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How My Book Came to Be #4: Jessica Gross
On writing my second novel, "Open Wide," about a woman with mommy issues who takes drastic measures to become one with her boyfriend.
Aug 6 • 
Jessica Gross
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How My Book Came To Be #3: Leah Sottile
On writing and publishing "Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets and the Fever Dream of the American New Age" — the third in a new, candid…
Apr 23 • 
Leah Sottile
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How My Book Came To Be #2: Emily J. Smith
On writing and publishing my debut novel, 'Nothing Serious,' a 30-something coming-of-age thriller about a woman untangling from internalized misogyny.
Feb 19 • 
Emily J. Smith
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How My Book Came to Be: #1 Alice Driver
On writing and publishing "Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company" — the first in a new…
Sep 18, 2024 • 
Alice L Driver
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