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I am really looking forward to this! Iโ€™m fascinated by your process and journey Xx

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I'm so delighted that you're here! Ask away - anything I can do to help shed any light on the process would be a pleasure. It has been quite organic!! x

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Emma, this project, and how you're bringing it into being, has a beguiling beauty about it. You had me at water. Very much looking forward to watching you, your book and The Book Deal Diaries unfold.

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Thank you Caroline, that means such a lot. I'm so delighted that you're going to be part of it! It's very exciting and I don't know exactly yet where it will take us, but I'm so glad to be revealing it with such like-minded souls ๐Ÿ’•

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It's a grand adventure ๐Ÿคฉ

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Emma Simpson

Just signed up and so looking forward to the Book Diaries. I am currently in the depths of grief with two close bereavements this year and I am struggling to write although I have a book firmly lodged in my heart and soul which needs to be birthed soon or I will explode! I am inspired by your writing plans and I am hoping that will be my trigger for putting thoughts to paper and restarting my writing process. Here's to a new start in 2024. Susanna x

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Dearest Susanna, I'm so sorry for your losses. That is just so tough. I understand completely the feelings of struggling to write, of drowning in grief, and also the intensity of needing to birth a book! Interestingly what I began writing about and what I ended up writing about are so very different - I will talk through all of this. Throughout the process my pent up grief found a voice I never expected it would find, and it became a core narrative in the book that is now being published. I'm delighted to have you here, and I look forward to us getting to know each other. Be gentle with yourself, read through things at your own pace, and in your own time - there is no schedule so come in and out as you are able. Much love xx

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Dec 30, 2023Liked by Emma Simpson

Thank you Emma. Iโ€™m so looking forward to exploring writing again, in whatever form it takes. Yes, thatโ€™s good advice. I will take it slowly and naturally and see what evolves. Iโ€™m on a new path now, a different journey and Iโ€™m feeling inspired again. Thank you for your support and advice. Susanna xx

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Yay! And love the quill! I have a template for those if you need it itโ€™s in my welcome email! โœจ๐Ÿ’–

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ooh I will have a look!! Thanks lovely x

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So excited for this! ๐Ÿงก

For accents etc on a Mac (which I think you have), press and hold the letter, e.g. โ€˜eโ€™, and then a numeric menu should appear that you can select the appropriate symbol from. The same thing works on iPhone too. Xx

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ooh thank you!! I never knew that!! That's my revelation of the day - have edited!!

Can't wait to chat with you more throughout this process, much love x

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Amazing amazing amazing ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ I love what this is, what this is not and how this has all come together organically - no pushing, no forcing, no struggle, no hustle. Creating from a different space will see a harvest like no other. Super exciting to be on this journey with you, I canโ€™t wait to be part of this writing community and space ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™โœจ๐Ÿฉต

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Aah thank you my friend, I'm so glad you're here. I'm feeling a real shift away from the prescribed 'ways of doing things', into a much more free-flowing space, and I just really hope it resonates with others. Thank you for all your wonderful support ๐Ÿ™

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Donโ€™t know if you follow such energy channellers as Lee Harris but he shared some pretty big themes for the year ahead on solstice. One being that there are those of us creating diffeeently than before. And that the creation al energy of 2024 will be strong and supported. But mostly in new arenas and from a place of new intention rather than the old ways x

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I was literally writing about โ€˜reading with intentionโ€™ today, that is such a key word. Thank you for sharing this x

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I would love for you to come and talk at Heart Leap about your Book Deal diaries. I love what you are creating and I love your book.

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