4: Ava - Alive in Writing and in Love

Speaker A: Ava is one of my favorite writers. She writes full-time for her Substack, Book Bearer Express. I'm not sure there's anyone I've more consistently recommended to friends and loved ones in recent years, and it seems like the world agrees. Ava now has over 30,000 subscribers. One of my favorite parts of this episode was reading excerpts from Ava's essays over the years back to her. We cover a ton of ground, including writing, consistency, commitment, friendship, authenticity, self-respect, taste, beauty, and much more. Please enjoy. And if you've liked the episodes thus far, please follow and rate them on Spotify or Apple.

Here's Eva. We're here. Speaker B: We are. Speaker A: The queen of Book Bear Express herself, live in San Francisco. Not live. Well, I guess we're live. It's wonderful to be with you. How are you doing? Speaker B: I'm doing well. I'm excited to have you here. Spending more time in San Francisco. Speaker A: This is all part of your ploy. Speaker B: I'm hoping that on this podcast you'll make a commitment to moving to San Francisco. Speaker A: Oh wow. All right, we, we, we have to get through a few things before we get to that.

Okay, I did a little digging. For the viewer's context, or the listener's context, not the viewer, I met you on Twitter because I read your writing and I reached out and I wanted to go back and see what was inside of that. What was that message? I'm going to read— Speaker B: Your cold DM to me. Speaker A: I'm going to read my cold DM and a quote from something you wrote that maybe I think, in some ways, I think really sets the stage for what I think makes you as a person special and makes your writing so special.