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Love Your Local booksellers Year Round

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Don’t wait 364 days to support indie book stores. Don’t know why you need to support them? Here are 17 reasons, plus 8 non-book-buying ways to support them.

Published April 27, 2026
Categorized as About Me, Opinion, Reading, Writing, Writing Life Tagged independent bookstores, Lynette M. Burrows

Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Being Creative

Creative products are undervalued by customers and creators. This writer takes a look at the numerous invisible costs and decides creativity is worth the cost.

Published April 13, 2026
Categorized as Creativity, My Writing Journey, Self-care, Writing Life Tagged Benefits of Creativity, costs of creativity, Lynette M. Burrows

The Surprising Benefits of Silence And Why Creatives Need It

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We treat silence like punishment. But what if that fear is costing you your health, your creativity, and your peace? It’s time to learn the science of silence.

Published March 30, 2026
Categorized as About Me, Creativity, Health, Inspiration and Motivation, Self-care Tagged how silence helps creativity, Lynette M. Burrows

Life After the Last Book: An Emotional Rollercoaster

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Lynette M. Burrows shares the emotional journey of having finished the last book in a series and how she copes with not knowing what to write next.

Published January 12, 2026
Categorized as About Me, Inspiration and Motivation, My Writing Journey, Self-care Tagged creativity, Inspirations, Lynette M. Burrows

My Journey to the Last Book in a Trilogy

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From lonely kid finding hope in books to author creating hope for readers. The themes and real-life events that shaped The Fellowship Dystopia trilogy

Published December 15, 2025
Categorized as My Writing Journey, The Fellowship Dystopia Trilogy Tagged And When I Wake, forces of antagonism, If I Should Die, Lynette M. Burrows, My Soul to Keep

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