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Memorial Day!

Family/Friends,

Happy Memorial Day to you! Hope you are all enjoying the day off and spending quality time with loved ones.

I myself have had a quiet weekend at home playing catch up with housework, and of course writing. As of last Friday I submitted four short stories to three different publishers and as usual it'll be a few weeks before I hear back. In the meantime, however, I started revising the Welcome to Miami 'tale' because the publisher who's interested in the story stated that I needed to invest more time in making the protagonist/s likable.  Working on that will keep me busy for sometime :-)

Well folks, that's all I have for now. Until next time!
Maria

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