Welcome to Literary Frictions.

I'm Carrie Plitt here with my co-host Octavia Bright.

Hi Octavia, how are you?

Hi, Carrie. I am good.

I am in desperate need of some sheepskin slippers, which I realize now, I was like,

maybe we can not talk about the weather if I talk about my need for sheepskin slippers,

but it's basically connected to the weather because it's because suddenly today it's getting cold.

But yeah, apart from that, I'm fine. I just, I want some toasty things to put on my feet.

How about you? Yeah, there's a nip in the air, which I like a nip. I like a nip. I'm good.

It's busy. It's September. Publishing is always really busy this time of year. I don't mind that,

but I always get slightly sad that it's not, it's not quite back to school

because, you know, when you go back to school, you're starting something new. And going back

to school and publishing just means like going back to your inbox and all the things you neglected

to do in August that you now, like, frantically have to do as other emails pour in and as all

of your clients send you proposals and

things like that. So it's a busy time. But, you know, I'm getting through it. I'm trying to feel

energized. I'm trying to make a lot of to-do lists. That's how life is. Yeah, that's good. Also,

I would say that this and the next couple of weeks are going to be an

amazing time to spend as much time in parks as you possibly can because the leaves are just starting

to turn and it's about to get really gorgeous. Like all those plants that suddenly their leaves go

from green to like fiery red and fiery orange. I love it. I love that moment of seasonal change

before it starts to get too dark at night.

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