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My own mom is waitlisted for my event
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Hey Reader, Don’t be mad, I swear I was planning to give you an inner-circle heads-up about this, but tickets sold out in like 10 minutes. 🤯 So, I’m doing a thing with Jean Hanff Korelitz, NYT bestselling author of The Plot, The Sequel, The Latecomer, and You Should Have Known (adapted as HBO’s The Undoing starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant — that one where Nicole Kidman wears all those excellent coats). Jean runs a pop-up book club series in New York called BOOKTHEWRITER, which I attended for the first time last year when my friend Daisy Florin was the featured author for her fantastic novel My Last Innocent Year. Before the event, I went to dinner with Daisy and our friend Terri Trespicio. (Author of A+ book Unfollow Your Passion and creator of The New Rules Studio*, which is basically like Peloton for writing salons. Highly recommend!) Jean dropped by and sat with us at the end of our meal, and I was a little starstruck chatting with her. Luckily, Daisy and Terri, both hugely supportive friends, made sure to mention my book, Tough Titties. I was sitting there thinking I should, but didn’t want to be all, “Hey, I’m an author, too!” Even though, as an author, that’s the job. Always. Everywhere, with everyone. Jean said, “Oh, I’ve heard of that book and seen that title and wanted to read it. Will you send me a copy?” Um, yes???? I was thrilled she wanted to read it. I had no idea she was going to invite me to be one of her BOOKTHEWRITER guests. Yet, lo and behold, on April 2nd, it’s happening! There are only 20 in-person spots. Still, I thought I’d promote it to my list to fill it. Well, somehow, those were marked SOLD OUT 10 minutes after they were announced. I hadn’t even gotten to tell my mother. She’s on the waitlist. The good news is, I’m sure she’ll get in. The waitlist does move — in fact, I was originally waitlisted for Daisy’s. The other good news is, there are tickets still available to attend by Zoom! The Zoom attendees are a real part of the audience. You get to ask questions and everything. I’d love for you to be there. Book your virtual ticket for my BOOKTHEWRITER event here. You coming? Let me know! OK, go have a Friday. xoLaura PS - I had a blast talking to Oonagh Duncan on her podcast, Goals, Grit and Some Woo Woo Shit. Love, love, love her. PPS - Here’s that link again to attend my talk with Jean Hanff Korelitz on April 2nd.
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"Yours are the only emails I actually open and read" - a regular reply in my inbox since 2009...and I'll bet in yours, too, once you subscribe and learn by pure, lazy osmosis to become the most compelling writer around. That said, no promises on improving your moral character.
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