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Please stop bullying me.” Reality: Bitch, please, you can handle yourself in any room. But also: it’s not worth chasing something that you’re not. Nobody is interested in me trying to act like someone else. Background: I had low-to-mixed expectations for Lev Grossman’s event at the Wisconsin Book Festival (I sort of expect white male fantasy authors to be a bit cringe). But I actually loved every minute and was not disappointed to meet a hero. Peek the extra embellishments that my kids added to this signed copy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/665b21d2f4729832944dccdf/a56c30f7-7302-4a02-927d-6ad6964c5927/IMG_4025.jpg News - Panic at the Bookstore - I’ll never be confident enough My thoughts: “These authors seem to understand exactly what makes them…them. They are so fully embodied in their purpose. This is the photo of a person who is perfectly self-possessed and self-ordained and never wavers in her goals.” Reality: Again, these are perfect snapshots in time. 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