Odds & Ends, Week of July 13

Reader Qs, what I'm listening to, dubious life advice, and more . . .

Hello folks! Here we are in post 3/52 in my Year of Blogging on Purpose. Next week, I think I’ll tackle a topic many folks asked about—my year of reading 100 grown up novels for research—but this week is devoted to a handful of odds and ends. An anecdote or two, some assorted brief questions from the comments, interesting links, what I am watching, what…