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THE INNER CRITIC

Dear Ones —

Last night was such a wonderful event in Brooklyn. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING!

At the end of the evening, we tried something I've never attempted before — a lightning round of questions. The rules were, the audience members could take turns asking me one simple question, and I had to try to answer it in one sentence only, before jumping to the next question. It was incredibly fun and lively (and probably a relief for the audience, since I do tend to give looonnnngggg answers, under normal circumstances.)

I wanted to share with you my favorite exchange, which might be useful to some of you who are struggling through your own doubts and fears about your creativity, or your place in the world…

Q: When you're working on a book, and you're feeling insecure and uncertain about it, how do you silence your "inner critic"?

A: I silence my inner critics exactly the same way I silence my real-life critics: By saying to them very quietly, but very firmly, "If you don't like what I'm doing, go write your own f***king book."

(Short but sweet is sometimes the best way to handle things.)

🙂

…and I will see you tonight, RIDGEWOOD, NJ!

…and I will see you Friday night, ASHEVILLE, NC!

For a complete list of my tour stops, click here:

https://ift.tt/1cl1gBN

Onward ever, backward never,
Liz

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Jo got the complete set — THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS in hardcover AND paperback! Thanks, lovey! 🙂

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How could I not? Congrats on SOAT in paperback today!

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And so it begins…

Book tour has started for the paperback of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS and so I'm out and about, talking about it everywhere.

Yesterday was CBS This Morning (with Gayle King and Charlie Rose…thinking of making this my family Christmas photo)

This morning was Good Day New York, with the lovely Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto…

And right this minute, I'm hanging out in the green room at WNYC radio, waiting to talk to the great Brian Lehrer…

And TONIGHT, I'll be in conversation with brilliant Rebecca Mead at St. Joseph's college in Brooklyn, sponsored by Greenlight Bookstore. Details here:

https://ift.tt/TrWTl4

A lot of great conversationalists…I feel very blessed!

Onward,
LG

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TODAY!!!!

Today today today today today today today TODAY!!!

The gorgeous paperback edition of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS is published TODAY!!

If you would like to order a copy (or see reviews, or download the Reader's Guide — which is great for book clubs and super curious readers) you may click right here:

https://ift.tt/1aC7yMC

And here is a little photo album, to celebrate the day — pictures of me doing research for the novel (at Kew Gardens in England, and in on a mountaintop in Tahiti)…a picture of The Woodlands (the real-life Philadelphia estate upon which I modeled my heroine's home)…and a picture of Alma's tree (the gorgeous Shellbark Hickory which stands in the actual Hortus Botanical Gardens in Amsterdam.)

Thank you for embracing THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, and for supporting me!

ONWARD TO THE BOOK TOUR,
LG

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I ADORE YOU GUYS…

I was loving you up today on CBS This Morning.

Thanks for the sweetness of this community!

🙂

https://cbsn.ws/1qF9tf5

Onward!

LG

Author Elizabeth Gilbert on unexpected intimacy of social media
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The bestselling author of "The Signature of All Things" and "Eat, Pray, Love" shares how her connection with readers has changed since joining Facebook and Twitter.

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