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latest book by a client

my new novel, Blood & Water

Blood & Water -- a novel
I have embarked on an experiment: publishing this novel with themes I care about deeply via an almost-free ebook self-publishing service. The book is available on all online places, including libraries. If you like the book or are interested in this company, contact me for a guide to self-publishing your own book online.
The world of ebook self-publishing has expanded. This service -- Draft2Digital seems the best so far to me.
New methods of self-publishing
Let me help you discover the best way to produce your works. The options have improved.
nature diaries by women (partial list)
Fishing Diary by Muriel Foster
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
Love Among the Butterlies by Margaret Fountaine,
Notes from a Natualist's Diary, Clarie Walker Leslie
Tracks, Roybyn Davidson
Home at Grasmere, Dorothy Wordsworth
Frist Spring, Phylllis Meras
Rural Hours, Susan Fenimore Cooper
The Flowrer and the Nettle, Anne Morrow Lindbrgh
Plant Dreaming Deep, May Sarton
Earthly Paradise, Colette
Pigrim. at Tinker Creak, Annie Dillard
Comprehensive book publishing
These days I am helping a client produce an ebook and print book,plus cover and distribution. A complicated proces but worth it in content and contribution.
I edited her novel back in the '80s so it is extra special to have another work of hers.
Help for those of us over 60
I am offering counseling that addresses emotional conditions. Through short sessions on Zoom or by phone we'll talk, discuss breathing, sleep problems, food/weight, using Tarot cards or the I Ching. We'll celebrate birthdays or goals reached. We'll advise each other on staying well.
Projects during coronavirus

Since Covid-19 I have been editing and producing memoirs for people, plus one crime thriller. I have found a fast, meticulous printer that I love. These projects have been very satisfying to work on. I can show you what they look like online. These have been an honor to work on.
Author Amor Towles
Reading Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, I am absorbed by his command of language. It seems 19th century, sometimes slow, but precise and illuminating.
Anais Nin talk
In 2015 I was part of a program with those who knew Anais Nin and spoke about those experiences. Here's the video. If you click on the description, you can search for my name, but everyone else is awesome.
See right hand column for direct link.
https://youtu.be/CS7lu9U4sU8