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I’m still pinching myself that I got to chat with the brilliant Nicole Graev Lipson yet again, this time for our Open Book series about one of my favorite topics, the essay collection, or more specifically, the memoir-in-essays. Nicole wrote one of my favorites, Mothers and Other Fictional Characters, which was published last year. As promised, Nicole was a true open book about her experience, sharing how she started getting back to writing after having children, at what point she realized she might want to expand her standalone pieces into a collection, when she decided to look for an agent, what went into her book proposal and so.much.more. If you haven’t read her memoir-in-essays yet, I can’t recommend it enough — please buy a copy today. And if you’ve ever thought about penning an essay collection yourself, you won’t want to miss our recorded chat, which is available to all paying members. (See how to become one below if you aren’t already.) Enjoy!