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  • Jennifer Maruno on Dreams, Bedtime, and What She Learned from Reading 40,000 Picture Books
    Jennifer Maruno on Dreams, Bedtime, and What She Learned from Reading 40,000 Picture Books
    December 13, 2022

    Jennifer Maruno on Dreams, Bedtime, and What She Learned from Reading 40,000 Picture Books

    If you put kids to bed at night, you know that bedtime can be chaotic, but that there can also be an element of magic in those few quiet moments with little ones as the lights go down and the coziness ...

  • The Joy of Literary Festivals – And Dreams Coming True
    The Joy of Literary Festivals – And Dreams Coming True
    September 27, 2022

    The Joy of Literary Festivals – And Dreams Coming True

    It’s hard to believe we’ve come to the end of September and that the time I have been privileged to spend with you on this Open Book platform is almost over. Looking back at what I have shared with ...

  • How to Keep Dreaming in the Pandemic (or, How I Finished the Third Draft of my Novel)
    How to Keep Dreaming in the Pandemic (or, How I Finished the Third Draft of my Novel)
    July 28, 2020

    How to Keep Dreaming in the Pandemic (or, How I Finished the Third Draft of my Novel)

    Living in a pandemic means that we are facing death every day. Thinking about death pushed me into survival mode. I was stressed and depressed to the point of migraines and insomnia. I stopped doing things ...

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