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I am still on deadline (now with an extension!) and so have another couple of recommendations for you.
Firstly, the amazing Katherine May recommended The Ladybird Purse on Penny Wincer’s podcast, Not Too Busy To Write.
It’s funny, describing this newsletter, Katherine said, “It’s about how impoverishing [writing] has been for [Keris] and what a terrible financial situation she’s ultimately landed in.”
And I thought, Blimey, Katherine, that’s a bit strong! And then I laughed and rolled my eyes at myself, because it’s not, of course.
After drafting this post, I started listening to an episode of Ray Dodd’s podcast and it literally opened with the words, “A question that I’ve been asking myself, which can be a little bit tender, is ‘What are you pretending not to know?’”