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The Questions I Would Ask You
Let’s pretend for a moment we’re checking in on each other. Here’s what I would ask you.
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Jami Attenberg
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September 2023
Conversation with a Friend
Another approach I have been thinking about is that when I sit down with my pen and journal, I am simply just catching up with a friend.
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Jami Attenberg
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Why Write Anything
Hi friends. In the spring some nice men spent about six weeks building a screened-in porch on my house. I was not quite prepared for how much it would…
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Jami Attenberg
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Breaking Up with Your Words
Sometimes I get asked about the words I throw away, too. Where do I keep them, do I worry if I’ll need them again, do I think about them when they’re…
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Jami Attenberg
35
For the Strikers
Hi friends, A tv writer friend of mine who is a WGA member and has (obviously) been on strike all these months messaged me the other day: So I promised…
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Jami Attenberg
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Fall Vibes
Hi friends. Happy September from a city where it won’t feel like fall until November, and maybe not even December if we’re being real here. I grew up in…
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Jami Attenberg
10
August 2023
The Arc of it All
Galleys showed up this week for this sucker. I made a dumb unboxing video. When I started writing in earnest nearly two decades ago I would have been…
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Jami Attenberg
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The End of August
Hi friends, A few business matters before we begin: I gave a talk last week through The Whiting Foundation on the general topic of how and why to start…
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Jami Attenberg
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Origin Story
As some of you know, I had a wonderful dog named Sidney.
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Jami Attenberg
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Decaffeinated
I quit coffee three weeks ago so I could feel better. This is not a letter about being middle-aged although this feels like a pretty middle-aged kind of…
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Jami Attenberg
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How to Make a Writer Friend
How do you make writer friends? What does it mean to be a writer friend?
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Jami Attenberg
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July 2023
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