Sciences we use in making a wish!

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Friday, June 12, 2026

Hi Friend,

Did you know that you are a creativity athlete?

I deem it so.

I so admire athletes.

High level performance.

Endurance, lots of practice, precision, persistence.

And above all, I imagine they do it because they love their sport.

All those adjectives can apply to us as novelists.

And like all good athletes, we need rest.

In fact, rest is where the muscles knit together and get stronger.

Rest is where you can get some of your best inspiration, and rest as a necessary part of being human.

So as the lazy days of summer are upon us, here in the Northern Hemisphere (and moving into winter in the Southern Hemisphere), we're having a heat wave in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I encourage you to find ways to rest and have some downtime.

Or as I like to call it, nothing time.

On to this week's events, opportunities, learnings, et cetera.

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Upcoming events for writers and creative entrepreneurs:

🎙️ Happening today! I'm excited to announce that I'll be speaking at Alexa Bigwarfe's Marketing Bootcamp for Authors and Publishing Professionals, on "Heart-Centered Marketing": About values-aligned marketing for authors who've avoided it because it felt inauthentic. Live, hands-on workshop. June 12-13, 2026. Tickets available now!
🎉 I'll be a speaker again at Rhonda Douglas's 2026 Book Finishers Summit, June 25-29. Register here.
Listen to this week's How to Write The Future podcast episode, "Turn Your Wish Into Story Fuel with Brownell Landrum."
Our Substack Live, Monday, June 15, 10am Pacific on what to do when your characters talk to you... "Capture the New Story Spark without Derailing Your Current Draft." Click here to be notified when we goes live.
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🎤 Turn Your Wish Into Story Fuel with Brownell Landrum

How To Write The Future podcast, episode 208

“I researched over 70 different scientists. And so it was really, really fun to go into that exploration of what are the sciences of wishing.”

-Brownell Landrum

In my latest episode, I interview storyteller and inventor Brownell Landrum, where together we discuss Brownell’s novel, where she shares the science exploration behind making a wish.

And how she researched over 70 scientists, calling it a “cosmic whack-a-mole.”

Turn Your Wish Into Story Fuel with Brownell Landrum

How To Write the Future podcast, episode 208

Read | Listen | Watch

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Happy Writing!

Best,

Beth

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