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Supernatural Say-So

2021 Supernatural Say-So

Let's Get Our Pagan On!

Gratitude is the mother of all virtues

We’re already wrapping up 2021...

rustic christmas candle

Winter Solstice 2021 

World wisdom of the ages, and Mother Nature herself, tell us that today is a day to recalibrate, reflect, and boost our inner light... 

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We’re already wrapping up 2021...

Gratitude is the mother of all virtues

We’re already wrapping up 2021...

Christmas decorations on deck, ornaments, stars, pine cones, holly

December 2021 

Hello dear reader, welcome to a December, new moon episode of my Supernatural Say-So, in which this indie author sets out to dance off the rails.... 

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Gratitude is the mother of all virtues

Gratitude is the mother of all virtues

Gratitude is the mother of all virtues

thank you slips in multiple languages

November 2021 

So far, November has been a love and light fest among family and friends. It is the kind of merriment that promises to last straight through to the New Year... 

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If at first you don't succeed...

The end-of-year slipstream kickoff

Gratitude is the mother of all virtues

plant sprouting despite adversity

October 2021 

Most of us know what our failings are, and we try to work on them—some with more success than others. 

In true Aquarian fashion, living in the future is one of my double-edged traits... 

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The end-of-year slipstream kickoff

The end-of-year slipstream kickoff

The end-of-year slipstream kickoff

nighttime freeway, vehicle lights blur

August 2021 

The ride to the end of August seems like a blur, now that we are in the threshold of September. We all know there were no events in 2020, and patchy 2021 will yield only four... 

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It's not always doom and gloom

The end-of-year slipstream kickoff

The end-of-year slipstream kickoff

vintage typewriter, crumpled paper, blank sheet

July 2021 

Impostor Syndrome: (noun) the persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills. 

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No harm, no foul

Will a new variant catch on?

Secondary Protocol

cat licking his paw

June 2021 

Well, secondary protocol did extend beyond 5/31/2021. But only to June 11, so, no harm no foul, and adaptation of Faery Sight into Spanish is complete now!      

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Secondary Protocol

Will a new variant catch on?

Secondary Protocol

woman meditating at sunset

May 2021 

 If you follow me on social media, you might have noticed a Secondary Protocol kicked in on May 10, 2021 and is in effect through the 31st...     

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Will a new variant catch on?

Will a new variant catch on?

Will a new variant catch on?

Natural water spout, ferns, moss

April 2021 

 In hindsight, what felt like toilsome growth for indies, up until 2019, turned out to have been an ideal par for the course situation...     

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Spring is Springing

Love and Gratitude are in the air

Will a new variant catch on?

Dewy forest trail, dappled sunlight

March 2021 

 A year ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
We are not out of the woods, to be sure, yet we have Rain, Sunshine, Flowers, and Hope is in the air!      

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Love and Gratitude are in the air

Love and Gratitude are in the air

Love and Gratitude are in the air

open book with pages folded in shape of heart

February 2021 

Another lunar cycle begins today—Happy New Moon, everyone! 

 Love and Gratitude are in the air this month, and that’s my truth!     

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First New Moon

Love and Gratitude are in the air

Love and Gratitude are in the air

New moon and dandelions

January 2021 

Welcome to what promises to be,
at least for me, a hybrid year;
part supernatural, part scientific.
Are you ready for this? 

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2020 Supernatural Say-So

'Tis the season for Yuletide miracles

'Tis the season for Yuletide miracles

'Tis the season for Yuletide miracles

3 tealight candles and 3 christmas ornaments

December 2020

Promptly  at the beginning of this, the last month in 2020, I checked my  horoscope. And what did the stars tell me about December?

Well, there were quite a few paragraphs, but I’ll share this one sentence...  

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The Blue Moon Cast its Spell

'Tis the season for Yuletide miracles

'Tis the season for Yuletide miracles

Full moon, midnight blue sky

November 2020

 My first virtual event met and surpassed 

my most magical expectations!

Yes, a Blue Moon coinciding with All Hallows Eve lit the auspicious path toward launching my 5th novel...  

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Supernatural Trifecta

'Tis the season for Yuletide miracles

Something magical this way comes

Virtual book launch ad creative Patricia Bossano author pic and Love & Homegrown Magic cover art

October 2020


Halloween, 

Blue Moon, and 

Love & Homegrown Magic

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Something magical this way comes

Coming in just three months, YIKES!

Something magical this way comes

Mother and three daughters, planting roses by candlelight

September 2020

Love & Homegrown Magic 

Coming with the Blue Moon!

While we wait, here is the COVER REVEAL

Art & Interior Design by MiblArt

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Once in a blue moon...

Coming in just three months, YIKES!

Coming in just three months, YIKES!

Black cat on a fence. Nightime forest and fireflies

August 2020

Folk Magic is, as ever, the magic of the people and as such, 

it lends itself to customization. 

My new novel, Love & Homegrown Magic, offers its own brand of it. 

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Coming in just three months, YIKES!

Coming in just three months, YIKES!

Coming in just three months, YIKES!

Love & Homegrown Magic book title block

July 2020

 I have completed the rough draft of my latest manuscript—ta-dah! 

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Profound change

Purple Prose: For it or Against it?

Purple Prose: For it or Against it?

Wave, sorceress

June 2020

This twenty-five-hundred-year-old bit of wisdom found me a few days ago and kindled a light at a time when civil unrest and racial injustice roil the airwaves, stirring every feeling of rebellion, clamoring for change—real change, now. 

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Purple Prose: For it or Against it?

Purple Prose: For it or Against it?

Purple Prose: For it or Against it?

lavender field and white butterfly

May 2020

“text that is so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw excessive attention to itself.” 

...should be avoided at all costs in contemporary works, they say...

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Finding Solace in Collective Wisdom

Purple Prose: For it or Against it?

Oh my! How daily life has changed...

Nurture the planet, earth held between two hands

April 2020

Humanity has confronted and endured a great many calamities in recorded history, a lot of which have been of our own making. So, as plagues go, we would be fools to take our next steps without assimilating lessons learned from the past. 

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Oh my! How daily life has changed...

Oh my! How daily life has changed...

Oh my! How daily life has changed...

Mother Earth resembling pregnant woman, starry sky

March 2020

 

Right about now most of us are practicing varying degrees of self-isolation and social distancing. We are adjusting to this paradigm shift as best we can and finding that...

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Onward and Upward

Oh my! How daily life has changed...

Walking the Walk in 2020

Meditation Stones: Dream, Inspire, Courage, Harmony

February 2020
We are about 50 days into the reprising roaring 20s, and already I am overwhelmed by a sense of my sails having caught an auspicious wind—eyes fixed on the dazzling horizon! 

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Walking the Walk in 2020

Oh my! How daily life has changed...

Walking the Walk in 2020

1920s flappers

January 2020

We’re about half-way through the first month of a new decade and, before we go any further, I’d like to acknowledge to you my theme for 2020—it is based on a bit of wisdom I came across...

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2019 Supernatural Say-So

End of Year Sneak Peek

Gratitude is an Attitude

Gratitude is an Attitude

Christmas Tree

December 2019

The 2019 trip around the sun is coming to a close with as festive a spirit as I could wish for.
This whirlwind year ─filled with love, adventure, and hard work, saw me...

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Gratitude is an Attitude

Gratitude is an Attitude

Gratitude is an Attitude

Typewriter on wood table

November 2019

It went by quick, didn’t it? It’s already been a year and some change since the launch of award-winning Seven Ghostly Spins: a brush with the supernatural, on All Souls Day 2018—so happy belated birthday to my most recent supernatural escape! 

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Procrastination

Gratitude is an Attitude

Procrastination

Mozart procrastination meme

October 2019

You know you’re a procrastinator if there’s a task to be done and instead of tackling it, you divert your attention to unrelated activities.
I might be a lost cause...  

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Welcome Fall

The Moon and the Waterbearer

Procrastination

Autumn tree lined road

September 2019

Made it back from FanX in spectacular Salt Lake City!

I got to take part in yet another unforgettable event and my heart is filled with gratitude for the organizers, for my supernatural entourage (you know who you are), and for all the fans...

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It's that time again

The Moon and the Waterbearer

The Moon and the Waterbearer

Patricia Bossano author pic, book cover thumbnails, award stickers, FanX 2019 logo

August 2019

This month brings a short and sweet newsletter as I am in a flurry of activity preparing for my annual pilgrimage to a comic convention—  

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The Moon and the Waterbearer

The Moon and the Waterbearer

The Moon and the Waterbearer

Waterbearer press logo

July 2019

Disclaimer:  I am writing this while under the influence of the full moon (July 16)  and therefore, surrendering to its radiant clarity...

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Hatching a Strategy

Wending and Winding in dappled sunlight

Hatching a Strategy

Water color eggshell

June 2019

A  few months ago, I read a compelling marketing pitch online that ended  with a tantalizing goad: schedule your free consultation only if you are  serious about achieving your goals...

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Gleaning Wisdom

Wending and Winding in dappled sunlight

Hatching a Strategy

My library in the clouds

May 2019

Far from afraid to admit it, I acknowledge that I am obsessed with my journey. For 3 years I have been a full-time indie writer...

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Wending and Winding in dappled sunlight

Wending and Winding in dappled sunlight

Wending and Winding in dappled sunlight

dappled sunlight trail

April 2019

Three  years ago, I embarked on a journey that will last the rest of my days—a  multidimensional voyage, if you will...

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An Irish Blessing For You

“…the deepest beauty of love is how it changes lives.” –Rabbi David Wolpe

Wending and Winding in dappled sunlight

Spring garden leprechaun with his treasure

March 2019

"These things, I warmly wish for you: Someone to love, Some work to do, A bit of o’ sun, A bit o’ cheer, And a guardian angel always near." 

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“…the deepest beauty of love is how it changes lives.” –Rabbi David Wolpe

“…the deepest beauty of love is how it changes lives.” –Rabbi David Wolpe

“…the deepest beauty of love is how it changes lives.” –Rabbi David Wolpe

Meditation stone stack

February 2019  

“All You Need Is Love” chanted the Beatles a few decades ago, and for all the complexities a four-letter word may encompass, that short sentence is a simple truth…

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Auspicious 2019

“…the deepest beauty of love is how it changes lives.” –Rabbi David Wolpe

“…the deepest beauty of love is how it changes lives.” –Rabbi David Wolpe

Forest magic fairy

January 2019 

Did you formulate resolutions on New Year’s Eve?  If (like me) you did not, how about this alternative? 

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2018 Supernatural Say-So

Vintage tabletop

Business Un-Usual

December 2018

“I know you think you have the next Harry Potter book, but still, don’t call me, and whatever you do, don’t show up in person with your offering…

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An Attitude of Gratitude

November 2018

It has been six days since the official launch of Seven Ghostly Spins on All Souls Day (Día de los Muertos), and I’m still basking in the glow of its wonderful reception...

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As usual, the universe has impeccable timing

October 2018

Allow me to explain; 

After declining a contributory publishing contract a few days ago, just as it has happened with other literary proposals, I was left wondering…

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Running away with the circus

September 2018

This month brings another short and sweet newsletter as I’m in a flurry of activity wrapped in anticipation! When you read this…

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Savoring the next level

August 2018  

A flurry of activity ensued on July 31, after I closed the beta-reading stage of my Seven Ghostly Spins; I spent five days…

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Signs Everywhere!

July 2018

I’m always looking to broaden my perspective, especially if a new age twist is involved, so over the years I have dabbled in esoteric interests…

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Totally in the throes of a 'bookbirth'

June 2018

I’ve retreated into my cave, where my days breakdown into spells of anguish,  hourly bouts of procrastination, wondrous flashes of cosmic hope…

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Pulling a Rapunzel for Mother's Day

May 2018

The dictionary says; met·a·phys·ics is the branch of philosophy that deals with first principles, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space…

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Bit of a Midas Touch!

April 2018

Someone told me once that happiness expands when shared, while sorrow diminishes…

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…Faery rings marked the place where elves or faeries had danced

March 2018

Way before indoor plumbing, electricity and telecommunications, knowledge was recorded in cave walls, in parchment scrolls, and in the minds of bards who sang to their tribes…

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This above all—to thine own self be true…

February 2018

Being an indie author is a daily struggle to stay emotionally afloat, to keep chasing after my dream, to build myself up when outside forces chip at my self-confidence…

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Disconcerting Holidays

January 2018

I loved spending Christmas and New Year's with my kiddos and my honey—yet the magic of it dimmed a little with the unexpected visit of a cold on December 24th…

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2017 Supernatural say-so

vintage fairy abduction

A creepy sense of urgency today

December 2017

Heat waves, small earthquakes, wind advisories, raging wildfires, evacuations—Is 2017 shutting down with a bang?

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The Unexpected Series

November 2017

When I set out to write Faery Sight, my intent wasn’t to produce a full-length novel, much less a series. I just wanted to entertain people in my family…

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The Write Dimension

October 2017

Through my mind flit crazy superstitious thoughts, like, if I pour coffee into this cup, which innocently bears the definition of ‘writers block’, would the meaning of the words seep into the brew and infuse it with a curse?

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“Have you ever heard of Evel Knievel?”

September 2017  

Says A.J. to Bear and Lev, right before they purposely launch off the asteroid’s surface. (Armageddon 1998) The brief euphoria of having pulled off the gutsy move fizzles out…

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