Weekly Roundup: February 26, 2021

Quote of the week:
“The reason it’s worth it is because you’re giving a gift to readers. You’re giving your best thought, your best feeling, your best technique. And it’s not about fame; it’s not about fortune. It is about giving with generosity. Because this is how we repay the richness we have received from the literature we have absorbed from the time we were young, which changed our perception and revolutionized the way we see something, so we could never see it the old way again. To me, that is one of the hallmarks of great literature: It is the transformation of our perception.” –Charles Johnson, to Kevin Larimer, editor of Poets & Writers magazine (March/April 2021 issue)

What I’m reading:
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

What I’m listening to:
Vox by Christina Dalcher

What I’m watching:
Doctor Foster (Netflix) — finished season 1, on to season 2

Writing news:

• All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss will be released on March 23. We are doing an online launch event on that date–register here (it’s free!)
• People Who Knew Me will be re-released on May 11 
• No Hiding in Boise will release on June 15. Goodreads is doing a giveaway now (ends March 15)

What I’m talking about:
I’ve been too busy to talk about much of anything lately. Most of my conversations are with my 3-year-old, or with my husband about our 3-year-old. 

Weirdest thing I googled this week:
What is California’s birthday? (It’s September 9, FYI)

What I’m grateful for:
This comfy cowl my sweet neighbor knit for me. I have the sweetest neighbors (just went on a walk with another this morning).  Our mornings have been chilly (by my California-girl standards), and I’ve been wearing this while I work/write at my desk.