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I'm a traditionally and self published author. I write in the genre of children and YA at the moment but working my way up to adults. I'm a sports loving, photo taking gal who loves to sing/dance to my own enjoyment. I love to laugh even at myself. I am also owned by 8 birds and 2 hamsters, and yes they know it. :)
Author, Life, Sharon C. Williams

I’m back

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I am back from my trip to Maine. The days flew by, as they always do. But now I am back to step into the craziness that is my world. It is taking longer to get caught up this year. This is due to some health issues I am having. It has slowed me down but not stopped me completely. I just have to pace myself.

Two days after I stepped off the plan I had a doctor appointment and also an author’s showcase at a local library. I was off running. These are some of the items that need my attention now. I have two publishers that are interested in volume two of my children’s series. Also I need to round-up two interviews for the magazine I now work for. There are a bunch of books I need to read and review and after going through my email, I see there are requests for more. Squirrel Mafia will be released this month if all goes well so now I have to go over the final edits and let my editor know. The list is long of things I need to do. Isn’t it always the way it is? You cross off one or two items and add three or four which makes a never-ending cycle.

Luckily my house was still standing as my two guys did a good job of keeping it in shape. That helped sooooo much. Now I need to educate them on how to clean five bird cages.

I’m back. I’m ready. I hope that is.

 

Family, Maine, Sharon C. Williams

Time away

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It’s that time of year when I head up to Northern Maine to check up on my mom to see how she is doing. I live far up, I mean really really far up. It is roughly 12 miles from the Canadian border. My access to the internet will be spotty at best. My mom does not own a computer so I will be making my way to the one room library we have in town.

I will be leaving on the 10th and be back on the 25th. My home town walks on a slower pace of life. Which is good for when I get back, I get back into the fray.

A good visit for sure but it always goes by fast. Before I know it, I will be heading back down to North Carolina and getting back into the hectic live that is mine.

See you all soon.

 

Photos, Resources, Social Platforms

Social Platform Pictures

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Finding a free picture for one’s social platform can be tricky. The ones I do want tend to have a copyright attached to it or there are things you need to do if you want to use it if you can at all. A good way to work around that is just take your own pictures. That is what I have been doing lately. It is easier and there are no strings attached.

But it hit me after I posted a few pictures of my birds and some scenery that people could easily be taking my pictures for what ever reason. While that is not a big deal to me, some pictures I do want to protect. Asking my editor how she © her photos, I tried what she suggested. No such luck. She uses Windows while my OS of choice is Linux. To talk about why I switched quite a number of years ago would be another post all on its own.

But a wonderful thing called Google gave me some videos on how to protect my special pictures. It is quite easy, takes just a few minutes and voilà I am in business. Granted I won’t be © every photo I take, just the ones I share that are special to me and the family.

I have been a budding photographer for a while now, my husband and I both are. But I have stepped it up a notch especially since my new freelance writing and photography job came about. This is such a fun hobby. My husband will take pictures of people, while I am more a scenery kind of girl. That is until I noticed there is a contest in town where they are asking for people in the community photos. I did snag a few this weekend and have submitted them already. If nothing else, I got outside in the fresh air for a couple of hours at a local park that had a hiking path and got some exercise. And even more wonderful, I believe I have found a new writing spot for me to get motivated at. Win.

 

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