Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 2:36
Bowie on the Road | My First Week in Durham
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And I'm also sure to many of you who are getting to reconnect with family and friends, maybe for the first time in over a year. So I'm including a photo here of one of my current neighbors houses that I really appreciate if you have listened or followed me at all. If you haven't already, you'll probably eventually come across me saying something about my love for Prince and why he is the reason I am a living breathing today
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 1:13
And how are you making it work? I'm really curious about this because I'm thinking to myself, like, when I retire, I just want to go drive and explore and just kind of go explore for a bit, come back home and then stay at home for a bit. Drive, explore, come back home. But you're doing it for you. I'm just really, really curious about your thought process. And yes, we miss you at book club
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 4:43
I've already learned so much in just the past month or two as I was gearing up to leave, so I'm really excited to talk about any of it. And yes, once I am more caught up and settled, I do hope to rejoin the book club because as you know, talking about books is one of my favorite things. I look forward to talking more
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Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 2:26
Some work changes a little bit for me, but hanging in there, finish my second draft of my book, getting a lot of book opportunities. When I say book opportunities, I mean, to read and review HMH books. Their fiction nonfiction section got sold out to Harper Collins. And anyway, since I had connection with HMH now I guess I have connection with Harper Collins, by that token. And literally, today they sent me like four books that I need to read and interview the author
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 2:04
I'm so behind on my writing goal for the year right now, just because of all of the preparations and everything I had to do in order to be able to sell all my stuff and leave. So really hoping now that things are a little more organized and that I will be able to catch up on reading soon and get into a rhythm so that I can join you all again and fit in more books and reading into my daily routine. Yeah. So I'll definitely keep you posted about that
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 4:47
I'm going to call it a reject if it is a reject, but if not, if not, the book goes in its own direction. But either way, with myself still continuing working on the book and getting a professional editor down the road and all of that. So when the fellowship comes in, then I'll be closer. Or if the fellowship does not come in, I'll still be closer. And I can look at other avenues of publishing the book
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 3:01
Hey, Shannon, so really excited for your Oregon trip. I think Oregon is gorgeous, so a couple of things in case you can make them happen. So I only got about 24 or 36 hours in to Portland because I got a flat tire on the way. I had spent some time in Seattle, then drove from Seattle to Portland and then all the way down to San Francisco, and I made stops along the way
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