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Canadian here! Loved this ❤ it's thanksgiving today and being somewhere like this would be amazing

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What a great conversation! I'm always fascinated by which books publishers decide to throw their money behind. As Sophia points out, Sally Rooney does not need a splashy party with merch and baked goods to sell her book, she doesn't even need to show up for her own party, lol! But publishers do love backing a sure thing. I have enormous respect for authors who (can and want to) step in and control their own marketing, as much as possible. It doesn't always move the needle on book sales but it do think it gives some semblance of control in an industry that is famously fickle.

Not us being Virgos and being known for overthinking 😂😭 Love this outlook and that you have such a great support system 🩷

Amazing Louise....I feel like I am listening to an amazing Audio Book about your life, as a mom, as a human, and the self care your doing ❤️ I love it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY and you look great Louise❤️🎉🎂

I love “what’s in my bag” videos with an emphasis on stationery-yours is so good 😊 some things: 1. Where did you get your glitter wallet? 2. Pencils *are* the best! I think they are having a moment, with status-y pencils like Blackwings. 3. There is no official way to pronounce moleskine, according to the company! www.marketplace.org/2013/05/20/moleskines-ceo-papers-advantages-and-how-pronounce-moleskine/ “We want people to feel free to say the name the way they want. Having said that, “moleskin” as a word is originally an English word. So the English pronunciation is ‘Mole-skin.’ But then you know, it was moved to France and over there, an ‘e’ was added and the French pronunciation is ‘mol-ey-skine.’” www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-pronounce-moleskine_n_5797cc92e4b0d3568f84ebee So don’t feel bad about how you say it!

Ugh, sending you hugs! 🩷 I hope things ease up for you soon.

Weeks ago I had a dream that would have made for an epic (in my mind) story. I woke up, actually remembered said dream, then got distracted getting ready for work. It never did come back to me 🥲 it’s not the first time I’ve done this. lol

💖 Thank you super informative and grateful to learn more of new authors!! ✨✨✨✨

Loved loved looooved this episode. I'm a stationery enthousiast also. Gotta love a perfect pen and fun notebooks!

You missed my birthday by 3 days lol September 6 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 love books, stationary, learning!!!💗

LOVED THIS PODCAST..... YOUR BEST EVER ❤️🏆🎉

WOW Louise you JUST DID THE PODCAST OF THE CENTURY!!!!!! You just spoke about deep feelings that many don't and won't dare speak publicly!!!! Everything you have just said here will help so many, struggling with the same feelings and emotions. You are so normal and all this is a phase in life that seems eternal but I promise it will slowly fade and your life will eventually fall back into place. Timing is different for everyone. You need to write a book about this!!!!!! And use the words you spoke here please!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉💖💖💖💖💖✨✨✨✨

When I had my daughter, I did the same thing for the first month. Then, I started making myself accept help from a friend or family member at least one day a week. You may try scheduling authors that wrote while having small children. They may have helpful advice for you and others.

Such strange and fake is my life. And real and artificial intelligence.

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Can you Separate the Art from the Artist? - NO - If it had been otherwise, their work would have been different - better or worse - You liked this work or you didn't - In the latter case, it doesn't matter - it will only be one of countless uninteresting works destined for destruction - You liked this work - It wouldn't have existed without what they were - Of course, you can imagine that if they had been different, their work would have been different too, but better and more moral and more pleasant - You are with the choice to judge the artist and say NO - You are with the choice to judge the work and say NO - works do not feel anything, not even rejection or disgust - nor do dead artists - There is no shortage of interesting works made by honest, responsible and studious workers - But you are neither a priest, nor a psychologist, nor a judge nor a policeman - So you still have the choice to say: I don't care and I love his work too much to do without it - I take him as he is

Falling for the trap of glamour.

Talking at Night is such a special read ❤

shiny object syndrome also known as adhd.

It's never been "age old debate"... the answer has always been "yes".

Good discussion. The Neil Gaiman situation is even worse now with five women levelling seriously bad accusations at this famous so-called male feminist

Congrats it's so lovely a birth of a book is like a birth of a child beleive me tgis is what happened to me when i received my first children story and dad was so exciting to be the first reader abd my mom makes us a coffee, my brother brings the 2000 copies from the printing house, it was a family gathering behind my success as an author.

So lovely cover

I hope that you record the beginning of every bbok launch so i can understand the whole ptocedures please.

Really impressed publishing houses here in the arab country don't have these concepts to build a community to support authors and writers that's why arab authors don't profit from there books any penny once they sell it they took the cheap money which will not help the authors to live and goodbye for arab authors, they will be dead before living and theur writings in the drawers for eternity. Damm on us how we accept these things, for that i didn't accept to work with any publishing houses here.

When you put the hastags of writings is it your vlog will be there ?

I like the ambition tgat you have to launch your book, you remind me when i wrote my first children story, i was si busy and so happy coming and going with taxi 🚖 to the printing house as i am independant author. I stopped writing and i am struggling coming back to many reasons including fatigue from the 9-5 cage work. I hope i can came back soon.

Who is the publishing house that makes this lovely book trailer ? I like the idea concept

Could you share with us a free download from papers in the big files, I think it's so motivated for writers like us, please I really need this because I am struggling a lot finding the right time to write and discipline me and my ideas. Thank you

A comment on Rowling: The world is a wicked place, and anyone who would defend women and girls needs some moral courage. In my opinion Rowling has shown such moral courage by standing up to the popular bullies, whereas you are seeking to appease the trendy and popular bullies by throwing Rowling under the bus. No doubt you will continue to be surprised and dismayed to find that so many of your heros (the popular bullies) are actually villains. I'll bet you cannot even articulate what Rowling said that was supposedly so terrible. Not without repeating lies. BTW, I too stand with Maya.

A comment on the Gaiman case: Gaiman is merely exposed as practicing more-or-less what he preaches. He has long entertained predatory fantasies while rejecting traditional morality. Which is not a good thing when combined with wealth and power.. I suppose this does not necessarily make him a predator, but now that we know he is one,, nobody has any right to be particularly surprised.

A comment on the Monro case: She sure is no Marion Zimmer Bradley. She committed no sexual abuse; nor was she complicit, either before or after the fact. Her youngest daughter was 25 before Monro even found out. She committed no crimes. She did not even break any of the 10 commandments. Her sin is that she associated with a known sinner. Which, as I recall, was one of the charges against Jesus. What was to be done with Fremlin? If he was not be put to death (a question in which Monro had no say), then someone needed to associate with him. No 80-year old man is an island. If his own wife did not look after him, someone else would have had to. Who is better qualified t o keep him out of trouble than his own wife? So I don't really get the hand-wringing here. But it fits with a pattern I have noticed of certain progressives being very preoccupied with concepts of social contagion and guilt-by-association.

Well said Louise, always enjoy listening to your take. I want to start writing my bio and don't know where to begin and listening to you is helping me with my feelings, on where do I begin. So thank you. I don't feel alone. 🖊️📖

I have a random question: What genre(s) do you usually write in (or plan to write in)? For example: fantasy, romance, etc.? I was just curious. Thank you in advance and have a good day.

all those things sound great! but im an aspiring writer, just finished my first draft for my book: through my eyes: chronicles of a uc berkeley student. so, anything useful to know for getting started is really helpful!

JK Rowling just has political views some don't like, Neil Gaiman is allegedly a predator (and if you read his works, the signs are there which makes it very hard to separate). Very different things.

at least with the gaiman stuff, it didn't involve children. a mother protecting a pdf file is one of the worst kinds of humans, like honestly

alice munro didn't get exposed while she was alive?

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Great video, love tour channel. If you ever come to the UK there's a great indi bookshop in Bath called Mr B's and a specialist sci-fi and fantasy bookshop in Oxford.

Could we be connected as supporting each other as authors ?

No way I was writing the same title but in some little difference. Thinking that we have telepathy.

This discussion. Wow. It was everything I needed to hear. Both of you articulated where you are in your writer lives so well. As a querying writer in middle age without children I struggle with many of these issues and the imposter syndrome that comes with it. Thanks so much for this!

This is so helpful - I am 29 now and my husband and I are getting ready to start trying to have kids, and this is a topic I have always been interested in and worried about. Thank you for speaking so candidly. I am devouring your podcast!!!

what an AMAZING episode Louise!!! I loved this so much and needed to hear all of this tbh thank you for sharing

Not me stumbling across your video and then watching you drive through my neighbourhood! 🥰

I remember that first outing after having our little one was surreal. Nice to see that you got to get out and enjoy quiet time. So important to do for our mental health ❤

I still call it Chapters too... and I call Costco "Club Price". LOL