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Sharon M's avatar

Happy to see you back…looking forward to 2.0!

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kelly johnson's avatar

Thanks Sharon!

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inthemoment's avatar

Excited to see where this substack goes! Eternal Sunshine and HMHAS are battling for my personal AOTY

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Sarah Murphy's avatar

Good to hear from you Kelly! Wanted to share my summer read - I’m prob an outlier in this group bc I don’t prioritize reading (shame shame!! lol ) But I’m blazing thru the book The Sicilian Inheritance. There’s a podcast too about the real life story. So fun! And it’s prob right up your alley - lots of common themes w your book. ; ). Also yay MN summer we missed you!!

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kelly johnson's avatar

I had my eye on this! Will definitely pick it up :)

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Sarah Murphy's avatar

Don’t buy it you can borrow mine!

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Jenna Cusimano's avatar

Yay! Such a happy surprise in the inbox today! Looking forward to hearing more about the writing and whatever else you have on your mind these days :)

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Leah C's avatar

Welcome back! Missed your writing ☺️

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Daci Jaye's avatar

glad to see you in my inbox again!! totally relate to both wanting to continually rebrand and trying to balance substaack with a longer fiction project (and, like, life.)

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Jenna McLaughlin's avatar

That book description!!! I need to read that book.

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kelly johnson's avatar

Eeeek!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Stephanie's avatar

Nice to see/hear from you again!

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Leslie Stephens's avatar

Lining up to read that draft whenever she's ready!! GET IT!

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kelly johnson's avatar

Omg would be HONORED, thank you! 💕✨❤️

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Karli's avatar

I really missed your newsletter! I came back to a wedding post the other day because I got engaged 3 weeks ago and it is really tough to work out what you actually want to do for a wedding!

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kelly johnson's avatar

So happy for you and hope you're enjoying the planning process! It's a lot! lol

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Emily's avatar

Kelly I’m so glad you’re back! I also just turned 35 - welcome to the club!

I just downloaded Husbands onto my kindle immediately!

So exciting about your book - how are you balancing that with a job? You go girl! Make sure you find time to rest, too! 💖

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kelly johnson's avatar

Thanks Emily! It's all a balancing act, for sure. My job right now is part-time, which is incredible. Writing a book is amazingly time consuming!

Did you start Husbands??

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Emily's avatar

For sure! Ah yes I’ve finished it - So I liked it but I didn’t LOVE it?

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kelly johnson's avatar

Fair! The reviews are alllllll over the place lol

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Alaina's avatar

It was SO great to meet up with you last weekend – thank you for hanging with me and my sister, Hannah! We both walked away so happy to have met you and to have chatted about all different things!!

Your writing always feels like a mood booster so I can't wait to see what's next for the newsletter while I excitedly await your book!

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kelly johnson's avatar

Thanks Alaina!! ❤️ SO nice to meet you both

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