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What life lesson did you learn too late?

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I will say that when I first published Emo the Emotional Elf, getting partnership publishing offers was kind of exciting.

You’re caught up in the moment that someone loves your story.

Even so, I approached it with caution. I mean, I  researched online traditional , hybrid, and self-publish through platforms like Amazon and lulu. There were many options.

Wait and get an agent , or do it without.

Because the research said traditional is the best no upfront fee with an agent on your side, it works better with traditional publishing.

There is so much to look at and think about,

While I never thought my book would go the traditional route, the partnership publishing would come at a cost.

I studied the contract and went to the actual building. The company had this massive building and warehouse on site they had been in business for many years.

You know, like anything in life, you have to pay for the service you choose.

I didn’t sign the contract there. i brought it home and had my family look over the small print and contract.

What I was paying for was editing, formating and ebook some marketing material, and 100 copies of my book.

Also, adding to the lists they sent out as marketing.

They did most of what I paid for at the time.

The lesson I learned the hard way was i should have checked the Company House register.

If it checked that, I would have seen the company have registered different names since they opened. They liquidated them over the years and then set up new companies’ different names.same buildings same directors. That would have made me stop and really think hard about

Parting with cash, or look into weather, the original isn’t in my name. Had I known it wasn’t, I would have brought my own and had it written in contract.

I still don’t regret publishing, though just the newbie mistakes and maybe get a lower to go over the contract.

Liquidation if you’re a person who is owed money is definitely frustrating.

Not just for yourself but for all the other authors trusting companies.

You live you, learn you, move on.

My book is republished its avaliable and if you want to check out reviews before you buy pop over to my GoodReads and check out reviews. Link below

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50070373-emo-the-emotional-elf

There is an Ingram Sparks. My distributors author link for direct purchase. Which offers a look inside a new feature recently added by ingram sparks you will find that either in a footer or on the home page by header if you do decide to give it a chance

Leaving an honest review helps build credibility as an author

Of course, it is also available on all the Amazon’s and Kobo

Always good to give a glimpse to new and old visitors to our blog

“If at first you don’t succeed, get up and go again”

Much love Faye ❤️

Emo The Emotional Elf

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What’s a small moment from your past that you still think about years later?

The decision to change the job, That led to

Becoming a carer.

The years that were privous. Changing jobs was relatively an easy process.

But that decision to become a carer and start working in that industry was one of the most easiest ones to make.

Something I saw my mum do growing up

Something that comes easy to do when you see from someone else’s perspective.

But previous work and experience become  skills you pick up and bring to care rolls.

I still think about that small moment now 20 years later without regret . But with confidence and pride in the work I do.

Care doesn’t come without challenges or learning new skills, It comes with a lot of

Waiting and patience and adaptions. It comes with care and respect, and dignity.

Passion for helping that person have the best quality of life.

Small moments can be the biggest life choices. Because you always think about them, they have had an impact on who you are today, what you believe what you want to improve, and the very structure that keeps you loving what you do.

Much love Faye

Small moments can turn into big memorable ones

have an awesome evening

Emo The Emotional Elf

What are five simple exercises to do at home?

Let’s just say i am always on the go, and there are many simple excerzizes we do every day without realising.

1: steps not just around the house but think about the cardio and leg muscles you use just climbing the stairs.

I lose count of how many times that happens in a day , but it is definitely on avengers more then 50 times

Chair squats is another thing because every time I go to sit down, someone wants something , I am like a yo yo. Lol

Weight training thats carrying a family of 6 ironing

Dancing always dancing

I had a most affective work out the other day in garden chopping a tree that had to go.

10 hours my muscles were pumped.

Last one I excersize my jaw with my yapping very tight jaw muscles.

Well not exactly a proper gym work out

Or simple excersizes but every little bit you do keeps you living longer

Much love Faye

Emo The Emotional Elf

How did you meet your significant other?

Our journey together started on May 4th, 1993.

There was a local fun pub named the Game Bird. Which is where my Now hubby worked.

A picture I found online of the old building

A little bit of History about the Game Bird

This pub was a classic pub and the go-to place of  the 90s, maybe before as well.

Could be a little roudy on occasion.

But always packed people have great memories of this place, the atmosphere, and the friendships we made.

It had everything from quiz nights , airport nights, karaoke, comedy sketches, maybe a few odd nights were a little more adult and risky.  Little shows

This was the pub that definitely needed bouncers on the door who were a vital part of the team.

The bar staff were all singing and dancing infact the end of the evening, all the bar staff downed their things and sometimes jumped on a bar to do the nightly YMCA , music man, Wig Wham Bam dance.

At sometimes after I met hubby, I became a bar maid there for a few months.

Behind the decs was either my hubby or Ian the other dj of them times

There were also live nights with singers from all over joining to bring entertainment and their own music to all the customers.

Some old posters from that time.

So, back to how I met my significant other.

That night, I was there with friends. Music was buzzing. Hubby was on the decs doing his thing, something he had this great talent for.

I noticed him previously on other nights, but I never said anything, but my friends picked up that  I liked him.

So as the evening went on they kept telling me to go talk to him.  In the end they dared me to go ask him to dance. 

I remember this as if it were yesterday he was not well had some dodgy prawns or something his mum made hadn’t agreed with him.

So there i was finally getting the courage to ask him for a dance. He smiled and said sorry I got to GO. That food poisoning spoiled the moment lol.

But we finally did get that dance, and he asked me on a proper date.

First date night picked me up from my house took me out for dinner

The beginnings of our life together whirl wind. To souls connected , love, lots of laughter, the same values for life, family orientated. We still tease and wind each other up. We both have irritating habits that annoy the other person, but life would be boring without that.

We always connected and know each other better than we know anyone else

We were inseparable from that day on here. We are many years later facing the ups and downs of life together.

Parents, friends, partners thats it for today’s blog

Much love Faye

Emo The Emotional Elf

If you could rewrite any book’s ending, which one would you choose?

I would choose my own Emo the Emotional Elf ,

The ending would be the dedication page for all the family we lost.

If had the opportunity to not dedicate pages yo people who passed away but have them back here full of life.

Buy unfortunately we can’t bring people we love back only keep the memory of them in pages on a special book

Much love faye

Emo The Emotional Elf

What’s a promise you made to yourself that you’ve actually kept?

Be kind to myself lol , well my cholestrol was very high but its getting back down  to good levels had to have a change in meds because it was giving me bad muscle cramps and fuzzy brain I am determined to do what needs to be done persever with the meds.

At first I thought I would rather try with just tweaking diet that made no difference so meds it is.

Shall be seeing the hospital in novemeber to look at my families history genetically speaking high cholestol is a problem , my mum and dad both had it and with the risk or heart attack and stoke in my family i would be very silly not to do everything possible to lower my risk.

Actually, using the app helps me see the progress that helps me make informed choices when I then have to discuss with pharmacists or doctors.

So that’s the thing I promised myself to be proactive in health before any damage is done.

Much love Faye

Emo The Emotional Elf

What is the best purchase you have ever made?

I have to say Emo , He is a special Elf

It’s his smile 😃

He captured me and inspired me to write.

He became such a part of our family routine for so many years now.

He opened up friendships from all over the world.

As the world is changing, bringing in Ai, i think back to the time Emo came into our lives in 2016 and realised just how much human connection were made not by a robot or piece of tech that is programed by humans to try and replicate the human thought process , Emotion, habbits.

But a cuddly little toy that gave an opening to conversations between real people.

You know toys are always going to reach children,

But I never knew this toy Emo The Emotional Elf would reach many adults too.

It is adults that actually buy my book.

It is adults who comment on posts

It is adults that ask about how Emo became a book the story behind him.

The reason for him, is that not a special kind of connection.

Much love Faye

If you would like to find out more about Emo

There is a link to book on my home page or

In the footer of each post

Emo The Emotional Elf

What’s one habit that has improved your life the most?

Adding more rest time.

Well, as much as is possible around everything else.

Learning busy isn’t always best.

Busy sometimes creates burnout.

That is when your body acts differently.

There are no  major differences, almost unseeable ones that silently creep up.

Feeling more tired , picking up colds and things more easily,

Blood tests showing changes or blood pressure and heart rates change from your normal to a very slight increase.

These are things not to ignore but to pay attention to, making small changes.

Much love Faye ❤️

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Emo the Emotional Elf

Are you a lifelong learner?

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Are you a lifelong learner?
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Absolutely

I am a learn something new every day kinda lady, weather its a new skill, the lyrics to a song or a random fact or new tec.

I never not want to try learning something new, it’s about finding ways to enhance yourself your life which intern benefits everyone around you.

We start learning young everyday gives you life lessons whether you think about it consciously or subconsciously.

Some lessons become an automatic process that you have to teach yourself to unlearn you pick up bad a habits along the way.

Questions for the reader

I have a question for whoever reads this what lesson would you like to unlearn?

What has been your best lesson?

Movie Quote From Forest Gump

“Life is like a box of chocolates .you never know what your going to get”

The same can be said for learning if you have an openness to try you will only benefit yourself.

Lessons don’t have to be instant, for some they may take longer and that’s ok too.

Wishing you a beautiful evening much love Faye

Emo The Emotional Elf

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Is a little chaos actually good for us?

Maybe a little chaos is good for us to build resilience.

But constant chaos that can really impact your life health and mental wellbeing.

There are many things that can cause chaos.

A deadline at work. An upcoming exam, someone getting ill , organising events.

Your car  breaking down.

You lose something, your keys, or your bank card.

A set of unfortunately events that bring chaos with them.

Then there is the chaos you cause yourself trying to find something to wear on a night out.

Leaving things to last minute, what you avoid today, will surely bring chaos later.

With it being football session, I am sure some chaos will be reported.

When strikes happen, that’s chaos that affects the many. So, it’s a much larger scale chaos. It is very much intended to cause chaos.

Wars they cause chaos that lasts a lifetime.

Thats it much love Faye