Quote of the week:
“Literary novelists are slightly defensive about being repetitive. I think it is perfectly justified: you keep doing it until it comes closer and closer to what you want to say each time.” — Kazuo Ishiguro (this quote helped me understand why I continue to explore grief in my novels)
What I’m reading:
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
What I’m listening to:
Vox by Christina Dalcher — about to finish this; so good
The Blonde Files Podcast: Emily Fitz Randolph–Transcendental Meditation and Its Effects on Mind, Body, Anxiety, and Aging
What I’m watching:
Doctor Foster — about to finish Season 2
Writing news:
- All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss will be released THIS MONTH (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:
- Voter suppression and the Republican party’s complete lack of shame about it
- Andrew Cuomo. Gross.
- The good vaccine news–most of us should be able to get vaccinated by May!
- Jackson, Mississippi–they still have no running water and NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS
Weirdest thing I googled this week:
Anemia symptoms. (Can you tell I have a touch of medical anxiety?)
What I’m grateful for:
A getaway. I’ve stayed close to home for the past year, so it was really nice to go to the mountains with my great friend for a couple days (she’s fully vaccinated and I get tested regularly, FYI). We did yoga and read and made use of the hot tub at our Airbnb. It was so rejuvenating.
