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French Edition
Y’all wanna see something cool? Before anyone else gets to see it? Fuck yeah. So awhile back, my book sold in France to Les Éditions du Portrait. I…
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BOOK NEWS
A funny thing that happens when you’re a writer is you find yourself in text and dm threads with other writers, the subject of which is mostly all the…
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A quick note on paid posts
Just a quick note on locked posts: Anytime I lock a post, I hear from people wondering why. And I thought maybe that was obvious and we’d covered it…
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Sinead.
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We're not supposed to be in the same room
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I'm old now. Finally.
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Who is Ana Mardoll
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Maybe we're all only children now
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Ripe peaches
a dust bowl story
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Dolly Parton, Nashville TN
on obsession
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Can I bum one?
There’s a rule when you’re quitting smoking, really only one rule that matters and it’s you don’t buy a pack and if you do buy a pack, you don’t bring…
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The other thing we learned last weekend that I forgot to address.
Deb’s worried about me. I know this because Deb said, “I’ve been reading your substack and I’m worried about you.” Deb is Deb Olin Unferth, a writer…
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Meet your heroes. It'll be pretty cool actually.
We learned some things last weekend. I learned that I have a favorite trait in people. That trait is why I’m so comfortable among writers, or really…
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Horizons move
It feels like driving on the plains. Sometimes more like riding in the back. Nevermind the seat. I need you to focus. Look straight up the road at the…
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Bad timing
I think part of the problem is I’m an outdoor person who doesn’t want to do anything outdoors really. I like fishing but not enough to go out on a boat…
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Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.
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