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A Devoted Reader Goes (Book) Clubbing
Watch now | Why I’m finally starting a book club—and how you can help pick the first title
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Are You Built for Fun?
[A March 2020 Throwback Post]
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Laughing as an Act of Rebellion
Life is absurd, but 20% off paid subscriptions isn't.
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What Makes the Writing Life Possible?
For most artists, the creative impulse constantly vies with practical realities: time, money, and the need to stay afloat. Writers, musicians, and other…
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Release No Book Before Its Time (Update From the Trenches)
Abundant patience—and my readers—keep me going. I'm in it for the long haul with this novel: ten years and counting, and I promise to keep on until it's…
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Ready to Test Your EQ?
Equinox... equilibrium... equality... equity... equanimity.... When the days are lengthening, it is possible to believe that eternal expansion is…
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What I Did This (That) Summer (A Redux)
Revisiting 17 Bookstores and 13 U.S. States - Travel back in time with me to 2018, when I crossed the country visiting indie bookstores and…
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The (Friend)ship Sets Sail
On Making and Keeping Meaningful Relationships - I've celebrated my birthday in many different ways over the years, but all have one thing in common.
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Up Is Mandatory
What My Grand Canyon Hike Taught Me About Writing
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The Writer Speaks
Are you still you if you're not doing what makes you you?
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My Life in 28 Pounds
Or: How hiking the Grand Canyon is like having a baby or writing a book. In 2021, I trekked the Grand Canyon for the third time. It was as magical--and…
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Do the Small Hard Things
... so you can do the big hard things
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