Jaclyn Paul / Lena George
author. mom. nerd. lover of mountains, rime ice, and cloud inversions.
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Book review: A Hand to Hold in Deep Water by Shawn Nocher
I don’t consider myself a book blogger or bookstagrammer, but people seemed to appreciate when I posted an actual review on Instagram the other day. Maybe I should get back in the habit? If I’m going to get back in the habit, though, I want to cross post my reviews here for posterity. Feel free…
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Self-publishing and print-on-demand platforms: which one we choose matters a lot
In my adult life, I’ve watched self-publishing evolve so much. These days, authors have a wealth of options to get a book out into the world, many of them surprisingly economical thanks to print-on-demand. It’s easier than ever to produce and distribute books in the same league with big traditional publishers. This is kind of…
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This week in pandemic history: Thanksgiving
I’m currently reading the new collection of Alan Rickman’s diaries. My writer-brain often absorbs tone and voice from what I read, and it’s been interesting to observe the melding of my journaling cadence with Rickman’s. It’s also been interesting to dig into the content itself. I suppose I expected something a little more distilled, based…
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Memorials, hometowns, and the stories we grow up in
A couple weeks ago I took a trip to my hometown, which also happens to have inspired the fictional town of Red Hill in She’s Not Home. I didn’t know how I’d feel about this visit. The book is, in many ways, a love letter to a beautiful place, and to the feeling of growing…
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Summer 2022, summarized in photos
I spent a lot of time offline this summer. Generally speaking, this feels like a net positive. However, I did have a few ideas I was looking forward to posting on here and now it feels awkward to do so without acknowledging my lengthy absence. Consider it hereby acknowledged. At some point late in the…