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cover reveal: The Love Variations
I’m so excited to share an early cover reveal for my next adult book, The Love Variations, with my paid subscribers here on substack!
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i'm autistic, and i'm okay with that
what was true was already true. knowing doesn't change anything.
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inaugural book club: the familiar by leigh bardugo
I’ve been meaning to read this one, so I’m pretty stoked that popular vote chose this to be our very first book club pick!
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announcing the "writing weird" book club!
this sounded fun
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Cover reveal: A Shot in the Dark, Spanish edition
I am so so excited to do an early reveal of the cover for the gorgeous Spanish language edition of A Shot in the Dark here on substack, exclusively for…
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called out by the new york times, and why i don't judge what i read anymore
guilty pleasures are no longer guilty
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my anxiety might kill me (and other emetophobic tales)
writing and parenting with a sick kid
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on writing for a future that might not exist
enter existential dread
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writing for an invisible audience (also: announcing 1:1 zoom consultations)
because i miss seeing people
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writing under the covers with your eyes closed (or: writing with disability)
I got diagnosed with lupus in 2015.
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"The Love Variations" (working title)
Including a super secret synopsis, excerpt, and character intros!
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the planning fallacy (and why i'm not saying yes to things anymore)
I swear I heard this precise piece of advice at least 85 times in grad school and during my postdoc:
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what am i doing when i'm working but not writing
I keep trying to explain this to people.
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Year-End Wrap-Up
Writing goals, reading goals, and all the ways I failed
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Writing Weird
Writing Weird
A newsletter from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Lee about writing through trauma and disability, and the existential dread of trying to create something that lasts.
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