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Monthly offerings on reading, writing, and building dreams one piece at a time, from executive editor, author, and fellow traveler Emma Brodie. Special features may include interviews, reading roundups, writing exercises, and the odd hawk photo.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
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- Sep 26, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Introducing: Query Lotto! (opens the original)
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September (opens the original)
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The first half of this month has been a beautiful blur. Kevin and I went on vacation to the UK, stopping in Oxford to visit friends and about a hundred bookshops—including Oxford’s first-ever romantasy bookstore, the insanely adorable Bad Girl Books. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DTgh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36439cd5-1d52-4085-99b8-c5eca94e29b5_480x
August (opens the original)
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The first half of this month has been absolutely thrilling at work. One of my favorite titles I’ve ever acquired for Clarkson Potter landed in the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list in its first week. How Lucky Am I is a gorgeously illustrated, intensely felt meditation on what it means to be alive, and I could not be more proud of this book and my author, Christian Watson. <div class="image
July (opens the original)
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