A good one from Bobby Finger today, about trust. Which feels timely as I prepare to present some brand new stuff at a conference this week, which always comes with the secret fear that it might be garbage. So, trust.

#1000WordsofSummer

https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/day-10-of-1000wordsofsummer-2024

Alone in the Woods

https://write.as/shawntowner/alone-in-the-woods

A Walk in the Woods

https://write.as/shawntowner/a-walk-in-the-woods

Super grateful to @jamiattenberg for featuring me in today's installment of #1000wordsofsummer, a daily newsletter with inspirational/noodly writing thoughts.

Wherein I confess to being one of those people who talk to themselves too much

https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/day-7-of-1000wordsofsummer-2024

Cheap Pizza as Proustian Reverie

https://write.as/shawntowner/cheap-pizza-as-proustian-reverie-k80y

Cheap Pizza as Proustian Reverie

https://write.as/shawntowner/cheap-pizza-as-proustian-reverie

Nice pep talk (pep letter? essay?) from Imani Perry today. Jami Attenberg's intro was spot on too.

#1000WordsofSummer #AmWriting

https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/day-4-of-1000wordsofsummer-2024

There's a Hundred-Thousand Streets in This City

https://write.as/shawntowner/theres-a-hundred-thousand-streets-in-this-city

Nothing like a deadline to disrupt me romanticizing academic summers. Farewell long afternoon hikes. Time for #1000WordsOfSummer.

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