NYC...See you tonight. [Bookstore event]
Published: Thu, 04/25/19
Hi. I'll be at Word Up Books in NYC doing an event tonight. It starts at 6:30pm. It's free. My mom and dad will be there. We're bringing cookies.
Alexandra Franzen
Your book.
Published: Tue, 04/23/19
Over the last ten years or so, I've had lots of conversations—with friends, clients, colleagues, people on airplanes, people waiting in line at Trader…
Say it now.
Published: Fri, 04/19/19
My younger sister Olivia, my dad, and I all went out for dinner in New York City. I live in Hawaii (mostly) these days. Miss O is based in Colorado.
2 events in NYC. (And 1 is free.)
Published: Fri, 04/05/19
Hey! I hope you've had a beautiful week. This is a quick note to let you know that I'm doing 2 events in the NYC area. They're both happening in…
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Published: Mon, 03/04/19
Hey! It's Ale . As you might (or might not) know, in addition to writing books, writing this newsletter, running The Tiny Press (a division of Mango…
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Published: Sun, 02/24/19
Robert's class was beginning in just a few hours. He'd been optimistically hoping around forty students would enroll. This did not happen. He had…
But what if nobody shows up?
Published: Wed, 02/20/19
It was the night of my si teenth birthday. I was throwing myself a party. And I was terrified that nobody would show up. I was a quiet, painfully shy…
A workshop in March.
Published: Mon, 02/04/19
Hey! Just a quick note to let you know... I'm teaching a workshop in March and it's all about how to write a tiny book—which is a short book that's 30…
Time, action, and bagels.
Published: Fri, 02/01/19
I know a woman named Christina. She married a wonderful man, earned several university degrees, and built a satisfying career. The present was joyful…
Tiny announcement.
Published: Wed, 01/30/19
Eight years ago, I walked into the Wilde Café in Minneapolis, where I lived at the time. It was a chilly Midwestern morning. Ice sparkling on the…