Creating Sparks and Sentences - and Happily Ever Afters

As if I needed more reason to love trees.   I mean, we all know trees technically grow books, and from books grow connections, bringing  readers together. Sure, there are e-readers and audio books, but I’d be surprised if there was anyone out there who’d never read a paper and print book they didn’t love. Surely? Even a text book; research papers; medical journals, if not a bona fide paperback. More than that; there are our book besties, book boyfriends, reading retreats - I mean, I could go on but you get the idea. You can’t have books without trees, and without books, we wouldn’t have any of the aforementioned. And that’s why I headed today’s article ‘ Trees, Books and Branching Out ’ because I just could not imagine a world without books. And trees. And the reading joy they create. Recently, I had a four-day round trip to nowhere. Ha! Sounds odd, I know, but I was delayed by something unexpected. I immediately sought refuge amongst the trees, and they did not disappoint. He...

3 Month Book Birthday, That Is (And my sister 👸 [not 3 months]) It's been a monumental week in the life of EN ROUTE. She passed her 3-month mark as a self-published memoir, which, incidentally, means that Amazon no longer feels the need to prop her up for visibility. So, in real terms, she's passed to the next level of independence as a self-published book! Hooray for EN ROUTE 🎉🥳 Book Blast: As is fitting for any birthday party, we celebrated in style. She had a blast! No really, a real BOOK BLAST! Duffy the Writer published a beautiful Book Blast for EN ROUTE.  You can read it at the link:  Book Blast for EN ROUTE by Duffy the Writer Or the short version here:  Shortened Book Blast Mother's Day Giveaway Another huge celebration for EN ROUTE was a giveaway for Mother's Day and I couldn't have asked for a more deserving winner! This mum literally took time out of her busy #mumlife while her daughters were sleeping, to read EN ROUTE. That's a true Mother's ...