these sporadic newsletters. New and long-time subscribers and readers. Truly, thank you!
Here’s a song I’ve been listening to. My brother’s band THE DREAMLAND FIRE and their song “Sapphire.” Hope you love it!
Feliz Navidad, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas.I hope your holidays are full of joy and family, and that you get good rest in preparation for 2023.
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