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Hey, this is Dana Schwartz. Just a quick note before we begin, a tiny bit of housekeeping.

This summer in July, I am co-leading a trip to the south of France to talk about Julia Child

with an amazing program called Common Ground Pilgrimages.

This is the fourth trip that I'll be leading with them,

and I keep begging them to let me come back because it's just, it's amazing.

You spend the better part of a week going on long walks and talking about writing and literature and big ideas.

It always makes me miss college, and I feel like as an adult, there are very few opportunities to talk about ideas and writing and literature in spaces like this. So the

trips are just amazing. This one, like I said, we'll be talking about Julia Child and her writing.

You don't need to read anything before you show up. We'll just be, you know,

assigning certain letters and reading them out loud. But if you're interested in signing up,

it's through Common Ground. I'll link to it in the show description. I'm very, very excited about it.

And also, I might have mentioned this once or twice before, but I have a new book coming out in May.

It's called The Arcane Arts.

I co-wrote it with a friend of mine who's also a brilliant writer, and we used the pseudonym S.D. Coverly, because this book is a little sexy.

It's a little different than my other books.

It was very, very fun to write. It's a dark,

academic, erotic thriller, romantic. Romanticy. If any of those words are exciting to you,

absolutely, please, please, pre-order the book. Just to be totally honest, pre-orders are kind of the

most important thing you could do to help an author. They tell a publisher that books are even worth just putting in bookstores.

I'm so excited about this book being out in the world.

I'm so excited for readers.

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