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Jeanna Kadlec's avatar

Emma, this was so, so good. As a piece of writing, and as criticism about the industrial review complex.

I am excited for you, and I love your work, and I'm grateful you're sharing these parts of the journey with the rest of us.

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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

Thanks so much Jeanna and right back at you!!

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Nancy Reddy's avatar

Thanks for this perspective, Emma! And I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the Head & the Hand info -- they really are the best.

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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

Tysm friend

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Erin Dorney's avatar

"All we can do is offer our particular experience of what we have to say in the form that feels truest to us—baggy shirt, weird scarf, and all."

YES

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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

💞💞💞

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Amy Shearn's avatar

Agh thank you for saying all these things! The pre-pub place is a weird one and I appreciate how you articulate the weirdness so well here 🤗🙃

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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

thank you Amy!!!

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Preety Sidhu's avatar

This whole post resonated. And yes, *great* new logo, though I liked the old one too!

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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

Thanks Preety!

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Nic Marna's avatar

So many great reminders in here, thank you!!

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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

Cannot wait for your book!!

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Nic Marna's avatar

🥲!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

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Holly M. Wendt's avatar

I really appreciated this post.

And I *loved* We Do What We Do In the Dark! The austere sharpness of the sentences! And YES, that move in the second half of the book--when I hit it, my brain actually went "I didn't know you could do that." But the novel does what it wants, and it *works.*

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Preety Sidhu's avatar

Now I'm so curious to read it!

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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

I knoooow. Such a decisive and bold choice!

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