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Natalie MacLean joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about surviving a social media witch hunt, how it impacted her relationship with alcohol, threading a theme through her memoir and marketing your book like a pro. 

Natalie’s Bio: Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drinks Journalist, has also won four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. She’s the bestselling author of Red, White and Drunk All Over. Her new memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much has just become a national bestseller and has been described as “This decade’s Eat Pray Love.”

She hosts the NYT recommended podcast, Unreserved Wine Talk, and offers popular online wine and food pairing classes at www.nataliemaclean.com.

Resources Mentioned During This Episode

Natalie’s Juicy Book Bonuses

Natalie’s Reader Guide

Five Takeaways From the Time’s Investigation into Child Influencers

Signs of Alcoholism or Alcohol Use Disorder

SAMHSA’s National Helpline

Official Transcript

Episode Highlights

4:00 Developing Your Voice

5:52: Dealing with an Online Pile On

10:00 Caring For Yourself While Writing a Tough Story

13:00 Re-evaluating Your Relationship with Alcohol  

21:00 The Struggles of Working in the Male-Dominated Wine Industry

27:00 Threading the Witch Theme into This Story  

32:00 The Power of Book Club Guides and Bonuses

38:00 Rebuilding Your Relationship to Social Media After a Pile On

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Unreserved Wine Talk Podcast

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