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Freelance journalist, copywriter, SEO & content marketing strategist. CNN, Business Insider, Fodor's, CNET, The Points Guy, BiggerPockets, VinePair, The Billfold, & one day, the bestseller table at your favorite local bookstore. www.hanalarockwriting.com
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Looking forward to having a chat with a friend tomorrow on our writing projects! Nice to have an accountability partner, even nicer when it's someone you love talking to. Who else has an accountability partner?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

All the tools I've used to help me write: - A notebook (or, 10, so I have a different one for each story I start). - An AlphaSmart for just typing away. - A Kindle Scribe. LOVE. Also for brainstorming/free-writing. - A Chromebook. Try to avoid. Too distracting. Necessary. What's your fav?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Long day of #QuestPit. It was fun and I learned a lot. Now, time to wind down with a cup of tea and other writing projects =). #Booksky #Tea

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Clara arrives in Porto, hoping for a slower pace of life. But, she soon finds the same relentless hustle she tried to escape. Then, in a quiet café in Antas, she catches a glimpse of the Porto she imagined—and meets a captivating waiter who effortlessly embodies its charm. #QuestPit #Q #W #A #R

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Potential book cover ideas for "A Cafe in Antas" Or, should we go with a pastel de nata?... (AI generated) By the way, the book is a twist from my own experience living in Porto for two years...had I been 10 years younger... The streets I'm describing? All real. The waiter? Yes, he's real, too.

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She needs the prize money. He’s the quilting prodigy standing in her way. She was already going to hate him—then he had the nerve to be charming. Appalachia small-town grumpy x sunshine, enemies-to-lovers, but make it quilting. #questpit #R #A

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

When a WWII secret agent finds her former boyfriend in a downed recon plane, she's torn between keeping him safe & continuing the search for her parents. He'll do anything for a second chance, even if her rescue mission in German-occupied France puts their hearts & lives at risk. #Q #R #HR #questpit

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

submitted 12 days ago • 52 comments

Clara moves to Porto with dreams of a slower life and an EU passport. But, she's quickly disillusioned, the city gentrifying before her eyes. But, in a small café in Antas, she meets Tomás, a waiter who embodies the version of the charming city she had hoped to discover. #Questpit #Q #W #A #R

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Tomás has worked at the same café in Antas, Porto, for decades, always serving and serenading the same patrons with his soprano voice. But today, there’s an unfamiliar girl by the window. Her accent as she orders a "café com leite" catches him off guard. An expat? Here? #QuestPit #Q #W #A #R

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Porto is changing—expats flood in, locals push back. Clara moves for a fresh start but finds only tourists and a city losing its charm. Then she stumbles into a quiet café in Antas, where nostalgia lingers and an intriguing waiter, Tomás, lure her in. But, does she belong? #QuestPit #Q #W #A #R

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

From last year, but still relevant. If you have a tea-lover in your life, I hope one of these gift ideas will warm their heart! 💘 #ValentinesDay #Tea #Tealovers #Teablog

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Writers, bloggers, and SEO strategists: What's your favorite research tool, and why? ✋ I'll go first: keysearch.co (Not a sponsored post). I've tried other tools and some have worked just fine, but I'm perfectly happy with this tool. (It's not the price of the tool, it's what you do with it!)

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Currently one of the most popular articles on my tea blog, www.teaparati.com 🍵 Interesting to see what people are looking to do to calm themselves when the world is ending! 🙃 Where my green tea drinkers at? 👀 And, would you, could you in a bath? 🛀 #Tea #Blogger #Writer

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I'm finally on here. It's like going to a new school—I can be anyone I want to be! Stay tuned while I figure out my new writer's persona...

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