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Paula Johnson

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By day, I’m a copywriter and designer who helps authors, performers, experts, and growing companies with all things marketing.

After hours, I write fiction and do stand-up comedy and improv.

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Making it up as I go along

I find myself doing random acts of improv-adjacent behavior.

Recently at the market, a dad and daughter were behind me in line. The little girl asked "What's this for?" pointing to the coiled rope that is extended to block off closed checkstands.

Without thinking, my mouth opened and I told her "When the store has celebrity checkers, that's the rope the bouncer uses to keep the riff-raff out."

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The Alchemist of All Hallows Eve by Gigi Pandian
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I love this series! The mystery, as always, comes together in with a few wrong turns thrown in. But "Dorian entertained the baby" is reason enough to want to read this book! ...more
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Deadly Does It by Abbi Waxman
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Another fun mystery, this time with road trips and sisterly angst.
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Murder on the Sacred River by Tasha Alexander
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The Lady Emily Ashton Mysteries start at the end of the Victorian era and, with this twentieth installment, continue into the late Edwardian era.

The author always delivers a proper British mystery and, sometimes, a (seemingly) unrelated secondary st
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The Creativity Playbook by Scott Shimamoto
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Full disclosure: I designed the cover and formatted the pages, so I ended up reading this book at least five times.

If you don't have the patience for a big, fat book of theories, Scott has you covered. He's written a slim volume of his tried-and-tru
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Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
Mad Mabel
by Sally Hepworth (Goodreads Author)
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Elsie (aka Mabel) is a true survivor, and her story unfurls in alternating "then" and "now" chapters. The audiobook narrators did a stellar job. ...more
The Amazon Author Formula by Penny C. Sansevieri
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Murder in Blackfriars by Jennifer Ashley
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While the new narrator's voice threw me for a loop at first, I soon recovered and enjoyed the goings-in Kat's life. Big changes for her, Daniel, and Grace! ...more
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God’s Junk Drawer by Peter Clines
God’s Junk Drawer
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I picked this novel based on the title alone. (What would be in God's junk drawer?! )While I found the book hard to put down, I also rationed my reading because didn't want it to end. The premise and characters were so engaging. I hope this gets made ...more
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Albert Einstein
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
― Albert Einstein

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
― Henry Thomas Buckle

Bill Watterson
“You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
What mood is that?
Last-minute panic.”
― Bill Watterson

“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”
― Rita Mae Brown

Ayn Rand
“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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