Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode #78 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with Lauren Sapala.

Lauren is the author of The INFJ Writer, a guide for sensitive intuitive writers, and Firefly Magic: Heart Powered Marketing for Highly Sensitive Writers, as well as The West Coast Trilogy, an autobiographical fiction series. She currently lives in San Francisco.

During our discussion, Lauren describes:

* Why she considers her coaching a form of healing work

* How the structure and energy of academia can often lead to overly critical writing instructors and teachers, and how the world of creativity and art differs completely

* Why she doesn’t shy away from discussing her time dealing with alcoholism

* How self-publishing The INFJ Writer was such a pleasurable experience that she ceased seeking an agent for her fiction and started-indie publishing those books as well

* The way the Meyers-Briggs personality types have given her a greater understanding of her writing clients and how she can better help intuitive introverts achieve their artistic goals

* How transgressive fiction combines darkness with humour, and the challenges she has faced as a writer working in that genre

* And much more!

Click below to listen now:

The Writing Coach #78 Show Notes

Follow Lauren on social:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenSapala/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/losapala

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