Yes. We know. We’re 3 weeks late. Yes, Sarah has already broken her New Year’s resolutions twice. Yes, we are still here. And yes… we are still aggressively understaffed. We’re just doing our best. 🫡☕

This week’s episode is a chaotic, hilarious, unexpectedly heartfelt roundtable featuring a whole table full of indie authors we adore. What started as a creative retreat turned into one of the most honest conversations we’ve had in a while — about burnout, self-care (or lack thereof), neurodivergent brains trying to relax, creative pressure, and why women are historically terrible at doing literally anything for themselves. Somewhere between Ro-Mad-Libs, Cadbury Egg Creme trauma, and Bass Pro Shops chaos, we accidentally had a real conversation about what it actually looks like to survive creativity, adulthood, and capitalism at the same time.

We talk writing, retreats, friendship, healing, therapy breakthroughs, and why sometimes the most productive thing you can do is sit in a room with people who get it. It’s funny, it’s a little unhinged, and it’s one of those episodes that reminds us why we keep doing this podcast in the first place.

We’re spotlighting all of these incredible women for the next couple of weeks, and you can find ALL of their links in our Linktree so you can stalk them properly and support indie authors the way the algorithm refuses to. 📚🔥

👏🏼 Meg Becker – Spicy romance author, up and coming screenwriter

💫 Lindsey Hobson – Children’s books

➡️ Annie Lisenby – YA, romance, and adult fun books (like the game we played in this episode)

✍🏼 Maranda Collins – Action thriller author with strong, high-stakes storytelling

👀 Samantha Howell – Emerging YA post-apocalyptic writer

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