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Housewives, Mothers, and the Working Class Already Have “Range”: It Just Doesn’t Seem to Count (opens the original)
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Someone sent me this reader review of David Epstein’s Range; the review had me with its title, “Life’s a Crap Shoot.” Range is brilliant, and discusses how and why breadth beats depth, generalists win, quitting is strategic, and every high schooler should read it before fast-tracking into a major. But until I read the review, I didn’t realize how much was on the cutting room floor.Epstein’s th
Always Say Yes to the Fleeting Thing (opens the original)
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When I was stupid and 20-something, I had an editorial fellowship as a staff arts and culture writer for Seattle Weekly. Prior to this, I was the books editor and a freelance arts and culture writer for Portland, Oregon’s alt-weekly, Willamette Week.This was in the pre-Instagram era; MySpace was still a thing. I didn’t even have a Facebook account because it felt like it for college kids. I was a professional writer when you could technically make a living doing so, if
Show Up for Yourself, Even If You Think It's Too Late (opens the original)
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My first book, Can You Learn to Be Lucky? Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others, came out eight years ago—August, 2018.Despite having written book reviews and interviewed/befriended authors for years, I had no idea what actually happens after a writer publishes a book. As it turns out, the only thing that really changes is this: the link on your book’s Amazon page changes from “pre-order” to “buy now.” Everything else, you should expect to do yourself.The second you put your “writer
The Caretaker's Brain Goes to Morocco to Write and Winds Up Starting a Cat Hospital (opens the original)
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Dear reader - I had the best of intentions: to get away for a few months and finish a draft of something. To write more posts. An article. An essay. In fact, I was fortunate enough to have an old friend offer me the use of her place in Marrakech for a few months; I had the privilege of being able to do the Christopher Nolan thing and unplug.For the first day or so, my view and brain looked like this:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/im
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