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The Odd DUck Society
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Jessamy Aubertine is too much for her university classmates, too little for her overstressed mum, and nothing in between. Then a mysterious letter signed by Jane Austen brings her back to her family’s fading tea shop and a pair of unlikely comrades. Will they find the letter writer—and perhaps discover themselves along the way? Or will their friendship fade with The Muses?
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about rachel
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Rachel Leitch is a certified weird girl who writes young adult/new adult fantasy. Right now, she writes novels that walk the line between dark-ish fantasy and weird little cartoon.
Rachel lives in northern Indiana with her family. During the school year, she tricks students into being bookish as an elementary paraprofessional. During the summer, she volunteers at an off-Broadway theater (no, not as an actress). In her (very limited) free time, she’s trying to fit all her reads on her shelf in a somewhat organized manner, consuming a level of chai that borders on hazardous, or nerding out over her fandom of the week. |
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Facing Disappointment in the New Year
January 12, 2026
This year will be THE year. The year I get my act together.\
I’ll make the perfect resolution and keep it flawlessly. I’ll find the habit that will fix all my problems. I’ll reach the achievement or fulfill that dream. Whatever I do, this year will NOT end up like last year.
Sound familiar? Oh, yeah, that sounds like how I opened last month’s article about holiday stress.
And yet, less than a week after Christmas morning and all the joy that brings, I set my high expectations on another celebration—the new year. But this time, instead of stress, I battle disappointment.
How can I feel disappointed when everything is fresh and new?
Maybe we feel disappointed when everyone seems to have a life-changing resolution, but we don’t even know what we want yet.
When the habit that was supposed to fix everything fades after a few short weeks. When the year that was supposed to bring happiness and joy starts out mundane or less than perfect. When we watch others reach their goals and dreams and we feel left behind.
Disappointment doesn’t always come with a handy step by step guide to get over it. I don’t know that I can lay out a neat bullet point article like I could with stress last month. But my new year did arrive with a realization, a realization that I hope comforts you, and maybe challenges you, if that’s what you need.
I’ll make the perfect resolution and keep it flawlessly. I’ll find the habit that will fix all my problems. I’ll reach the achievement or fulfill that dream. Whatever I do, this year will NOT end up like last year.
Sound familiar? Oh, yeah, that sounds like how I opened last month’s article about holiday stress.
And yet, less than a week after Christmas morning and all the joy that brings, I set my high expectations on another celebration—the new year. But this time, instead of stress, I battle disappointment.
How can I feel disappointed when everything is fresh and new?
Maybe we feel disappointed when everyone seems to have a life-changing resolution, but we don’t even know what we want yet.
When the habit that was supposed to fix everything fades after a few short weeks. When the year that was supposed to bring happiness and joy starts out mundane or less than perfect. When we watch others reach their goals and dreams and we feel left behind.
Disappointment doesn’t always come with a handy step by step guide to get over it. I don’t know that I can lay out a neat bullet point article like I could with stress last month. But my new year did arrive with a realization, a realization that I hope comforts you, and maybe challenges you, if that’s what you need.
