In this episode I'm talking with Jennifer about the squishier side of creativity–the thoughts, ideas, and attitudes that affect your work, even if you're not fully conscious of it, including:

Finding the inspiration to write about controversial subjects in today’s age of nasty comments and trolling

Jennifer’s trick for keeping herself accountable and not avoiding writing about the hard stuff

The power of talking to other writers

The things her inner critic says, and how it gets louder when she’s doing the work that’s closest to her heart

The trick for getting things down on the page–and how that seeming blather transforms into ‘readable chapters’

The beauties and drawbacks of living in a rural area

The dichotomy of having a virtual job with a big network while living in a small, somewhat isolated town

Becoming a cliche as you grow older: “I started aqua aerobics recently”

Continuing to work when your body may have other plans

The caregiving sandwich

Dealing with the claustrophobia of being in a transitional period, or what Jennifer calls a hallway

Her list of three collective illusions Jennifer wishes we’d wake up from

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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