A Birthday Hangout 🎂💬

(Also: I have some news—for your eyes/ears only!)

Last month, right after our October Author Call (the recording is in your All The Things account!), Kelly and I continued the conversation over in DMs. She mentioned that it might be fun to have an unrecorded casual/hangout/chit-chat Zoom call some day . . . to which I said Umm, I’ve been thinking about doing that exact thing for over two months.

With everyone in different locations/time zones, it’s tricky to find a time that works across the board. I really want everyone to be able to be there if they want to join in, but of course when some are going to bed others are just getting off work, etc.

So. The time made me pause—but also, to be honest, it felt presumptuous. Like, would y’all want to hang out just with me? Not with the author of the book we’re reading together?

But when I asked your thoughts in Stories over on our private All The Things Instagram account, 100% of you said let’s do it.

And so we shall!

How about this Thursday? 😂

We’ll do this again in December . . . but Thursday happens to be my birthday and when I thought about what sounded fun, spending half an hour together with y’all was high on the list.

It’s gonna be a no make-up, just brush your hair birthday because #easy. Maybe I’ll get real fancy and put on tinted chapstick for you. What I’m saying is: I will not look like this. Come as you are. I’ll be in pajamas.

Again, no book to read ahead of time (etc), no agenda, we’ll just hang out—but I did promise you would be the first to know about my new job . . . so as long as we all agree to not spill the beans, I’ll tell you not just who I’m working for, but the timing that makes it pretty special. (You know I love a good understory.)

💻 Zoom call:

Date: Thursday, November 16th