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Purse Project: Gayle Callen

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Hello, and thanks for having me stop by, MJ! My purse is a utilitarian bag for me—as evidenced by its basic look. It only has to function well and hold up for a few years. I don’t change my purse, even for the seasons (although I will use a cute little cocktail party purse as necessary). But 95% of the time, this is it!

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Notice the lovely pocket on the right side for my phone—there’s actually one on each side of the purse, which I love! Gotta be able to reach the phone quickly, right?

In the many zipper pockets (a necessity), I put things like lip gloss (at least two kinds!), paper, pens, tissues, gum, and reading glasses.

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Inside the main body of my purse, you can find my wallet, a nice long one. It has to fit I.D., money, credit cards, those endless store reward cards, and some photos (although that’s just by habit, since now I have a phone for those!). Let’s not forget the library card, of course!

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I also carry a small makeup bag, but instead of make-up, it has things like a little plastic container for ibuprofen, band-aids, cough drops, and hand lotion. I’m a mom—people always expect me to have everything, even though my kids are grown.

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I’m an author, too, so I carry autographed-copy stickers in case I spot my books in the wild. Instead of business cards, I started carrying postcards years ago, with the covers on the front (I write historical romance as Gayle Callen and contemporary romance as Emma Cane) and on the back, a brief book blurb along with my website addresses. Then people can see exactly what I write and have a way to contact me.

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Last but not least, is this little handy device. Can you guess what it is? It’s a purse hanger! You know, when you go to a restaurant, and you don’t want to set your purse on the floor, because…just because. Very handy.

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So thanks for taking a peek into my life!

Gayle’s latest release, The Groom Wore Plaid, is available at Amazon.

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Maggie McCallum’s dreams about her new fiancé aren’t the romantic sort. After being bartered to Owen Duff like a piece of property, she’s also haunted by premonitions of his death on their upcoming wedding day. Yet the exasperating Highlander won’t let her call it off, even though his life and clan are both in jeopardy.

Owen has wanted Maggie in his bed since he first glimpsed her years ago. If their union restores peace between neighbors, so much the better. But Owen is falling deeply in love with the one woman he cannot hope to claim…and survive.

Follow Gayle on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GayleCallen

 

 

The Purse Project

I stole this idea from someone else’s blog because I thought it was intriguing. When I was first starting out with this writing thing, many sources suggested examining the contents of a character’s medicine cabinet or refrigerator. This is supposed to help an author gain insight into her character. Why not take it a step further and gain insight to an author by the contents of her purse?

Every month, a guest author will share the contents of her purse. I’m going to kick it off myself.

Purse project 01This is my everyday bag. I wish it were ever so slightly larger than it is. It’s a cross body bag, which is amazingly helpful when I’m grocery shopping.

In the skinny outside pocket on the left, I keep a pen/stylus/flashlight, hand sanitizes, cell phone, and business cards.purse project 02purse project 03In the wider pocket on the right, I keep my author post cards, my Day Job security badge (yes, that’s a smiley face badge clip), my keys, and a flash drive (the heart shaped item).

 

There are two corresponding pockets in the interior of my bag. In them I keep a couple of small note pads, a packette of tissue, and my mp3 player.purse project 04

There is also a zipper compartment inside the purse. I keep an assortment of pens, highlighters, pencils, breath strips, lip balm, lip gloss, mp3 charger cord, meds, a small pad of sticky notes and those keyring cards every retailer forces on you.purse project 05

And lastly, the main body of bag: sunglasses (in black & silver case), lipstick, hairbrush, my Kindle Fire, my regular eyeglasses, and my wallet.

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