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💬 Transformative Reading
What stories of change have you read lately?
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💬 The Books You Take to Bed
What are your beloveds this month?
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💬 End of year reading
What are you squeezing in before the 31st?
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💬 Whose writing are you grateful for?
Let's share and celebrate our favorites!
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💬 November comfort reading
What are you cozying up with this month?
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💬 What notebooks do you keep?
What do you record in notebooks? A deep dive into our analogue practices.
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💬 October reading recommendations
What are you loving this month?
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💬 What restores you?
I’m off to take a few days totally offline, and I'm curious what you do to restore?
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What books have changed you as a writer?
“Only one? Impossible!" No need to keep to one book... this discussion is open to any book that's changed you so we can all swap recommendations. Have…
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Why do we add "aspiring" to the word writer?
After writing a few pieces recently about the anxieties that come with identifying publicly as a writer, I’m very curious:
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September Reading
Happy September! What are you reading and loving this month?
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Your writing self's costume
What would your writing self wear? If they had an unlimited budget and all resources available... what do they dream of having in the closet?
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