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The Daily Whatever, May 18: Char Sundust on Writing, Sanctuary, and Substack

What do you talk about when you get to hang out on a Live with two of your best friends in the world? Oh, everything.

By Dana DuBois, Lawrence Winnerman, and Char SundustMay 18, 2025 · 1 min read

Today we had the joy of hosting Char Sundust of Spirit Sanctuary on The Daily Whatever, for a soulful and deep conversation about writing and safety and showing up with our words in the world.

Char read her award-winning poem I Want to Move Things with My Mind

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We had the best time—a fun reunion of Seattle friends and writers. Yay!

We love sharing the love of Substack on Sundays, and here’s who we recommended:

Char suggested reading Andrea Gibson for their gratitude work at Things That Don’t Suck.
Dana loves the unvarnished truth bombs delivered by The Opinonated Ogre.
and Lawrence recommended more truth and numbers from Craig Christ, PhD.

Thank you Mr. Troy Ford, Polly Walker Blakemore, techwriter35, Karen Marie Shelton, Star Body Healing, and many others for tuning into The Daily Whatever with Char Sundust, Dana DuBois, and Lawrence Winnerman!

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Dana DuBois

The memoirist

Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy. All stories by Dana

Lawrence Winnerman

The science fiction writer

Lawrence Winnerman is a science fiction writer in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After twenty-five years leading technology programs at Amazon and Microsoft, he was chief operating officer of Blue Amp Media. In his Substack publication, The Hinge & The Near Field, he writes about AI and democracy and is serializing his novel Light Shines Through. He co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. All stories by Lawrence