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Sarah Allen's avatar

I just have to say how much I love that scrunchies are on this list.

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Thao Thai's avatar

Once a ‘90s gal, always a ‘90s gal!

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Sarah Allen's avatar

Exactly!

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James Bailey's avatar

What a service you are to the world of aspiring writers. Thank you, thank you , thank you!

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Thao Thai's avatar

I am so glad this was helpful!!

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Sophia Le's avatar

Now you're making me wonder if I should try Scrivener! I also love Harney & Sons, their Victorian London Fog is a must for my homemade tea lattes.

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Thao Thai's avatar

Okay, writing that down :) I wonder if you could do a Scrivener trial?

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Sophia Le's avatar

You can try for 30 days! Just hesitant to add another tool to my writing stack—I already use Notion for freelance work, so most of my scenes start there.

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Thao Thai's avatar

Totally get that! Will have to check Notion out too!

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Kate's avatar

What a great list! Thank you for sharing this. There are a lot of new-to-me resources that I'll check out.

As for content that I'd like to see more of, I chose author daily life snapshots, and I guess what I mean by that is journal-type entries that aren't prescriptive or instructive. I guess maybe it's a combination of daily life snapshots and personal essays? I am always interested in what people are thinking and observing as they go about their usual routines. :-)

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Thao Thai's avatar

Thank you so much for your feedback, Kate! Really glad the resources were useful :)

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Liz (Greene) Burdett's avatar

Quite belated but extremely grateful for this list!! I’ve been saving it to dive into when I had a chunk of solid time and I’ll be saving it to reference many times to come, I’m sure! I hoping to revitalize my writing this fall, after months “off”, and this list is inspiring and motivating me. I think I may treat myself with a purchase or two of these books, etc :)

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Thao Thai's avatar

So glad this is helpful, Liz!! Here’s to a creative fall for you 💕

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Tracey Smith's avatar

I absolutely loved this newsletter. As someone who is just starting to investigate the possibility of writing a book I want to read and learn all I can. You provided some excellent reading material!

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Thao Thai's avatar

Amazing, Tracey! All the best of luck to you ❤️

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val roxas's avatar

Ahhhh, love this. Thank you for all these resources!!

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Thao Thai's avatar

Absolutely! Any time :)

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Leslie Stephens's avatar

Love these recs!! Subscribing and ordering with reckless abandon. Thank you!

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Thao Thai's avatar

Ofc!! You have given me all the recommendations!

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Deepa Paul's avatar

Such a great list, quite a few of my must-haves are on here too!

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