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How to Win on LinkedIn (opens the original)
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When something goes wrong, do you brace for the worst or assume the best? How do you keep hoping when things don’t go your way?Leave a commentI’ll go first…Dear friend,I didn’t have much to say this month. I spent August like a troll in our basement working on this series of male-male romance novels I’ve been taking the summer to draft out. It’s one plus of having time to work for myself, but of course, wr
Breifje van ertussen (opens the original)
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In celebration of the summer holidays, I’m resurrecting my first attempt at writing poetry in Dutch. Expressing yourself in another language is quite the challenge, especially when you’re very attuned to being able to convey nuance and speak in metaphor. But rereading this short piece a year after I first wrote it, I see the ways it helped me get over the fear of telling myself I couldn’t.And that’s the whole point…Mijn hoofd meet zevenenvijftig centimeter.Hoeveel ideeën erin passen?Waar blijft
Ten Years Later (opens the original)
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Do you sometimes open your mouth and hear the words your parents used to say to you coming out instead of your own? Who in your life showed up for you when they didn't have to?Leave a commentI’ll go first…Dear friend,I’ve never met my biological father. He and my mother divorced the summer before I was born, and she and I moved from California to Minnesota well before I have any memories of our living on the west coast. Somewhere
Briefje over mijn eigen Lilibet (opens the original)
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When you learn a foreign language, textbooks give you characters to follow. You learn the basic facts of their biography or where they’re going on vacation. This is done to help give context to the words, but it is a poor approximation of a real person. One of the best parts of my Dutch learning journey has been getting to sit down every week across the table from a native speaker, make my mistakes, and learn more than just whether or not she likes to go to parties or buy bananas at the market.
Somewhere Without AC (opens the original)
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Where have you chosen to build your life most recently? And what’s one comfort you didn’t expect to stop needing?Leave a commentI’ll go first…Dear friend,This month my dear ’s is celebrating its first anniversary. I found her relatively early on in my Substack journey and have been proud to write for her, learn from her, and be part of the incred
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