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Rona Maynard's avatar

Beautiful, as I knew it would be. Welcome to Substack, Beth.

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Beth Kephart's avatar

Thank you, my friend. A long time coming? But never imagined, until now, when I seem to need this practice of dark-morning thinking desperately. Just followed you back!

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Mary Ellen Gambutti's avatar

How wonderful to read this with early coffee! Glad you're here, Beth.

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Beth Kephart's avatar

It's so very nice to know you are near. Coffee, or tea. :)

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Char Wilkins's avatar

The telling trail of writing by hand. The engagement of the body as a unified entity, resulting in a kinesthetic expression of life on the page. Thanks for the reminder of this thrill.

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Beth Kephart's avatar

Yes. And the way I feel, in these early days of writing The Hush and the Howl. The thrill. Thank you, Charlotte.

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Jeffrey Streeter's avatar

Exquisite. I read this on Rona's recommendation in Notes. I'm so glad I did. As I read it I felt that Virginia Woolf had walked into the room, whispering calm.

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Serena Agusto-Cox's avatar

I absolutely love looking at writer's drafts. It tells its own story. I can't imagine what craziness will be seen by others in my notebooks with all of their cross outs, arrows, and notes.

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