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One Thing I’ve Learned from Every Place I’ve Lived: Montréal, Québec (Ep. 6)
Somewhere in the beginning of 2024, I had the idea for this theme. I’ve lived in quite a few cities in the last 10 years, some of them dreams fulfilled and others happy accidents. Most of these places were my homes for a year or more, while a couple of them ended up being just a few months. But each one was meaningful in its own unique way and has left me with lifelong memories—good, bad, monumental, uneventful—and lessons learned. In this series, which I’ve decided to separate by “episodes”, I’m going to choose just one of those lessons to ruminate on and, in a way, to symbolize my personal…
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One Thing I’ve Learned from Every Place I’ve Lived: New York City (Ep. 5)
Somewhere in the beginning of 2024, I had the idea for this theme. I’ve lived in quite a few cities in the last 10 years, some of them dreams fulfilled and others happy accidents. Most of these places were my homes for a year or more, while a couple of them ended up being just a few months. But each one was meaningful in its own unique way and has left me with lifelong memories—good, bad, monumental, uneventful—and lessons learned. In this series, which I’ve decided to separate by “episodes”, I’m going to choose just one of those lessons to ruminate on and, in a way, to symbolize my personal…
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One Thing I’ve Learned from Every Place I’ve Lived: Paris, France (Ep. 4)
Somewhere in the beginning of 2024, I had the idea for this theme. I’ve lived in quite a few cities in the last 10 years, some of them dreams fulfilled and others happy accidents. Most of these places were my homes for a year or more, while a couple of them ended up being just a few months. But each one was meaningful in its own unique way and has left me with lifelong memories—good, bad, monumental, uneventful—and lessons learned. In this series, which I’ve decided to separate by “episodes”, I’m going to choose just one of those lessons to ruminate on and, in a way, to symbolize my personal…
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One Thing I’ve Learned from Every Place I’ve Lived: My Midwestern Hometown (Ep. 3)
Somewhere in the beginning of 2024, I had the idea for this theme. I’ve lived in quite a few cities in the last 10 years, some of them dreams fulfilled and others happy accidents. Most of these places were my homes for a year or more, while a couple of them ended up being just a few months. But each one was meaningful in its own unique way and has left me with lifelong memories—good, bad, monumental, uneventful—and lessons learned. In this series, which I’ve decided to separate by “episodes”, I’m going to choose just one of those lessons to ruminate on and, in a way, to symbolize my personal…
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One Thing I’ve Learned from Every Place I’ve Lived: Small-Town Spain (Ep. 2)
Somewhere in the beginning of 2024, I had the idea for this theme. I’ve lived in quite a few cities in the last 10 years, some of them dreams fulfilled and others happy accidents. Most of these places were my homes for a year or more, while a couple of them ended up being just a few months. But each one was meaningful in its own unique way and has left me with lifelong memories—good, bad, monumental, uneventful—and lessons learned. In this series, which I’ve decided to separate by “episodes”, I’m going to choose just one of those lessons to ruminate on and, in a way, to symbolize my personal…
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One Thing I’ve Learned from Every Place I’ve Lived: Bristol, England (Ep. 1)
Somewhere in the beginning of 2024, I had the idea for this theme. I’ve lived in quite a few cities in the last 10 years, some of them dreams fulfilled and others happy accidents. Most of these places were my homes for a year or more, while a couple of them ended up being just a few months. But each one was meaningful in its own unique way and has left me with lifelong memories—good, bad, monumental, uneventful—and lessons learned. In this series, which I’ve decided to separate by “episodes”, I’m going to choose just one of those lessons to ruminate on and, in a way, to symbolize my personal…
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Reflections on Living Abroad — Again! 🌎
“Each time that I move, it feels like a bigger endeavor!” New year, new country 🇨🇦 Now that I’m living in Canada, it means that I’m officially living abroad again (although, I must admit that New York City sometimes felt like a whole different country of its own; it’s nothing like my hometown in the Midwest!). In this video, I took some time to reflect on this recent move and my first impressions as an American (slash French) newcomer to Montreal, as well as the other places that I’ve lived in the past — from my impactful years in Paris, France to that very first life-changing experience in Bristol, UK.…
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Writing a Quiet POV Character
One of the most thrilling aspects of writing, to me, is that there is always something new to try. There's always a technique, a structure, a theme, a genre you've never broached before.
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Café Writing
In a recent video, I talked about how I loved working in cafés but spent most of my writing hours at home. That's still true, but recently I've kickstarted a new tradition of ...
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Starting from the Very Beginning
It’s been a while since I’ve been at Step One of an all-new project. Legend Says was the product of a few years of good solid work, and I got pulled into the novel so completely that I forgot what it felt like back when the story was just threads of ideas and what-ifs. Now that the writing and revisions are done (for the time being, at least), I’ve plunged myself headfirst into the world of queries and synopses… And started something new. While brainstorming a sequel for Legend Says, I will also be developing a new story concept, one that isn’t based on or even slightly related to anything…
