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CVillanuevaAuthor
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I write contemporary romance for the so-called 'invisible woman,' because every woman deserves to celebrate life and love...even after 40, 50, or beyond.
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CVillanuevaAuthor @cvillanuevaauthor.bsky.social · Jan 13
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In Something Will Sing to Your Heart, Sara Masterson enjoys a pleasant, if unexciting life. A great job as a middle school math teacher, a budding romance, and lifelong friendships keep her busy—but the secret she’s harbored for twenty-three years could turn it all upside down.
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I wonder: Where else in life are we missing opportunities to uplift another person because we’re fixated on our own feelings of ordinariness?
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We Just Don’t Know, Part 2
Don’t underestimate the power you wield
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Caring for another human doesn’t require us to permit wrong behavior. It just requires us to be kind.
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We Just Don’t Know
It’s not only Joe who’s anxious
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November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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“I never think of the right comeback in the middle of a situation.”
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Witty Comeback FTW
Or is Ruby the real victor?
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November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Words matter, and these words floored me. My geriatric cancer patient dog is lost and that’s your comment? Who is that soulless?
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She Needs a Good Grooming
You need a lesson in manners
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October 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Oh, but what joy there is in hearing someone say how much she enjoyed the story, how she fell in love with a character, or a plot line.
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It Takes a Village
Creation is easy; birthing is hard
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October 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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In May 2007, the Ernie Reyes West Coast World Martial Arts Austin studio opened its doors
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Grief and Gratitude
Finding joy in the now
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October 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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But isn’t this what we do for love?
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Happy Birthday to Me
2 + 2 = Oh, heck…never mind
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September 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Sunrise
No matter what, it always comes
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September 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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For some (many?) of us...we suffer silently, looking on the outside as if all were well, that we were “normal.”
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Puppy Love
It shouldn't take a tragedy
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September 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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I can write stories that celebrate women in the second half of life—their loves and challenges, pain and triumph.
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The In-Between Times
Should I wear a hat?
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September 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Nowadays I’m both first vowel and second.
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Vowel Digraph as Life
Be one and find one
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August 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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In the absence of the regular, in person connection most friends have, Kirsten and I have leaned on words.

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Fearless
Be good to me, Houston
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August 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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It's easy for a romance writer to come up with moving love stories. But this one is real.
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Gracious Words are a Honeycomb
Even from little brothers
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July 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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And yet we humans love to fill space with words.
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Chop, Chop, Chop
When less is more
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July 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I hadn’t lined up a guest blogger. I hadn’t teed up a rerun of an old post. I just flat out forgot.
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When Words Fail
Let grace have its say
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July 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Our words are seeds and they will germinate and push their little tendrils to the surface of cognition—whether for good or ill, it is up to us to consider in advance. #booksky #blueskyauthors #essayist
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Discretion
Don't be the dude showing his behind
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June 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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The way I think of myself became irrelevant—their perception was what counted.

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Avocado Toast
It's special to someone
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May 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Looking forward to meeting #contemporaryromancereaders this Saturday at @needfulbooks.bsky.social in St. Augustine, Florida. If you loved Bread Pudding in Barcelona, come check out Something Will Sing to Your Heart, book two of Blooming, the Series! Saturday, May 17th, from 12-2. See you soon! xoxo
May 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Adamantium may win for superheroes, but kindness…including self-kindness…always triumphs in the end.
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What Defines a Superhero?
One word (and it's not adamantium)
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May 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I suspect a lot of folks haven’t...received the gift of someone important just listening to them.

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Vroom, Vroom
Why do we beg for attention?
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May 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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It shouldn’t take a black belt to make the right choice.

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Please Listen
What do we gain from screening out the good?
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May 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Incredibly excited to launch book two of the Blooming series, Something Will Sing to Your Heart, at the #DBAF Daytona Beach Arts Festival. Come meet me at The Book End, the section hosted by @novelteabookshop.bsky.social I'd love to meet you!
April 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Kindness dictates that we communicate care, support, and encouragement.
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Quit Comparing
Measuring sorrow is a waste of time
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April 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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While there are certainly people who thrive on giving criticism (sometimes the harsher, the better), most of us worry that we’ll hurt someone’s feelings or that we’ll come across as a know-it-all.

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Critical Kindness or Kind Criticism?
It's not all about me
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March 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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I had nobody to blame but myself. Thankfully, that's not the end of the story.
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Choices
Remember who's in charge
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March 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM