Last week, with the help of many family members and friends (both online and in real life) I launched my book, Champion Chocolatier: Reality Bites. It was a week full of exciting surprises (my sister drove all the way from Marshfield for the launch party and the La Crosse Tribune wrote an article about me!) and a plethora of well wishes and affirmations. Overall, I’m happy to say it was a big success. (I’ve sold over 100 copies so far!) Here are a few of my favorite moments from the launch party.

Today I’m going to return the favor to some of my online writer friends (that I hope to meet in person one day!). A few weeks ago I gave you a sneak peek of the Emotion Thesaurus: 2nd Edition, and in today’s blog post I am welcoming authors Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi to guest post and share that this incredible resource is live and ready to order!

Emotion Thesaurus: 2nd Edition

By Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

You might know about The Emotion Thesaurus or even have it on your shelf. But chances are, you may not have known a second edition was in the works. We decided to keep it a surprise and only recently announced the book was releasing! Good news, your favorite book is now bigger and better.

The Emotion Thesaurus is known for its powerful lists that help writers show (rather than tell) character emotion through body language, thoughts, visceral sensations, dialogue cues, and behavior. This second edition gives writers more of what they love: more emotions (55 more to be exact!) more teaching content, and more writing tips.

Here are three of the new entries: Euphoria, Vindicated, and Schadenfreude. This book is almost twice the size of the original, so it's almost two books in one. Anyway, if you'd like to check into it, Goodreads has some reviews up, and you can find more information here.

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Or a writing retreat? A workshop? Or even have your yearly membership to a professional writer's organization suddenly paid for? OF COURSE YOU DO!

We are running a giveaway right now to celebrate our newest release, and one lucky winner will get their choice of the above, up to a $500 US value. There are some conditions so check that out, but this is the giveaway of a lifetime, so hurry over to enter. And good luck!

So, there you have it! A new MUST HAVE writing resource. What are you waiting for!?!?! Get your copy of the Emotion Thesaurus: 2nd Edition today, and then enter that contest. I know I am going to do both, ASAP. Best of luck with your launch Angela and Becca, and happy writing to everyone!

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