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July 6, 2014
If you are not one of the 25 million (literally!) people who have already watche…
If you are not one of the 25 million (literally!) people who have already watched this…watch it. It's really wonderful.
Using #LikeAGirl as an insult is a hard knock against any adolescent girl. And since the rest of puberty's really no picnic either, it's easy to see what a h…
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…and here is why I wanted the paperback of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS availab…
…and here is why I wanted the paperback of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS available this summer! For exactly a moment like this: Beach, sun, peace…
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At the beach (Avalon, NJ) with the new paperback version!
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July 5, 2014
A friend and were talking this week about how the evidence seems to build all th…
A friend and were talking this week about how the evidence seems to build all the time that — truly, as the has said again and again — becoming a happier person is the best gift you can offer the world.
She was talking about her father, who has spent his life in misery and anger, and whose darkness spreads "like an oil" across the whole family, the whole neighborhood, everything he touches.
Because everything is contagious between humans (viruses, moods, beliefs), anger and misery are, of course, deeply contagious. On the flip side, though, your own happiness can also a gift to others. If you bring the light, others will be lightened.
I remember when I was going through my own darkest, oily days, and I would often sit on the subway in NYC and weep — and I remember thinking, "My god, like these exhausted commuters don't have enough to cope with; they have to watch this girl sobbing with snot running down her face?" I feel nothing but compassion for that girl I used to be, with the snot running down my face…but I am capable of bringing a brighter light and energy to the world, now that I have made my own life a better place.
In this culture, with its grim hangover of Puritanism, Calvinism and German Romanticism — where often only suffering is trusted — we are often told that it is selfish to do anything that makes ourselves happy. I disagree. I believe it is a community service to figure out what in this world will elevate you….so that you, in turn, can elevate the world.
With all my love,
LG
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THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS in Portugal!
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS in Portugal!
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A magical book! From Portugal!
Thank you for your writing ??
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July 4, 2014
Liz’s SUMMER READING LIST, continued: Please add the novel WANT NOT to your rea…
Liz's SUMMER READING LIST, continued:
Please add the novel WANT NOT to your reading lists, Dear Ones. It's an rich, complex, funny, brilliant and emotional look at modern American consumerism. I've never read anything quite like it.
I loved this novel, and so did Dave Eggers, who gave it a rave review last year in the New York Times.
It's a great one…don't miss it!
LG
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Hey, our little Facebook village here just reached a population of 200,000! So…
Hey, our little Facebook village here just reached a population of 200,000!
So I commemorate, with the world's dorkiest photo.
Thanks so much — all of you!
Thank you for sharing your time, love, energy, wisdom and creativity with this page.
It's awesome.
LG
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Good morning, Dear Ones! Happy July 4th! …and just in case anyone plans to…
Good morning, Dear Ones!
Happy July 4th!
…and just in case anyone plans to spend the holiday WRITING (because I know that's how most people plan to spend their holidays!) here's a quick little interview I did recently about my own writing process.
Some tips on writing, editing, research, etc…
Have a great day, all!
LG
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Elizabeth Gilbert: ‘Ask yourself if this sentence, paragraph, or chapter truly furthers the narrative. If not, chuck it.’
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THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS on the lap of a traveler through Sri Lanka…I want…
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS on the lap of a traveler through Sri Lanka…I want to go to there!
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Perfect book for the perfect holidays – Sri Lanka
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THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, in Italian, found in Dublin! Hooray!
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, in Italian, found in Dublin! Hooray!
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Buongiorno Liz! Just got this in the post at work…can't wait to read it! 
Big hug from an Italian expat in Dublin!
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July 3, 2014
THANK YOU!!! Dear Ones — I just found out that the paperback of THE SIGNATURE…
THANK YOU!!!
Dear Ones —
I just found out that the paperback of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS will be debuting on next week's New York Times Bestseller's list at Number 5!
I am grateful, grateful, grateful.
To put it mildly, a book like this one is never a sure thing — commercially speaking. This novel was an act of passion and love for me, but I never dared to assume that my readers would necessarily want to come along with me on this particular journey.
How can I say this better?
Ah, here is how I can say it better:
You just made a 500 page novel about a 19th century woman who studies mosses into a New York Times Bestseller!
And people say that books are dead.
I love you for this one, you guys.
I really love you for it.
THANK YOU.
Heart,
LG
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