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Episode #336: Writing Communities with Julie Hedlund!

Episode #336: Writing Communities with Julie Hedlund!

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Grace and Alvina welcome special guest, author Julie Hedlund, to talk about what the 12x12 Challenge is, and they talk about the importance of writing communities and how to create and cultivate them.

For the Fortune Cookie segment, they discuss what they've been reading lately, and they end as always with what they're grateful for.

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What have we been reading?

Grace read Game Changer, The Great Shelby Homes, and Premeditative Myrtle. Julie has been reading The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest and The Girl, The Gate, and The Dragon, Sandwhich and Wreck, and So Far Gone.

Alvina has been reading All The Blues in the Sky and The People We Meet On Vacation.

Gratefuls

Alvina is grateful for Duck, Duck, Go the search engine. Julie is grateful for spending time with her son on this trip and also she’ll be spending a month in Australia with her daughter. Grace is grateful for her travels to California. It has been so cold but she was able to run at noon when it warmed up just enough! The Gate, The Girl, and The Dragon just made the ALA notable list!

Thank You


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Episode #335: Cultivating Joy in Other's Success's

Episode #335: Cultivating Joy in Other's Success's

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