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Interview with Mrs. Shelby Hailstone Law

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  I have been working on something special for this blog post. I attended the Independent Book Fair in Marietta, Georgia, a few months ago. This was my first time going. I walked to many tables and networked like crazy. I even broke my budget for books. Lesson learned: expect to spend money, as if I didn’t know this already.   While at this event, I met this young woman (an author, wife, and mother), Mrs. Shelby Hailstone Law, who has written many books: the Scaleshifter Series, Lady Thief, Birthright Unknown, and Death Flirts Back, which I am currently reading.   When she spoke about being on the spectrum during a seminar on writing fantasy, her next book’s main character is on the spectrum. I knew that I had to reach out to her. Much to my luck, she graciously agreed to let me interview her for this blog post.   Death Flirts Back is about a woman, Abigail, whose family is watched by reapers. For years, Abigail has had reapers follow her but never talk, unti...

Scattered and Routineless

  These past few weeks have been a roller coaster for me. Work has been crazy to where I have had no time to write. I had a wedding shower to host for my sister and brother-in-law, which was fun, and would love to host another party again sometime. I got overstimulated for the first time in forever while grocery shopping. Don't know why, but it happened. During my free time, I listened to the audiobook version of  But You Don’t Look Autistic At All by Bianca Toeps. I have to admit I learned a lot from her book. On top of running Naturally Nature Photography LLC, writing my book, and blog; I also work in retail at Home Depot in paint and garden. Right now it's the busy season and thankfully I've been getting a lot of hours. Unfortunately, because I work part-time, my schedule is all over the place and never constant. I'll open one day and then close the next. Plus some days I'm in the garden, and others I'm in paint. I'm used to that by now because in t...