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Day in a Life

A Day in My Life: Feb. ’14: The Not-so-sweet Life

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You may or may not find this surprising, but as a writer I’ve never been much of a journaler (I like making up words). I’ve always kept writing, sketching, and poetry notebooks, but I’ve never really liked writing about myself. This monthly post is my attempt at rectifying that and is an opportunity for me to get a little personal, as I share a single event from my life.

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February 2014 – The not-so-sweet life

So here’s the truth of the matter.

My life is very uneventful. I go to my day job, I come home and write, and I try to spend time with my family when I can. There’s been quite a bit of sadness and sickness going around lately and I’ve been less than thrilled with the result of my book launch. I’m proud of my book and the dozen or so people who’ve read it seem to like it. I’m moving forward with the sequel and am seeking beta readers for it now.

As for a day in my life, I just ate some of the best macarons on the planet. I got them from a little bakery service called: Hummingbird Macarons. So I guess there is a little something sweet happening in my world right now.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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Blessings

Count Your Blessings 09: Family

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Family

Even though I’ve provided a reference point, family is something that is not so easily defined. I have a feeling that the world has changed in ways in which those who defined this word could not have imagined. For whatever family means to you, you must realize just how blessed you are to have one no matter how big or small, wealthy or poor, functional or dysfunctional.

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t always like all my family, but I never stop loving and appreciating them, and there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for them. I’m blessed to have people in my life who drive me crazy and help make me who I am. Even though I’m sure they don’t like me all the time, it seems that they always like me when I don’t really like myself.

I’m blessed to be part of family, whether by blood, marriage, or association.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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EC: Giovanni's Angel Promotion

Happy Eternal Curse Release Day! 2014

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I’m so happy this day is finally here; now I can breathe. I’d like to sit here and proclaim to the world that this book is on its way to being a bestseller, but who really knows. I’m sure there is so much more I should be doing to promote it, but for now, I just want to enjoy it. Afterall, I didn’t write this book to spend the rest of my life trying to sell it; I wrote it because I felt I needed to, because it made me happy to do so, and because at my very core I am a writer.

I hope many of you will read my book and hope many of you will also like it and perhaps share it with others. Today this book is available at the following e-retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tate) and can be ordered from any local bookstore. I am currently working on efforts to have it stocked in a few local stores (in the Hampton Roads area of VA) and will promote them when available…. A new edition of this book is now available.

Oh, and there’s still time to enter my Release Day Giveaway!

Please click here to visit Goodreads.com to read some of the current reviews of this book and add it to your bookshelf. Thank  you all for sticking with me this far and hopefully you’ll stick around for what’s to come.

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 Last day of my Kindle Countdown Deals on Legend of the Boy and Unexplained, featuring two romantic tales, Encounter and Our Place.  Deals end at 11:59 pm EST today!

#cursescanbebroken – Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords