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Books Are My People
Meet Melissa Clark - A Force of Nature and My Sister!
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Not only is my sister Melissa Clark a force of nature, she also published a fantastic young adult novel titled Force of Nature! We discuss podcasting, writing for children's television and novel writing on today's episode, plus we offer a slew of book recommendations.
This episode is sponsored by To Lay to Rest our Ghosts by Caitlin Hamlton Summie Learn more at caitlinhamiltonmarketing.com
Force of Nature by Melissa Clark
Books Recommended:
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trail by Maggie Nelson
Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Guest Author Recommendation from Alexa Yasemin Brahme, author of Good News
True Stories by Sophie Calle
More About Melissa:
Melissa's Book Promo Events:
5/19 @ 6:30pm Book Launch at Diesel Books, Santa Monica, CA
5/29 @ 6:00pm Village Well Books, Culver City, CA
6/3 @ 7:00pm Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
6/6 Books Inc. Alameda, CA TBA
IG: @msmelissaclark
TikTok: msmelissaclark
Becoming Mother Nature podcast
Other Things Discussed:
Take a 4-Week Gel Printing Class with me 5/27 - 6/17
Book to Film: Midwinter Break by Bernard McLaverty on my Substack
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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!