I would have written sooner but I’m been promoting the shit out of Shred Sisters. Texas and Miami Book Festivals and podcasts and book clubs. So much fun. But the best experience was zooming with all of you. I felt like Dorothy when she wakes up in Kansas and recognizes the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow as her old friends IRL. Writing the blog over the last seventeen (!) years has given me so much. Developing my own writing voice, finding community, watching some of you form writers groups of your own, publishing, persisting in the face of rejection (fuck rejection), and mourning the loss of our beloved Shana Mahin together has been so rewarding and meaningful. You’ve let me fly my freak flag high and I’m so grateful. If you’re anything like me, you’re dreading the holidays. So find a half hour and write, take back the night.

Thanks so much for all the kind words about the novel, too. Love you all. xoxo