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Stock your metaphor pantry

Published 19 days ago • 1 min read

A fun experiment for August

Happy August, Reader.

August is always such a strange month. The schools around me start early in the month, which feels like Starbucks pitching Pumpkin Spice Lattes too soon.

When I was a child, August meant spending time with my family in the North Woods of Wisconsin. We'd pick wild raspberries and spend several messy hours making raspberry jelly that we'd cherish in the dark Illinois winters as a taste of summer.

August was the time to preserve memories and fruit, to savor and stock up.

How about you? Are you taking time, disconnecting, stocking up?

Even if you're doing school runs or hard at work, this month's writing experiment might inspire you to do a bit of "stocking up" on your own, filling your writing pantry with possibilities. The idea is to gather experiences and concepts that will make fresh metaphors in the months ahead.

Curious? Read more.

If you'd rather watch a video, find this experiment on my YouTube channel.

This September: Start your workbook

The September cohort is coming together for the Workbook Workshop — will you be part of it?

We'll have serious discussions on content and strategy for the workbook that you want to write.

This small-group coaching happens September 11-25.

​Learn more and register here!​

If you know someone who might be interested in this, let them know. I'm here for any questions.

The Writer's Process Audiobook Updates

There's a brand new audiobook for the new edition of The Writer's Process—and I'm quite proud of it. We finished production in early June and it's available almost everywhere.

But not Amazon/Audible. Not yet.

Audible has had the files for 8 weeks now, and we're still waiting. (They haven't taken down the old version yet, either. Sheesh.)

But you can find it many other places:

  • On Overdrive - ask your library to carry it!
  • On Apple Books
  • On Chirp Books (a great site for discount audiobooks)
  • On Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and more

One link to rule them all: I've tried to put everything in this one universal link:

​https://books2read.com/u/bp7dq6​

For you loyal Audible listeners, I'll let you know when it's up there.

That's all for now. I'm off to gather August memories to last me through the winter—I hope you can do the same!

Until next time, may your metaphors be fresh and the writing easy and breezy.

Anne

PO Box 66285 Scotts Valley, CA 95067

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