This month's theme is all about treating ourselves. When I sat down to write this post, I stared at the screen much longer than was healthy. The cursor blinked and blinked, revealing a sad lack of treating going on in my life. My story is not unlike many of yours, I suspect. The notion of downtime is a rather foreign term to many of us who are juggling full-time jobs, a writing career, kids, husbands, pets, friends, social media...oi, I'm tired just thinking about all the things that pull at us each and every day. But we must treat ourselves. Even if it's going to the local ice cream parlor and ordering three scoops of our favorite sinful vice. In my debut novel, A Lady’s Revenge , Miss Cora DeBeau treats herself to moments of silence. With a murderous Frenchman dogging her every step and the handsome Earl of Helsford arousing forbidden dreams, Cora takes every opportunity she can to loll against an ancient tree in the woods, practice Tai Chi near a lake, or throw her belov...
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