In this episode, I’m imagining we’re meeting at a party for the first time and you ask me, “What do you do for a living?” I’m revealing why I dread this question, how I wish I would answer it, how many years I’ve been working on my essay collection, and why this feels like the perfect time to publish and share this body of work with the world.

I'm your host, Ashley Fenker, kicking off the Path to Published podcast with a solo episode about the start of my journey to publish my essay collection, Good (Enough) Mother: Stories and Essays, available today wherever books are sold. Visit goodenoughmotherbook.com to order your copy.

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