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I’m typing this blog post in front of a huge picture window overlooking a temperate rainforest in rural Washington state, which means I’m back at the cabin where Eve Rickert and I wrote our polyamory book More Than Two<\/em>. The cabin kitty, Whiskers, has been happy to see us, and has scarcely stopped begging for treats since we got here.<\/p>\n

This time, I’m here to write my memoir, The Game Changer,<\/em> about my relationship with my partner Shelly and the many and varied ways it changed my life. Poly folks–especially those of us who are poly activists–tend to be salesmen for polyamory, which means we don’t really talk about the ways polyamory can be disruptive…even when we have years of experience and think we have a pretty good bead on how to make it work.<\/p>\n

A lot of folks contributed to the croudfunding of this book, and yet, I’m feeling kinda stuck. For years, I’ve written about the lessons I’ve learned and the conclusions I’ve come to, without really writing about how I got there. Now, in this memoir, I’m trying to write something very different from anything I’ve done before: I’m trying to write the personal story of how I came to be who I am, and how I learned the things I’ve learned. And it’s really hard!<\/em> They say you get good at what you practice. I haven’t practiced this kind of writing.<\/p>\n

And that means, for the first time I can remember, I’m grappling with imposter syndrome. I know you all helped support this book financially, and that means you want to read it…and I don’t want to let you down. But I am struggling with how to write this book.<\/p>\n

So, for those of you who want to read The Game Changer,<\/em> I would love if you could tell me a bit about why<\/em> you want to read it. I’m trying to get this thing out of my head and into the computer, and I could use your encouragement.<\/p>\n

Whiskers and I both thank you.<\/p>\n

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