It Is Enough To Be You
It's here! It's real! Book launch reminder, next "Write Yourself Free" date & more...
She whispers namaste to her own reflection, and these words whisper back—it is enough to be you. She lets a lifetime of sorrow seep from her tired, trying bones, lets it rest on the ground with every fallen petal. And she breathes. Still, she breathes. (Words from my poem “Still, She Breathes,” from my soon-to-be-released book “This Too")
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For over a year now, I have been staring at a document on a screen—adding, deleting, editing and editing some more. I’ve spent countless hours pondering the title, the subtitle, the artwork for the cover, the font, the font size, the font color. And, what shade of gray exactly?
Will the book have sections? If so, what will those sections be? There were doubts, many moments of wondering if I had a book at all.
And countless emails back and forth with my publisher, moments of really not knowing what any of it wanted to be.
This book did not at all care about my timeline, it had its very own. I continually recommitted to getting my little will out of the way and to listening as deeply as I know how to listen, repeatedly asking the book to show me what it wanted to be.
And, you guys, it’s finally here. In my hands! A real, holdable book! Pages to turn.
So many of you have pre-ordered. Thank you, thank you!
How lifting it has been to receive your orders! This little book will be traveling as far as Australia, it will be shipped to the UK, Canada, all over the US.
Though I have one real book, I am still awaiting the boxes of book that will be delivered to my house (fingers crossed I will get those copies in less than a week!) and then I will begin the really fun part—signing, packaging, and getting them on their way to you.
As I mentioned in previous emails, if you pre-order by JUNE 20th, you are invited to a private (online) book launch celebration on Tuesday, June 30th (from 5:00-6:00pm (PST). I will be sending out more information about this as we get closer.
For those of you who live outside of the US and don’t want to pay the astronomical international shipping charges, please know that the book will be available in all major online bookstores (in the next couple of weeks).
My hope is that “This Too” feels like a nest you can rest inside. And also like a spark that grows you warmer, truer, brighter. 🧚♂️
I am grateful for these humble, hopeful, vital poems full of failure and connection, doubt and resilience, tenderness and urgency. With generous vulnerability, Julia Fehrenbacher turns us again and again toward the world that is here. I love her voice. I love these poems. I love seeing the world through her words. — Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, author of The Unfolding and host of The Poetic Path
On another note, this month’s Write Yourself Free class (for paid subscribers of my Substack page) will be next Wednesday, June 24th, from 9:00—11:00 am (PST).
I so hope to see you there!
Click HERE for more information & to access the Zoom link for class.
You’re invited!
Note: The below time is Eastern Standard Time. 10:00-11:00 am (Pacific Standard Time)
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PS: There are few things I love more than being a guest poet in communities that are rooted in mindfulness.
If you facilitate such a community and would like to have me as your guest, please feel free to reach out. My email address is: writeyourselffree@gmail.com If you’re receiving this in your inbox, you can simply hit reply. xo
Congratulations! Such excitement!
Thank you for sharing the journey, it has been a privilege to witness .