the royals author missy kirtley

Why I don’t Pirate Digital or Audio Books — And No Author Should

My first job was working in a cafe.  It was called Johnny’s Java.  It was great.  I used to love that when I was on shift, I’d get amazing, free drinks and when I came in on my days off to visit my friends/coworkers, I’d get discounted, free coffee and pastries. I loved working as a barista so much that I applied to the coffee house on campus when I was in college.  I worked at Jazzland Coffee Co. for…

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A Geeky Saturday Night at AFK Lounge

My husband and I have been together as boyfriend and girlfriend, then engaged couple, then married for just over ten years now. Our “getting together” anniversary is April nineteenth. To celebrate, we left the kids with my mother, and headed out to AFK Gamer Lounge in San Jose. It was perfect timing, too, as I’m neck deep in the audiobook of <u>Ready Player One</u> by Ernest Cline, read by Wil Wheaton, so going to a geeky, gamer lounge was the…

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