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Hello, and a very warm welcome to the official home of the Deanna's World Advance Readers Team. I am so thrilled you’ve decided to join us. You are now officially part of the inner circle that helps bring new stories to life, and I couldn't be happier to have you.

This page is your reference point for everything you need to know about being on the team.

What Deanna Read #108: July 2025

I am starting to prep this post for my July reads early in the month of August. You never know what life is going to throw at me, the month is young, so fingers crossed it's a boring month. When they say "may you live in interesting times," it's really a curse. Don't fall for it. My life has been very interesting of late. Zero stars. Do not recommend.

I'm gonna be honest and confess that I don't know how much I read. July was a big catch up month for me because not much got done in June. A two week vacation, plus germs from Hubby for ten days equals me falling behind on a lot. I think I did some reading, but I won't know until I get stuck into looking at my read books list. I'm sure there were a couple of audiobooks in there too. I think. Don't quote me on it.

Here's what I read in the last month.

Join the Deanna's World Advance Readers (ARC) Team & Support Authors | Read Books Before They're Released

Hello everyone,

For years, I’ve had the incredible privilege of being a partner in the creative process for hundreds of books. I get to see stories evolve from a flicker of an idea into a fully-realized world. It’s a part of my job that I cherish, and it’s a journey I’ve largely taken behind the scenes with my author clients. Today, I’m so excited to open that door a little wider and invite you to become an even more integral part of bringing these books to life.

The Great Proofing Wars | Love, Honor, and a Red Pen

I’ve always believed that for every professional project, there are two games being played at once. There’s the official game—the one with deadlines, edits, and clients—and then there’s the real game. The one that happens behind the scenes, fueled by inside jokes, questionable negotiations, and the loving, chaotic support of a spouse who knows exactly which buttons to push. In my house, that spouse is Hubby.

What Deanna Read #107: May & June 2025

I need to apologise for the delay putting my reading for the last two months together. I had originally started putting this together in June when I was away on holidays and had a moment of free time. But then my computer decided to shutdown unexpectedly and I lost the post that I had prepped to about 80% and I kinda lost the will to live... or rather, lost the will to redo it. Then one thing led to another, end of holidays, Hubby gave me the flu towards the end of our holidays and that knocked me out for another ten or so days and that was the end of June.

So, here we are, almost the end of July. I'm currently away at a friend's beach house and we're hanging out, drinking wine, eating charcuterie, and chilling. We're just chilling and I'm sitting at the kitchen counter putting this together, drinking tea and watching the wind blow through the trees.

Here's what I read in the last two months.

Choose Your Game | Why I’m Abandoning the Social Media Hamster Wheel

There’s a feeling many of us in the creative and professional worlds know all too well. It’s the low-grade hum of anxiety that starts on a Sunday night, the feeling that you’re already behind on a week that hasn’t even begun. It’s the pressure to feed the beast—the insatiable, ever-changing social media algorithm. It’s the content hamster wheel, and for years, I was running on it just as fast as everyone else.