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On Your One Wild and Precious Life
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Pep Talk
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19
Pep Talk
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40
A Poem for This Day
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27
On Stillness
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17
Pep Talk: On Hanging in There
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5 Rules for Living a More Creative Life
Timeless principles on attention, wonder, and the quiet power of making something from nothing.
Published on Book of the Day from The Next Big Idea Club • 
Pick My Brain
some answers to your questions
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Maggie Smith
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Pick My Brain
Open to everyone for the first time!
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Maggie Smith
59
An utterly beautiful conversation with Maggie Smith on the nature of how we write and share
Watch now | And the one thing she said that hit me hardest
Published on The Creative Shift by Dan Blank • 
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On Rejection
An excerpt from "Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life" PLUS a brief video interview with Maggie Smith about the book.
Published on Memoir Land • 
Your Art is a Tool and Beauty is an Emergency
Maggie Smith on creating during upheaval, how not to kill pleasure, and the emergency of a sunrise.
Published on Who We Are To Each Other • 
Pep Talk: On Hanging in There
(And I don't even like cats)
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Maggie Smith
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For Dear Life with Maggie Smith
For Dear Life with Maggie Smith
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