On February 9, 2023, my world came crashing down. Very long story, very short... I had to leave my beloved Rosemary Hill and move to the eastern side of North Carolina. Yes, the last seven months have been a total and complete nightmare. But don't worry, I have stuffed it all down in a box in my head so I don't go into a deep depression again... and now I'm slowly stepping back into the Land of the Living. A big thank you to everyone who stuck with me through this. You know who you are. On July 31, 2023, I filed my paperwork with the North Carolina Secretary of State for my new business here, and this is where Forsythia Cottage Writing & Design LLC comes in. They said they would evaluate my application and get back to me when it's official-official, but yesterday they processed my payment, so I'm going to just keep moving forward and hope for the best. LOL A week ago, I also applied for my new North Carolina license plates for my Explorer, and I was able to secure "FRSYTHIA," so that's really exciting! I was going to ask for that, and then at the last minute, I thought "BIRDSONG" would also be a good one — it was the first beautiful thing I experienced here in NC, and Birdsong Bay is the name of the town in my 12-book series I was outlining and working on before I bought my Oregon homestead. But, it wasn't available and so I gladly went back to FRSYTHIA. My plan now is to build my online business to the point where I can buy or build the house of my dreams where I want it to be, and no one will ever be able to tell me to move again. I've already made a folder on my computer for house plans. Ha. Currently, I'm editing for my international clients, and I am also proofing an amazing book on branding, which is so timely, I can't believe it. It has exercises in it that I have been doing on the side, to not only see how well they work, but to see what the exercises reveal to me about myself and my brand, and it's completely fascinating. I'm going to share the branding statements here that I came up with through just one of the choose-your-words exercises that relate specifically to me and my brand: 1. I interact with clients and readers in an attentive, caring, sensitive, perceptive, reflective, comforting, compassionate, safe environment because their feelings are important to me and I want them to feel seen and heard. I want them to love and appreciate what I create for them. 2. I create brilliant, colorful, crafty, creative, and imaginative art and words, and as a result, my work is uplifting and makes others feel good both visually and emotionally. 3. I am resilient, balanced, harmonious, detail-oriented, generous, diligent, and discerning in my work, and my clients know my work is solid and unique because my work is multi-layered and speaks to their inner self — or inner child *wink*. 4. My work is insightful, intuitive, inventive, meaningful and memorable because my work stays with people after seeing or reading it, as it's personal and speaks to them on a deeper level. Ironically, all of this ties into the tagline I came up with for this website before I even knew my own mind — "Spend your life making beautiful things." That is my passion. I thought I didn't know what my passion, or purpose, is, but that's it. Two years ago, in fact, I added a subhead after my name on Facebook and it says, "Creating Everyday Magic" — that's it, kids. That's what I want to do. Forever. So, here's to this first step of the next thousand. I have zero idea where this road will take me physically, I would prefer to not be in this humid nightmare of a town where I have to drive 90 minutes just for Thai food, but until then, I know how to make peanut sauce. I'll manage!
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Hello, 2023!Cynthia Moyer here... I have written and published six novels, but it feels like that was a lifetime ago. But all of that changes now. Buckle up.
Where have I been anyway?In 2019, we bought a farm. Then COVID happened. Then farm chores kicked in and it seemed like I never got back to the computer. All of my editing work went toward the farm, and I loved everything about my Rosemary Hill. Archives
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