Real Talk for Writers

A couple weeks ago, I ran a workshop for my agency sibling while we were on a writing retreat called Rebuilding Your Creative Confidence. 

After my presentation, I got a great question about bouncing back when a book dies on submission. 

"How do you move on from a project you love that didn't se...

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*Reminder: Real Talk for Writers is on a biweekly schedule going forward. If you want more support for your author career, be sure to check out The Author Burnout Cure Podcast, which will continue to post weekly.* 

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Confidence is one of the key "soft skills" for a successful (enjoyable!) author...

Regular celebration is essential to crafting a burnout-free, sustainable fiction career.

Yet celebration is also the most commonly skipped -- or delayed -- parts of the process I teach.

Authors will tell me that it's "too soon" to celebrate when they get a new book deal because it's not "officia...

Many stages in publishing are emotionally fraught, and that is especially true for going on sub with a new project.

This is true whether whether you're trying to sell your debut novel, come back from a gap in your books, making a career pivot, or taking a book out wide after a disappointing experie...