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Pretend You’re Good At It

If you’ve read Furiously Happy, you already know I wrote an entire chapter about how I almost lost the chance to narrate my first book because I was too terrified and kept fucking up. My amazing friend Neil Gaiman gave me the wonderful advice to “pretend you’re good at it” and it worked. Since then I haveContinue reading “Pretend You’re Good At It”

Booksgiving. An experiment.

Last September when Furiously Happy came out I was so terrified that people wouldn’t like it, wouldn’t understand it, or would run away after realizing I’m quite a bit crazier than I ever let on. But you stayed – for the most part – and then even more of you showed up, and now it’s FebruaryContinue reading “Booksgiving. An experiment.”

I’m sharing this with you because I love you.

Remember in September when I had to put a book trailer out, but instead of talking about the book I decided to do a video where I asked my friends to share their stories with the world? And my niece, Gabi, composed and played the lovely tune for it? Here. I’ll show it to youContinue reading “I’m sharing this with you because I love you.”

Season’s Greetings, you magnificent bastards.

It’s Christmas! Which is full of awesomeness and glitter and also a lot of conflicting emotions and sometimes depression, which seems even worse than normal because it’s a day when you’re supposed to be happy. But that’s okay because it’s just a day, y’all, and I’m giving you full permission to be joyful, or nostalgic, or sad,Continue reading “Season’s Greetings, you magnificent bastards.”

I’m licking all of your faces right now. But not actually, because I understand personal boundaries and virus prevention.

There’s a real post coming but I just wanted to share that we’re in the Wall Street Journal today. It’s a little bit about me but it’s mainly about you and that makes sense because you guys are who made all of this possible. Also, we’re currently hanging out with Benedict Cumberbatch. Just on the page, butContinue reading “I’m licking all of your faces right now. But not actually, because I understand personal boundaries and virus prevention.”

I’m alive. You are too. And for that I am thankful.

Right now I am on my way home from the last leg of the Furiously Happy book tour, which was filled with giggling adventures, new and old friends, tears and stories whispered in signing lines, terror and anxiety and adrenaline, and a particularly virulent case of food poisoning that left me stranded in Arizona for anContinue reading “I’m alive. You are too. And for that I am thankful.”