I grew up in East Germany and have lived in the US, Belgium, Brazil, the UK and Portugal (again and again). After 40 and some turbulent years on this earth I live once again in my favourite city and wake up every morning pinching myself.
For more background, check out my LinkedIn profile, or just say hello.
Happy reading!
Hi Dagmar, thanks for still reading me … think I’ve read all your posts?
Do you take photos as well as you write? try ‘Weekend Notes’ they pay a cent per read, but those with loads of published articles get about $100 per month. I know that every little bit counts! Also looking into market research, they pay cash in hand – might be worth a try?
take care, kate
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thanks Kate! I’ve been cutting down on WP, it was just too time-consuming and now that summer is here, I want to do more social and less media 😉 but not loose touch with the lovely people I’ve met because of it, so will keep on reading you.
have a good one ❤
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Die schönste Berufung zu sein was ich liebe
Also Liebender zu sen
In allem was ich wirke oder lasse
Sei es Taxifahrer Kellner Schauspieler Dichter EhefrauMann
oder einfach Mensch
lächelnd
Du Glückliche
Dir Joachim von Herzen
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Da stimme ich dir von ganzem Herzen zu und sende dir Wünsche des Glücks.
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Danke Dir Sie sind angekommen
Dir Hans im Glück
Du bist gesegnet
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Happy to discover and follow your blog
thank you for sharring this about page
anita
https://femmeetinfos.wordpress.com
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I really enjoyed reading your resume (and how you felt about each job.) Priceless introduction! I wish you well on your most recent adventure. Most of all I wish you happiness.
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Thank you, Jonathan, I’m wishing you very much the same.
Just saw that you were practising in North Carolina for 20 years, that’s only a cat’s jump away from Atlanta 🙂
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I noticed you worked in Georgia. I’m only about 4 hours away.
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Greatly welcome!
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Congratulations on fulfilling your passion! I wanted to come over to thank you for visiting my blog and liking one of my posts. I love these opportunities to follow new blogs and I look forward to reading your posts. Have a good weekend! Steph
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thank you Steph, much appreciated! wishing you much the same, Dagmar
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You’re very welcome. 🙂
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a very nice woman…. Compliments!
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thank you for your kind words 🙂
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it’s true. You have a sweet face and intense eyes….
good afternoon 🙂
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Do not- under any circumstance- go read this:
http://www.unparallaxview.blogspot.com
If you defy my warning and go read “The Adventures of Mr.Pazlo”, I can’t be responsible for any excessive laughter, stuff coming out of your nose, or being offended by some of the gags.
Paz
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OMG, this is epic, a whole script and hilarious at that. It needs to be a film, you definitely have a way with dialogue, the characters came to life just like Shelly said they would.
Will read more on my day off 🙂
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It’s a radio script. My dear friend (Mr. Bhutto) and I have been writing these characters for about 40 years. It’s collaborative playing in the sand.
Just a lark.
Enjoy,
Paz
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excellent bio… glad I’ve come across your interesting and awesome blog… alles gute, tons of inspiration, und guten nacht aus “Tulus”, France! 🙂
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Danke Melanie 🙂 just visited your blog and liked very much what I was reading. Very much agree with your ‘no complaining’ policy and yes, we are all in this boat together, so it makes sense to look after one another.
Gute Nacht aus London! 🙂
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Macht Sinn! Ich hatte eine FB Nachricht von deiner Mutter, die sich bei mir für meinen Kommentar hinsichtlich Trampens bedankt hat…
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Das ist nicht dein Ernst, oder??
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Ich lösch das hier gleich, will bloss schnell noch antworten… talking about overbearing, controlling mothers…
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Ich adde dich mal auf FB
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Ach so, sieht man das jetzt alles bei dir? (wäremir halt wirklich lieb, wenn das nicht so wäre…Paranoia.. das Entkommen will gut geplant sein ;))
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You are beautiful
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thank you kindly 🙂
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Fascinating ! To a man who has never set up residence much more than tens of miles from home. I thrive on vicarious experiences. Thanks for sharing yours ! BTW I am happy for you that you still have your teeth! ; )
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something tells me you’ve had an interesting life nevertheless 😉
thank you for your kind words and yes, it’s fortunate about these gnashers 🙂
have a lovely springy Sunday,
Dagmar
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I have known many interesting people at least ! ; )
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including yourself 🙂
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Challenging life but experience made you much better writer!
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you might be right Sakthi 🙂
have a lovely weekend,
Dagmar
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Thank you and you too 🙂
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Wow, that sounds like a very interesting life!
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it is! especially for someone who escaped from behind the iron curtain 🙂
have a great week,
Dagmar
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Oh yes! You still really lived it, I guess!
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I am pleased to meet you, and I look forward to reading your posts.
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Hi Dagmar,
Thought you might be interested in this article … especially as you have the skills to be active about such an issue?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-07/women-erased-from-history-on-wikipedia/7225556
Huge imbalance … does need addressing …
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thank you, I just read it, very interesting!
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Fascinating! You sound like you’ve had an adventurous and interesting life so far — and that will definitely serve you well in your writing. Love your humorous tone!
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Thank you, how nice to hear these lovely words and happy you like the sense of humour 🙂
warm wishes,
Dagmar
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🙂 You’re welcome! And I love your name!
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reciprocated 🙂
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I don’t mind being liked twice.
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I think no one does 😉
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Nice move to set up the category “Dalston Noir” – ganz zu schweigen vom Kerouac Zitat !
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thank you 🙂
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even twice … ! 🙂
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oops, schnell berichtigt 🙂
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Great! 🙂
Hi 🙂
Good to find you,
X
Niki
must catch up 🙂
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Hi from London Niki, nice to connect with you!
have a good week,
Dagmar
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it´s pretty cool .. to have some one else … in LONDON … 😉
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wie ging das alte Männerlied nochmal? ‘Unrasiert und fern der Heimat, fern der Heimat unrasiert…’ 🙂
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Dagmar, es ist so weit: Ich habe beim Rumsurfen an dich gedacht
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2016/02/fck-cinderella-i-am-a-phoenix/
außerdem verlinke ich dich morgen als “besser als ich, bitte lesen” auf meinem Blog 😉 just telling the truth 😉
Mach’s gut!
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Siehste, da ist sie wieder, die Phoenixin 🙂 Vergleichen ist Bloedsinn, das machen nur stumpfsinnige Eltern und andere unterbemittelte Menschen. Und wenn’s kein besser gibt, gibt’s auch kein schlechter 🙂
Liebe Grüsse,
Dagmar
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Really love your blog, you have a beautiful way with words! Well done on quitting your job and doing what makes you happy – that’s what life is all about 🙂
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thank you 🙂
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Looks like we both appreciate LillyJune and laughing out loud.
Funny how a little thing like a click can lead you to great cyber-destinations and engaging discourse…love your blog!
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Thank you, will go over and visit yours now! It’s beautiful when you hit upon bloggers you know in the comments section, like chancing upon old friends 🙂
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I couldn’t have said it better!
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I had the horrible au-pair job in Paris in the 60s. and never went back to such a post. The grandparents were worse than the parents. I’ll friend you on Fb
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Dear Anne,
Sorry to hear about your Paris experience. Have you written about it somewhere on your blog? I like your site very much and will spend more time there 🙂
have a lovely day,
Dagmar
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Hallo liebe Dagmar,
lieben Dank für deinen Besuch bei mir, vor allem die Kommentare – endlich mal ein bisschen Feedback 😉
Und es ist mir eine Ehre, da ich beim Entdecken deines Blogs dachte:
Wow, wieder so viel Talent.
Weil du mich mitgenommen hast, in deine “Geschichten”.
Lieben Dank auch dafür,
Alles Liebe,
M.
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Liebe M,
danke für deine Zeilen und Besuch, das Kompliment gebe ich gern an dich zurück 🙂
Dann wünsch ich uns beiden viele aufregende (Blog)Abenteuer!
Liebe Grüsse,
Dagmar
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Where the hell disappeared Bregenz ?
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?
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Erschien im Reader. ware aber über den link nicht aufrufbar.
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Liebende Dagmar
In Meinem letzten Leben
War Ich Krieger Priester
König Bettler Mönch
Und lebe heute in
Der Welt da Mir
Das Erdenrund zu eng
Und Worte finden Mich
Wo immer Ich auch weile
Wenn Ich in Meinem
Herzen nur zu Hause bin
danke
Dir Joachim aus dem
seltsamen Deutschland
lachend
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Danke für deine poesievollen und spontanen Worte. Auf solch ein ereignisreiches Leben kann ich leider nicht zurück blicken… Oder vielleicht üben wir alle die verschiedenen von dir oben erwähnten Berufe aus… Ja, im Herzen zu Hause sein, darauf und auf nichts anderes kommt es an.
Die Insulanerin grüsst dich ganz herzlich, Dagmar
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Well thank you for visiting and liking my blog. Even I liked yours.
Wat goes for me is like if I visit a blog and its the next 10-15 seconds that ‘I like it or not’.
Fortunately, yours came in my liking :p =D
Maybe, someday I would also do the same thing as you ‘ Love what you do’ 🙂 Good
#wordpress #lovewriting #lovemeetingnewpeople #lifeisfun
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You will Lavish and keep doing what makes your heart sing.
have a good week,
Dagmar
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yeah…
same for u
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I wish I too can chuck my professional writing job and earn a living from my blog. But I haven’t the foggiest how. Nice to meet you and I really enjoyed reading this page.
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I wish I could give advice but I’m not there yet. Just keep doing it Sonia and remind yourself daily that you want to earn a living from your blog, especially when your mind tells you otherwise (as above) 😉
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Hi Dagmar, I nominated you for a Liebster award on my site but I am not sure if it properly connected. https://chattykerry.wordpress.com/2015/12/26/leibster-award/
Please feel free to ignore it or join in – some blogs are award free. Kerry
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Hi Kerry, nice to hear from you! I had to catch up on some reading as the ‘holiday season’ instilled some hazy laziness in me… Thank you for nominating me. I read your answers with interest but will give mine a pass for now until I acquired some baking skills 😉 Happiest of New Years to you!
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Happy New Year, Dagmar. These awards take some time so I quite understand, K x
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Don’t give up on me yet 🙂 dx
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Certainly not! 🙂
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Hi there! Thanx for your visit and thanx for making me reading your blog 😉 I really like it! Have a nice last x-mas-day this year!
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thank you for yours! happy I stumbled upon your blog, looking forward to reading more 🙂
enjoy the last days of the old year,
Dagmar
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Enjoy the last days of the old year, too!
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I am enthralled by Pazlo’s almost proposal – lucky you!! Fröhliche Weihnachten from Texas.
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I’m happy you feel just as I did 🙂 Fröhliche Weihnachten from London, it’s the xmas eve that counts for us continentals 🙂
Dagmar dxx
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Us too – we were brought up in Scotland!
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Loving all things Scottish!
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Do you believe in love at first read? I fell before I was half way through “No Business Like Snow Business.”. I’d propose marriage, but alas, I live in northern New York State (USA), and the winters are no better than Poland’s. (And I’m guessing my wife would disapprove).
Good luck with the “Quit-your-job-for-something-else” movement. Let me know how that goes.
Well, I love you and goodbye. Possibly the shortest romance on record.
Take care & keep in touch.
Paz
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Dear Paz,
this leaves me smiling and speechless but also with great hope for my romantic life which is rather non-existent at the moment. Because if this can happen to a happily married man across the pond then it can happen to almost anybody 🙂
Actually I’m still laughing. Thank you for brightening my evening with your heartfelt almost-proposal and let’s bear in mind that a romance short-lived is still a romance.
Have a lovely weekend and now that the universe brought us together, I cannot help but follow you 😉
have a great weekend,
Dagmar
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Glad to know more about you, wanna remain happy to be in touch with you!
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Well, you have had some interesting jobs! At least it gives you plenty of writing material,,,:)
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I knew they must have been good for something 😉
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So nice to meet you!
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very nice to meet you, what an interesting life story you have!
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Thanks! My memoirs are at the top of my page, thanks for stopping by
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just saw the Memoirs link on your page. it’s past midnight here in London, will delve into them tomorrow. have a good one!
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ok I will follow you!
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Hi, how lovely to meet you, thank you for visiting my blog. Looking forward to checking out more of yours – happy to hear that you are doing what you have always wanted to do. Enjoy and keep smiling!
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thank you Miriam, wishing you very much the same 🙂
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Thank you for visiting again. Just touching base, are you well? 🙂
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Hi 🙂
Thank you for the recent e-mail. I just wanted to check if you received our reply to you? We’re having some fun with e-mail at the moment and so I’m unsure if you would have got it~?
Thank you.
Best regards, Mike.
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Got it Mike. Will get back to you now!
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You are very brave not many people, including me have the courage to take that step.
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thank you 🙂
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Thank you for the follow me, and for the visits my site . It lovely to connect with you!With love makxima
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likewise Maxima 🙂
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You had me at “jobless.” I told my manager two days ago that I’m going to quit. I’m 35 and don’t really have a solid plan. I am following my dream of pursuing something else..haha. I will be jobless soon too. We’re friends now whether you like it or not.
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well done! it takes courage to take a step like that and the line ‘I’m following my dream of pursuing something else’ is great. We can always start a WP-Jobless-Support-Group to help and encourage each other and maybe others who took the same step 🙂 Again, well done!
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A WP Jobless Support Group sounds delightful and humorous at the same time. Thank goodness for the internet. Without it we might think that people like us don’t exist..haha.
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Exactly! Member No One and Member No Two are already gathered 🙂
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Thank you for the follow, and for the visits. It lovely to connect with you, Trave safe on your path 🙂
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Please ignore; my atrocious typos, my mum was talking to me, as I was typing……sorry! lol 😀
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very happy to connect with you, it feels good to have lovely people by my side 🙂
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😀 ❤
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Dagmara ! you are awesome 💋💋💋 I love your sense of humour and will buy iphone to connect on Instagram ❤
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Schenkuje Malatka, as long as you enjoy my blogs and laugh I have nothing to worry about. And yes please get the Insta-addiction 🙂 ❤
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Wow! You’ve had some experiences! Perhaps, your life might be a good place to start; in relation to writing. Have you seen this site for memoir writers? 🙂
http://reflectionsbooks.org/
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thank you for your feedback and for the memoir tip, very much appreciated 🙂
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Hi! Thanks for liking my blog post. I wish you the best for making writing your full-time love and career 🙂 It’s tough. Some people are successful, some not. I hope it all works out for you.
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Thanks Michele! Writing and doing what I love makes me feel already successful, earning money with it, well that’s a different matter 😉 All the best for your work and life!
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