Ten Things so Lit 🔥

From the wedge salad to literary 📚 wonder Fredrik Backman

1. “I'm really trying my best to act like a person, but I have a lot of what my kids call ‘issues’. I don't do well in crowds, I don't do well with stress, I have a very hard time processing impressions. I get easily overwhelmed.” But then internationally-bestselling author Fredrik Backman was able to get on stage and do THIS. “Earlier that day I had nosebleeds and migraines, just before going on stage I lost all feeling in my face and hands, because my brain reads stress as fear. I'm working on all this, I really am.” Inspiring.

2. Readers and writers need to eat! May I suggest The Wedge Salad. Am I right? Skip the bacon if you like…but why would you do that???

3. “Productivity in the long run doesn’t always look productive in the short run. And so it pays to keep your eyes on the horizon, knowing good ideas sometimes take time.”

   Laura
   writes good stuff.

4. This could be you! The winner of this worldwide publishing contract with Chicken House receives an advance and offer of representation. Get your children’s-young adult manuscripts submitted by June. LET’S GO.

5. “Make it shorter, Make it more appealing, How could it apply to more people?" Writing feedback via James Clear newsletter

6. The MIGHTY HEART is truly a wonder. How to turn heart anatomy into a picture book? HELP (seeking your input!)

7. The backpack we carry for too long. Print (drawn by author

   Brad Montague
   ), fill it up and then LET THOSE THINGS GO. Thank you, Brad.

8. “If you love a book, talk about it! If you love a story, let other people know!” A persistent teacher’s impassioned email to author Tommy Orange who dropped everything to visit this classroom in the Bronx (hoping my NYTimes gift link works)

9. This is a real sign listing towns in Maine from

   Heather Cox Richardson
   ’s friend Peter Ralston. “Friendship is a real town not so very far from where we live, and yes, friendship is here, wherever we are.”

10. Read

    Kelcey Ervick
    ‘s post on what we can learn from the fearlessness of teenagers and creativity and be SUPER INSPIRED (I am)!

Kelcey Ervick

May you find and discover many more things so lit this week!

Amy ☔