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What's going on with my next book

Thoughts on the self-helpization of memoir—and a confession

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Amanda Montei
Oct 02, 2025
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For the past few months, I’ve been working intensively on a new book. I have kept this process pretty internal and private, as I always do with any embryonic project, while I try to figure out what I’m doing. Even so, the time and energy spent on the manuscript has been looming large in my daily life, and this week felt like the right time to finally tell you the truth about what I’ve been up to.

Here is my confession.

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