Read Past Newsletters

2025

Carry-On Travelers: What’s Your Magic? | Plus: Yurt’s So Good – Sept 11 2025

Carrying On When the World’s On Fire | Plus: Yurt Living – June 12 2025

Goodbye Doom Scrolling | Hello 444-Year-Old Matchmaker – May 8 2025

The Real Mystic Island | A Non-Viral Post | Survey Results – Apr 10 2025 

Your Guide to Dead Bastards & Buying Books | A POV Survey – Mar 12 2025 

Big News, Big Love | Plus: Why Everyone’s Buzzing About ‘The Ministry of Time’ – Feb 14 2025 

New Year, New Look | See Who Won the TimeBlink Talisman – Jan 10 2025 

2024

Is This YOUR Shiny New Talisman? | Take the Mystery Link Quiz Here! – Dec 5 2024 

Double Whammy! Talisman & Book Giveaway | Plus: Mystery Link #7 – Nov 7 2024 

Caught Wearing Slippers in Public – Morley’s First TimeBlink | Plus: Mystery Link #6 – Oct 10 2024

From Tragedy to Time-Travel Series: A Tribute to My Sister | Plus: Mystery Link #5 – Sept 12 2024

Ever Thrown a Book at a Wall in Frustration? Read On! | Plus: Mystery Link #4 – August 8 2024

A Cool New Book Platform | A Hot Sale | Mystery Link #3 – July 11 2024

Mermaids & Buttons & Flakes, Oh My | Plus: Mystery Link #2 – June 13 2024

The Magic of Print-on-Demand | Plus: Mystery Link #1 – May 9 2024

Escape to Isla Mujeres With Me | Plus: A POV Survey – Apr 12 2024

Didn’t Expect That Ending? Here’s a Different One! – Mar 21 2024

DRAGONFLY Leap Year Launch! Plus: A Peek Behind the Scenes – Feb 29 2024

Is This Goodbye? Five Ways to Stay in Touch – Jan 31 2024

Are You There, Reader? It’s Me, MJ; Revisiting A 1970s Coming-of-Age Classic – Jan 11 2024

2023

Syd’s Seasonal Surprise | Plus: Beefy Book Bluffs – Dec 7 2023

Best Birthday Gift EVER! | The Power of Two – Nov 2 2023

An Expensive Mistake and Nearing the Finish Line – Oct 12 2023

DRAGONFLY Cover Reveal! Psst…Want to read it for free? – Sept 7 2023

TimeBlink Casting Call! Plus: Pushing through the “final-third doldrums” – Aug 4 2023

This Email is Going to the Dogs – July 6 2023

Hey, Time-Travel Lover! Test Your Movie IQ | Plus: A Message to Sci-Fi Fans – June 8 2023

May the Fourth be Your Day to Win a Signed Book? – May 4 2023

An Unexpected Amazon Deal! (That might not last long!) – Apr 23 2023

Sorry for Ghosting You! Here’s How I’m Gonna Make it Right – Apr 6 2023

Woe-bots, Pearl Jam & A Stoopid Mistake – Mar 2 2023

Hunks, Harleys, & Holidays – Feb 2 2023

Snow stranded, stuffing setback, senior snub; See ya, stress season! – Jan 5 2023

2022

Get Smashed; Eggnog & Ebooks! – Dec 15 2022

There are Eggs in Eggnog? Plus: How to Celebrate Time-Travel Day – Dec 8 2022

50,000 words; AI Art; You love eBooks! (Well, most of you do) – Nov 3 2022

TreeBook, eBook, or audiobook? Plus: A Survey & Contest results – Oct 6 2022

Happy Ampersand Day! And Stars & Soup – Sept 8 2022

Getting to Know You | Plus: New Releases & Deals – Aug 4 2022

FINALLY some good news! Spoiler: The dog didn’t die – July 7 2022

Anxiety is Real; Launch Fail – June 23 2022

Flight 444 Release Announcement! – May 31 2022

Dazzling New Cover Revealed; Heardle; Book Signing Like a Rockstar – May 5 2022

Want to Read My Books for Free? Join MJ’s ARC Team Today – Apr 14 2022

Standing with Ukraine; Missing deadlines & my pup; Have you ever jumped out of a plane? – Mar 3 2022

You guys rock! Survey results are in | Plus: Top 10 LOVE quotes – Feb 3 2022

Happy NY! Help me pick a cover! Did you read 65 books in 2021? – Jan 6 2022

2021

Darn it! I failed you. – Dec 4 2021

Book award fail | Plus: Confessions of an indie author: The first year – Dec 2 2021

They gotta be crazy! NaNoWriMo Mania – Nov 4 2021

Giving Thanks; TimeBlink is 99¢! – Oct 10 2021

Beware of Snarky, Sarcastic Dog! – Sept 26 2021

Oops! Is my face red! – Sept 25, 2021

Let’s Talk TikTok – Sept 12 2021

Pigeon Love, Pet Cemeteries, & Word Games – Aug 29, 2021