I'm writing a new book! And to celebrate? 3-HOUR CO-WORKING PARTY for all $5+ patrons (note time shift **NOON TO 3pm EST**) this Friday!! (Patreon)

Good morning all.

***EDIT 10:39am!!! THANK YOU all for the cheerleading. EEEEK. TIME CHANGE NOTE: I just shifted the co-working by an hour, forward, to 12pm-3pm this Friday (Oct 3). --Thanks Michael, for catching that one...I gotta scramble to make it home that day.***

Time for my third coffee :)

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Here we go!!!!! It's early early and I'm fiery fiery...and if you missed the livecast yesterday, we cooked up an idea to do CO-WORKING HOURS. The $5 patrons have gotten scant extras and attention, so we determined it'd be a great point at which the paywall has meaning, and it keeps the group small. We are PSYCHED! I HAVE A BOOK TO WRITE AND A TOUR TO BOOK AND ALMOST 2,000 EMAILS TO ANSWER!!! LET'S GO!

THIS FRIDAY, OCT NOON-3pm.

Forgiveness in advance if I have to pick up a sick kid or whatever. I'll post if I need to leave my post, but as long as I'm there at 11am to kick you all off, whatever!

My work all happens at the kitchen table at my computer and distractions are RIFE. Let's see if....this works! Maybe we can all tie one another to the mast.

Bring a friend, bring a COFFEE, bring a wine, just come for the chat to cheer us all on as we admin, poetize, write, strum, or whatever. Please use the question box for any thoughts, I'll check in at the beginning and end and throughout, and encourage you all to GET SHIT DONE AND FIX YOUR OWN SHIT! I'll be on mute the majority of the cast, especially if I need to make phone calls!

GO GO GO, DO THE THINGS! TOGETHER!!!!

RSVP HERE

Crowdcast will also send you a reminder:

https://www.crowdcast.io/c/z898uyad0pyt

I'll send a reminder post to the $5 folks, the morning of.

Remember you can always up your tier and shave it back the next month if you wanna try it out.

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AND NOW:

This is one of those rare times where I just cut and paste the post I made to FB/IG straight over here so yall can be proud of yourselves.

I'll have so much more to say about the book as time wears on. It's a long process.

But I'm so excited. So so excited.

…..To the socials....:

A redletter day. The last time I “started” writing a book - and I put that in quotes because a book has many beginnings and this particular one has been in my head in some form for ten years - it was 2013, evening, and I was in a bar alone in Fitzroy, Australia. I literally ordered a Manhattan at the bar to celebrate the BEGINNING of my writing. Not the end. Nope.

Well, it worked, I guess. The book was a bestseller. I wrote the majority of the book in 6 weeks. I gave myself the goal of 5,000 words a day, and mostly hit it.

It’s over ten years later. I’m writing another book (shut up, friends who promised to hold me to my promise to never ever ever write a book again, I know, I know) and today really marks the beginning, since this stuff is going to the publisher.

No Manhattan, no wine. I’m a busy semi-canceled solo mom and I’m low on goddamn time. Just a black coffee and a kid asleep in the room next door. Here goes.

I didn’t really want to write the last one, either. I consider myself a songwriter more than a book writer. But I had unpopular ideas that were gaining traction and I felt like the one who could say the things and people would listen.

I feel the pull again.

My patrons have been following this journey and I’m deeply grateful to them. Back in Fitzroy 2013, I wrote my book (The Art of Asking) with Twitter open at all times. Peak Twitter Times. I asked questions, threw out ideas and got feedback, hunted down metaphors and got synonym help from my followers. It was a true group effort and I loved every second of it.

Twitter is dead, and I don’t want to rely too much on the main for-profit social media sites for much more than advertising the actual work - so I’m going to write this book, basically, in collaboration with my 23k+ patrons. The chat tools there are heating up and the community is wonderful.

If you’re interested in helping me, cheering me on, reading the early work, and getting access to the small shows and talks - including an author talk coming up in collab with @harvardbookstore - please join. The patreon salary is making the book possible.

Go, little potato writer, go. I believe in you.

Wish me luck.

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Come co-work.

And I love you all so so much.

I'm on fire and you're all helping me so much.

You mean the world to me.

Thank you, for being my patrons.

📚🥔🔥✍️🫡

xxxA