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Marie A Bailey's avatar

Oh, this might not happen for me because I'll be traveling most of that time, but I'll look forward to your emails. Fingers crossed I can carve out some time for writing. By the way, I just purchased The Oyster Wars. I don't know why it took me so long to realize what your book was about. I used to live in the San Francisco Bay area and have friends that still live in Lagunitas. I left SF in 1990 but heard about the controversy through my friends. That estuary is a magical place!

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Summer Brennan's avatar

Sorry to catch you during a bad week, Marie! You can always catch up with the emails another week, and I'll be on hand to offer support then too! And thanks about The Oyster War! I once lived in Lagunitas too :)

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Marie A Bailey's avatar

Thank you, and what a small world! Okay, I have to ask: Do you know any of these people--Harold Geritz, Meg Griffin, or Linda Nave? They are the only people I know who live in Lagunitas ;-)

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Summer Brennan's avatar

Not that I recall at the moment!

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Marie A Bailey's avatar

No worries. Unless you hung out with people from the Park Service, you probably wouldn't have crossed paths with Harold and Meg. I just couldn't resist asking :-)

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Summer Brennan's avatar

Well, I definitely met some people in the Park Service while writing the book! Maybe I have met them and just forgot, it's been a few years.

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Paloma Peña Pérez's avatar

Thank you, Summer. It comes in the perfect moment for me.

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Summer Brennan's avatar

I'm so glad! I had hoped to do it in March but my schedule and circumstances of catching Covid simply did not allow, alas. I hope it will work for others too.

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SDPeters's avatar

Ditto. Me, too. (Edit to say, although I don't know what I'll write about. I feel I need a jar of ideas or something, European events like tsunamis wiping out all thought.)

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Your Fat Guy Friend's avatar

Looking forward to this. I have a WIP but need a kick in the pants to keep generating new material instead of editing and tweaking stuff that's already "in the can." Thanks for arranging this Summer.

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Jojo's avatar

Writing-newbie here. Can I just clarify ( though maybe I should wait to see what others produce) The Five Things essay format…. does one choose a topic e.g ‘Hedgehogs’ or ‘A day at the races’ etc and apply the Five Things to that topic or is it five different topics?

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Summer Brennan's avatar

This is a great question—I'm going to write a post about this to go up today or tomorrow!

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Abigail Eisley's avatar

Yes can’t wait!! I joined last year three months after having a baby and it was such a nice outlet.

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Carolina Ana's avatar

This is wonderful thank you!!!

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Maia Duerr's avatar

I am so much looking forward to Essay Camp, again!!! Getting my pens and journal at the ready! I even started reading the fine-wine writers ahead of time to begin priming my creative pump. I confess I've never read Annie Dillard before, which seems like a cardinal sin for a writer. Now I'm reading "Teaching a Stone to Talk," and blown away by her mastery of language. Great stuff. That was one of the revelations I got from your first essay camp, how reading works like Dillard's can be a key in honing our own creative process and craft.

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Nancy Reddy's avatar

ahh I'm so excited about this!

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Summer Brennan's avatar

🥳

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Glenda Burgess's avatar

Will be there!

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