In this solo dive, I discuss the new format (2x/month), announce my recurring guest/cohost, and then tell you the epic back story of my longtime novel, including…

* finding my voice in a river

* quilting the pieces together in England

* “hard-won holiday attention”

* how I took a 3/4 win and made it into a loss

* how Now Me sees Past Me

* writing a life raft

* no one had crowned me

* how The French Dispatch (and Wes Anderson in general) sparked me to be myself

* “We let her do what she wants”

As usual with my solo eps, there’s dog ASMR (namely sighing)—sorry/you’re welcome.

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