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WELCOME TO: GEMINI RISING   UPDATED INTRO 28 MAY 2024: Just a little about me. I've been married for 32 years this past NOV and currently live in Southern California, but I grew up in New Hampshire. I've got 2 boys who are young adults. I work as a 911 dispatcher for LAPD. I enjoy my job a lot. Still. If you can believe that. I love to write. Thankfully both of my boys achieved Eagle Scout. My Scouting days are over and I'm back to focusing on my writing. I like to get out in nature, drink coffee and watch football. Here's a little bio about my zodiac. GEMINI: Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric, imaginative and restless. Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them. They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with their own lives and comforts. Geminians can be successful in many walks of life though their general characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be: debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers. This is me. I am a Gemini. Pure, Raw, passionate. The NEW focus of this blog is to share my adventures, travels, random thoughts, book reviews, thoughts, opinions, and writing adventures from actual writing, writing/editing tips, marketing, research. I'll get there. BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SEPTEMBER 2024: I participated in the
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Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Halloween-2026567.gif) Big Thanks to Lyn's a Witchy Woman   for hosting the contest!Find me at: WEBSITE: http://www.stephanieburkhart.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StephanieBurkhartAuthor GOOD READS: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4031660.Stephanie_Burkhart YOU TUBE CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/user/botrina?feature=mhee Previous GRATITIOUS Warning, that I decided to keep in case I post about something that might offend.  WARNING I intend to be open, honest, and forthright. No topic is off limits from religion to you name it, I'm going there. If you think you might be offended...back up now - this blog isn't for you. For those who "dare"  check out the "Gemini Rising..." 
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| I've been writing down ideas to tackle for my blog in a notebook I keep close by. I want to talk about that interests me and interests all you guys out there. That said I think I still struggle. Some of my ideas include: Writing: Paper or Pen? Self-publishing: ISBNs, Copyrights, Editing yourself, covers. blurbs, titles, marketing Promo for my books Highlighting Made in America products: Zippo, Party Lite, etc... Foodie!! Just talking about food & coffee Travel Adventures Coke vs Pepsi Shogun Music: some of my favorites Bowling is my life Summer things I do Reading: Ebooks vs Print Health topics: water, zinc, the aches and pains of menopause I put a blurb out on my Newsfeed about my day: "Note: It's my day off and I was a Busy Bee!! I ..."  I had a visit to the eye doctor today. It's my annual check up. They do their tests and give you a puff in the eye which I hate. After that I did the optos and it took pictures of the back of my eye. Seems I have a freckle on the back of my left eye. It's cute in a way. How does one get a freckle on the back of their eye? When I was in the Army I had 20/15 vision. My vision changed when I was 37. I was pregant with boy #2, Joey, about 4 months and things started to get blurry on me. I went to the eye doctor and she confirmed it. My prescription was 1.25. I asked if I would get my 20/20 vision back. The answer was maybe. Depends on your hormones. Well, I never got it back. My prescription ranges from 1.25 to 1.75. I'm near sighted. Seeing distances is when it gets blurry. I started out wearing glasses but I don't care to wear them. Maybe I haven't found that pair that look awesome on me. I typically use contacts and I have this condition where I only have to put 1 contact in - which I put in my right eye. Hey, it works. I also use prescription sunglasses. My eyes are sensitive to the sun. There's an actual condition called Photophobia but my sensitivity is not that bad. Still, I much prefer wearing sunglasses when outside. Well, I was in and out of the doctor's office in 35 minutes which was the quickest ever. Maybe they're used to me. Smiles Steph |
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