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​#63 – How to feel more human
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#62 – How to sell books without shame
#61 – Leaving the city
#60 – Making a fool of myself
#59 – Never apologize
#58 – Will I slow down in 2025?
#57 – TWO cover reveals!
#56 – Bide your time
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#55 – Why do I love teaching?
#54 – On the road again
#53 – What to do while you’re waiting
#52 – How to get rid of books
#51 – A new book—sort of!
#50 – The hardest thing I’ve ever had to write
#49 – Writer, editor, and . . . podcaster!
#48 – Your life, briefly limned
#47 – I wrote a . . . romance novel???
#46 – My favorite reads of the year
#45 – This building hides worlds behind its doors
#44 – Does fiction pay?
#43 – This book isn’t for everyone
#42 – Why won’t these kids stop writing?
#41 – How I ran a marathon by mistake
#40 – What to do when no one shows up
#39 – The book is out—and so am I!
#38 – Saying goodbye to one of the greats
#37 – How to not hate your friends
#36 – What kind of writer will you be?
#35 – Writing makes you weird
#34 – My favorite books of the year
#33 – Let’s all play solitaire together
#32 – Now the truth can be told!
#31 – From dog days to cold symptoms
#30 – Page after page after page
#29 – What I saw on my summer vacation
#28 – I’m getting out of here
#27 – Ambush interviews with my parents
#26 – Is this news?
#25 – How to reach THE END
#24 – No longer the Designated Drinker
#23 – Why I’m still in Chicago
#22 – Cue the celebrations!
#21 – Going into hibernation – or coming out?
#20 – And I still have sand in my shoes
#19 – Oh, the places you won’t go
#18 – What I did on my summer vacation
#17 – Are we popping the champagne prematurely?
#16 – Business cats & other headline news
#15 – The eyes have had it
#14 – Running away from it all
#13 – Turning pages with frozen fingers
#12 – Introducing a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure newsletter
#11 – Burning the days
#10 – I’ve got the whole world in my hands
#9 – How to tell jokes when you can’t hear laughter
#8 – Where do ideas come from?
#7 – I finished a book. What’s it about?
#6 – These books never had a chance
#4 – Longing to be part of a crowd
#3 – Do you really need more books?
#2 – Road trip or self-quarantine?
#1 – Blown Resolutions