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I didn’t think I’d missed it so much

So on Saturday we surprised everyone (including possibly ourselves) by actually opening Nowhere Bookshop for one day only TO REAL LIVE CUSTOMERS. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jenny Lawson (@thebloggess) And it was only half of the store and only a limited amount of people could come in at a timeContinue reading “I didn’t think I’d missed it so much”

Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day and I’m pretty sure that should be a national holiday.

So! Tomorrow (Saturday) is Independent Bookstore Day and that means lots of bookstores all over America will be giving out free Broken Oracle Decks (inspired by Broken and illustrated by Katie Gamb). Here’s a map of participating indie book stores. They each have their own sort of celebration and have lots of different offerings andContinue reading “Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day and I’m pretty sure that should be a national holiday.”

It’s going to be okay.

First of all, a reminder that I’m doing my last virtual book tour stop with Christopher Moore tonight, which should be lots of fun and more than slightly ridiculous. And secondly, OMG, I got a deck of the Broken Oracle Cards and they make me so happy. View this post on Instagram A post sharedContinue reading “It’s going to be okay.”

Well that was unexpected

So a few days ago I found out that Broken debuted at #3 on the NYT bestseller list, which was a total shock because a TON of great books came out the same week as mine and I’m not really doing a lot of publicity stuff because I’m afraid of people and my entire bookContinue reading “Well that was unexpected”

Hello, Canada!

So tonight I’m in Canada with the amazing Samantha Irby but also we’re really hiding in our houses because this tour is virtual and we are home-bodies. It looks like tickets with a signed copy of the book are sold out for tonight, but tickets with an unsigned copy are still available if you wantContinue reading “Hello, Canada!”

How is this real life?

So I’m halfway through with my virtual book tour and it’s been so fantastic that I don’t think I can ever go back to the old ways of traveling on planes and wearing clothes than aren’t pajamas. Last week I got to spend time with Luvvie Ajayi Jones and Neil Gaiman and Felicia Day. TonightContinue reading “How is this real life?”