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I'm going to jump into
the next book, which

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is called Artemis in Echo Park.

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You might want to
imagine a person.

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She's not a goddess, but she
has the intrinsic characteristic

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of the goddess--

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the Greek goddess
Artemis, meaning she

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likes to be alone a lot.

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She hangs out with animals.

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She likes to be
in the wilderness,

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although she's in
an urban wilderness.

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She is a person who hangs
out under the moonlight

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because she's a moon goddess
and her brother is a sun god.

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And she's interested in the
layers of history in her city.

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So that's how this
book was developed.

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Alison will understand
because it's

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a book-length project, so yeah.

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Actually, I have to thank
you a lot for your book

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because I learned many things
about how to put something

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like this together.

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The Valley of the Amazons.

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She went to the
grocery store with me

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in North Hollywood wearing
a black tank top and no bra.

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We stood together in line.

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Her aviator glasses,
her hair slicked back

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and one strand
falling over her eyes.

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I felt like we
were in a clearing,

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ready to mount the horses.

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The men stood at a distance.

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Our nakedness was nonchalant
connected to horses and skin

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warmth.

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We would ride off when
the checker tallied

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our purchases and the clearing
would smell like horses

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the rest of the day.

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