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I wouldn’t say that Substack and I are, you know, serious yet. But we’ve gone out a few times and I think it’s going pretty well.

Substack is essentially a blogging platform with easier Like, Comment, and Subscribe features. I’m still setting things up; so far I have a grand total of two (2) posts. But it’s very promising. I like the idea of posting whatever I’m thinking about (no, really?) for free. I also like the longer-term goal of sharing my short stories and other content for people who pledge support.

So click below to check things out over there. It might turn into something beautiful.

Ordinary & Oblique Substack

Dear Cindy

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Today I contacted the local newspaper about a press release announcing my novel. The email exchange progressed like this:

Dear Ms. Ames,
I’m a local author. Included is a press release announcing the publication of my new novel. Thank you!
— Sara R. Jones

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Dear Sara,
Do you have any book signings scheduled for the near future that we could include in the article?
— Cynthia G. Ames, editor

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Dear Cynthia,
I have one scheduled:

Book Signing
Friday, December 4
Patrick Henry College, Barbara Hodel Center
Purcellville, Virginia
5:30-7:00 pm

There will be others, but they aren’t yet confirmed.
— Sara.

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Dear Sara,
That’s fine! I’ll put you on the list to call you and set up a time to talk to you and get some pictures.
— Cindy

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Dear Cindy,
Sounds great! Your new BFF,
— Sara.

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Okay, no, I didn’t actually say that last part. But we did go from formal titles to casual nicknames within five emails. If we’d kept going, I might have been invited to the family Christmas dinner and possibly asked to be in her daughter’s wedding.

As mentioned, I am signing books tomorrow. Follow me on Facebook (Sara Roberts Jones Author) to keep up to date.

(Note: actual names and actual emails altered. Consider this a fictionalized version. It’s what I do.)

Welcome!

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Have some coffee… or I’ve got iced tea, do you like sweet or unsweet?… and take a seat. Let’s visit.

If you’re here for my books, you’re in the right place! You can find all of them on Amazon:

The Fellowship

Go Right

A Bowl of Pho 

Late Check-Out

Also, The Fellowship and Go Right are available on my Bookbaby bookshop (links also in the sidebar).

If you’ve come to the blog to see what I have to say, I discuss issues that I write about: writing, reading, common-sense relationships, womanhood, marriage, Christian authoritarianism, patriarchy, recovery from legalism, coming to terms with racism, and just being a good person.

You can find me on Facebook as Sara Roberts Jones Author; but that page isn’t very active because I didn’t feel like playing Facebook’s engagement game.

Check under the Writing > Blogging menu above to find links to posts I’ve written elsewhere.

And thanks for dropping in. I hope you’ll stay with me!