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Laura Lippman

Good morning, Baltimore. Was walking this a.m., not thinking about anything in particular, and suddenly my mind cracked open like a cheap watermelon and I saw the approach (unorthodox, unexpected) to an essay due by summer’s end. (Don’t worry, I’m not going to compare myself to Dickens.)

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Laura Lippman

It’s not only that I wouldn’t compare myself to Dickens as a writer, I can’t even compare myself to him as a walker. kottke.org/12/02/charle....

Charles Dickens liked to walkLike up to 20 miles in a single day. Dickens was from childhood an avid, even compulsive, walker. He once wrote. “I think I must be the descendant, at no greatkottke.org
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Jane Garrison Ward

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Laura Lippman

As I settle in for today's revision session, I'm thinking about how a good literary-writer friend commented (approvingly) on my, well, sizable backlist and yet how hard it is for me not feel that the sheer scope of my output makes me a hack. Ah well, too late to turn back now.

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AJay

No need to apologize for being disciplined.

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SecretAgent

I dunno, LL, so many great crime / mystery writers have backlists that seem, objectively, literally, impossible . . . 🤔

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Jane Garrison Ward

I love that I am not going to run out of Laura Lippman novels any time soon! ❤️

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Laura Lippman

Jane, I, however, might be running out of Laura Lippman novels. 🙃* One definitely coming in '27, under contract for two more.

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janeg-b

Looking forward to 2027! Remember that you also write great essays! Nancy Mitford turned to biography. She said she had run out of stuff to say about her family. She also did essays.

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Jane Garrison Ward

I'll look forward to those, and hope you have future contracts! At least I have several more to read in your Tess Monaghan series! I just finished "The Sugar House."

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janeg-b

Joyce Carol Oates also has a sizable backlist. Neither of you are hacks! Was Dickens? Balzac? Anthony Trollope? Nope.