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I swear the next book I write is going to be the 10,000 things I should have known about self-publishing. Except I'm pretty sure I still don't know all those things.

I feel like one of my characters who keeps complaining she needs a Things That Don't Work manual.

I just realized it was colder in Boston, MA today than it was in Fairbanks, AK where I once lived. It only got down to -3° there.

It was -19° at my daughter's home in NH this morning. At least she knows how to live in very cold environments, having grown up in Alaska.

We got off easy with the ice storms. No trees down in my area, but lots of branches all over.

A friend just got her power back today - 5 days without.

Lots of independent contractors running around with chainsaws, cutting up fallen trees and branches and hauling them off.

Feel back for the folks up north since in Boston it was -9° this morning. They're not used to that.

I was notified about a coffee recall. For hot chocolate. Which I didn't buy. I got coffee. 😕

My sister got an "FBI" notification from a FB email from a google account that her refusal to pay $150 to get money returned to her would result in her arrest. I sent it off to the FBI and told her to ignore it. Does anyone fall for this? Guess so, or they wouldn't keep sending it out. 😦

yahoo.com/gma/ex-colleague-sup

Wed, February 1, 2023, 11:14 AM CST

A Boston attorney and former colleague of U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts' wife, Jane, has filed a complaint with Congress and the Justice Department alleging her work as a legal recruiter poses a conflict of interest at the Supreme Court.

yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-a

The standard of proof in a civil cast is a preponderance of the evidence (51%).

No 5th Amendment protection.

This is how OJ Simpson got taken down.

My sister was making a meat dish and Kinley was so interested in the smell I was able to get a capture of her. She's usually camera shy

What in the ever loving 🖕is going on with elderly mass murderers?! I thought by our age we should have our 💩 together enough that this does not happen. TWICE in a few days? More WTF!

Okay, I know some moderately basic bonkers seniors. Grumpy. Skeevy. Some disintegrating mentally-sad. Some lacking the good sense of a goat. But this???

I know people say it’s not the guns. I’ve been a hunter. It’s the guns. Without a gun there doesn’t get to be a mass shooting.

Ahh, FB AI. I got hammered twice for spam for saying Counter Social. I have an authors page there so I have to play nice.

So I made this graphic and I'm telling all my friends it is a counter with social people under it.

This is one of those free links from NYT that I have the opportunity to share. I know one person had a problem where it didn't work for them before, so I hope this works for anyone who wants to look at it.

This is a discussion a case at SCOTUS regarding responsibility of websites for posted content.

As someone who once practiced law I follow things like this. As, as always seems to happen, I am of two minds about it.

What are your thoughts?

nytimes.com/2023/01/19/technol

So the UF I've been working on is launching the end of the month. I swear if I could just write instead of dealing with all the marketing... Yeah, dream on, right?

I finally have a book trailer up on YouTube. Maybe tomorrow I can figure out how to make it give me functioning links to the website. Or not.

youtu.be/wViX-fpCyHU

A great benefit of Harry bringing mental health to the forefront of his discussions about life is that it's getting more attention. Which it needs.

Free article nytimes.com/2023/01/10/well/ps

Some of my friends are all upset, because women in the Missouri House of representatives have to cover their arms under the new rules. So I went and looked up with the men have to wear in the House of Representatives in Missouri. Suits and ties.

So I said hey I looked it up and the men all I have to wear suits and ties so gals can dress the same.

This is what I sometimes dislike about the media. And the women that are bitching about it need to get an attitude adjustment.

Has anyone here ever used Reedsy Discovery to get reviews one could use on a website or in other venues?

I just learned about this.

Obviously, not Amazon unless they went there directly.

My dog got me up at 5 o’clock this morning. We usually get up around seven so that she can take her walk when the sun rises. We were walking and using a flashlight today.

I hope that coffee makes everything OKer.

This is what I get for going to bed early last night.

I don't consider this politics, but some would, so I'm tagging it.

There's been a major document release I found out about on Politico, which I recommend reading for an overview. politico.com/news/2023/01/02/j

I've been waiting for material like this to do my own deep dive.

They didn't give the database where all this is, but I found this one in the event anyone is interested. I'm going to devote an hour a day to this.

justsecurity.org/77022/january

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