People say that books are dead all the time 📚💭, but after this weekend and seeing how many people came out for the Sacramento Book Festival (est. 7,000) 🎉📖, I will never believe that again 🙌❤️.
#SacramentoBookFestival #Readers #BookCommunity #BooksAreAlive #ReadingCommunity #LiteraryLife #booksky

Attending the Sacramento Book Festival yesterday 📚✨ and talking with readers and fellow authors 🤝📖 always rejuvenates me 🌿 and reminds me why I love the written word so much ❤️.
#SacramentoBookFestival #AuthorCommunity #Readers #BookCommunity #WritingLife #LiteraryLife #booksky

One of my favorite scents is lavender 💜🌿. It's also pleasant to look at 👀✨.
#Lavender #NatureLovers #CalmVibes #SimpleJoy #PeacefulMoments #booksky

Okay, Sacramento readers, tomorrow is the day! 🎉📚 The Sacramento Book Festival is upon us 📖✨. Put on your best book swag 👕📚 and come out to meet over 250 authors in one place 🤩. This is the place to be!! 🔥
#SacramentoBookFestival #Readers #BookCommunity #AuthorEvents #Sacramento #BookLife #booksky

I took a long break from writing my fantasy series, the one that first got me published ✍️📚, but I decided to focus and finish writing a book I started nine years ago ✨. Making progress toward completing it finally 🎉.
#WritingLife #AuthorCommunity #FantasyBooks #Progress #BookCommunity #booksky

My California State Fair featured author today is Michele Drier 📚✨, who writes “cozies with an edge” 🔍🖤 You can find her books at her website: micheledrier.me 🌐
#CaliforniaStateFair #AuthorSpotlight #Readers #MysteryBooks #CozyMystery #BookCommunity #booksky

✍️📚 I'm feeling nostalgic. ✨ This photo was taken at a Borders in Santa Rosa in 2010. 📖 Borders is no more, but the book, Emerald, starts an epic romantasy journey before romantasy was a "thing" 💚🐉
#Romantasy #FantasyRomance #FantasyReaders #RomanceReaders #MagicalWorlds #BookCommunity #booksky

Add the Sacramento Book Festival to your weekend plans 📚✨ It’s the place to be on Sunday, April 19th 🎉
#SacramentoBookFestival #BookSky #Readers #BookCommunity #AuthorEvents #WeekendPlans #LiteraryLife #booksky

I take care of my thirteen month old granddaughter three days a week, and this week's word reflects how I feel sometimes when I'm trying to do something for her, and she is opposed (like changing her diaper). 😄👶🍼
#booksky #GrandparentLife #Toddlers #FamilyLife #ParentingHumor

We live in a world of distractions, and it's so hard to be present in the moment. 📱💭 I like this quote because it's a good reminder that people in our lives deserve all of us. ❤️✨
#booksky #BePresent #Mindfulness #LifeReflections #RelationshipsMatter

My mission for this week is to maintain focus. 🎯✨ It's so easy to get distracted by everything else, and I have a tendency to be like a hummingbird, flitting from one thing to another. 🐦💭

#booksky #StayFocused #WritingGoals #Productivity #AuthorLife #Mindset

I've only seen baby's breath used as a filler in a bouquet with other flowers, not growing on its own, but it definitely doesn't deserve its second fiddle reputation. 🌸✨
#booksky #BabysBreath #FlowerLovers #NatureBeauty #Underrated #SimpleJoys

One of my favorite quotes is "The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley" by Robert Burns. 💬📖 Modern translation: "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." This past week's theme. So I decided to accept it & spend time enjoying the rain. 🌧️✨
#booksky #RobertBurns #RainyDays

This week's featured author is Sharon S Darrow, who writes historical memoirs. 📚✨ You can find her books at her website: www.sharonsdarrow.com
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#booksky #AuthorSpotlight #FeaturedAuthor #CaliforniaStateFair #HistoricalMemoir #BookCommunity

It's almost here. 🎉📚 The third annual Sacramento Festival of Books is coming in a little over a week. ⏳✨
#booksky #SacramentoFestivalOfBooks #BookFestival #AuthorLife #BookCommunity #BookEvents

My first book was published in 2010. 📚✨ In 2011, I attended the L.A. Times Festival of Books. 🚗📖 My son and I drove down, attended the festival (I think I sold one book), and drove back the next morning. 😄 The glamorous life of an author. ✍️✨
#booksky #WritingJourney #Throwback #FestivalOfBooks

I've never heard this word before, but I've been suffering from this condition my whole life. 🤔📖😄
#booksky #WordNerd #WordOfTheDay #LanguageLovers #CuriousMind #LoveWords

I remember being in school and my teacher telling me to show, not tell. 📚✍️ This is a hard concept to understand, but when she said "paint me a picture with your words," I got it. 🎨✨
#booksky #WritingTips #ShowDontTell #WritersLife #AuthorLife #Storytelling

My mission for this week is to get the outlining of the next Peyton Brooks book completed. ✍️📚🔥
#booksky #WritingGoals #MysteryWriter #AuthorLife #BookInProgress #PeytonBrooks

Roses are my favorite flower. 🌹❤️ I love how they are so beautiful, but have a little bite to them. 🌹✨ They're sort of rock stars of the flower world. 🎸🌹
#booksky #Roses #FlowerLovers #NatureBeauty #SimpleJoys #NatureLovers

Last weekend was a time to get away with friends. 👭✨ This weekend's status update is about spending time with family. ❤️🏡 I'm so grateful to be able to get away to see my grandbabies in Idaho. 🥹👶 Happy Easter, everyone! 🐣🌸
#booksky #FamilyTime #Gratitude #EasterWeekend #Grandkids #LifeMoments

Today's author spotlight is on JoAnn Conner, an author of many different genres. 📚✨ You can take a peek at her books at her website: jctahoewriter.wixsite.com/mysite
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#booksky #AuthorSpotlight #FeaturedAuthor #CaliforniaStateFair #AuthorsSupportingAuthors #BookCommunity

Since this week's theme is friendship, I thought I'd include this picture of me and my roommate from college, Patty, at my first book signing at Borders in 2010. 📚✍️❤️ Borders is no more, but our friendship is strong. 🥹👭✨

#booksky #Throwback #BookSigning #OldFriends #AuthorLife #WritingJourney

I've decided that one of the problems in the modern world is there is not enough time spent on lollygagging. 😄🌿✨

#booksky #Lollygagging #SlowDown #SimpleJoys #LifeReflections #TakeYourTime

This quote fits my mood for this week. 💬✨ The best of the four is old friends to trust. ❤️👭

#booksky #QuoteOfTheWeek #OldFriends #Trust #Inspiration

My mission this week is to find time each day to appreciate the important things -- like friends you've had for over thirty years. ❤️👭✨ These three women and I taught at the same school for three decades. 🍎📚
#booksky #FriendshipGoals #Gratitude #LongtimeFriends #TeachersLife #SimpleJoys

Yellow wild flowers in a heart with the words Serenity Sunday above it.

Found some wild flowers on my walk. 🌼🚶‍♀️ Love the idea of flowers just growing wherever they darn well please and people calling it wild. 🌿✨

#booksky #Wildflowers #NatureWalk #SimpleJoys #NatureMoments #NatureLovers

Today's progress update is about taking time to relax and enjoy nature. 🌿😌 Having a great time in Murphys at the Red Gate cabin. 🏡🌄✨

#booksky #NatureEscape #RelaxAndRecharge #CabinLife #SimpleJoys #WritersLife

Today's featured author is J. Scott Coatsworth. 📚✨ He writes in a number of genres, primarily MM romance and science fiction. 💖 You can check out his books at his website: www.jscottcoatsworth.com

#booksky #AuthorSpotlight #FeaturedAuthor #CaliforniaStateFair #ScienceFiction #BookCommunity

With Easter fast approaching, here's a photo of me with my mother and father in Daly City when I was around two, I'm guessing since my brother isn't here yet. 🐣📸💛
#booksky #EasterMemories #Throwback #FamilyMoments #ChildhoodMemories #LifeReflections