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What Changes When You Write Your Second Novel
Stories tend to take the time they need, and part of the process is learning to respect that. In the meantime, I’m enjoying the strange and wonderful experience of living inside the next chapter of Seagull Street.
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The Season Before the Dream
Dreams don’t disappear just because they’re postponed. Sometimes they’re quietly gathering strength, waiting for their runway. I always wanted to write a novel. I just couldn’t afford to for many years. Not because I lacked ideas. Not because I lacked discipline. Not because I didn’t care enough. I couldn’t afford the risk: the time, the…
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The Soundtrack of Welcome to Seagull Street
In Welcome to Seagull Street: That Summer in Ocean City, Maryland, music runs through the lives of two characters in particular: Olivia and Evan. Their playlists couldn’t be more different, but both remind us that songs can shape the way we see the world, and ourselves. With the Oceans Calling Music Festival happening next weekend…
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Building Something from Scratch
Indie publishing isn’t just writing a book. It’s ordering ISBNs and barcodes, wrangling metadata, applying for sales tax IDs, calculating shipping fees, adjusting printer margins, Googling how to send a 1099 to your editor ASAP because you had no clue, and answering emails like, “Your barcode placement is not up to spec,” at 1:27 a.m.—when…
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