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Email: girlfaulkner@gmail.com
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Dear Valued Reader,

Your support is welcomed. If you have liked what you have read here at Out of Her Mind and you want more of my insights, irreverence, and voice, please check out my book of poetry, Herself: Pieces of Me, available around the web, but easily available as an ebook at Barnes and Noble. Also, head over to lulu.com and read my children's book, Can You Count the Toes, available for free in its entirety if you click the preview button, and available in print on their website (original full color art). Finally, feel free to scroll to the bottom of this page and make a donation.

Thank you for reading.

Stay tuned for webinars and educational resources as well as forthcoming books. I have a young adult novel in the works, and I will be previewing it here in installments over the next few months.

Yours in education,

B. Faulkner

xoxo

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