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Five Things To Do with a Free Hour (or two) in San Miguel de Allende

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Five Things To Do with a Free Hour (or two) in San Miguel de Allende

If you’re visiting our fair city, there is so much to see that you could stay for months. But what if you only have one hour (or two) in the middle of the day, for example a break during a conference? Here are five ideas from a local on how best to use a spare hour.

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My Flat Portable Monitor and Stand

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I’ve been asked a few times in messaging what is the flat monitor and stand that Hubby and I are both using.

This is the one that let us move from packing two monitors, surrounded by clothes in a suitcase to carry-only for our current Asia trip. So far we both love!

Perhaps the only downside is the stand does require a mini wrench (that comes with it) to disassemble into two parts. And one of us (that being me) had our wrench confiscated from carry on! So, just a consideration on the stand. Easy enough to replace, but still a little bit of a hassle and it is a bit heavy, too.

 

Full Disclosure: I’m part of the Amazon affiliate program, which means I get a small commission if you buy something after clicking through from a link (like the image above) on my website.

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Book Marketing Insights and Tips to kick off 2023!

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Ready to get book marketing savvy in the new year? Today’s episode of Charlotte Readers Podcast kicks off with insights from 7 members who’ve participated in the Weekly Writer Support Group.

In this podcast episode, we share our best tips and experience on what works in building author platform and selling books, how to gather reviews, and our most unique or enjoyable marketing events or tactics.

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How to Prevent your Author Instagram (or Bookstagram) from Being Hacked

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PSA of the day: If you haven’t turned on 2 factor authentication on your account, do it now. I put this off for ages, but in the last week I’ve seen 5+ authors and bookstagrammers with 5- 10,000 followers get hacked. And unfortunately, if your account is hacked (I don’t mean copied or cloned, but someone has gained access to it), then you as an author have little recourse.

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30 Years Later - A Very Special Reunion

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This weekend I visited London for a fun reason. Many Americans have memories of summer camp - but mine are a little different. 30 years ago I traveled to the USA for the 1st time at 18 years old and worked for the summer at Lake Bryn Mawr camp in Pennsylvania.

The year was 1992 - pre phones or social media. I met Steve, Mark, and Drew at camp and we traveled together. 30 years ago this year! So this was our reunion.

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Two Women I Couldn't Admire More - WFWA Kidney Swap

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I’m in in awe of these two amazing women. Pamela Stockwell and Kelly Hartog.

They met through the online Zoom writing dates held by Women’s Fiction Writers Association.

They’ve never met in real life (at least not yet), but when Kelly needed a kidney to continue gifting us with her wonderful self, Pamela stepped up.

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Interview and Book Feature on The Hasty Book List

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Lainey Cameron was recently interviewed on The Hasty Book List by @ashleyhasty !

I answer questions about which books inspire me, which character I'd be best friends with, who I'd want to be stuck in an elevator with, and what I'd be doing if I wasn't an author or a tech exec (surprise surprise it involves The Best of Women's Fiction podcast and donkeys!).

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Have a Seat with Debra Coleman - Lainey on Living that Digital Nomad Life

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Do you have dreams of ditching your 9 - 5 life and becoming a digital nomad? In this podcast interview on Have A Seat, Conversations with Women in the Workplace, Lainey explains how she became a digital nomad, including how she and Hubby choose locations to live. Plus, more on the inspiration behind her 12-time award-winning novel, The Exit Strategy.