Cheerio, fine humans,
This is going to be Boo’s attempt at brevity. I’m back-ish from a hell of a sickness and neck-deep in my new story again. We leave in six days to Madrid, Barcelona, and Sitges, but I’ll make sure I get out the final part of my essay on organizing the madness before I go. I also share some new book recommendations soon.
A. I have a podcast! It’s unedited, unprofessional, unfiltered, and I’m doing them in one take, so you’re getting true authentic Boo. The idea is that I read through these notes to you and expand whenever I feel like going off script. I’m also going back and adding audio to my previous Substack posts, so look out for those too. You can listen by hitting the play button above each note or subscribe to me via Spotify or Apple.
B. I’m loving this Ray Bradbury quote, which came to me by way of Bob Lefsetz’s newsletter.
“I’ve had a sign over my typewriter for 25 years now which reads ‘Don’t think.’ You must never think at the typewriter, you must feel, and then your intellect is always buried in that feeling anyway. You collect up a lot of data, you do a lot of thinking away from your typewriter, but at the typewriter you should be living.”
I talk about this often, the idea that your best writing comes when you get out of your own way. When I sit down to write, I look at it as my way to break bread with the muse. I’ve done prep and research, but once it’s go time, I just want to turn on the spigot and see if magic happens.
C. Having almost survived my fourth wintah in Maine—and this one has been a BEAST—I’ve put together a list of lessons I’ve learned. You might also find a gem of a picture of Mikella and me freezing our tushes off in Wiscasset, Maine. Do any of these lessons resonate?
That’s it for now. See you in a few days.
boo
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