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it's all happening | The Muse Letter No. 156

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The house that I live in has a sentence engraved into its wall.

J’avance.

I’m advancing. I’m moving forward.

Change is following me anywhere I go; it’s written all over my inner landscape.

Folding into myself.

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There’s a line I often think of by the German poet Hilde Domin that translated goes something like this:

I put my foot in the air. And it carried me.

(Ich setzte den Fuss in die Luft. Und sie trug.)

Four years ago I started writing a book that literally changed my life: Things I Have Noticed – Essays on leaving/searching/finding. It started with an idea to create a zine, that quickly turned into a full collection and Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to publish it. Since then I sold thousand of copies, found homes in indie bookshops, was invited to readings, wrote and published my second book Things I Have Loved – A collection (sort of) – but most of all I understood that you don’t need a publisher or an agent to reach people with your writing.

That it’s a special honour to creat…