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Wanda Gronhovd's avatar

I have been writing daily since April 8th. I am writing a memoir and getting deep in the weeds with some challenging material so I have been allowing myself to write what I can. Thanks as always for your mentorship

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Shayne Terry's avatar

So excited for this year’s 1000 words! I’m going to finish a novel draft this summer, and these sprints are going to help get me there!

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Jami Attenberg's avatar

Excellent Shayne! I loved your letter to me btw. Congrats again on your book!

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Celiathepoet's avatar

My childhood best friend and I are both novelists now and exchange our word count (or update) every single day and it is hugely important.

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Cathy Cultice Lentes's avatar

It is fun to dig in the dirt and my writing always grows too. Enjoy that garden!🪴

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Sara Daly's avatar

This 1000 words warm up has come at an ideal time for me. I’m lucky enough to be able to take a couple months off from my day job to travel and write. This warmup started about a week and a half into my trip. I’d gotten to a new continent, started having adventures, but hadn’t pushed myself into actually getting into the writing. I’m very deadline driven, and even though I haven’t put my word counts in the comments, I’ve still felt accountable to this warmup, and have gotten more focused work done than I have in a long time.

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Jami Attenberg's avatar

Excellent!! I'm so glad!

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Susan Piperato's avatar

Hello, as always I love what you're doing (your books, #1000words, this newsletter!) and am really grateful. And I'll be participating in the next #1000words!

I unfortunately have a billing issue that I need to clear up--how do I do that? Is there someone else who takes care of that?

Thank you for all you do.

Warmly,

Susan

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Jami Attenberg's avatar

Just reply to one of the emails.

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Amanda N's avatar

Is there still a Slack for 1000 words? Did a Substack chat replace it? I think no to both…but, where am I?

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Jami Attenberg's avatar

It only exists for one month around 1000 words of summer. So it'll be another month yet!

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