Write Where It Hurts

S3 EP 4 Debut Anxiety

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It’s a Write Where it Hurts Super Special! This week, Eva and Katryn discuss debut anxiety-- everything from the wounds it opens, to self-imposed stress, to developing early expectations around the “nebulous cloud that is publishing.” Eva discusses cutting herself off from reading reviews, and Katryn acts out a whole scene from Harry and the Hendersons and it somehow works as a metaphor.


NOTE: We are taking a break for Eva's debut (out on 5/21)! We'll be back in June!


*Content warnings: This week, we talk a lot about mental addictions. These are real and toxic to our mental health, but we mention them in no way to compare or dismiss physical and substance addiction--only to speak to our experiences with this kind of psychological addiction.

Sources

  • Bookseller survey finds that over half of authors reported that debut authors said the experience negatively impacted their mental health
  • What is a Super Special, you ask? THIS
  • Listen to our Seducing the Creative Spirit playlist!
  • Watch this Harry & the Hendersons clip and WEEP
  • Pre-order I Wish You Would (Eva) and We Are Not Alone (Katryn)
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