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Kresha Richman Warnock's avatar

The content is sad, but your writing is so good. Carries us along thru those days. Congrats on your new book@

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Thank you! Crazy times.

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Leah D. Lovison's avatar

Thank you for sharing your journey with us! You deserve cake!! Can't wait to read your latest book ❤️

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Judith Van Praag's avatar

WOW! I don’t always make it through a blog post’s long read, but I did this time and the reward was two pooches that brought a smile to my face. I hope you got to celebrate the chapbook; it's important to give hope. I pre-ordered Keep Sweet from my nearest Indie bookstore, the Third Place Books, Seward Park location and would love to see you come read there.

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Thanks for ordering “Keep Sweet.” Yay to those two pooches!

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Jill Swenson's avatar

OMG! Best wishes on your new book.

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Thank you!

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Kevin C's avatar

Happy Launch Month. May all your cupcakes be bookish.

I'm looking forward to my bookmark!

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Thanks for ordering “Keep Sweet.” Quick FYI: Inlandia Books ran out of their copies, so some of the ordered books will come straight from the printer to speed up fulfillment. If you receive a book without a bookmark, that is the explanation. But I have many more at home and will send you one if you let me know. (Another FYI: At home I have Dodgers and USC bookmarks I made, so if you are a fan of either, let me know.)

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Kevin C's avatar

Um. I live in NYC. Dodgers bookmark? Have a bonfire handy?

Happy to hear Inlandia has run out of books. Demand exceeds supply!

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

🤣 Yankees or Mets fan? My husband is a big Dodger fan from childhood, so I’ve made him Dodger stuff and then the bookmarks from the scraps. The bookmarks started as a project to use the scraps instead of throwing them away.

Yes, I was very happy that Inlandia has run out of books! They are taking a chance on me and I want them to recover their investment.

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Kevin C's avatar

Mets fan from very early. I don’t detest the Yankees, like many Mets fans, but was happy about the 5th inning in last year’s WS.

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Emese-Réka Fromm's avatar

I'm so sorry about your losses during your first book launch! That had to be a rough time for you :( So glad you had a fun soft launch for your new book - and hope the real launch in a few weeks will be successful and, more importantly, a fun experience for you!

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Thanks so much!

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RobinPlays's avatar

Congrats on the new book! 😊 I picked up a book yesterday about D-Day, and another called The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. And also a couple of sci fi/fantasy books. 😊😊

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Thanks! I just bought a book about the Battle of Midway for a relative’s bday. Maybe it’[s the summer of WWII books.

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Abra McAndrew's avatar

Thanks for mentioning my post, Victoria! The internet really lost its pants over that debacle!

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Victoria Waddle's avatar

Truly!

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