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the hot bookseller: or a story about trying to date like it's 1998
maybe don't hit on employees at your local bookstore???
Jan 12
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my 12 favorite substacks of the year
<3
Dec 29, 2025
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i bought over 40 new books this year. But how many of them did i actually read?
this is going to be embarrassing
Dec 22, 2025
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leave ocean vuong alone, fuck!
Aug 14, 2025
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where are all the literary romance writers?
Nov 28, 2025
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how i sold my debut novel in a week
Jul 25, 2025
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let katie kitamura have her $24 lip gloss, damn!
Apr 19, 2025
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my modern love essay changed my life
Oct 15, 2024
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i'm a literary fiction writer but i read more romance in 2024 than any other genre
Jan 2, 2025
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Diaries
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10:41
writer & the city: the sophomore novel slump
Dear diehards,
Aug 12, 2025
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Haili Blassingame
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writer & the city: saturday protests in the nation's capital
what is the point of protest anyway?
Apr 5, 2025
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Haili Blassingame
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diary: missed connection in december
to the guy on the red line: 1998 called and she wants her craigslist ad back
Dec 16, 2024
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writer & the city: this novel wants me dead
back to revision jail, but with the promise of parole
Oct 31, 2024
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Haili Blassingame
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writer & the city: reporting live from revision jail
Listen now | oh, just on the 10th round of revisions for this godforsaken novel
Aug 17, 2024
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03 | what i read and listened to this week
plus spells I cast on the country, oops!!
Sep 2, 2025
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02 | what i read and listened to this week
another lazy list
Jun 1, 2025
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01 | what i read and listened to this week
the laziest list you ever did see
Feb 13, 2025
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winter is upon us: a december roundup
the best things I've bought this winter with my own big girl money
Dec 10, 2024
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i'm not like other autumn roundups!
season re-reads + fall and her mysteries + an october oracle reading
Oct 2, 2024
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Craft Lessons
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#2 Craft Lesson: Demystifying Voice in Writing
what people mean when they say a piece of writing is "voice-y"
Sep 16, 2024
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#1 Craft Lesson: Writing Tension
the thing that makes you turn the page
Aug 21, 2024
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The Art of Interviews
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The Art of Being A Full-Time Writer
with New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg
Sep 9, 2024
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The Art of Being an NPR Host
with 1A host Jenn White
Aug 28, 2024
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