From Writer's Block: A Love Story
'We’re all afraid we will never be worthy of love. The fear takes us under for a while. It feels like drowning. But we’re not drowning. We get to breathe.'
lithub.com/how-to-write-e…

Final Seattle event tonight @ 6:30 at Third Place Books!
thirdplacebooks.com/event/steve-al…

we are full of miracles and doubt

'I'm so exhausted by those ego pursuits. Goddamn. Can I just have a good day of writing?'

🎬 clip #3 from the latest ‘Craftwork’ episode, ‘How to Write Good Stories.’ my conversation w Steve Almond, author of TRUTH IS THE ARROW, MERCY IS THE BOW, available from Zando.

🎧 listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.

📺 watch it on youtube.

PDX 2Nite!!!!
literary-arts.org/event/how-to-c…

we checked your fleece collection before settling on the color 😜

I love Cheryl Strayed, my fellow Sugar, sister from another Mister, Virgo Queen! Awesome to yak with her again, about my sensitive mullet, my lake of rage & the necessity of mercy...
cherylstrayed.substack.com/p/steve-almond…

ooooh. my heart sings!

i think she means by failing a lot 😜

Seattle writerfolk: Ready to conquer the EVIL voices in your head? Would it help if I promised you Hello Robin cookies? Let's go!
hugohouse.org/event/a-specia…

people who highlight books are my crack

I ♥️ otherppl podcast so hard...

high praise, Robin Young, given that you read 37 books per week 😜

Many rejections and heartaches later, it's Pub Day for 'Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow'! My pal Robin Young breaks down my many failures, bad sex scenes, and how only mercy gets you to the darkest part of the map...
wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

Scratching on the garret walls with the amazing Marrie Stone. What an amazing yak...
writers-on-writing.com/writersonwriti…

Great convo with Kristen Paulson-Nguyen. We talked dividends of failure, disinhibition & fave books (by Megha Majumdar, Natasha, Meg Wolitzer...)
hippocampusmagazine.com/2024/04/interv…

Part of your job as a writer is to tell the unbearable story, to push back on those trying to silence you:
pw.org/content/truth_…

I get to discuss 'Truth Is the Arrow' w/ Richard Russo this Saturday, at Print: A Bookstore in Portland, ME. Yes, THAT Richard Russo:
printbookstore.com/event/stevealm…

Teaching a class on how to be funny without even trying to be funny but instead perhaps just being honest about how absurd life is. Saturday, via Zoom...
loft.org/classes/funny-…