You know how Adam Rippon named himself America's Figure Skating Sweetheart at the Olympics? Well, I'm dubbing Katherine Center America's Author Sweetheart. Because I can. On the show, she talks spotting the Neighborhood Novelist and Why You Should Approach with Reckless Abandon, and why you should, yes, Write What you Know, but also write in the service of others. Seriously. She's awesome.

Also on the podcast: Rejection letters on one-eighth a sheet of paper.

photo credit: Karen Walrond

Suggested Readings and Musings from and inspired by Katherine:

• Dwight V. Swain's Techniques" target="_blank">Techniques of the Selling Writer

• Hygge">The Danish Art of Hygge

• anything by Laurie Colwin (Jess loves Goodbye" target="_blank">Goodbye without Leaving)

If you love this infectious Katherine Center episode, you will, we promise, love any and all of her books. Check them out: Bright Side" target="_blank">Bright Side of Disaster (2008), Everyone is Beautiful" target="_blank">Everyone is Beautiful (2009), Get Lucky">Get Lucky (2010), The lost husband" target="_blank">The Lost Husband (2013), and Happiness" target="_blank">Happiness for Beginners (2015).