Tag: novel writing
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September writing retreat postcard
As I’ve been talking about in my email newsletter, I have three writing retreats on my calendar this fall: one each in September, October, and November. I got the first one on the books last week. While I’ll get into the details in Tuesday’s edition of Letters (sign up here if you want in), I…
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From writing retreat to stranded in the storm
Funny story: I went to the beach for a little Thursday-Sunday writing retreat and I got stuck there. I thought I could leave at the time I’d originally planned despite a nor’easter rolling in. Turns out if I wanted to leave at all, I needed to have done it at least a half-day earlier. Around…
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The magic of fifty words a day
I used to be really into New Year’s resolutions. Also, lofty goals and all manner of similar endeavors that look good on paper but inspire disappointment and self-criticism in real life. It felt good to tell myself — and the people around me, let’s be real — I was an ambitious person. The sort to…
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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…