Wonderings with Laura Munson
I write to shine a light on a dim or otherwise pitch black corner...to provide relief for myself and others. It's the light that I am looking for. And the wonder it illuminates. May my words land in your heart. yours, Laura
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Clarity in the Smoke (opens the original)
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As featured today on Maria Shriver’s Sunday PaperYou have thirty minutes to leave your house. You don’t know how long you’ll be gone. Or if you will be able to return. What do you take with you?Either you’ve seen it on the news or smelled it in the air: wildfires are burning all over the globe.Smoke is rol
Some Empathy in the Firestorm (opens the original)
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Half an hour here. Half an hour there. (opens the original)
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Dear readers,This is a Q&A I recently did with a membership only online writing community, and I thought it would be nice to share it here with you. For all the writers out there who want to be published, and yet fret the business side of it all…take heart. I have some concrete help for you that I hope will prevent overwhelm, and give you fortification and clarity in this often worrisome aspect of the writing life.Interview:<a class="button primary" href="https://lauramunson.substack.com/p/half-
What do you Do vs. What do you LIKE to do? (opens the original)
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I love when people make room for real questions and real responses. The podcaster, Rachel Peck, is one of those rare people and I’m so glad to be able to share our conversation here. One of the things we discussed was one of my longtime social experiments and it’s a lot of fun to implement: When you are getting to know a new person, instead of asking: “What do you do?” try: “What do you like to do?” It’s not that different from what a child asks another child on the playground. Swing? Sandbox? S
if you want to feel like this... (opens the original)
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