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A hard copy of my book is now available for check-out from the Stadtarchiv in my favorite city in all of Germany (or anywhere else for that matter)!

I received the wonderful news this morning! Yes, if the above building looks familiar to you, and you don’t mind reading in English, head on over to Martin-Luther-Platz and give it a try. I thought this was to be my only update today; however, I have also learned that my eBook is apparently now available […]

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I am delighted to announce that my eBook is now available for check-out from libraries in the UK via Rakuten OverDrive!

Follow THIS LINK, and/or consult your local library for availability. I guess we Goates have come full circle now. I may be an American, but back around the time my story is set, my great-great- (? I’m not going to go re-counting at the moment) Grandfather William Goates, Sr. was a landscape gardener there at

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“Elke became at once desperate to peruse the shelves of this library…”

(6/14/19) Support your local public library! And if you live in the author’s home region of north Florida/south Georgia (or attend his Alma Mater 😉 ), you may just find yourself able to check out his book already. Just imagine… reading a brand new novel, for free, three full days before Amazon even ships its

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Let it Rain!

(Day 13) For release day, have a YouTube video that has always brought me joy. Oh, to have been there! It might also be an inside joke to my fellow north Floridians. We’re suffering through an absolutely vicious drought at the moment. Well… my book’s out. It’s on you now. I hope you enjoy it.

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Mystery Quote?

(Day 12) For today, I give you a mystery quote: Today nobody will stop with faith; they all go further. […] In [the] old days it was different. For then faith was a task of a whole lifetime, not a skill thought to be acquired in either days or weeks. When the old campaigner approached

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Peach Tart

(Day 11) If you’ve followed me for a while, you know you may occasionally encounter a baked good, especially a tart. Well, for today’s post I decided to offer up a picture of our afternoon’s work, and why my post is coming a bit late. Let me start by saying that I’m not happy with

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