Jaclyn Paul / Lena George
author. mom. nerd. lover of mountains, rime ice, and cloud inversions.
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How to prepare for a bookstore author event
Today I’m going to share some of the ways I prepare for an author event. Specifically, a bookstore appearance where you read your work and participate in a discussion with the audience. After the She’s Not Home launch event I got some feedback that I was really prepared and easy to work with. This isn’t…
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Book review: Through the Groves by Anne Hull (memoir)
Entirely by chance, I read a whole stack of engrossing memoirs in April: Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott, Mary Louise Kelly’s It. Goes. So. Fast., and Anne Hull’s Through the Groves (affiliate links). I want to share them all with you, and I will. First up I’ll review Through the Groves. Through the Groves…
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Book review: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (memoir)
Note: versions of this review are also shared on Goodreads and Instagram. Crying in H Mart is a heartfelt memoir by Michelle Zauner, a Korean-American musician best known for her indie pop project Japanese Breakfast. Most of the book centers on Zauner’s grappling with the loss of her mother to cancer when Zauner is twenty-five,…
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Book Review: Fly with Me by Andie Burke (romance)
Note: I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley, and I also know the author personally, but all assessments here are my own. Andie Burke’s debut sapphic romance Fly with Me (affiliate link) is a captivating read in its own right. It also opens the door to representation I haven’t yet seen in…
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Just a writer with a painting degree, learning how to doodle (in German)
Confession: I have a four-year degree in visual arts. But I’m really a language person. I always have been. Hence the whole author thing. Makes sense, right? And yet I graduated from a rigorous studio art program. Look — I’m suggestible, I love working with my hands, and I have a deeply ingrained work ethic…