07
Oct
Issue 11: Noticing what it is you notice
I’ve had a hard time writing lately. There are some things I know I want to
write about but
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Nicole Zhu
23
Sep
Issue 10: A few newsletter recommendations
I’m on vacation this week so I’m going to keep this week’s newsletter short. In
the meantime,
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02
Sep
Issue 9: Aspirational writing routines
Oh, how I wish I was a morning person. When authors are asked about their
writing routines, almost all of
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26
Aug
Issue 8: Unconnecting the dots
Welcome to all the new subscribers!
I’m Nicole [http://nicolezhu.io/], an engineer by day and writer by night.
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12
Aug
Issue 7: Art that keeps you emotionally afloat
With limited roaming beyond my home, the place I frequent most is (surprise) the
internet. Digital spaces can quickly become
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29
Jul
Issue 6: Big, resilient friendship
This past weekend, I took Esmé Weijun Wang’s workshop on Obsession & the
Creation of Fiction. She encouraged us
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15
Jul
Issue 5: What matters?
I wanted this newsletter to be a space for me to talk about writing and
creativity. At the moment, it’
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01
Jul
Issue 4: I must keep my own attention
Two weekends ago, I took a great revision seminar with the novelist R.O. Kwon
[https://twitter.com/rokwon]. There’
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17
Jun
Issue 3: Figuring out your creative metabolism
So much has happened in the last two weeks. There have been widespread
[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/black-lives-matter-protests-near-me-small-towns]
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03
Jun
Issue 2: We speak, we write, we do language
My birthday was yesterday, but it feels weird to celebrate at a time like this
[https://gen.medium.com/america-returns-to-its-violent-normal-d6828edbd27d]
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