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2 episodes with pretend this never happened
2 episodes with pretend this never happened
2 episodes with pretend this never happened
2 episodes with pretend this never happened
1. Content warning: Discussion of suicide. 2. Jenny puts words to her experience of ADD – "being a kitten on cocaine" – and her anxiety – seeing "rainbow fire.” 3. How Jenny felt guilty for years about a way her mental illness impacted her mothering – only to later learn it was her child's favorite memory. 4. The moment she decided to be honest about her struggles – and how sharing our awkwardness can save the world and cure our loneliness. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 About Jenny: Jenny Lawson is an award-winning humorist known for her great candor in sharing her struggle with mental illness. She's written four NYT bestsellers, including Let's Pretend This Never Happened (a mostly true memoir), Furiously Happy (A funny book about terrible things), You Are Here (An owner's manual for dangerous minds) and Broken (in the best possible way), which recently won the Goodreads Choice award for Best Humor of 2021. One of those books is a coloring book but she insists it still counts. She lives in Texas with her husband and child and would like to be your friend unless you're a real asshole. TW: @TheBloggess IG: @thebloggess To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bonnie and I are on separate schedules now so we are putting book club on hiatus but will still do a monthly just "shoot the breeze" podcast starting Jan! Happy Holidays!
‘The Help' by Kathryn Stockett. ‘Big Little Lies' by Liane Moriarty. ‘Let's Pretend This Never Happened' by Jenny Lawson. ‘American Dirt' by Jeanine Cummins. ‘This Is How It Always Is' by Laurie Frankel. ‘Listen for the Lie' by Amy Tintera. ‘We Begin At the End' by Chris Whittaker. ‘A Higher Loyalty' by James Comey. ‘The Book of Awesome' by Neil Pasricha. What do these books have in common? The famed but invisible editor pulling the strings from behind the curtain: Amy Einhorn Fifteen years ago my seven-month-old blog ‘1000 Awesome Things' was nominated for ‘Best Blog' from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. I was approached by literary agents and my new agent Erin Malone told me she wanted to auction my blog to publishers … next week. Suddenly I was in the foreign position of interviewing editors who were somehow clamoring to publish my book. I signed with Amy Einhorn—a woman I'd never heard of, who had just started an eponymous imprint I'd never heard of, within Putnam Publishing, which I'd also never heard of. But I was immediately and magnetically attracted to her vision for the book. “It's a hardcover, Neil,” she said. “It's for moms. It's a gift book. You gotta lose the frat boy posts. No blowing your nose in the shower. And I need a lot more new content.” I learned everything about editing from Amy in our passionate late night diatribe emails, our hot-potato-ing of 300-page Word docs back and forth with 100s of comments in red down the sides, and arguing—good arguing!—about every single element along the way. I'd sit in her office and she'd have a variety of ‘cases' laid out on her desk. “What do you think of 5” by 7”?” she'd say. “Too precious? Too cute?” Amy is one of the most successful editors in the world today with the highest percentage of books edited hitting the New York Times bestseller list. According to a feature in The Observer, “New York editors and publishers speak of Amy Einhorn's success as the product of an almost mystical editorial instinct.” She has a knack for sniffing out voice, for knowing what will work and what won't and, as you can imagine, I've been begging her to come on 3 Books for six years to hear how it all works. So I flew down to NYC to talk with the bright, brilliant, and beaming Amy Einhorn about what an editor does, how a book gets published, what helps a book sell, Amy's 3 most formative books, and much, much more. Let's flip the page to Chapter 140 now…
We love the summer because it means trips the bookstore! We have some of our favorite bookstores recommending their favorite summer titles. If you are in need of a laugh, a thrill or just a great story to read on the beach, this is an episode of The Book Case you don't want to miss. Books mentioned in this week's episode: A Short Walk Through the Woods by Douglas Westerbeke Real Americans by Rachel Khong Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo James by Percival Everett The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl The Summer Book by Tove Jansson A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams Lo Fi by Liz Riggs Central Park West by James Comey Westport by James Comey Table for Two by Amor Towles Swamp Story by Dave Barry The Backyard Book Chronicles by Amy Tan The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Different Seasons by Stephen King The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Halloween store is written by Kelly Reynolds and let's pretend this never happened is written in Byp Jenny Lawson. Hope you guys enjoy.
It's open books all the way with these two TMI queens and their no-holds-barred, hilarious ways. They're the perfect duo to break my 6-month hiatus from the show. What a hoot to be back with three-time New York Times best-selling memoirist Jenny Lawson (Broken, Furiously Happy, and Let's Pretend This Never Happened) and her blogtastic comedic twin, Laura Belgray, joining us here while on book tour for her debut memoir, the national bestseller, Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life when You're the F-ing Worst.Y'all, this one's a mood booster! And a total love match, as you'll see. If you're in the mood to laugh and shake off the funk from your Doomscrolling, this is the show for you.This may be Laura's first book, but she's one of the most successful career writers I know, starting in TV writing for NBC, HBO, USA, Nick at Night, Nickelodeon, TV Land, VH1, and others. Let's just say the girl gets around. Her blog and newsletters at Talking Shrimp are wildly popular (addictive!), as are her programs, like Inbox Hero and The Copy Cure, Laura's creation with Marie Forleo.Join us as we dig into wisdom on crafting headlines, run-on sentences that hypnotize, avoiding husbands as beta readers, and how having children is like living with an undercover agent tapping all your phones. We also dish on hiding during Zoom calls, editing drunk, getting mailed boxes of dildos in the mail (like you do), blowjobs Laura gave in the early 90s, titties that grow back after reduction surgery, and the ghost living under Jenny's house.I'm so happy you're here. Write on!PS. This convo was such a blast that I RAN back into the recording studio to cover a new topic here—Self-Publishing—with two clients who've made millions via self-publishing (which brought the big publishers to them). You'll want to emulate our strategies, whether you're self-pubbing or not!
From picture books read to us as children to our first visits to the public library to the school-assigned reading that ended up changing out lives, all of us can point to books that have made us the people we have grown to be. This week, Meg welcomes Sorta Awesome regular for books and reading Katie Proctor back to the show, and they each bring a list of books that have shaped the people (and the readers) they are today. Don't miss this conversation about their most meaningful reads! Come be a part of our Patreon community and join in our FIRST book club discussion of Tabitha Carvan's This Is NOT A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: the joy of loving something - anything - like your life depends on it.! You'll get exclusive content every month plus hundreds of hours of Super Star episodes to download and binge right now! And bonus - get our texting number so you can send us your thoughts anytime! Go to patreon.com/sortaawesome to become a Super Star Awesome! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: *Rocket Money: Cancel unneccessary subscriptions with Rocket Money today. Go to RockeyMoney.com/awesome. *Foria: Get 20% off your first order by visiting foriawellness.com/AWESOME or use code AWESOME at checkout SHOW NOTES: contains affiliate links Katie's AotW: Liquid IV Meg's AotW: Sephora #LIPSTORIES Lipstick Katie's list: Babysitter's Club Series by Ann M Martin Amazon | Bookshop American Girl Series Amazon Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech Amazon | Bookshop The Iliad by Homer Amazon Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Amazon | Bookshop One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Amazon | Bookshop The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares Amazon | Bookshop The Hurried Child by David Elkind Amazon | Bookshop A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Amazon | Bookshop Daring Greatly by Brené Brown Amazon | Bookshop Inspired by Rachel Held Evans Amazon | Bookshop The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Amazon | Bookshop Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Amazon | Bookshop Meg's list Face on the Milk Carton by Carolyn B Cooney Amazon | Bookshop The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Amazon | Bookshop The Road from Home by David Kherdian Amazon | Bookshop Beloved by Toni Morrison Amazon | Bookshop Complete Poems of ee. Cummings Amazon | Bookshop The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Amazon | Bookshop Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw Amazon Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning Amazon | Bookshop Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey Amazon | Bookshop Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosch Amazon | Bookshop Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Amazon | Bookshop The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr Amazon | Bookshop You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can find Katie at her website or on Facebook and Instagram! And be sure to check out her latest book Hand in Hand! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jenny Lawson is a funny writer, but that label doesn't tell the whole story. In her three books, her "parenthetical ramblings" are hilarious glimpses into her razor sharp wit that keep you laughing long after you put the book down. At the same time, Jenny Lawson deals with deep depression that has her also writing about her struggles - sometimes just to stay alive. She writes of the “monster” that at times takes over her mind. That mind works in wonderous ways - not always helpful to her own well being - but wonderous just the same. Our bookstore this week? Well that's Jenny Lawson's too. We talk to Elizabeth Jordon, the general manager of Jenny Lawson's bookstore, Nowhere Bookshop in San Antonio. Books mentioned in the podcast: Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Twice 22 by Ray Bradbury Pet Sematary by Stephen King Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky Florida Woman by Deb Rogers Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado There, There by Tommy Orange A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan Stories From the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine
1. Content warning: Discussion of suicide. 2. Jenny puts words to her experience of ADD – "being a kitten on cocaine" – and her anxiety – seeing "rainbow fire.” 3. How Jenny felt guilty for years about a way her mental illness impacted her mothering – only to later learn it was her child's favorite memory. 4. The moment she decided to be honest about her struggles – and how sharing our awkwardness can save the world and cure our loneliness. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 About Jenny: Jenny Lawson is an award-winning humorist known for her great candor in sharing her struggle with mental illness. She's written four NYT bestsellers, including Let's Pretend This Never Happened (a mostly true memoir), Furiously Happy (A funny book about terrible things), You Are Here (An owner's manual for dangerous minds) and Broken (in the best possible way), which recently won the Goodreads Choice award for Best Humor of 2021. One of those books is a coloring book but she insists it still counts. She lives in Texas with her husband and child and would like to be your friend unless you're a real asshole. TW: @TheBloggess IG: @thebloggess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the eve of Mother's Day, the Mamas are packing their bags for Mars. They've got their motion sickness cures and their poopoo spray tucked in travel bags; and they're looking forward to a few days of weightlessness in the silence of space. Join the club so the Mamas aren't left angry walking (or floating) alone.Book Chat:Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach Pick 6: Books for a Quiet (and less disappointing) Mother's DayJane Austen's Table: Recipes Inspired by the Works of Jane Austen: PIcnics, Feasts and Afternoon Teas By Robert Tuesley AndersonBalanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children by Angela J. HanscomCraft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew SalessesInto the Wild by Jon KrakhauerLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonEducated by Tara Westover & Educating by LaRee Westoverwww.twolitmamas.com
In this month's Read, Watch and Listen episode our reading recs are a little bit on the dark side, Jade shares Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, David reads a collection of short horror stories originally published in 1895, The King of Yellow by Robert Chambers and Sarah listens to Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson. Jade excitedly shares her love for the podcast turned Netflix show Archive 81, Sarah discusses The Drop Out on Hulu and David scares the girls by talking about the Chuckie tv show. To end the podcast on a lighter note we talk about French pop music, The Linda Lindas, The Regrettes, Maggie Lindeman and Dua LIpa.
Show notes: This episode is about “Roar” by Cecelia Ahern, which is a fictional short story collection about women who experience various things - all with a magical realism twist. BUT it's also about more than that. It's about being a woman and the situations we face daily - mom guilt, aging, gender roles in society, identity, comparison, and so much more. We talk about the stories that resonated with us (and the ones that didn't) and, of course, we have some short story recommendations for you as well. And #sorrynotsorry in advance for how many times we mention genitals. Related links: Books mentioned: Roar by Cecelia Ahern (obviously!) Sarah is currently reading: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Mia is still currently reading: Billy Summers by Stephen King Difficult Women by Roxane Gay Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Broken by Jenny Lawson * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you. Click here to join our brand new Patreon to get extra bookish goodies like bonus episodes, end of year rating guides, book club, and more!
Paul pretends to DJ a wedding, while Tony borrows ice from work. Tracklisting:Freddy Hall – Something Good [single]DJ 2-Tone Jones – The Curry Out [single]Melk – Let's Pretend This Never Happened [single]Matt Rippetoe – Ida [Northwest]Romance Languages – Let's Get Out! [Romance Languages EP]Ice Out – Bougie [single] Subscribe to the Hometown Sounds podcast in […]
In this week's episode, Kendra talks with Jenny Lawson about her most recent book, Broken (in the Best Possible Way), which out now from Henry Holt. Thanks to our sponsors! Go to AncientNutrition.com right now and enter promo code readingwomen at checkout. Listen to Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, available wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Things MentionedNowhere Bookshop Books Mentioned Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson Jenny Recommends Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones Wow, No thank You by Samantha Irby A Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode covers the first three books in the popular childhood middle school series, Dear Dumb Diary by Jim Benton! Featuring Camryn, listen and read along as we discuss what it's like growing up as a girl in middle school in DDD: Let's Pretend This Never Happened, DDD: My Pants are Haunted, and DDD: Am I the Princess, or the Frog? Thanks for listening! We will continue this series in three-book segments!
Do you suffer from anxiety disorder? Depression? Intrusive thoughts? Obsessive compulsive disorder? Voluntary hair pulling? Avoidant personality disorder? Any of the above? Well, Jenny Lawson suffers from all of the above. Tuberculosis too, according to her wonderful new book. It’s an overwhelming way to live and only partly cured by being a global community leader for mental health through her wonderful blog (TheBloggess.com), her millions of followers, and her indie bookshop Nowhere Bookshop down in San Antonio, Texas. Does Jenny Lawson do podcasts? Interviews? No, not really. She tells us at the beginning of the chat that she loves 3 Books so much that she wanted to come — lucky us, as 3 Bookers have been asking for this interview for years! — and she made herself cozy by calling me up from under her desk, in cozy clothes, post-beta-blockers, and with Hunter S. Tomcat providing animal therapy throughout. Jenny is funny, crass, smart, and openhearted. She’s struck a deep chord with her books Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Furiously Happy, You Are Here, and Broken. (All, I should mention, with the wonderful Amy Einhorn who’s edited four of my books, too!) Jenny and I talk about what a good editor does, reading in the freezer, stealing Stephen King, dollhouse therapy, mental health toolkits, LSD, what your kids will actually remember about you as a parent, and of course, Jenny’s 3 most formative books. Jenny is gracious and disarmingly truthful and she doesn't want her pain to go to waste. She is a beaming voice the world needs more of and today I am just so privileged to help her do just that. Let’s flip the page into Chapter 76 … What You'll Learn: What does an editor do? How do you read horror books when you have anxiety? How do you open a bookshop? What is reading guilt? How can ketamine treat depression? How can we cultivate self care and self awareness if we have anxiety? What are intrusive thoughts? How does depression lie? What is a mental health toolkit? What is dollhouse therapy? How can we talk to our kids about mental illness? You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/76 Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future episode: 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/email-list 3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, and Judy Blume. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and every single full moon all the way up to 5:21 am on September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co
There's a sense of exhaustion in people right now – brought on by relentless emotions that feel a little TOO MUCH! How DO we deal with our fear, anger, hurt, exhaustion, depletion – whatever it is for you right now…? Today I'm sharing a strategy that DID NOT work to help me overcome my anger & exhaustion. – and then 3 simple steps that DO work! At the end, you can grab a free resource that will help you gain more space & time every day to help you stop the depletion & feel more like YOU again.
CONTENT WARNING: In this episode we discuss a wide variety of topics surrounding mental health and mental illness, including depression, anxiety, suicide, and suicidal thoughts. Because it's always good to share and because May is Mental Health Awareness Month, here is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline as well: 1-800-273-8255. FOLLOW US: Kati - @shelfmadewoman on Instagram Kelsey - @littlereadinglists on Instagram The Podcast - @booksandboobspod on Instagram AND @books_boobspod on Twitter BOOKS WE COVERED: “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas “Well Met” by Jen DeLuca “Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating” by Christina Lauren “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” by Becky Albertalli “Lean on the Offbeat” by Becky Albertalli “Legendary” by Stephanie Garber “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas “Reasons to Stay Alive” by Matt Haig “The Astonishing Color of After” by Emily X.R. Pan “Furiously Happy” by Jenny Lawson “The Collected Schizophrenias” by Esme Weijun Wang “Defying the Verdict - My Bipolar Life” by Charita Cole Brown “First We Make the Beast Beautiful” by Sarah Wilson ALSO MENTIONED: “Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered” by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened” by Jenny Lawson “Disappearing Earth” by Julia Phillips
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All right, welcome KBMD Health and Gut Check Project bring you COVID Files, episode number one. It's a little bit different setting right now. I am not sitting in front of or next to Ken Brown my partner. What's up, Ken?What's going on Eric? Yeah, you sound a little bit different, but that's all part of it. We are practicing some social distancing.We definitely are. Brown does have a nice brick wall behind him. And I've kind of got one back over here. So if you happen to be looking on YouTube, you can see we've got a wild lamp. Yeah, just in case just in case somebody accuses us of lying. There's two brick walls.Yeah, there's there's definitely two two brick walls. So Brown is...Ken you're sittin' what about 60 miles from me? And but we both been having to stay up to date with the facilities that we served the anesthesia you and gastroenterology you could call it a hospital that's actually handled a patient.We had our first death two days ago from COVID 19. So this is a real thing. I was working in the hospital. This is something that I felt like, it's time although I'm not a virologist, you're not a virologist. Neither one of us are epidemiologists, we do have an obligation as healthcare workers to try and describe everything that we've been reading to get it out to people. So this is something that we cannot ignore meaning as a opportunity and a platform to give some information. Hopefully, we can give something that anybody watching this will at least clarify a few things. That's my goal here is to discuss some of the definitions get into what we're going to look at, should we panic, should we not panic? where's this going? All the things that I asked? Because I spent a lot of time looking at literature, we've got graduate students working for us, we've got nurses working for us, that look up a lot of things. So that's what I want to do in this show today is try and discuss all of it out there. Because the more informed you are, the more that you will be part of the solution. That's the important thing, and realistic, and a healthy amount of fear is appropriate. But not freaking out is the key here.I agree 100%. And something else I've been home just like you have and in between taking care of work and then keeping up with work. And then obviously, having a great amount of family time while being in a social quarantine, you end up consuming a lot of different information. So what I don't want our show today to be is just the personal emotional things only really we want to do exactly what Brown said. And that is move into information that you can use. Top to bottom, we want to explain things from the top level down so that we can we want to get everybody into understanding. There's unfortunately because it's a new novel virus. There's lots of misinformation in terms of what does it do? How is it affecting us and rather than take a guess I think that what Ken has for you here today is lots of up to date information, we're going to try to put it into a, a mode that you can use, accept and improve and protect yourself.Because I think what ends up happening is a lot of people, especially people that are trying to quarantine themselves, or they're staying at home, they do binge social media mediaing Is that right? Where they just kind of get on social media and just binge all of it? And it seems like if you look at that, there's going to be two camps of people. You've got the oh, what's the big deal? Nothing's going on. And I see these videos in Florida where people are playing tug of war on the beach, and there's hundreds of people and I'm just like, ph my goodness. And then it's the no, we're in a zombie apocalypse and they, you know, take all the toilet paper and hand sanitizer from the stores. So the only thing I've learned from that is that apparently zombies really hate toilet paper is the best I can tell about that. They can't stand it.They can't stand it. So the zombie apocalypse if that's the case, throw toilet paper at them. Unlike Walking Dead where you have to like smash them in the brain apparently toilet paper is the biggest defense that you can have against zombie apocalypse. Yeah, we don't this is not this is not an avenue the COVID File Episode One is not an avenue to drive people to go and make a bunch of unnecessary purchases or to go in and hoard things that your neighbor needs. So this is let's stay factual. And honestly, Brian, I'm going to kick it off to you and let you kind of lay out the template now outline on how we're going to address the different things andYeah so you know, normally, I mean, one of the things that I really like to do on Gut Check Project because, you know, joke around and make light of things but I'm having a really hard time making light of this particular thing. So I am neither in the camp that this is oh, what's the big deal and I'm not in the zombie apocalypse, but I do really think that we all need to take this particular thing extremely serious, and we need to get into it. One of the things that I've noticed is a lot of people have trouble with the different terms that are being used in the news. I mean, they get on press conferences, and they just throw these terms out. How is this changing the world? I mean, there are single moms that are waitresses that their restaurant it has been closed. And this is there's a lot of things going on like that. And I've actually, I knew that we were onto something when I've been trying to get an infectious disease doctor to come on the Gut Check project that physically come on for it really kind of ramped up here in the US, and a few of them were like, nah, I'm good. I think I'm gonna lay low and try and separate myself. And, you know, they basically said, you're on your own on this and I'm like, okay, so this is, I'm gonna have to learn about this myself. And I just want to share the information that I have uncovered about my concerns. And so my concerns are what are all these different terms after we get that, you know, how do you actually present? What's going on with the numbers? What are these numbers real? How infective is this? And then I want to get into some good news about what's going on. And that's where a lot of the research is happening. So we can talk about all these things. Because when I asked my nurses, hey, these different terms, what do these mean to you? Most people don't really get it because CNN, and Fox and these different news stations, they interchange all these names. And so let's start with that. Let's learn the four virus related terms so that everybody's on the same page, because when you read medical literature, they refer to it as one way when you listen to the news, they refer to it, and then they lump everything into COVID19. So let's just start with this. So the definitions, SARS, CoV2, so when people when scientists talk about this, they always talk about as the SARS CoV2, you'll hear infectious disease doctors refer to it as that. It is a type of Corona virus. In the beginning when everybody kept saying this is a Corona virus virus you Google it and I remember I've had friends and stuff go, what's the big deal? It causes a cold like symptom. Well, the thing is, that's a family of viruses, the Corona the reason why when they first came out, they said this was a novel Corona virus, which was not the word that they should have used. That is the word that infectious disease doctors would say they should have said we have a scary Corona virus here. That would have been catching people's attention a little bit more but novel Corona virus meant that it was a different type of coronavirus. So in that family this Corona virus is the SARS CoV2 two because it is a SARS meaning as severe acute respiratory Syndrome type Corona virus like SARS CoV nothing in 2003. That's how come these names are so confusing. So it's SARS CoV2 is this virus, which the closest thing we can relate it to, is SARS Cov, which was in 2003. So that's the virus. The current virus is not called COVID 19. COVID 19 is the infectious disease caused by this virus. So SARS CoV2 is the actual virus, and it owns it basically owes its name to its genetic similarity to the original virus, the SARS CoV. So that is short for severe acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2. So that's the definition that's the actual virus. Corona virus. Corona viruses are this big family. SARS CoV is the 2003 one SARS CoV2 is the novel Corona virus that we're dealing with. So that's the guy that we're actually dealing with. COVID19 is the disease that you get from this. Currently there are seven Corona viruses that can cause human disease. With the three most severe being the SARS MERS, which is the Mediterranean one and then COVID19.And just for clarification, the D itself does mean disease. So it is CO for Corona VI for virus and then D for disease and then 19, I believe is assigned because it was first discovered at the end of 2019.That's exactly right. So this is exactly what like what we're saying when we first discovered human immunodeficiency virus, and then you would develop Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AIDS. So it's very similar to that where you can there's the virus, it causes this disease, and so CoV...so COVID19 is the infectious disease caused by the SARS CoV2 virus. What's alarming is that as a much higher fatality rate than the flu, so a lot of people were saying I don't really understand more people died of the flu, more people died of the flu because the flu is more ubiquitous. If this thing takes off, then you're gonna have a much higher mortality rate. What the people don't really well, now everybody starting to understand and...so I mean, by the way, everything changes daily. I've listened to a lot of experts. And they're like, as of March 19, this is what we know, because they're freely admitting that as of March 22, we may have something new information on this. So what we do know is that it's the incubation period is quite long, which is why it spreads so easily because you may not have any symptoms. And then you're out there looking and feeling healthy and not taking any precautions, and then you get in contact with somebody, and we're going to talk about that a little bit later. Same reason why we're doing the social isolation, we both feel great. We're not doing it because we have a fever or we have a cough or anything bad's going on. We're doing it because we understand that you can already be infected and keep spreading it. So we're gonna sit there and do this. So I'm gonna now I'm going to quiz you because you've been doing a lot of reading. So how does the typical presentation happen when somebody is exposed to the SARS CoV2 virus?Typical presentation, and I guess you're asking me if somebody happens to have been infected, and now they're complaining of symptoms, is that what you're talking...?Correct. What is what are the typical symptoms people should be looking out for?The first thing, or most common, I believe is just a mild fever, followed by a little bit of discomfort and malaise. If they then later in developing something along the lines of a shortness of breath is going to be a key player, which hopefully at that point, the person has then decided that they need to seek help, but unfortunately, the way that I've been reading the timeline, oftentimes people are just simply not going until the progression grows. And if I understand correctly, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but what we're looking at by the time that symptoms generally set up is about a five day play out from the first time that somebody experiences a fever, and unfortunately waiting until the fifth day before seeking to find out if the cause of the fever happens to be related to this particular Coronavirus may be too late for those who are somewhat compromised, because the development of shortness of breath is the early stage of and we'll get into it, but the inflammation and bring it down to the lung tissue. And that begins a small little snowball that turns into a big avalanche of different things that we'll get into here in a moment. But it's interesting and I don't want to walk backwards here but you said what is the presentation the unfortunate part is the once someone becomes infected and then becomes contagious to the world around them before they show symptoms, that that five day stretch could take off after the second day they've been exposed, or can wait all the way until it looks like the 14th day. And unfortunately for the human race, we may be those particular people may be infectious or contagious to the world around them for up to 14 days without ever knowing it, spreading the virus.Absolutely. So we're gonna get into that because then we're going to talk about the epidemiology and why this is a little bit frightening if we all don't do our part, right. So the bottom line is you're exactly right sore throat, malaise, fever. In 80% of the infected people we believe right now, that symptoms include this kind of mild situation, we're going to call that mild so a lot of people think they had a small cold or they had the slight flu or whatever. 20% of the people, you're going to end up with a 20% of the people, you're going to end up with a more serious respiratory infection, which is pneumonia. Now approximately 2 to 3% of those people will will die. And if you end up with a severe pneumonia, and a severe inflammatory reaction, then what will happen is that if you end up getting bad enough to go on a ventilator, we're seeing that 86% of those people die. So the people that do get sick get really sick. So, yesterday, I was actually preparing this and this is one of the things so when I sit there and watch these videos in Florida of people saying, man, it's not a big deal and I say Florida because somebody sent me a video of people in spring break in Florida. I'm not trying to bash Florida in any way. So I get on a website where I can sit there and kind of track these things sort of real time. Yesterday, March 19 the Corona virus cases were 236,728...236. Today, 266,000. 30,000 people have been diagnosed since yesterday.It's a logrith...it's a logarithmic growth.Oh, yeah. And we're gonna get into that why because I think that's where the real it's not that the science the science of the of the virus and everything is super. If you're a virologist, it's interesting and everything, but when you and this is an epidemiologist's, nightmare slash, the thing that they went to school for. So a lot of them are geeking out, they're doing all these modeling and all these other things that are going out there. So there was 9,828 deaths yesterday. Today, we're up to 11,186. As far as the US yesterday, we had 11,348 cases today, 16,000, 5000 cases 16,491. The death toll went from 171 to 224. So the US here's the good news is that up until just about a week ago, the US fatality rate was around 3%. Because and this is kind of what's going to happen when we diagnose more people. Now it's down to 1.5% what that means is rescreening more people, people that normally wouldn't even go get screened are going to do this. So but you contrast that to Italy, that over the past three days, the death percentage was around 6%. And then just yesterday, it was 8%. You were gonna say something?No, no, that's I was just pointing out I mean, it's unfortunately their, their rate versus versus diagnosis is actually moving in the wrong direction over the last 48 hours.Yes, it is. And so Italy is and the the really scary part is, is I sent a graph to all our team members that we were outpacing Italy with our cases, at the at the day to day rate, and I get that we have a higher population and all these other things people can argue that but it'sBut I will say in the balance and it is hard. Just as you and I wanted to always present things in balance. The hard part is we have a limitation of testing capacity just as much as we do carrying capacity. And the hard part is is where are we going to get to the point of growth in number equals the sample, and by the sample the number of people in the United States, so it isn't nearly as alarming to me and probably not to you either Ken to watch the number of diagnoses skyrocket it probably on the on the on the front end? It's just that we're testing more people. It's just where is our ratio and our rate going to fall for morbidity and unfortunately, also mortality? Because I don't know. But testing is going to be imperative for to grow.We're going to talk about that because some new data has come out about the testing. As I said, day to day Remember, this is a world wide issue. So every single day scientists from China scientists from South Korea from France from Spain from Italy, Everybody's collaborating, and everybody's pulling their data. And we're learning more and more and more on a daily basis, but we're going to talk about the testing. What we do know is that the doctors in Italy described that most patients displayed this bilateral interstitial pneumonia. So unlike getting a pneumonia, where you have it, so typically what happens is if you have pneumonia, it's an infection, it will, in fact, a portion of the lobe of your lung or a whole lobe, but basically you have the rest of your lungs to compensate. Here, it's both sides, and it's in everything. And when that happens is bilateral interstitial pneumonia, meaning that it's on well, I'm not going to get into the pathology of it, but basically, the cells get infected, they die and then we lose the ability to produce surfactant. Surfactant is the lubrication that allows your cells, your alveoli to exchange oxygen, and this is a little bit more in your wheelhouse with your anaesthesia. Why don't you comment on that?Yeah, no, it's, it's it's exactly what I had some experience managing for several years early on. And oftentimes people that fall into this category long before Coronavirus lent itself to, to this epidemic here there was a situation or a diagnosis called ARDS or acute respiratory distress syndrome. And typically, the way to best describe it is it's almost like a localized immune autoimmune disease for your lungs. It happens because as the cells begin to break down and we all have these little bitty finger like cilia on our lungs, right, or to help with gas exchange and to hold a surfactant to break down the fluids, so that we can exchange it. The surfactant is breaking you down what happens is is that are immune cells which should.Eric, just really quick backup to right before you said Sir fact that you froze on me and I missed what you said, what were you saying but right right before the surfactant thing,Sorry about that it's surfactant level, it should be breaking down the fluid to allow for better gas exchange. And what's happening is our immune system in this particular state of ARDS is breaking down cells faster than they can be carried away. And when that happens, we have fluid buildup, it dilutes the surfactant and I don't want to talk over anyone's head. But essentially, our immune system begins to attack both bad cells and good cells, allowing for too much degradation or breakdown of our lungs and the tissue that we exchange the gas with. And then things begin to build up. And essentially you begin to drown from the inside we think of drowning or, you know, bringing in water and being being submerged not being able to breathe this being an awful existence. But imagine the fluid building up from in your lungs, you you're not consuming the fluid. It's here it's inside. So, pneumonia itself is kind of like that. But just as Ken said, if we catch it early enough, it's it's isolated. That happens in one lobe or one area of the lung with ARDS, which is what this could turn into, it happens all over the lungs all over the body. And what we do with an ARDS patient, is we tried to ventilate them by putting a tube in, we secure the airway, and what we tried to do is more or less force gas exchange by using what we call positive pressure ventilation, by blowing air through the tube, and so that we can force it into the lungs and then it can be exchanged. And then what ends up happening with those same patients is, is we normally would think of laying in bed on our backs and our head slightly raised. The lungs themselves can become damaged if the fluid is allowed to just basically sit there for a while. And the only way to keep the air movement in there is to rotate the bed. So oftentimes you'll see an ARDS patient who is intubated. And there'll be on their back side that they face down. And they have to continually be rotated to preserve the integrity of the lungs and actually to facilitate to facilitate good gas exchange. And I'll stop there with the management of the ARDS patient because you and I both know somebody else who does even the next level, which is the ECMO and we can get into that.Yeah, we well...so here's the problem with all that is that we know that from the account from the Italian doctors and our Chinese physicians, even young patients were developing this interstitial pneumonia and they were developing very dramatic, shocking pulmonary situations with this bilateral interstitial pneumonia. Now, the mortality of the critically ill patient of a SARS CoV2 pneumonia is extremely high. If you end up on a ventilator, it's 86%. Now, Eric, what you're talking about is the highest level of care. We're going to get into why almost nobody is getting these very isolated, very unique beds that can actually do this. And we know...I'm glad you said that. And well, what do I want to I want to just restate what you just said, what I just described is if you happen to be the most serious, that would be the optimal situation that you would be fortunate enough to end up in.That would be there's two, maybe two beds like that in a hospital in a large hospital. And when somebody is at that point, you call up for that bed, and you walk in and you watch this incredible science going on where it's the physiology and the pathophysiology at this battle. But we're we're going to get into this and that is the real issue is that getting the appropriate care to everybody. Remember that a lot of these Chinese doctors that first well the whistleblower that first discovered it other doctors. 40 year old doctors were dying from this. So this is and there were doctors in a hospital dying. So this is this is actually very that's what kind of perked my interest several weeks ago where I went. And I admittedly was the person that was like, why are we all getting all worked up about this because I know and I was trying to defuse the situation and be like, this looks like A Boy That Cried Wolf by the media. It's not a big deal, quit running out buying, you know, all this other stuff. And then I started reading about stuff going on in China and I'm like, holy cow, wait a minute, doctors and nurses are dying. So this is a big deal. So one of the things that I really started looking into, I'm like, okay, the only comparison we have to this is the SARS of 2003. Now, the reason why we didn't have to really deal with that, except pretty much stayed in the we're gonna call it the eastern side of the world. So a lot of these countries like South Korea, that have been so prepared for SARS CoV2 is because they...this is round two for them. They they saw it coming. They had testing kits, they did quarantine immediately. And they really put this thing on lockdown because they've already been through this, because the thing about SARS 2003 is that the mortality rate was really high. It was like 20% it was brutal. But we have now shown that this SARS CoV2 scientists believe is 1000 times more infective than the SARS 2003. And this is due to a lot of different reasons but due to the high mutation rate of the spike proteins, everybody's seen the example of the little spiky ball protein that the the media loves to play. This virus is showing a pattern of much higher infectiousness so a study released in released by some scientists in Germany on March 8, in 2020 found that this particular coronavirus could be found in the throat well before symptoms...well before symptoms. So what they're seeing is that there could be a huge increase in viral load in the back of the throat, way before any symptoms show up. So upon taking throat swabs from these patients, then they tried to show that all the results from day one to five tested positive for COVID19. But the high viral load from these early throat swabs indicated potential viral replication in the upper respiratory tract earlier. This means that you can have active viral replication in the throat during the five, first five days, and it will continue just like you explained for 14 days, which is why if people are going around, I feel fine. And I'm, you know, by the time we're asking if you have a fever, we're learning this is why it's there. Now, everybody's like what makes it so inffective. This gets a little bit hairy. And Eric, you and I have talked about this because we've tried to figure it out. I was just on PubMed looking at some different studies and one of the studies was discussing specifically the ACE-2 receptor. And people may be talking about this, but it appears that this particular virus binds to at least the H2 receptor, and possibly a Furan receptor. And the names of them are irrelevant. But the thing that's interesting is that both of these are kind of ubiquitous in the body, but they're heavily concentrated in the lung, and in the GI tract. So now we're seeing that you can get this both through your upper respiratory system and your gastrointestinal tract. One of the things a study just came out, Dr. Idim and I were talking about this this morning, because I just saw it this morning. This is how fast it changes. You get on the news and you're like, oh my gosh, it appears that 20% of people with COVID19 will actually gastrointestinal symptoms before they actually show the upper respiratory type symptoms. So this is what I mean. And it was no joke in the beginning when we were talking, protecting your gut is super important. So this is why a gastroenterologist is talking about COVID19, I at least have a role to protect your gut to make sure that that line of defense is taken care of. So what will happen is, is that this virus super tricky, will bind to this H2 receptor, and then it kind of knocks on the cell door and then the cell lets it in. And then the virus comes in, and basically hijacks a cell and lets the cell become the manufacturing plant for its own mRNA or its own RNA. And by having that happen, then it can develop more viruses. This is actually how the virus works. And so people argue, is it a living organism is not a living organism. I think most people have always felt that they're not living. But the fact that they can do these things they just need. It's the classic, or the most perfect example of a parasite. They hijack a cell, they get the cell to do what it wants. And that's how these viruses work.They're just kind of brainless. I mean, they you said it best, the mRNA the RNA is what is taken and replicated. And not to get too scientific. But I've always learned that viruses, although we don't say that they are completely unliving. They're not really living organisms. They're just, they're just RNA in a strand, they're not even DNA. They're just programmed to go in and disrupt a cell and basically hijack the replication capacity of a cell and make it to what it wants to become, which unfortunately, is usually to the demise of the cell itself.Yeah. And so in the most simplistic way, imagine the cell attaching to a lung to a lung cell and it does this then that lung cell gets taken over and it starts producing the virus. Well eventually that cell dies. And then that's where the cell dies. And it can no longer produce the surfactant can no longer do the other stuff that we're talking about. And then enough of that happens, and then you have this demise of the lung tissue and you cannot aerate. Well, something else happens. If it gets into other tissues, or if it does this, or if you have a healthy immune system, we now know that young people can actually have something called a cytokine storm. So what happens is your body overreacts to that, like your body goes, this is nuts. We've got this viral invasion, we have to get rid of it. And this may be one of the reasons why younger people are having this massive thing. So the only comparison to that is the Spanish Flu of 1918 of the reasons why it was so deadly, is because it actually created the cytokine storm in the most of the people that are infected. So what that means is that people with the healthiest immune systems died-that was 18 to 25 year olds, that's what made that particular flu so devastating.Yeah, I even saw a bar graph, it specifically addressed that almost every pandemic almost on the ends. If you're an infant or very, very old, it's almost where the highest mortality rate is. And for Spanish flu, it's kind of interesting. The ends are spiked. And then it goes down in the middle, it comes right back up into a spike, where we generally have our healthiest population and it was for precisely the same reason you described, it's, it elicits a cytokine storm, which is just people who happen to be in shape and the immune system doesn't know what to do. So it unleashes everything. It's almost like just self destruction.Okay, so that's our basic science class and I'm sure we're gonna get some calls from some neurologists to be like yeah, you missed you almost had it right. But whatever, but this is not we're not getting deep into the science. What we really my my other thing is why do we need to is this a time for some serious caution. And this is the part that I'm gonna get into that is a little bit scary. I'm not the first one to be talking about this. I have been looking at this for quite a while. But now I overheard Governor Cuomo talking about this people, the politicians are discussing all of this, and it's not the death rate. It's the need of the hospital system that is the scary part.Yeah, definitely and needs to the hospital system. And we can get into it. We can get into the specific numbers here just in North Texas. And just to use it as comparison, I think around 80% of our audience that's watching and or listening happens to be in this area. So we'll get into some hard numbers on bed availability, ICU availability, what it is that we currently use without the issues of COVID19 and then where our resources get reallocated if we happen to experience which unfortunately, it looks like we most likely will a surge of patients. Yeah so, so this is not this is not my opinion. Like all things we let's let's talk about some of the science that's out there. So I was listening to Dr. Grewal out of, I think how you say his name out of New York City, and he did some quick calculations. This is actually on the on the Peter Attia, a podcast when he was there. And he was talking about how if they calculated the ICU beds in New York City, and at a growth rate that we're at right now, which we'll get into it, which is called the R-Not, I'll explain that in a second. In two weeks, all of the New York City ICU beds would be taken. Taking it further, a study came out of USA Today yesterday or the day before. It was an analysis that showed if the nation continues to grow at this rate in the effective mount, what R-Not is in epidemiologic terms, it's written as R-0 so you may see it as that or it's pronounced as R-Not that means that one person can infect three people. Right now our R-Not is being described somewhere between 2.8 to like four, let's just say it's three to be due to be a nice round number even at three, if we don't stop this and so whenever people talk about flattening the curve, what they're talking about is the R-Not because we have to change that. So a USA Today analysis show that if the nation continues with this R-Not that we have, there could be almost six seriously ill patients for every existing hospital bed-think about that. Six people needing that hospital bed. Then they got into the whole analysis of based on the data from the American Hospital Association, the World Health Organization is being fairly conservative. It assumes that all 790,000 beds would already be empty, but they're not. Most hospitals are already almost at capacity, with the other stuff that we deal with like heart attacks and strokes and diverticulitis and gallbladder disease and everything else that happens to humans. Car wrecks, trauma. You know, and so then I saw a really scary one, where somebody was saying that if this continues, then we could have essentially 17, including the beds are already counted already there. We could have 17 people waiting for a bed in the whole United States. Now, Germany just published the paper yesterday, this is how fast it changes, like I mean, you just get on and you're like, whoa, they said that they haven't R-Not of two. If it continues like this, that'll be over a million people and they will lose all their ICU beds in 100 days. So if we sit there and say, well, the mortality rate of this and it will continue to decrease as more people get diagnosed, but then if we utilize the health care system, then the mortality rates going to grow exponentially, because the usual stuff can't get in then. So that's two thirds that...I mean, we could literally have 70 people competing for an open bed. And this assumes that we continue with this are not the are not, is based on our social lifestyle. So the reason why we're doing this podcast this way is because we're trying to do our part to break this R-Not of 1:3. If we can get to 1:1 or something less than that, then what we're trying to do is buy a little time by slowing the curve. We need to buy a little time to allow the medical infrastructure to catch up, be prepared or whatever it needs to do, because we are doing a lot of cool things. So you wanna say anything about that?But just in terms of application, so as a young person and even even back when you and I were probably questioning the the seriousness of the new novel Coronavirus or COVID19, however you wish to phrase it about two and a half weeks ago before it really started to get our attention. So in that, in that element we somewhat dismissed it as flu. But the progression of somebody who's sick with flu does not require near the resources. And on top of that, they're, they're contagious stage is usually commensurate about the time they begin to show symptoms so that they know they kind of should remove themselves from public exposure. This is the opposite. And when you find someone who is young and healthy, who most likely will not have terrible symptoms or even know that they are necessarily infected, the younger that they are, here's how it can affect you. Or it can it can affect you not infect you but affect you. So Ken just laid it out why we have all these hospital beds and the different resources that will be made available to somebody if the R-Not continues at a factor of three. Here's some hard numbers with DFW for instance. So in the DFW Metroplex, we have roughly 7.5 million people give or take. And that's that's the rough range, right? In this area, though, and all accounting and not including surgical centers, but high level hospital beds, we have roughly 15,000 beds. Well, that sounds okay. But right now before Coronavirus or COVID diagnoses have been affected or played a part in that. Already, two thirds of those beds are being used. Yeah. So we have less than 5000 beds total. Now that does not include Intensive Care Unit beds. So as it begins to break down the numbers, what we're looking at is roughly 80% of the people that will present and being diagnosed with COVID will be what they call mild to moderate. Even some of those moderate cases. I think it's around 40% of moderate cases will require some hospitalization. Okay, well, that plays into some of the numbers. How long is it hospitalization, roughly two to four days, then you move into the severe that makes up roughly 14% of everybody else who gets diagnosed with COVID. 14% of those people require supplemental oxygen and check in. Their hospital stay typically is lasting almost seven days. Now, that's a week. So 14% of the 80% of seven and a half million we're really starting to press, press out against what we have for a resources. That's not even the worst of it. If you are critical, meaning you get diagnosed with respiratory or organ failure requiring a ventilator, we typically only count an ICU room is one that has the capacity to handle a mechanical ventilator. That's less than 2,000 of those beds. And I can't remember what the current census count is on our ICU beds that are taken right now but I think it's 60%.Did you see how long that if you have COVID19 And you're put on a ventilator, what the average length is?It's almost two and 2.8 weeks, isn't that correct?Yeah, it's somewhere between three to six weeks.So the sad part here is, is it doesn't necessarily if it were in a vacuum and one person were diagnosed with severe COVID, and we could take them and do everything that we were talking about with a typical ARDS patient, we would have the best chance at a great outcome for that particular person. But that's not what we're up against. Now we have, let's just use some some fake numbers, but we have 1,000 beds, but with 5000 people that need them. And as people begin to pile up, even if someone gets there on a Tuesday, and then you get diagnosed on a Wednesday, you're going to have to wait three weeks for that bed. That's where the resources become incredibly stressed. And now how it comes back to those same people who said, well, it won't affect me, I'm too young. If you're in a car wreck, or you happen to be in happen to have just a completely different issue where your gallbladder is is giving you fits or you end up with diverticulitis, or you suddenly have a rectal bleed, or you suddenly get knocked while you're playing sports or whatever. And you require the ICU bed or that high level of acuity, unfortunately, COVID19 now is affecting you or loved one because it's not going to be available.I love how you say that because when you when when people are saying, well, it's not you know, it's not going to bother me, you know that President Trump keeps talking about how he really needs the millennials to be part of this because they have higher or according to him, they're not taking it serious enough. But you're exactly right. If you've got, I mean, I have all my patients that have Crohn's and colitis that are like what happens if I get a flare? What do I do? Well, it's gonna, and you're exactly right, putting in those terms. You're going to be squeezed out. I mean, it would be it would be one of the most horrific tragedies to have somebody die of oh something let's just say. Let's just take it out a little ways here. You said diverticulitis. diverticulitis is an inflammation of a diverticulum, which normally is easily treated. But if it doesn't get treated quickly, then it can form into an abscess then it can perforate, and then you have peritonitis, which leads to septicemia, which leads to death. So something that is completely preventable gets pushed out two weeks to try and get evaluated. And then well, that's a that's now we're...so I hope the whole point is not to do the oh my gosh, it does sound like a zombie apocalypse. But everybody needs to take this as serious as we're making it sound because the numbers when you listen to experts, these epidemiologists talk, they do not sugarcoat and they get very, very real, like the numbers you're talking about. Those are easily, you know, extrapolated and you can look at it, it's not like it's not Eric Rieger's opinion. This is just what's out there.No it is what's out there and those are the resources and in fact, when we were doing an inventory of what could be made shift ICU beds just to kind of give a glimpse on what what's being discussed in terms of people who typically do elective procedures, I do elective procedures predominantly, one of the surgery centers that cover happens to have four ORs. Each one of those ORs has an anesthesia machine. A lot of people don't know that's an anesthesia machine really is just a big ventilator, that has the ability to entrain volatile agents to help keep people asleep. Well, those four ventilators now, we now have makeshift ICU beds that's becoming a part of the count, which has never been a part of the community count of ICU beds before. So some of these surgery centers will be makeshift, more than likely COVID patient care units are where we will be able to monitor these people and give us more capacity, but it still won't be enough if we're not all on board to help stop the spread.So that is a lot of heavy science. That is a lot of doom and gloom. Let's get into some good news. So because I'm yeah, I'm hopeful we are going to get through this. This is a worldwide problem. And you've got some of the smartest scientists in the world collaborating together for the first time. So here's just a few of the things and this as golly I don't remember when I was this is a few days ago so who knows what's all going on right now. But I just mentioned that the US death curve went from 3% down to 1.5%. So that's awesome. China has flattened their curve as of yesterday, I believe that they did not report any new cases. So today is March 20th. Um in the Peter Attia podcast that I listen to, they were discussing that it could be that the corona test could only be 68% positive. And they were really scared about how devastating that would be if there were false negatives going out. A study just got published out of China. So a lot of this data that we're getting is the Chinese scientists doing retrospective studies and the Italians and the in the Iranians that have are now being able to look at the data that they have, and they're giving it to the world. There's, nobody's saying, oh, well, this is our information. And so but a study just published out of China was reporting a false positive rate of close to 40%. So the good news is, if that is true, what that means is that we're at least telling many people that you're positive quarantine yourself for two weeks, and so you're giving them a stamp of you have to be isolated. We don't like false positives or false negatives, but if you're going to have a poor sensitivity test, make sure that it is a It is a false positive in this particular case. So that people self quarantine. I believe that there are multiple vaccine trials going on. I think that US had its first human participant, and I believe Israel has human participants. Everybody's saying, when's that gonna happen? Well, as you know, as well, as I do that, you know, these vaccines probably are not going to be available for a long time. So that isn't something to hold our breath. But there are a few other things that makes it somewhat helpful. It appears that there are the President has been, well, not just the president, most government leader or most countries are really encouraging the private sector to get involved. And I think at least in the US, there are about 35 companies and academic institutions that are racing to create a vaccine, racing to see if there's some sort of treatment. So we know that there are studies being done on animals where they're looking at antibodies. So there's a lot of really exciting stuff. Now, some of the things that are going on, very hopeful is that some countries are using a drug. I believe it's by Gilead that was initially made for Ebola called Remdesivir. And they're combining that with a very old drug called hydroxychloroquine, which is called Plaquenil. Plaquenil yeah.Yeah. And they're seeing some success which is awesome. In fact, University of Minnesota is doing the first trial where they're going to do prophylactic hydroxychloroquine, called plaquenil versus placebo, and people that have had passive exposure. So that's another exciting thing. So if we can get people on this earlier, we may be able to take COVID survivors COVID19 survivors and spin down their answers. antibodies and give antibodies to other people so that you can do that they're doing that right now with macaque monkeys. I saw that that was going on. But all of this, the reason why that that's hopeful is because we need to buy time. And the only way to buy time is to you have to have this social isolation. I don't want to use the word social isolation. And we're going to get into that as the next part of this. Because what you need is the social or you need the physical quarantining. We know that social isolation, now I'm going to use that in a negative way, can also lead to, we've done we've talked about this on the gut check project that loneliness can be as deadly as smoking. And that's why I want to make sure that we end this on kind of an up note, and we know that social isolation can actually lead to inflammation. So we went through the science of it. We talked about the epidemiology. We talked about some of the doom and gloom we talked about some of the new things coming. I want to now discuss the fact that you and I are self quarantined. And as much as we can as healthcare workers, we cannot be completely self quarantined. I've been working in the hospital all week, tried to get in I've got I mean, I've, I, I've made sure that I've got alcohol wipes on me so that I can wipe down my phone I make sure that I've got I'm not hoarding, I'm not hoarding. I'll go to the hospital and say, give me a few alcohol wipes and give me a some some bleach things. I'm working really hard to not put the phone to my face and trying to do Bluetooth thing so I can talk that's another really important thing. We know that the everybody's talking about social isolation, but your phone may be a vector because we know that the virus can live from 72 to 96 hours on steel and plastic. It appears to not survive very well on porous material, like cardboard. And they can live in the air for up to three hours. So, you think you wash your hands and everything and then you put your phone down on a on a metal table. And then you pick it up, put your hand on it, put it right to your face, that's just like shaking someone's hand and slapping your face. So keep that in mind. Our phones are a vector of vector being something that can carry this,You know what's kind of interesting is that self quarantine allows you to let your guard down if you are in your same environment all the time with your same immediate family etc. You really can get to the point where you've been around the same people so really self quarantine with your home is going to allow you to not to overthink that kind of stuff so that whenever you leave, you become vigilant in the period of time that you run out to the to the grocery stores. Don't feel like that, just simply being you that you have to completely change and I've got to rinse my hands every three minutes before I go this direction. No, limit your exposure to the outside world. And that's when you would be on the most heightened alert. And it was interesting. I was listening to a radio show yesterday. And my wife and I were laughing because he was talking about how whenever he had to run to the grocery store, he found himself having to go to the bathroom. And I thought this was very keen. We've always been taught how to use the bathroom to wash your hands. But he said, as I walked into the bathroom, I realized before I touch the button on my jeans, wash my hands smarter and do my own pants because I'm going home with these pants. And so it's that kind of level of breakdown. And he even admitted had he not been practicing his own quarantine And then on the high end alert, he just would have been doing the same routine that he had been doing all along. So. That's a that's a really good point. We're gonna...I want to get into this but I want to play this because my friend, my childhood friend Brian Abood, it's his birthday today. So we're going to do a virtual birthday party and celebrate his birthday. She sent this to me and it's a I think it's going around social media. But basically, let's, let's hope it plays well.Because of Corona virus, you are going to be quarantined, but you have a choice, you A. quarantine with your wife and child, or B eaten.She didn't allow me in so I thought it was kind of funny. So she was saying that that's pretty much.Pretty much all there is to it.And I'm sure he was implying that Brian said that but that makes sense. Wash your hands before you touch your your jeans. So alright, so we're gonna end on a happy note. So I was listening to some other podcasts and I was reading the Washington Post article. And the the main weapon to combat this disease is social distancing. But that doesn't mean that we have to have social isolation. This is where I want to engage with everybody that listens to this, so that we can come up with ideas to try and make it so that you're not socially isolated. Because, you know, we...on social media, we see all these negative things all the time. But the reality is the majority of people, most of us are compassionate people. There's something called a carnival of compassion when there is a tragic event. You see it people after a hurricane people come out for volunteers, they want to help their neighbor, they want to help people they don't know. Carnival compassion, generosity feeds, with, you know, feeding kids and things like that. Most of us really feel that and so, the paradox when there's a tragedy is that we ultimately want to help and we have this impulse to be near somebody and hug them and say, you know, I want to help you, but that is exactly what we cannot do. So this, the other thing is, is that when we are in this social isolation there are people that may have some long term stigma from this social isolation like psychological fallout, so to speak. So there, like I said, there's studies showing that you can have increased inflammation, we know increased inflammation, you can have increased brain inflammation, which can lead to anxiety and depression and things like that. So I think here on the Gut Check Project, we want to end with trying to figure out a way that we don't have to make quarantine lonely, if you know what I mean.I do, I do know that I've got I've got a couple ideas that I haven't even told you about already.Well, I want to hear him here. I'll just finish up on kind of the science that I was looking at. People are people that are most physically susceptible to COVID19 or to SARS CoV2 are the same people that are most susceptible to loneliness. And so it's that double edged sword. So I purposfully you know, I called my mom today she's 78. And I was like, are you quarantine are you doing that? And she'd said, it's all these other things. So, you know, this is the thing that we all have in common now we all have this in common with everybody around the world. Don't get into this idea of panic scrolling through social media and overwhelming yourself, we need to intentionally interact. So I told you that today, I'm going to have a virtual birthday party. So that's how I'm going to intentionally interact. So I'm going to make sure that we that me and my friends stay connected. It's his birthday. Let's do this. I've got a green screen that will I don't want to take down my brick wall. That thing's I just had that thing put up a few months ago. But I'm gonna do a green screen, maybe put a little club back there, you know, and we can pretend like we're doing bottle service in Vegas or something. But anyways, that's kind of that's kind of what I want to do. And I want to see if our community can help us figure out how we can intentionally interact. What was your idea?Two things. One, you and I are communicating through zoom. So zoom.us, they're not paying us a penny. But if you ever just want to connect with a neighbor or get a bunch of different people on, it's free. If you want to have a conversation, I think up to what, 10 minutes or 15 minutes.40 minutes on the free account.Yeah, so 40 minutes, you can just invite whoever you want. Limited limited number of invites is the only thing about that. So I think you just have a few here we've got our business account. So we can this is what I'm going to do when I host my birthday party with Brian here shortly that we're going to, you know, invite however many people you want. SoThe other thing is is and I just discovered it today. So I'm going to place a couple of orders through Amazon to get a couple of small things that I'm missing but I'm a musician and a want to link up with some other guys. It'd be fun to jam with and we can't go to each other's home but there's a service that also isn't paying us a penny. It's called jamkazam.com. If you're a musician, you can actually link up and it allows you to real time jam and play music with people as long as you all have a good hard wired connection so I can't wait to get the stuff that I need to plug into the computer and and do that. So find ways to make community happen and in fact did you happen to see in Italy there were some people that a week and a half ago they're in their village, they were standing out on the balconies keeping their more than six foot distance banging tambourines and seeing I mean, singingYeah, it brought a lot of hope, brought a lot of hope. Absolutely. Yeah. So we want to do so anybody that's that's listening to this, please hit us up. And certainly, any ideas if you're like, you know what we're going to host a, I want to host a virtual coffee shop thing or whatever, but book club, we can do whatever. You know, I went on a quick side note, I read, let's pr...Steven McWilliams gave me a book to read when Lucas and I were in Panama. We were Panama the country and I read a memoir book with not medical, not business, because that's the first time I've read something non medical or non business in a long time. And it was called Let's Pretend This Never Happened. And I was laughing out loud. And then him and I were talking, we were doing a business call on zoom. And he had read the book, and then suddenly him and I were joking about it. And I'm like, oh, book club, virtual book club. There's a great way to go with it.No, that's awesome. Earlier, I was listening to Panama, by Van Halen. And that's kind of all there is to that story.Well, you can do that on your jamkazam, you can rock out some Panama there. So it would be interesting to bring the casual. So a lot of times and you and I do this with the show, you know, we kind of stress the show a little bit. We want to make sure that everything is tight and fine tuned, but in human interaction. It's never like that the casualness of the interpersonal play. We could start doing this. As we get better at it. We can start doing this virtually just kind of sitting there and you know if I have dinner with somebody where you don't have to be talking the whole time and it just be like, you know like you would with your, with your significant other or whoever you're not always just sitting there telling the coolest story ever. You're just taking a moment taking a bite. Look, I'm going broccolis good. Yeah. What did you do here? Oh, I added.Now that's awesome. Well, this is the first installment of COVID19 file for Gut Check Project. There's going to be plenty more to come we'll, we'll keep updating we didn't want to get out too early from the gate feeling like that we we wanted to have enough information to navigate the waters. There's been a lot out there before. I feel like that Ken and myself don't comfortable passing anything along. So let us know many of y'all have been keeping in touch. Just got three emails today from people who enjoy the fact that they could order What they could order obviously keeping your social distancing, but order or not does not matter. Let's keep the conversation Well, if you have questions that you want to know specifically or if you have a story, let us know. If it affects you directly, let us know. How are you handling it? How are you managing? So rounding out like. Well, yeah, the only thing that I want to add that I didn't want to get into today because clearly there was a lot to cover. This is the first foundation, but like something else everybody wants to ask me, what supplements are you taking? And I'm oh, as always, let's do a little disclaimer. I am a physician but I am not your physician. And so any advice we give here is strictly just an opinion and you're not to take my advice as medical advice speak with your physician about this and whatever it is that the the the typical jargon that has to be said of this is a show this is for entertainment, but it's also for information. So whenever reach...I think very clearly your your research, my research, these are not really our opinions, these are based off of us digging through a lot of research, at least during this period on these kind of things. You and I do have very strong opinions about a lot of other things. But we're not gonna do that here. So what I would like to do is a show based on the science of what supplements have been shown to affect different viruses and things like that is it a one to one translation? Nobody knows it's too early, but there's some different things that I think we could be doing.Definitely. Now, that'll be a great show in and of itself. And we'll back up everything that we say, with external science. It won't just be coming from, from Brown or myself for sure.Yeah. So hey, Eric, I appreciate you taking the time to do a different format. We're on the zoom. I do. I do miss your empty chair right here. But fortunately, I have a large cutout of you that I did that I printed a big picture of your head sits right there.That's okay. Because you're in the periphery. You can't see anything around me but my son's right here and he's trying to be really funny. Over hereYou think you're funny.I do think I'm funny.A boxing nun.That's what happens that's what happens away from the camera.Well, you could go ahead and let him know that I don't find that funny at all because I grew up Catholic and I've had some nuns punch me.That's gonna do it for the first installment of COVID files. It won't be long till we get the next one out we'll keep touch through email. If you are not a member already of the KBMD community just head up to gutcheckproject.com like and share you can sign up to have emailed information out to you. As more stuff becomes available through the weekend and into next week. We will definitely keep you abreast of all this information. One other thing also is that we're doing I'm really ramping up my telemedicine practice. So if if you happen to live in the state of Texas right now, I think they're opening the borders but we we are doing a lot of telemedicine and so just to recap because kind of scary. The virus is real. We need to do our part, there's a lot of really good things on the horizon, we just need to buy some time on this. And the only way to do that is to do what we're doing, which is stay your distance away. It is a highly infective virus. But we're going to get through this, we're going to get through it as a country. And when we come out the other side, we're going to learn so much more on the science of everything. There's never been such a collaboration of all scientists worldwide. Just saying here, what do you got? This is what I got. I think we're going to come out so much better as a human race as we get through this.Yeah I certainly hope so. I really do. So installment two, there is no schedule we're having Paul push this out as soon as he can get his hands on it. So we'll just keep 'em coming.But the biggest thing is, please stay in touch with us. If you've got questions. We've got we've got access to a lot of great scientists, a lot of good literature and I want to hear, I want to see you know what I'd like to see, I'd like to see people sending us pictures or small videos of them doing social interaction during quarantine.Yeah, send us your ideas.Even if even if you just spend all day playing with the boxing nun.I didn't get I did not get Mac's permission to do that but right, well, that's gonna I think that's gonna do it for this particular chapter. We'll be back in the next one we'll go through the science of keeping yourself safe with supplementation, etc. And then we'll just do another update to see where we're at.Let's do it. Stay safe, everybody.
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More words, better words, in less time? Sometimes. In this episode, finding your own path to write faster.If only we could write as fast as we type! You could set your clock by our book production, right? Not so. This week we’re exploring how to write faster with Sarina in the lead. Finding your own patterns, prewriting and avoiding that “stuck” feeling by finding tangible ways to explore your characters and book without doing battle with words dominate our conversation as we riff on ways to up our daily word counts without ending up with something that’s destined for the cutting room floor file. Episode links and a transcript follow—but first, a preview of the #WritersTopFive that will be dropping into #AmWriting supporter inboxes on Monday, September 30, 2019: Top Five Reasons to Be on Instagram. Not joined that club yet? You’ll want to get on that. Support the podcast you love AND get weekly #WriterTopFives with actionable advice you can use for just $7 a month. 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To support the podcast and help it stay free, subscribe to our weekly #WritersTopFive email.LINKS FROM THE PODCAST2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love, Rachel Aaron#AmReading (Watching, Listening)Jess: She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement Jodi Kantor, Meghan TwoheyKJ: Podcasts for book recommendations: What Should I Read Next? with Anne Bogel and Get Booked, from BookRiotSarina: 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation, Clint Emerson#FaveIndieBookstore NEWSJenny Lawson, author of You Are Here, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, and Furiously Happy, will be opening Nowhere Books in San Antonio with the former GM of Book People. We love it when a new indie is born. This episode was sponsored by Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps you get your work DONE. Visit https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwritingfor details, special offers and Jennie Nash’s Inside-Outline template.Find more about Jess here, Sarina here and about KJ here.If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship.The image in our podcast illustration is by Jordan on Unsplash.Transcript (We use an AI service for transcription, and while we do clean it up a bit, some errors are the price of admission here. We hope it’s still helpful.)KJ: 00:01 Hey writers, are you whispering to yourself that this might just be your year to make NaNoWriMo happen? Or maybe planning to do it again? Then, do yourself a favor and invest in Author Accelerator's Inside Outline coaching now, so that you've got a structure to free you up to use those 30 days in November to write something that really works. It is no fun to 'win' NaNoWriMo with 56,000 words and then realize 35,000 of them don't serve your story at all. Trust me, I speak from experience. The Inside Outline really works. Find out more at authoraccelerator.com/insideoutline.Jess: 00:36 Go ahead.KJ: 00:36 This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone like I don't remember what I was supposed to be doing.Jess: 00:36 All right, let's start over.KJ: 00:36 Awkward pause, I'm going to rustle some papers.Jess: 00:36 Okay.KJ: 00:36 Now one, two, three. I'm KJ Dell'Antonia and this is #AmWriting. #AmWriting is the podcast, your podcast we hope, about writing all the things, short things, long things, fiction, nonfiction, genre, new and creative genre, proposals, pitches, emails to potential agents. This is the podcast about sitting down and getting your work done.Jess: 01:26 And I'm Jess Lahey. I am the author of the Gift of Failure and an upcoming book about substance abuse in kids. And I think I'm on like day 31 until my deadline, so I'm completely insane. You can also find my most recent work that I'm super excited about The Smarter Living Guide to How to Help Your Kids Succeed in School This Year, which was super fun to write. And my first foray into the guides at the New York Times.Sarina: 01:53 I'm Sarina Bowen, the author of several USA today bestselling romance novels and my newest one will be called Moonlighter coming on October 22.KJ: 02:04 And I am KJ Dell'Antonia. I am the former lead editor of the New York Times Motherlode blog, the author of the book How to Be a Happier Parent and of a novel forthcoming from GP Putnam and Sons next summer about which you'll just be hearing so much later. And now that we are providing (by email) show notes every week, I'm going to invite everybody, first of all, to head over to our website and sign up so you can get the show notes and consider supporting us by signing up for the #Writer'sTopFive emails. But the real reason that I wanted to bring that up, is that every time Jess introduces herself on the artificial intelligence transcript app that we use to start out before our lovely assistant Marisa goes through and makes it all much, much, much better it says, I'm just lucky. I thought that was glorious. All right, we have a great topic today. Sarina, kick us off.Sarina: 03:16 Today we're talking about writing faster, which of course you know is an art and a science. Jess laughs because she's up against her deadline, but the truth is...Jess: 03:29 Jess laughs cause she's losing her mind. And KJ texted yesterday something about the fact that you just can't get as much done in a day as you think that you can get done in a day. And that's my life right now.KJ: 03:44 Before we talk about writing faster, which I think is doable and there are strategies and I can't wait to hear them. I just want to say that I'm having two struggles this week. And one is that - I just can't do as much in a day as I think I can. You'd think I'd know that by now, but I don't. And the other is that I also can't make all the people happy. So yeah, apparently I have learned nothing in my life because I'm still trying.Jess: 04:15 Well your book was not called How to Make Everybody Happy, it's just how to be a happier parent. So how are we going to write faster? Someone give me the keys to this car. How do we write faster?Sarina: 04:59 I came about this topic listening to lots of fiction authors (because that's mostly who I'm talking to during a week) talk about how to write faster. And every once in awhile, a so-called friend of mine will post, 'I wrote 11,000 words today.' And I will feel nothing but rage, because I have never once written 11,000 words in a day and never will and that's fine. But it really got me thinking about why is my pace, my pace? And what does it mean about my habits that has brought me here? And is there any way for me to increase that pace? So my average pace, like on a longterm basis, is about 1200 words a day. And that is up from about a thousand words a day. And so some people would look at my pace and say that I was flying, right, because 1200 words a day, you can on average write four books a year. But to someone else, that pace is like turtle pace and what the heck is wrong with me? So, this discussion is really more about writing faster for you and not becoming a speed demon. Because I don't actually want to write 11,000 words in a day. But anyway, more on that in a second.KJ: 06:22 I was listening to someone else on a different podcast, say exactly that same thing - about the people that can write 11,000 words in a day or whatever. And what that person said is, 'I probably, maybe could write 11,000 words in a day. However, the final 9,000 of them I would just have to throw away the next day. So, the gain would be zero. And that was her process.Jess: 06:50 I actually had a really good experience this week. I got more written in a day than I had in a long time. And ironically, our listeners will be just tickled to hear it was while I was traveling. But I figured out why - it wasn't just that I was trapped on an airplane for a cross-country trip (which part of that obviously it had to do with it). But I realized that my laptop, (normally when I write at home, my laptop is plugged into a monitor that mirrors my laptop) so that I've got this nice big monitor and I can have multiple documents up at once. Which is great because my laptop keyboard stinks. But what I realized was that the fact that my laptop computer keyboard was broken, freed me up from editing as I wrote. So what I did was I was just typing, typing, typing, knowing full well that the edit was going to be a heavy one. But all I was doing was getting the chapter structure out. And I wrote 5,000 words that day on planes and was it messy? Absolutely. But something about being freed from that impulse to edit as I went was really good for me. And that's not something I had tried recently.Sarina: 08:10 I have so many thoughts. The first one is I want to find you a bluetooth keyboard and ship it to you FedEx. So a couple of years ago, my father (foolishly, I might add) challenged me to a typing competition. He was laboring under the delusion that he was faster at typing than I was. So we had to settle it of course, as one does. And I clocked out at 95 words a minute. Beating him handily. I don't remember how badly and to save his feelings will not say right now. So if I told you a minute ago that my average pace is about 1200 words a day and if you put those two things together, it might lead you to believe that I can work for 12.63 minutes a day and be finished. But of course, I don't work for 12.63 minutes a day. And so, that led me to ask myself, what am I doing with all of that other time? So you just made a point that some of your time is spent fixing the B. And it made me want the following: (which I do not have) a tool that if I were just going to sit down and write for a couple of hours and then if I could look back at a video of what that page looked like as I went, I am 100% sure that I will type a thing and fix it, and type a thing and fix it, and type a thing and fix it. Because when I'm in the document and I'm composing chapter seven or whatever, and I'm looking at chapter seven and I'm writing it and there's dialogue and there's speech tags and all this stuff, I am constantly tweaking. Like, 'Oh look, there's two paragraphs that both start with the word I, let's change it.' And I just used that word two paragraphs ago, let's fix it. And that is my method. I am a fix-it-as-you-go kind of writer, because I just detest having a giant, horrible, messy chapter that I have to go back and rip to shreds for two days after I've written it. So at first, in my little quest for how to write faster, I listened to a lot of good advice about how to dictate things. And I tried, and I failed so spectacularly, because it turns out that the first way that something comes out of my mouth is never the way that I want it to. And that my process as an author, did not lend itself to dictation. Because sure I can dictate a lot faster than I can type, but I don't actually want that output. And what comes out of my mouth on the first round is not what I want to see on the page when I'm done. So I spent all this time trying to figure out why I couldn't get a dictated product that I was happy with. And it turned out, software wasn't my problem, the equipment wasn't my problem, the fact that Dragon stopped supporting the Mackintosh product was not my problem. None of it was my problem, except that I don't ever use the first thing that comes out.Jess: 11:50 You write more dialogue, I don't tend to write dialogue. But do you find that dictation is helpful for dialogue?Sarina: 11:58 You know, there's something that's more helpful for it. And that's this - the first part of writing quickly or learning to improve your pace is to understand what's holding you back. So, there might be people who don't type 95 words a minute and who are paralyzed by the blank page and who actually need that moving dictation. The eyes off the page to get that work out faster. In order to solve the question of how do I personally increase my pace you have to find out which personality type you are in terms of how it gets onto the page. So I just articulated mine to you right now, but a year ago I could not do that because I didn't actually know what was holding me back. So, then I set about trying lots of other things that weren't dictation based. So there's this book that I discussed with KJ once called 2k to 10k (and of course we'll put the link for that in the show notes.) And this author has a very analytical mind. I can't remember how quickly she wants our 10k to come. I don't even remember if she was advocating for a one day 10k or not, but it doesn't really matter. Because she was using similar analytics to figure out what her process was. So in her book, one of the things she says you should try is to make a nice journal of how your writing is going. So, if you sit down at 8:00 AM for 90 minutes, you should write down what time of day it is and what day of the week it is and how many words you got. And then you should do the same thing every single time you write and then you will see a pattern. I believe she thought she was the best in the morning, but that turned out to be wrong, she was most efficient at night. So, by analyzing your own ability to get words on the page, you can learn a lot about how to not waste your time. Which seems obvious in review, but was really meaningful to me when I figured that out. And then another thing she does in this book is actually the tool and technique that saved me, which she calls pre-writing. And this is where all the acceleration happened for me. She gave it a name, pre-writing, for something that I was sometimes already doing. Which is - I'll have a day where I'm finishing up a scene, and it's a great scene, and I love how it came out, and I will turn the page because it's done and I'll still have time and I'll still have energy left and I won't know exactly what happens next. Like my outline might be good, I might know the next bit of conflict is that my characters are going to have an argument about a thing and I already know what's at stake, but I don't know maybe where they're having it or what other little thing needs to happen first or just the really granular bits. Like how does that chapter start and how do they get into the argument in the first place? So this is where pre-writing is really important for me. So I close out that document, because that's the document where I'm gonna change every sentence that I write, and I open up my notebook, and I just start short-handing what's gonna happen. Like we start the scene here, and there's the problem, and here's the solution, and wait, we get into an argument. Oh wait, it's about the dog, the dog does it. There's this discovery on the page that's so free.Jess: 15:42 Wait, can I ask you a question though, because I thought, (especially since you tend to co-write) weren't you guys doing that as part of your planning process for the book anyway? Or was that something that you were doing on your individual chapters without sort of talking that much to each other since you had like a big, overarching outline?Sarina: 16:03 Right, that's exactly it. You know what happens next conflict wise, but you don't know how the scene unfolds.KJ: 16:10 Yeah, I do something like this, too. What it looks like is something like, okay they're in the car, maybe they're in a coffee shop, then I sort of drudge along, just hit return and start again, yeah they're at the bookstore. You know, he comes around, oh, nonfiction section, perfect. I mean it literally looks like that. And then the next day when I go to that it also percolates in your head and sort of starts to turn into a scene, or it does for me.Sarina: 16:49 Yup, and also dialogue, as well. When you just start blurting out onto the page the things that they're going to say to each other, you don't have to write the blocking. So you can quickly get to the heart of what is accomplished via that dialogue, like what plot is unfolding as people interact. And you don't have to worry about being consistent with body language, or that everybody blinks too much, or everybody's staring at each other too much, or all these little things that you find later that are too overwhelming. It's just the dialogue lines, no punctuation, no nothing. And that's when you figure out what's really happening in the scene. And then you take this God-awful, ugly piece of note taking you just did and then you go into your little perfectionist document and you write the scene in a way that pleases you. I'm just far more likely to fix fewer things when I do it that way because I'm excited that I've just solved the problem of what's happening.KJ: 17:58 I think I could write faster if I could also write shorter. I could write less if I was more disciplined about what you just said. Which is what do they need to say to each other, why is this here, why does this need to be here? Because you know, frequently I'll have those two people in the bookstore or whatever, and there's all kinds of clever things they could see,or talk about, or do. And if I would just focus on why they need to be there and if I only wrote in one clever thing, then later on I wouldn't have to take out five clever things and that would speed me up overall.Sarina: 18:39 Yeah. And that's where organization comes into play, because you can stash those clever things someplace else. Like, if you really like your note taking system, if you're comfortable with it, then you can just sticky-note it somewhere that 'Hey, this funny joke, that book we saw on the shelf, actually maybe plays into a theme that you're trying to develop.' So those little clever things can get set aside to percolate later.KJ: 19:13 That's sort of a different question of working faster, I guess. Right now we're just trying to talk about getting more words on the page while you're drafting. But getting the right words on the page is good, too.Sarina: 19:26 And then that whole idea about time of day, I haven't had much luck identifying a particular time of day that I'm better at getting words onto the page. However, I have noticed that the time of day that I get them out to the page has a very direct result on how I feel about everything. So, if I'm able to produce work in the morning, then I'm invincible. And if I sort of avoid it all day and end up writing it at 10:30 at night, then I'm just like on the treadmill and it hurts. So, that's another part of habits and how you get those words out and when. So sometimes I will even do the pre-writing step the night before. Like I'm feeling okay about the work for that day and I kind of know what's happening and let me just sit down and spew it into this notebook and then I will open it up in the morning and everything is less terrifying.Jess: 20:29 That's what I think would help me the most. Yesterday I wrote for 14 or 16 hours, but it was obscene. And the thing that kept me from stopping is that I know that getting back into the flow is my problem. So I need something to help me. So that when I sit down in the morning, or after a break or whatever, I'm not like, 'Okay, what was I doing? Where am I? What am I doing next?' And sometimes I'll highlight things in the document and then just write really quickly, 'Here's what you were thinking about next.' And that can help me overcome that little hump, but it's also just a mental roadblock. When you have a document that's as big as a book, it's really hard to sort of wrap your brain around sitting down and diving back in. But after about 15 minutes or so, you're like, 'Oh, okay, I'm back in. This is good.' But I would love to eliminate that 15 minutes at the beginning.Sarina: 21:24 Totally. For me, sometimes it's not 15 minutes, it's like three hours. And part of the reason for the three hours is that we're always convincing ourselves of something. I think writers are so guilty of this. Like in order to dig a ditch, you don't have to go back outside in the morning and convince yourself why that ditch should be dug. You know, the shovel is right there. But, with authorship there's a lot of doubt that comes into the equation and some of that doubt is necessary. So I like to think of it as like an in-breath and an out-breath. There are days when you just need to shut your inner critic off and just get that scene onto the page because that is what we're doing today. And then, maybe the next day you actually have to reverse the process and you have to invite your inner critic to the table and re-look at that scene that you did yesterday and make sure you're still going in the right direction. And so that requires a lot of emotional control of your inner critic. And my inner critic is not so easily manipulated as that some days.Jess: 22:31 Well, I'm in that place with the book where I have these wild vacillations between like, 'I've totally got this, it's going to be so easy, I'm on the downhill slope.' And then not even seconds later, the enormity of what a book is will hit me and I'm like, 'I don't know that I'm doing anymore.' It's this crazy emotional place and it's so funny to me that I can vacillate so quickly between the two, but there we are.KJ: 23:14 One was one of the hosts of Marginally was saying that she had read Wendell Berry. He had written that every day of farming, he would wake up, and lay in bed dreading like, and then he'd get out there and 15 minutes later he'd be like, 'Oh yeah, because I love it.' And you know (as someone with this small farm) recognizing that everybody has that 15 minutes. I mean, I think ditch ditch diggers do,too. You know, they know why they have to dig the ditch, but they're still like, 'Oh geez, not the ditch again, the same ditch, why didn't I finish that ditch yesterday?' You know, I think everybody's like that. And then you get out there and you're like, 'Alright, you know, I'm in the flow, I can see the progress, the ditch is getting deeper or whatever. Ditch digging might not be the best comparison. Anyway, I think we all have that feeling of get the butt in the chair and getting things going.Jess: 25:10 The good part about this part in the process is I can overcome that, 'Oh my gosh, I have no idea what I'm doing.' If I just take a breath and sit back and go, 'What are you talking about? You've got this, you're fine.' But there were times with my first book when I couldn't break out of that. So that's good, that's getting better.KJ: 26:42 Well as long as we're just talking about trying to get the work done as opposed to getting it faster. I also had a moment this week where somebody else was trying to get me to do something and that person was in a hurry and needed this urgently. My fresh morning time had already been taken up by a doctor's appointment, so my day was already not going great and I was gonna concede. You know, I was going to do this thing. And then I was just like, 'Wait, wait.' And I was being angry at the person in my head and I said, 'Who is doing this to you? You or that other person?' And I had to admit it was me. While they wanted me to do that at 10 rather than 11, they weren't necessarily going to know. So, I firmly put my little butt in the chair and did my own work for that first hour and a half and then I did the thing that the other person was asking of me.Jess: 27:51 I achieved something elusive earlier this week. I was having a really good day of writing and I achieved the elusive writer's high. I've never experienced runner's high, even after years of distance running that's never something I ever got to. But I did have writer's high the other day it was really lovely. And I put on some music and I kind of danced in my chair a little bit while I wrote. It was lovely. It exists.Sarina: 28:16 Well, let's spend another moment on the day when you can't find your writer's high. I have days when I just don't feel close enough to my characters or my topic. And sometimes those are the nights when I won't read anything before I go to sleep. So, instead of being tense about it - there's this funny part from Cheers (and I'm totally dating myself), where Norman, the interior decorator, would tell people, 'I've programmed myself to dream about your space.' And I love that line so much and I actually feel like I can turn that on a little bit with fiction. Where I will go for a walk, or I'll take a drive, or everyone knows how wonderful the shower is for writing thoughts, but I will just think about my characters in an unforced way. Or I will look for pictures on Pinterest of the coffee shop, or the attic bedroom, or the resort where they might be staying. I'll just do something that's tangential to figuring out the scene without actually worrying about what happens next in the scene. So we're not stuck, we're marinating. You're honoring the cogitation that has to happen before you're actually ready to go on. And yeah, it's true, I won't be getting any words on the page at that time, but I'm also not going to take flight from the problem. So, if you can find a way to allow yourself to think about your topic without actually saying 'What happens, what happens next?' then sometimes wonderful things happen that way.KJ: 30:10 I love that. We're not stuck, we're marinating. You're also just finding other ways to keep your butt in the chair, right?Sarina: 30:19 Yeah, or even out of the chair.KJ: 30:21 Or you know, keeping your head in the game, then. Something, come on, do something.Sarina: 30:25 Yeah, definitely head in the game. Once I drew a picture of the floor plan of the bar owner in my story. I didn't actually need the floor plan. I just drew it because it kept me thinking about him in a way that was not confrontational to what chapter 11 was going to do.KJ: 30:50 I love the idea of you like having these confrontational, mental... And you're so right, sometimes you just can't get them, you can't figure out why they would do what it is that you need them to do, or what they would do instead that still makes things move. And it is a confrontation.Sarina: 31:14 Yup. And some books are faster than others, obviously. People who think that my writing pace is fast, should remember that I'm writing books in essentially two series, where the world building has been established in previous books and some of the characters are already known. I just wrote an email 10 minutes ago to my assistant asking her to go through six books and pull out every reference to the youngest brother in this family. And then to go deep diving for mentions of the deceased father, because he's going to become important. And I will just reread every line about those people. So that falls under the category of what cannot be rushed. So, it's amazing that there are people who can write 11,000 words in a day, but I would still posit that on novel that I want to read again and again has some parts that have to take a pause after those 11,000 words. Because reviewing your own work for theme and motif is something you can't rush, basically. I always need to go back and find like, 'Oh, look how many times I mentioned lost sheep.' So, being lost is a theme of this book, and the sheep is the motif, and where have I underutilized this image and what was I thinking? That kind of thing, it's lovely to write fast, but if you give yourself permission to have to go back and think about all these things, then you'll end up with something that you're really happy with whenever you do finally write the end.KJ: 33:03 So I think when I talk about write faster, I would just like to get another couple hundred solid words a day. I would like to spend a little less time hovering over the keyboard and a little more time with my fingers moving. But not 11,000 words.Jess: 33:27 I think a good marriage for me in a day is a little bit of time spent smoothing out stuff I've already written and just pounding out new stuff. But I can't do both for really long periods of time because it's different, mentally taxing tasks for me. You know, getting a ton of words on the page is tiring in one way. And editing stuff I've already written is tiring in a different way. And for some reason for me, if I do a little bit of both, I can last longer.KJ: 33:58 I will just sort of point out to myself, that I've done NaNoWriMo. I have won NaNoWriMo and I'll just bask in the glory of that for a minute. And it is the book that eventually became The Chicken Sisters. So, I can write 1600 words in a day. I typically don't, but I could. So some of write faster might also be make more space. I was getting up early on days when, in a normal month, I might not get up early. I was pushing things aside that I might not have pushed aside. So, making the space - I guess that's not writing faster, that's just writing more.Jess: 34:45 Well, there's a really fun activity that I used to do with my students for NaNoWriMo when I gave them space to do NaNoWriMo in November, obviously. There's a little workbook that they used to produce and I'm not entirely sure that they still do. And there's a big page at the beginning of the workbook and it's got a big picture of basically what looks like your no button, KJ. It's like a big like stop button. And you're supposed to pretend to hit it, because that's your inner editor. You're supposed to silence your inner editor and so we would actually do it for fun. We would put the page on the desk, and we'd all slam the desk and say, 'That's it.' Our inner editor, we've just shut it off, so that we can move forward without having to worry about going back and make everything perfect. And that allowed the students to let go of that perfectionism a little bit and just allow the words to flow more and to become part of the process, instead of part of the editor. So that was a fun thing.KJ: 35:41 You touched on this, but do you separate your editing days and your writing days or your editing blocks and you're writing blocks? I've been in a deep editing space, cause I just turned in essentially the final edit of The Chicken Sisters and I'm having a hard time. In fact, instead of getting into deep writing on my new project (for a lot of reasons), but including the fact that I'm in editing mode, I'm going back over the probably first third to a half of the book that I already have, and making it match where I know I'm going. Whereas in in the past, when I've written things I have not gone back. I've just gone forward the way I knew I was going, and then gone back and fixed it. So how do you manage that editing versus writing space?Sarina: 36:35 I go back a lot. I really am a big fan of going back to the beginning, and printing it out, and reading it, and scribbling in the margins, and then doing an edit even before I've hit the 50% Mark. And Elle Kennedy doesn't like to do that. She likes to write the whole thing and then go back and fix it, but I feel too out of control. It's like there's dishes in the sink kind of feeling. One way that that benefits me is that I just printed out a book that I had just finished and I had exactly four days to do the final revision and the result was totally as expected, which is that that first 25% did not require very much of me because I had already been there so many times. The second 25% was okay, the third 25% was a disaster, and the last quarter was great because I had already figured all my stuff out. And I was able to write the last quarter of the book, even if I hadn't fixed the 50 to 75% part yet, I knew what was there and it was all fresh.KJ: 37:45 I think it's just too soon for me. I'm only on my second hopefully publishable novel (I've got some tucked away). So it's too soon for me to sort of say, 'Oh, this is how I do it.' But, some part of me doesn't want to spend too much time going back and polishing the first 25% because at least in the first book there were things that I needed to go back and change. I don't think you're polishing anyway. It's somewhere between polishing it and revising. I want to revise to get the plot consistent, and the character development consistent, and the things that I know are happening consistent, but I don't want to spend too much time on it because there's a pretty decent chance that somewhere the final third of the book, something will happen that will cause me to go 'Oh, yeah. I really got to go back and and insert this, that, or the other, or pull out this, that, or the other, because that has changed. So it's an interesting balance.Sarina: 38:50 I still take that risk. I'll polish the heck out of things even if they're gonna get changed.KJ: 38:57 You have permission. Well this was, I am going to write faster, or better, or more, or something.Jess: 39:08 I always just benefit from hearing how strategic Sarina is in her thinking about her writing.KJ: 39:14 I think it's just good to take some time and think strategically. So I love that. But let's switch gears, who's been reading?Jess: 39:23 Actually, can I go first on the book? Because that's exactly what the book I've been listening to is about. So, I had very high expectations for Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey's book 'She Said'. And oh my gosh, it's so much better than even I thought it would be. And here's why I love it so much. Of course, I love the background stuff, you know part of the story of this is that they had to get to people like Ashley Judd and Gwyneth Paltrow without going through agents and publicists, the people who it's their job to protect these people. So they had to do a lot of that and there were things I was looking forward to reading in this book. For writers, this book is a masterclass in investigative journalism. And I'm not talking about like sweeping ideas, I'm talking about nuts and bolts. Here's how they kept this document secret in the New York Times system, where they keep work in progress. Here's how Megan Twohey handled someone who's answer on the telephone said one thing, but clearly meant another. It's brilliant. And they really take you into the room, they take you into the page one room, they take you into the meetings where they were. I'm talking about the tiny, minute details that could either make the story credible or make the story fall apart. And I learned a ton and I also just got that juicy behind-the-scenes dishing on the guts of investigative journalism. And I was just blown away by the book. Absolutely blown away by the book. And if you get a chance and you see it in the store, turn it over and look at the blurbs on the back. Cause frankly, that's one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Instead of having blurbs on the back, they have quotes from women about the Weinstein case, or Trump, or whoever. And it's attributed to She Said. It's so brilliant, it's just a fantastic book. Kudos to them, I'm so impressed. They just deserve for this book to be a runaway bestseller.Sarina: 41:38 Sounds amazing.Jess: 41:39 Yeah, it's just so good. Sarina, what have you been reading?Sarina: 41:45 Well, I'm still in an editing hellscape of my own creation, but I have been flipping through this hilarious research book. Which is not meant to be hilarious, but it's called the 100 Deadly Skills by Clint Emerson, retired Navy SEAL. And it's the subtitle is The SEAL Operatives Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation. And he is not kidding.Jess: 42:14 This is like the last book I can picture you reading. I'm so intrigued.Sarina: 42:19 I know, but it's for fiction naturally. So now I know how to bar myself in a hotel room.KJ: 42:43 That's awesome, I love it. Well, I have not been reading. I actually have started something I'm excited about, but I'm gonna finish it before talking about it. So what I have to offer everyone instead, (and I'm actually really excited about this) I have found two fantastic new podcast, specifically for book recommendations. I can't believe I did not know about these, and maybe you guys did, but I am absolutely in love with, What Should I Read Next with Anne Bogle, who's also known as the Modern Mrs. Darcy. I want to be a guest on this podcast so bad, you guys. What she does is she has one guest and she asks them what they've enjoyed lately, what is not for them, and what kind of reads they want to to have on their bedside table, and then she gives them three recommendations after having this sort of glorious 40 minute long talk about what they like about books, and what they don't like about books. I love it, it's such fun to listen to. And on a similar note, I also came across the Get Booked podcast from Book Riot and this is two hosts and they don't have a guest. Instead, people write them in and they say something like, 'I have a really hard time finding the right thing to read on a plane. I need it to be distracting like maybe with dragons, but I really hate it when it involves, you know, the gender politics, what can I read...' These questions are so specific and then they launch into their book recommendations and it's so much fun to listen to.Jess: 44:21 That's cool. That's how I use Twitter when I've got a student that has very specific interests, and a very specific reading level, and is a reluctant. I go to Twitter and I say, 'Okay, fifth grade reading level, basketball, a kid who's from central America, Go.' And then you know, I get all these cool recommendations. I love that.KJ: 44:41 I believe, Jess, you said you have bookstore news. So instead of a fave indie bookstore this week, we're going to lay out some indie bookstore news for people.Jess: 45:05 It's very cool. This is newly public news from Jenny Lawson. She wrote Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend This Never Happened and a fantastic coloring book for people when they're anxious. Anyway, she's just wonderful and she is opening a new bookstore in San Antonio. She signed her lease just recently. It's going to be called Nowhere Bookshop and she has secured the former head of the CEO of The Book People Bookshop in Austin, which is a fantastic bookshop, as the general manager of her bookshop. That will be opening goodness knows when, but either later this year or early next year. So that is huge news. San Antonio is going to have a new bookstore, and I believe also a bar, but don't quote me on that. It's gonna be a combination bookshop and other things. And that's just really exciting, especially since I have a date at a speaking engagement in San Antonio coming up. So I'm praying that she gets it done in time.KJ: 46:10 Alright, well let's call it guys. We got places to be, we got words to write.Jess: 46:29 Absolutely. Alright, everyone, until next week, keep your butts in the chair and your head in the game. This episode of #AmWriting with Jess and KJ was produced by Andrew Parilla. Our music, aptly titled unemployed Monday was written and performed by Max Cohen. Andrew and Max were paid for their services because everyone, even creatives should be paid. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at amwriting.substack.com/subscribe
In today’s spoiler-free mini-episode, you get to hear from author Abbi Waxman, who wrote this weeks’ brand new release The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. Abbi is hysterically funny, so I’ll apologize now for cackling into the microphone a few times. Ha! In this “minisode”, Kaytee and Abbi discuss the inspiration for Nina and her awesome personality, the pitfalls of social media, what it’s like to be fangirled over, book clubs, planners, and even bed jackets… admit it, you’re curious. And, as always, we’ll end with a book she wants to press into your hands, readers! Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman Other People’s Houses by Abbi Waxman Novel Network Abbi’s Cozy Bed Jacket Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Connect with Abbi: her website is www.abbiwaxman.com, she’s at @abbiwaxman on Instagram (preferred) or email her at abbi@amplecat.com
Amanda and Jenn discuss funny book club picks, audiobooks in translation, historical fiction, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Kingsbane by Claire Legrand and Birthday by Meredith Russo. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Questions 1. Hey Amanda and Jenn!! Long time listener first time requester! Looking for a book to recommend for my book club. Traditionally we just draw from a book jar of other recommendations that we’ve done and let the Fates decide but for the last four months we’ve had a member pick three books and we picked from there. Well we’ve read a lot of ‘serious’ books in that time which included Circe, The Outsiders, and Big Red Tequila (which while not as heavy as the others still was a crime thriller so the humor wasn’t all that heavy). The current pick is All the Light We Cannot See which sounds great but again will be heavy and serious. So I think we’re going to need a bit of a humor break. We have read our fair share of that such as Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and How to Make White People laugh so books in that vein will work. Most of us do ‘book on a budget’ though so backlists are great as well. It is a bit time sensitive as I will need a suggestion by the beginning of June so thanks for any advice you can give! -Paige 2. I love your podcast and so appreciated (and utilized!) the recommendations you gave me a few months ago when I traveled to France. I am in a bit of a reading rut right now and would love some help. Lately I have mostly just been reading romance, fantasy, or young adult and want to mix it up but don’t know where to begin. I love anti-heroes, fast-moving plots, realistic relationships between characters, and a healthy smattering of jokes. I try very hard to only read books by women and/or people of color, so if you could recommend something that sticks to that, it would be deeply appreciated. Thank you! -Hillary 3. I’m a grad student in experimental psychology, so I read a lot of scientific papers and books. When I relax, I love to read light and easy YA Fiction, but I also love books that have some depth to them. I am one of those people who never got over Harry Potter, since it is easy for me to read but there are always new little details to discover. I also read and enjoyed The Hunger Games, Divergent, the Uglies series, etc., but none of them quite stood up to Harry Potter for me. However, I’ve recently found the Books of Babel series by Josiah Bancroft and absolutely fell in love with them. I have also been voraciously reading everything by Maureen Johnson (thanks to one of your recommendations). While I’m loving the Maureen Johnson stuff, I prefer things like the Books of Babel that have a little more sociological and psychological depth to them. I also love books like 1984 and Invisible Man (the one by Ralph Ellison), but I don’t have the mental energy to devote to books that are too heavy. For me, Josiah Bancroft hit the perfect balance of ease and depth. What would you recommend? Thank you! -Sephra 4. Hi there! I’ll be travelling to Vienna and Stockholm for the first time in July to visit some friends. I’ve never been, so I’m hoping you could recommend some books set in these cities that have a strong sense of place, where the city itself is a character. I’m open to most genres except horror (I’m a scaredy cat of the highest order) and am generally a reluctant YA reader; I also haven’t been able to muster up any interest in Stieg Larsson’s books but if you tell me they fit the bill, I will be game to give it a go. Thank you so much in advance! -Rae 5. After going through several life changes I am finding myself questioning everyone I used to be so sure of. Religion, politics, family and relationships… I’m changing my mind and beliefs on all of them. This is very unsettling to say the least! Do you have any recommendations for me? Perhaps memoirs of people who have walked through this particularly confusing path? (No fiction, please.) -Valerie 6. Hi! I’m an English teacher and I read so much with my kids at school, that I’ve lost touch with reading for fun recently, instead numbing my brain with Netflix as soon as I get home. I’d love to find a book or two that gets me excited again. A few of my favorite books are The Phantom Tollbooth, The Little Prince, Don Quixote, and The Magic Mountain. I also love the dark, sardonic wit of Dorothy Parker. I’m currently enjoying The Lonesome Bodybuilder. (I have a very detailed GoodReads profile, so that might give some clues, too…) I’d prefer adult fiction or middle grade. I’m not anti-YA, but I spend enough time with angst-riddled teens at work, that I’d like something different at home. Thanks!! -Kirsten 7. Hi Ladies! Books in translation is a long-standing hole in my reading. I was hoping for some recommendations for good audiobooks in translation. I read all over the place and don’t have a specific genre in mind. I love genre fiction and nonfiction: some recent favorite listens are Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, Stiff by Mary Roach, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. A queer angle is a huge plus, but not required! Thank you! -Lauren Books Discussed So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know by Retta My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows Boneshaker by Cherie Priest The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark The Serious Game by Hjalmar Soderberg, trans by Eva Claeson Sisi series (The Accidental Empress #1) by Allison Pataki Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, trans Ann Goldstein We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen Post: Audiobooks in translation
It gets real, and it gets weird! That’s what to expect from this Author Spotlight episode on national bestseller David Sedaris. Self-proclaimed as the Davidettes, librarians Dawn Best and Ashley Pohlenz are Sedaris fan girls. They discuss why Sedaris is such a wonderful author, what makes him so unique, and what it was like to meet the man behind the magic when he visited Wichita. If you are looking for an author to give you belly laughs, cringe fests, and even a few tear jerkers, check out this episode then check out Sedaris! Collection of David Sedaris’ works: Barrel Fever Holidays on Ice* Naked Me Talk Pretty One Day* Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules When You Are Engulfed in Flames Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Theft by Finding: Diaries Calypso* Other Recommendations: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Riders by Jilly Cooper Bossypants by Tina Fey How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
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Dan and Haddie talk about doing the daily grinding tasks that you know will pay off one day, how Domino's Pizza is standing out, how reading can help you unwind from your day, and more! CALL FOR EMAILS: the next episode is going to be all listener emails but we need your help with that! Visit the contact page and select "Quit" to send in your question now. It may be the last time we take listener emails! Links for this episode:DAMN it takes forever – Ryan Carson – MediumHow Domino’s Pizza Stands Out In A World Awash In PizzaYouTube Released Their Top 10 Videos of 2017. Here's What Marketers Can Learn From Them. | Inc.comYouTube reveals its top 10 trending videos of 2017 - CNNPercy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians): Rick Riordan, John Rocco: 8601411271915: Amazon.com: BooksLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson [Amazon]Haddie's book reccomendation Redwing - IRON RANGER BootsDan's boots! Brought to you by: LinkedIn Learning (Get a free 30-day trial with LinkedIn Learning today, by visiting LinkedIn.com/quit). Squarespace (Start your free trial site today, at Squarespace.com and when you sign up make sure to use the offer code QUIT to get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain name). BeansTalk Know How (Visit beanstalkknowhow.com/quit and use the promo code QUIT to get 50% off the Full Set bundle which is normally $495).
Kim's Pick - This week, we read the first 100 or so pages of Jenny Lawson's hilarious and poignant memoir "Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir."
In this episode, Meredith, Susan, and Jeannette wrap up the Eclectic Readathon and ER Madlibs and announce the winners! We speak on the weird happiness of adulthood, and how we overcome reading slumps. Finally, we discuss Wallbanger - its characters, the unreality of Caroline’s cat, and the reality of sex in romance. -Discuss Wallbanger with us on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/68328-eclectic-readers) -Wallbanger by Alice Clayton on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15858248-wallbanger) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Wallbanger-Cocktail-Book-Alice-Clayton-ebook/dp/B00B73MULG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1499607066&sr=8-4&keywords=Alice+Clayton) -Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20898019-ms-marvel-vol-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Ms-Marvel-Normal-Graphic-Novels/dp/078519021X/ref=la_B003JLY7S8_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499607201&sr=1-1) -Saga by Brian K. Vaughan on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15704307-saga-vol-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Saga-Vol-1-Brian-Vaughan/dp/1607066017/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499607315&sr=1-1&keywords=brian+k.+vaughan+saga) -Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22554204-lumberjanes-vol-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Lumberjanes-Vol-Beware-Kitten-Holy/dp/1608866874/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499607692&sr=1-3&keywords=noelle+stevenson) -Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3223761-every-soul-a-star?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Every-Soul-Star-Wendy-Mass/dp/0316002577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499607778&sr=8-1&keywords=every+soul+a+star+by+wendy+mass) -The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale?ac=1&from_search=true)and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Handmaids-Tale-Margaret-Atwood/dp/038549081X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8) -The Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27211901-the-crown-s-fate) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Crowns-Fate-Game/dp/0062422618) -The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18423.The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Left-Hand-Darkness-Ursula-Guin/dp/0441478123) -His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28876.His_Majesty_s_Dragon) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/His-Majestys-Dragon-Temeraire-Book/dp/0345481283) -Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630542-seconds) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Seconds-Graphic-Bryan-Lee-OMalley/dp/0345529375) -David Copperfield by Charles Dickens on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10080974-david-copperfield) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Copperfield-Penguin-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/0140439447/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488724107&sr=1-1&keywords=David+Copperfield) -Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24426209-monstress-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Monstress-1-Awakening-Marjorie-Liu/dp/1632157098) -Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12868761-let-s-pretend-this-never-happened) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Pretend-This-Never-Happened/dp/0425261018) -Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7324659-medium-raw) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Medium-Raw-Bloody-Valentine-People/dp/0061718955) -Hum if You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28264701-hum-if-you-don-t-know-the-words) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Hum-You-Dont-Know-Words/dp/0399575065) Next Episode’s Book: The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145660.The_Captive_Mind) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Captive-Mind-Czeslaw-Milosz/dp/0679728562)
tIn this episode, Tori Lieggi recommends a memoir that comes to terms with family and mental illness with sharp wit and a lot of heart (8:02); Silvia Schuh gives us the lowdown on February (and some March) arts and crafts (6:43); and Kristi Cates recommends a handful of books for teens and adults that serve as funny diversions during the doldrums of February (14:55). Plus, we invite young writers to the Teen Writer's Workshop. Tori recommends: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Silvia recommends: Brainfuse Help Now Brainfuse Job Now Kristi recommends: No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman Going Bovine by Libba Bray Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern Nimona by Noelle Stevenson As always, we'd love to hear from you! Email us: ask@normalpl.org Twit us: @NPLTweets
Welcome to Season 2 of The League of Awkward Unicorns! In this episode, Alice interviews Jenny Lawson, bestselling author of “Let's Pretend This Never Happened” and “Furiously Happy.” They discuss why September is actually the cruelest month, how dogs are filled with magic, and the soothing therapeutic powers of Pokemon Go. Plus, Alice and Deanna are reunited—FINALLY. Everything's going to work out! Links and more at leagueofawkwardunicorns.com.
Special host Laura Rowley interviews Jenny Lawson! Lawson is the bestselling author of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things. In her book, Lawson explores her lifelong battle with depression and anxiety in the hysterical style she’s famous for. Lawson also wrote a memoir, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her blog, thebloggess.com, has been nominated for multiple awards and has been recognized by Forbes and The Huffington Post. Lawson was also a contributor to the “Good Mom/Bad Mom” blog for the Houston Chronicle. Lawson will be at Des Moines University as part of this year's AViD (Authors Visiting in Des Moines) events on Thursday, July 7 at 7:00 PM. Visit dmpl.org for more information about AViD and the library. Music credits: "Young, Tough and Terrible" by The Losers / CC BY-NC
Join LOVE Cafe on Facebook Here New LOVE Cafe Website Here LIVE on LOVE Cafe Radio, Nora McInerny Purmort shares Insights, Stories and How she and her late husband Aaron Overcame Grief even as Casncer closed in like a poisonious spider bite in their short 3 year marriage. Scott CLuthe, Host and Producer, invites you to call in at: 347-308-8478. Joining the ranks of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Carry On, Warrior, a fierce, hysterically funny memoir that reminds us that comedy equals tragedy plus time. Twentysomething Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to boyfriend and job to job. Then she met Aaron, a charismatic art director and her kindred spirit. They made mix tapes (and pancakes) into the wee hours of the morning. They finished each other's sentences. They just knew. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron's hospital bed and married after his first surgery. They had a baby when he was on chemo. They shared an amazing summer filled with happiness and laughter. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora's arms in another hospital bed. His wildly creative obituary, which they wrote together, touched the world.
Elisabeth is joined by author Stacy N. Sergent this week (Merianna is out for family leave) to talk about great pups, NaNoWriMo, writing as a lonesome experience and also a communal experience, the role of editing, and the psychological flow of being a writer. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson How to be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis Devil in the Details by Jennifer Traig Sleeping with Cats by Marge Piercy The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer stacynsergent.com Stacy on Twitter Harrelson Press The post Thinking Out Loud 92: Let’s Talk About Self-Editing appeared first on Thinking.FM.
This week we discuss, 'The one with the Ball' from Season 5 episode 21. Joey and Ross start throwing a ball without dropping it, and it becomes an all consuming game. (for Monica) Rachel buys a weird terrible cat. Gary wants to move in with Phoebe. We chat Naked Mole Rats with Elvish Ears. Jenny Lawsons book, Let's Pretend This Never Happpened. Post Coitus Blurting, not nearlty as dirty as it sounds. Double Stepping, Stair Counting, and all forms of stair talk. In a fairly strange episode. IMPORTANT: We having been moving 8 tons of dirt this week, and it gets punchy, quick(because we are exhausted) so maybe not the best first episode ever. Tweet to @JoshSolbach or email theonewithpodcast@gmail.com call 316-361-6081 and please give a 5 star review on iTunes, Thanks.
Hilarious and fearless Internet sensation Jenny Lawson, a.k.a. The Bloggess (http://thebloggess.com), came to Seattle to promote her first book, "Let's Pretend This Never Happened"
Kathryn interviews Community Pediatrician Dr. Natalie Digatemuth, author of Eat Your Vegetables' and Other Mistakes Parents Make: Redefining How to Raise Healthy Eaters. Using her step-by-step plan, parents can use Digatemuth's expertise to help kids embrace healthful foods without battles or bribes. Kathryn also interviews The Bloggess Jenny Lawson, author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened. Already a New York Times bestseller, Lawson's book describes her redneck upbringing in a unique and lovable family. Lawson's blog has more than a million views every month.
Kathryn interviews Community Pediatrician Dr. Natalie Digatemuth, author of Eat Your Vegetables' and Other Mistakes Parents Make: Redefining How to Raise Healthy Eaters. Using her step-by-step plan, parents can use Digatemuth's expertise to help kids embrace healthful foods without battles or bribes. Kathryn also interviews The Bloggess Jenny Lawson, author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened. Already a New York Times bestseller, Lawson's book describes her redneck upbringing in a unique and lovable family. Lawson's blog has more than a million views every month.
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