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Happy Views Day!
Another weekly fact in my year of “Get to Know the Author” mission of courage:
First job after babysitting: Pizza Hut, hired as a cook when I had just turned 15.
Rollin’ in the dough 😉
Christina
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Most of my book and writing publications stem from being an awkward 7th grader walking around in a 50 something year old body 😉 Thanks for finding amusement…I appreciate your response! Christina