Happy Family Reunion Month!

       This month I'll be joining millions of you as we have various family reunions and gatherings with friends.   July can be a nostalgic time (as well as very hot!)  My family's gatherings will include our annual July 4th reunion with members of my wife's family as well as family gatherings from my side with my kids' families in New Jersey and a visit to my sibs in Tennessee (and maybe a drop-in on an old friend or two). 

 

       Many of you probably have similar things going on.  It's a wonderful topic to blog about.  Sharing pictures, travel stories and tips, genealogy ideas, food adventures, and so much more!  So much content for a blogger that it can provide a wealth of inspiration.

        What are you going to be doing this summer?  Do you have any family reunions in the future?  Do you like to blog about your personal life?

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June is Officially Audiobook Appreciation Month

Why I love audiobooks:

• ·         You can listen to them while you’re exercising, cooking, cleaning, driving, doing admin.

Why I’m not fond of audiobooks:

• ·         I have ADHD and sometimes I lose track of the story as my mind wanders and I’m lost until I figure out what’s going on (or I’ll have to skip back… never fun).

Why I love audiobooks:

• ·         It makes stories accessible to people who can’t read (dyslexic, blind, arthritis making it hard to hold physical books, etc.).

Why I’m not fond of audiobooks:

• ·         The characters never sound the way I imagined them – you know, with my voice that I hear in my head.

LOL. The benefits far outweigh my concerns regarding audiobooks.

As an author I know it’s expensive to have audiobooks made (you need a whole production team: narrator, producer, editor, etc.) but I also know that it is a market segment that is underserved. Which is why I have no issue with digitally narrated audiobooks, and even partnered with Apple to get all my books digitally narrated. I also narrate my own audiobooks, though it’s a slow process to get from manuscript to finished audiobook.

You can see all of my audiobooks here.

Why not take a chance this month and try out an audiobook? You can get them from your library, various subscription services like Spotify, you can buy them from online retailers (and sometimes directly from the author), and there are even authors posting their audiobooks for free on YouTube.

Go and immerse yourself in a fantastical world.

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A to Z Road Trip 2025 #AtoZChallenge2025

IT'S ROAD TRIP TIME!

Road trip is our annual post-challenge tradition, which gives everyone an opportunity to visit others, and catch up on things they missed in April. Do you have blogs on your list you didn't get around to read? Did you run out of time and not get to follow along as much as you wanted to? Here is your chance!

FIRST: Sign up for the Road Trip! You can do it here. You can choose which one of your A to Z posts you want people to land on. Also, get the Road Trip badge from the graphics page above for your own blog!

SECOND: Get copies of the Road Trip List and the Master List to use as a guide!

THIRD: Start visiting blogs! You can go through the list of those who are participating in Road Trip. Read some posts, leave some comments! Leave a link to your blog. Visit back those who visit your blog. Go to the Master List, and visit some blogs that you didn't get the chance to in April! Enjoy!

LAST, BUT NOT LEAST: There is no time limit for Road Trip! Visit and read at your leisure. 

HAVE FUN!

Important dates for 2026:

March 9-14 Theme Reveal

March 23- April 4 Sign-up

May 4-9 Reflections

May 11 - Road Trip opens

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