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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Hope I’ll be back more regularly. I’d just spread myself too thin and my health problems made it difficult to do more than one SM site at a time. Just got home from a successful book signing/book launch for my latest, In the Cavern of Ancient Malice. Pictures will follow soon.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I’m still here. Lots of health issues making life difficult, but I’m still writing. I have a book launch at The Twig Bookshop in May, and I’m trying to get the book completed before then. This will be the sequel to The City That Disappeared called In the Cavern of Ancient Malice. 😊

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I’ll get back to following back and posting soon. Just having some health issues that are very distracting and scary. Sorry for delaying, folks. I appreciate you!

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

May be on here more often soon. Lost someone close to me on Christmas Eve and I’m still grieving. Please don’t leave or unfollow just yet. I’ll be back soon.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Hope everyone is doing well. I took a sort of break from SM. Scaled back to mostly 2 sites due to family and health issues. I’m not gone, just dealing with stuff.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

I’m so sleepy. I can hardly stay awake. I haven’t been on SM in a while (or not much anyway) but that’s why. I’m just sleeping constantly.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

I am in so much pain. How dare I think I could do 2 loads of laundry in one day! Thank goodness for grocery delivery or I would starve. Chronic pain sucks!!

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Dad never allowed it. Went for the first time when I was 15 to take my little sis. Dressed as a Greek goddess. Another year (next year?) I was a cat.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Hey, everyone. I’ve been taking time away. I think I needed it for several reasons, but I’ve also had technical difficulties today. Hope you are all well, good people.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Thank you!! It was much-needed. But since I went to bed at 7pm, I woke up at 4am. Not exactly what I intended to do! 😂

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Took a social media break for health reasons. I’m better today. Didn’t take the medication from hell my neurologist prescribed, and I finally got some sleep. Won’t take it again. Hope everyone is well.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Ugh. Cannot write during the day unless it’s early morning. I have all day to do this, but my brain just won’t cooperate. 🙄

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Sometimes I look up, and I expect my dog to be there, and my heart just breaks all over again. Miss my Sophie girl. 💔

My poodle mix Sophie looking away from the camera. She hated having her picture taken. Soft focus, like she is half in this world and half out of it.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

My next newsletter will be a quick rundown of my current writing projects. I can’t give details until they’re due to be published, but I’ve described them vaguely. It should come out tomorrow (Tue or Wed), so subscribe before then if you want a sneak peek. cherylpena.substack.com

cherylpena.substack.com

Cheryl Peña | Cheryl Peña - Sci-fi Author | Substack

Sci-fi Author. Click to read Cheryl Peña, by Cheryl Peña - Sci-fi Author, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

That’s so cool that you’re still friends. Bosses like that are awesome. You are very lucky!

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Eye exam is next up. Should go better than the neurologist. Then I will (hopefully) have fewer typos. And I can turn the text on my phone back to normal size.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

I write sci-fi. Not sure if that’s what you mean specifically?

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Ugh. Neurologist was just more of the same. Didn’t listen. Prescribed a medication I’ve already tried before. What a waste of time.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Appointment #1 is done. My healthcare payment plan has been extended to August. Next up: neurology. Fingers crossed this doctor has something new to try that isn’t an injection.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Still feeling bad. Sorry if I’ve been missing stuff, but I can hardly stay awake. Hoping there’s some relief after tomorrow, but I’ve had 3 different neurologists say they didn’t know what to do for me. Not optimistic.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

I’ve had a massive headache all day. Could barely move. It’s a *little* better now, but I guess it’s a good thing I see the neurologist tomorrow.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

It was supposed to be clear skies for the annular eclipse. It was cloudy just long enough to cover the sun during most of the eclipse, then cleared up again. So I guess I didn’t miss much. Glasses didn’t come in time, but we’ll be ready for the total eclipse in April!

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Finished revisions earlier and sent the MS to alpha readers! Fingers crossed!!! I also started writing a short story while I wait for word on the first one.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I write sci-fi. Nice to meet you.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

The one on top has silver rimmed pages. It’s not clear in photos, but it’s stunning. The one on the bottom I’ve had forever. A sketchbook from an art supply store. Handmade paper. I just love finding them. I have lots more!

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Cool! I miss my apartment. Sigh.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

You can literally never go wrong giving me a blank soft sided journal. I can never have too many.

Blue leather journal with silver stars and brown paper journal with handmade paper shown to illustrate writer’s love of journals. Writer has lots of other journals not depicted in photo.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I’m so sleepy. The fan is nice and really quiet. Small bladeless tower fan.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Yes! Finally. Then I crashed for 2 hours. Lol

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

FedEx says my package was delivered 40 minutes ago. Walmart says it’s still out for delivery. Where’s my fan??? It’s hot in here!!

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Finally have an appointment for an eye exam. Hopefully, the headaches will go away when I have the new glasses.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

My phone now has bold text and enlarged text. I can read it, sort-of. Really need new glasses.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

I have a headache, and then my tablet, for some inexplicable reason, didn’t save all the changes I made to my manuscript. I’m so upset. I lost 11 days of work. Head hurts even more now. #author #scifi

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

These were collectibles - rare at the time. Some were promotional only, picture discs, laser-etched, autographed, etc. Most were over $60 unless they were 45s. I also had promotional posters but those were lost. Some rare CDs were stolen, too.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Pretty! Love the dress and accessories!

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Great. My fan died. Not quite cool enough here to go without one yet. The new one gets here Thursday.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

This one is about notebooks and why I still write things down. They’re usually writing-related, but I also do a weekly update every Saturday or Sunday. It’s open to suggestions though, and subscribers are welcome to suggest a topic.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Almost finished with my second pass through this old manuscript. Liking it a lot. Not sure what I’ll do with it yet, but I may query it. Hope I’ll have better luck this time around.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Annular eclipse on Saturday and a total eclipse in April. If it’s cloudy, I’ll be soooooo sad.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

She was always happy. She loved everyone and everything. She was impossible not to love. ❤️

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

I didn’t because she hated them. But the groomers did, and I would have to snap the quickest photo before she pulled them out. She was a beautiful soul.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

My little girl used to help with revisions. Miss her sweet little face.

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Think I’ve managed to sleep most of the day. Geez. What have I missed?

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Cheryl Peña @lutece.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Me, too. I haven’t been brave enough to try it yet. I just post my trailers. I’m sure people are wondering why I do that (and thinking it’s boring). But I hate seeing pictures of myself. Childhood trauma reinforced that quite a bit.

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