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Mar 2025
32m 9s

"Finding what you love"

Tsh Oxenreider
About this episode

Tsh chats with Millie Florence, a young author who recently published her first middle-grade novel, Beyond Mulberry Glen, with Waxwing Books. They chat about alternative education, following your skills and interests during the adolescent years (and how homeschooling is a boon for this), the process of getting a novel published, what makes a good story, and more.

* Millie Florence

* Beyond Mulberry Glen

* Waxwing Books

* Tsh’s newsletter: The Commonplace

* Tsh’s books, trips, & Rule of Life

* Join Tsh’s next pilgrimage: The Rhine River 2025

* Tate & Tsh’s letters

* German is weird

* Theology of the Body

* Recommended reads

* Buy a round of drinks



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