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Joe is an attorney, podcaster, and erstwhile stand-up and improv comic. He is the author of Last Songs & True Magic and Too Fat For Europe ...more

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Joe Leibovich Too often, I give in to it. Sometimes I just force myself to write. I need to do more of the latter.
Joe Leibovich It started with a series of very short stories I did for flash fiction contests. I decided to flesh those out and use them to surround the centerpiece…moreIt started with a series of very short stories I did for flash fiction contests. I decided to flesh those out and use them to surround the centerpiece novella, True Magic. That one had been bouncing around in my head off and on for years, and I only recently cracked how to put it together. Once I started down the road, it came together relatively quickly (not counting the years in the dreaded mulling stage!)(less)
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“There is magic in this world,” said the woodsman to his son. “If you see, truly see, an acorn grow into a tree, and that tree be turned to lumber, and that lumber be turned into a house, you cannot doubt that magic is real.”
“But, that is boring,” said the boy.
“And that is the nature of magic. True magic is boring. And that is why so few people bother to do it.”

- An excerpt from the Austrian collection of tales The Wisdom of the Woods, author unknown.”
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“There is magic in this world,” said the woodsman to his son. “If you see, truly see, an acorn grow into a tree, and that tree be turned to lumber, and that lumber be turned into a house, you cannot doubt that magic is real.”
“But, that is boring,” said the boy.
“And that is the nature of magic. True magic is boring. And that is why so few people bother to do it.”

- An excerpt from the Austrian collection of tales The Wisdom of the Woods, author unknown.”
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