this just in! i got published with and by some wonderful people & You’re invited to the launch party on June 18th!!! Yay!

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Hello Beautiful People of the World!!! I hope this finds You and Yours well!

I am so crazy honoured to say I got published along with a lot of WONDERFUL poets in a new compilation titled ‘Wounds I Healed/The Poetry of Strong Women’.

It’s now available on Amazon and I Just found out we’re #1 in hot new releases! YAY!!!

This lovely exploration of the phases of healing which includes the poetry of both courageous women and a few inspired men is edited by the absolutely brilliant, highly awarded, #1 bestselling Amazon Author and all-round mindblowingly, generously supportive Poetess/writer/professor Gabriela Marie Milton. If You’re not familiar with Gabriela’s completely transportive, otherworldly words, please gift Yourself greatly and check her out at Short Prose Poetry! Time truly stands still in the most spectacular ways when I am inside her thoughts. I get profoundly lost and it’s a magical experience. Also, I have never ceased being amazed at her ability to do all she does and still regularly make her way around blogland strewing love and beyond-kind encouragement! Gabriela is also the publisher of MasticadoresUsa.

This exciting compilation has been published by Experiments in Fiction, a publishing house owned by Ingrid Wilson who is herself a successful poet and writer, nominated for Spillwords Author of the Year 2021. I had the pleasure of listening to Ingrid speak at a talk on this completed work about a week ago. She sounds so lovely! I look forward to getting to know her!

The incredible cover art is by Nick Reeves. It was really interesting to hear him speak of his process and it will be fun getting to know him as well!

We’re having a launch party that will be livestreamed on Youtube, June 18th at 3pm London time for anyone interested! Drop on by!!!

Thank You, Gabriela and Ingrid!!! And Thank YOU beautiful People for being here! Cheers and Huge hugs all around!

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    1. Hey Beautiful! Congratulations to You as well!!! Thank You so very much!!! I just said the exact same thing to You in a comment I just left You somewhere! Wasn’t that fun?!! Heartwrenching….so very beautiful, inspiring and fun!!! Love You! 🤗❤️🐬🎉🥂💐💕

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      1. Yes indeed my kind friend. Congratulations to all of us. Words were said that needed saying and thinks to Gabriela we were a part of it. Sending fairy dust for dreams and love. 🦋❤️🌹💕

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  5. Oooo yes I saw this on Gabriela’s blog – what an amazing idea to bring so many strong, inspiring, awesome contributors together in this book. Congratulations, I’m so glad you’re in it!!!! 🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️

    Caz xxxx

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        1. HEY!!! That was AWESOME!!! Wow! Everyone was incredible! I cried so much and my heart was blasted wide open. I’ve ordered the book and am so excited to spend time with everyone’s words!!! Your poem, as all-ways…was insanely beautiful. Thank You and Ingrid so very much for setting that up….and Thank Y’all once again for EVERYTHING!!! I hope You are feeling better and that You and Your students have a super fantastic time abroad! How very lucky they are to have You as a professor!!! 🤗❤️💐💝😊

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          1. Hi Katy, you are incredible. Your work is exceptional and I am proud and honored you are with us.
            Thank you so much for your kind wishes. Not there yet but I will hopefully get to relax in a few weeks.
            ❤️🌺🌸❤️❤️🌺❤️🌺🌸

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            1. Goodness. Thank You more than I can say for these amazingly sweet words!!! Sigh. Smiling SO big!!! Wishing You warm breezes….a crazy beautiful glass of wine, sunsets so stunning Your knees weaken, whispers that make You smile and super delicious rest!!! If I were a doctor….I think that would be my prescription for anyone and everything!!! 🤣 Love You! 🤗❤️💐💕😊

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  8. Super awesome news dear Katy, totally well deserved!!!! Hearty congratulations to you!!!! ❤

    I haven't found out much about the book yet, but just from the title of the book, I have to say, one of your poems HAS TO BE THERE!!!! 🙂

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  15. Woooowww!!! I am so happy dearest Katy!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳♥️😍😍 Many congratulations!!!! 🥰👏👏👏👏💞🍾🥂🍾🥂💞I Sending you a huge hugs and cheers!!!! 😃😃😃🥰🥰🥰😍😘😘🤗🤗🤗💝♥️💝💞💖💞💞✨💞🌠💖🌟💟💖💫🌟💟💖💟🌟💫💟💖🌟💟🌟💖🌟💖🌠💫🌠💫🌠💟💫💖💞💞

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    1. Grazie, Bella!!! Ti mando ENORMI abbracci!!! Saluti! 🤗🤗🤗🌸🌸❤️❤️❤️🥂🥂🥂💐💐💐💖💖💖😊😊🐬🐬🐬🎉🎉✨✨🌹🌹🌹💕💕🌟🌟🌻🌻🌻💝💝💝🧚🏽🧚🏽🌊🌊🌊!!!

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  16. So true dear Katy!!! Lots of great information and I’m excited to see you there and to meet everybody that’s just a few days away I will definitely be there. It will be 8 o’clock in the morning my time but I’ll be there bells on! Thanks for this wonderful post, this is collection is something that is important for people to read. Sending you lots of hugs, love and blessings, Joni

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      1. I can’t wait to see you, it will be 7 o’clock in the morning my time and I’m hoping that I will have a clear view of everyone that is there. So many people that I admire so greatly, including you dear Katydid, how exciting. ❤️🌹🦋💕🤗😘

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        1. Hey Lovely!!! It was GREAT seeing You! You looked so beautiful and Your reading was just shattering….I think I remember that poem. Lord. Thank You so much for sharing Yourself so rawly. And wasn’t everyone WONDERFUL?!!! That was Rockin’! Cheers and the Huge hugs to You, dear Joni! 🤗❤️💖🧚🏽💐💕😊

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          1. Your piece was beautiful and your reading so animated. You were the lovely one. It was Grande indeed. I got my three books early this morning. This is truly a beautifully written collection. Big hugs dearest Katydid. We are “wordsmiths and fireflies and people of site.” Sending big hugs and love, I saw some of your lovely work behind you. 🦋❤️🌹💕🌷🥰

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            1. Oh gosh….Thank You for Your kindness, beautiful Joni!!! AND YAY! Mine came as well!!! It’s such a beautiful book! SO excited to tuck in and readddd….Sending big hugs and so much Love right back to You!!! 🤗❤️💐💕😊

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              1. It is an amazing book indeed. I am glad so many of the wonderful artist we both followed were in it. I was in another Zoom meeting for Social Justice Inks. The anthology is by Lisa Tomey. There are very raw pieces of poetry and prose in that book too. Sending you big hugs and the fairies are heading over to hang with you. They want to help you paint 🎨 and create. Love you sweet Katydid. ❤️🦋🌹🎨

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                1. Ah!!! Congratulations of Social Justice Inks as well!! You are absolutely on fire, my friend!!! I bet it’s amazing! Sending You big hugs back and Thank You for the fairies!!! Yay!!! Love You too, beautiful Joni!!! 🤗❤️💐🧚🏽😊

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                  1. Thank you so much sweet Katydid. I have three pieces in Lisa Tomey’s, in Social Justice Inks. The pieces are so raw. I was fortunate honestly to be among these award winning authors. Thank you though so much for your support. I am going in to see if you have a happy middle of the week. Love you back!!!! Send the dragons 🐉 I am going cloud ⛅️ hopping. 🐉🌹🦋🦋🎨🎉🎈

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