Today, I am delighted and honoured to guest post at Sally Cronin’s Author Spotlight Life Changing Moments Series with ‘Shake The Dust Off Your Feet’. You never know when you’ll face a life-changing decision, nor who’ll be there to support you when you do. Huge thanks and shout out to Sally for her amazing support of bloggers and authors everywhere, and as always to you, dear friends and readers, thank you ❤
Welcome to Cafe and Bookstore spotlight. I invited writers to share what they consider to be a defining moment in their lives that resulted in a major positive change. The current series ends on October 11th and is booked out with some wonderfully inspiring stories.
Today my guest is Sherri Matthewswho shares the moment she made the decision to give up full time work and start her life as a writer after uprooting from her life in California to Dorset with her family.
About Sherri Matthews
Sherri is a writer and photographer who blogs at A View From My Summerhouse. She contributes an Unsung Heroes column at online literary community Carrot Ranch, and is published in a diverse collection of print magazines and anthologies. In another life, Sherri lived in California for twenty years, but today she lives in England’s West Country with her family, two black kitties…
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Thanks for boosting the post Sherri and lovely to have you over with your inspiring story.. Look forward to many more visits.. ♥
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My pleasure, Sally, and thank you again so much for having me. I would be thrilled for many more future visits and look forward to them greatly! Big hugs to you 🙂 ❤ xxx
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Glad to see you shared this lovely telling Sher, here on your blog. Hugs my friend ❤ xoxo ❤
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Thank you so much for your support always, Deb. Hugs right back to you my friend 🙂 ❤ 🙂 xoxoxo
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❤ ❤ xx
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No one shakes dust off their cowgirl boots like you do, Sherri Jane!
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Ha…gotta be done, Pony Girls, right? Thanks much, Charli! ❤
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You provide such wonderful writing and it is always a great joy to the read your work. Thank you on behalf of all who know you for your sharing.
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Thank you for so much, MikeM ❤ ❤ ❤
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Wonderful, Sherri. I’m so pleased things ‘worked out’ for you. As you know, I am looking forward to reading your memoir.
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Hi Norah, huge apologies for my terribly late reply to your lovely comment. … I disappeared there for a while, hadn’t planned to for quite so long, but there it is. The good news is the memoir is ever closer to completion and another round of submissions (and I know I keep saying it, but that’s what happens when you think it’s ready and it’s not and another year rolls by but hey, it’s happening!) I do believe life has a way of working things out, albeit with a dose or two of the unexpected along the way. And there’s always SMAG, right?! 🙂 ❤
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No worries, Sherri. We all have our priorities. Funny – prioritise was to be my word of the year in 2020, but along came a pandemic and it took over. 🙂
I know what you mean about rewriting ‘finished’ manuscripts. Will they ever get out of the WIP bin?
SMAG! Stay safe.
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Thanks, Norah, I knew you would understand 🙂 Ha…yeah…that word and many others sure went by the wayside thanks to Covid. I feel like a bit of a twit telling everyone a year ago my edits were done, and here I am another year on…but this was never going to be a quick ride. SMAG back to you, my friend and you too, keep safe! ❤
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Thanks, Sherri. We’re are doing okay here, for now. I hope it stays that way. You too, my SMAG friend.
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That’s good to hear, Norah, and yes, let’s hope so in every way…
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Fingers crossed for a better 2021.
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Here’s to that, Norah! 🙂
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Hi S and Norah – may I ask what SMAG stands for??
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Hi mon amie, SMAG stands for Society of Mutual Admiration & Gratitude, Norah created it quite some while ago now and the beautiful badge proudly displayed on my sidebar 🙂 ❤
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Oh thanks!!!
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Very welcome! 🙂
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Beautiful blog , interesting articles 👍🍁🍀
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read and for your kind comment 🙂 Sherri.
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Welcome dear friend Sherri ⚘
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You’re very kind 🙂
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