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The Stories We Tell (opens the original)
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My life is one of books and words. Even as I tap this out on a rainy, blustery Sunday morning, I am surrounded by books. A small pile of writing craft books and literary criticism to my left, another stack of writing craft books in front of that. On my right, two books, the topmost one of baby names—my resource for character names.In the living room, there are books about cults and pop culture and more writing craft books on end tables, and in my bedroom bookshelves full to full to overflowing o
What Matters Now (opens the original)
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September has its own energy, doesn’t it? It’s this strange brew of impending endings and new beginnings. In New England, the air shifts cooler and brisker with the onset of fall. Pumpkins pile up at farm stands, and “U Pick” signs are out at the apple orchards. Fall marks an ending—of warm weather, of green, of time outside without piles of clothes on.Yet, September always crackles with anticipation. I’m long out of school now, but I still feel it—the excitement of the start of a new school yea
Shelf Talk: I Do Love Love (opens the original)
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My father, an octogenarian who is very smart and capable, lamented the other day that he’s tired of people thinking he’s stupid and can’t remember anything just because he’s old.We were standing at his kitchen island after having lunch together at a local Thai restaurant. I paused, weighing whether or not to say the words. And then, I just said it:“Welcome to life as a woman.”He paused, looking at me with his large eyes in his round face.“You know,” he said, “You’re right. You’re mom put up with
Apparently, I’m This Kind of Writer Now (opens the original)
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These days, I’m having an irrational amount of fun with my writing. I sit at my laptop and my characters’ are already yammering at me to type faster, get the story down, capture this scene, move on to the next. Their voices are coming through, their wounds and misbeliefs are more crystalized, and their path forward to the end of the book, to the lessons they need to learn, is clearer than it’s ever been at this stage of the process.That’s happening on the book I’m tapping out, but a weird thing
What The Bear Understands About Teams (opens the original)
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Do you watch The Bear? I’m a huge fan. When I was laid off in December, we trimmed our streaming services and dropped Hulu. We just got it back because I’m happily employed again and we were missing too much good stuff—Bob’s Burgers, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Bear. We just watched the last season and it confirmed why I love the show so much. (If you haven’t watched it yet and hate spoilers, maybe stop reading now. I’m not really going to hold back.)It’s not just the massive transformational c
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