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Brendan Leonard
Writer, artist, filmmaker, columnist for Outside Magazine. My newsletter about creativity, adventure, and enthusiasm goes out to 15,000+ subscribers every week.
Friday Inspiration 430 One final book tour update: I'll be in Washington DC (May 6th) and Chicago (May 8th) next week! If you haven't RSVPed yet, the links are below. The DC event has a waitlist, but if you'd like to come, just sign up for the waitlist and show up to the event—we'll get you in no matter what. Also: The Chicago event still hasn't filled up as of Thursday, so I guess we have plenty of room (and plenty of books, unless someone buys like 15 copies). See you there! Washington DC...
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