Hahaha, love that metaphor.

Unbelievable how timely this is. Just yesterday I started working on an outline for a short story, and realizing how different that is going to be from a novella and starting to do the research. And here you are with your seminar. Perfect.

Yes, medical doctors stitched my liver back together after a car accident. But a naturopath saved me from a pacemaker, and another naturopath saved me from a diagnosis that would have hooked me on a lifetime of medications that make you feel ill at all times.

I agree. Just as many times pharmaceuticals and allopathy have helped me with my health, alternative medicines and naturopathy have done the same, if not more often.

I hope you have a great time!

I agree.

Can't wait!

I get it now. Yeah, every twenty years it's the next brave new world.

I'm reading Die Schönheit der Nacht and Beautiful Nights concurrently. As expected, it's like reading two different books, even as the transl. is faithful, because my American Self has different lenses than my German self.

Noch nicht jetzt. Not sure why you ask. To explain myself: Ich bin ein ernster writer in revisions an dem ersten Roman. Before that, I wrote only nonfiction. For zwei Jahren, my beloved and I started a lovely queer eco-romance. I have essays on Medium.com and one small book, selfpubbed, on Amazon.

De rien, Nina — a pleasure and my good fortune to make your acquaintance, und eine nette Überraschung von Dir zu hören."

The silver lining of being catfished for a second by an impersonator of yours is that it made me discover you. Wow, gorgeous writing! Can't wait to get Beautiful Nights and continue reading. Now, *that's* literary writing. Thank you!

She contacted me and I reported and blocked her.

I was contacted by a fake account. Here is the screenshot
I reported the account.

Oh, sorry, that is the title. The other line is your name, hahaha. Well, I love the title.

I love this subtitle--the surprise of inversion.

I think this may be accurate. Hmm.