The Author Burnout Cure

With the devastating election results coming in today, I've pivoted this week's episode to a replay of my How to Be Resilient AF workshop. Resilience is going to be more important than ever, and while this training was written with publishing in mind, the same emotional processing tools apply here, too.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author.

To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

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You did the thing! You sold your debut novel, earned out your advance, or finished a draft of a book you love. So… why don’t you feel happy? Why can’t you feel proud or excited about what you’ve done? Why are you already anxious about the next step before the ink is even dry on the contract?

In today’s episode, Isabel breaks down why it’s so hard to feel good about your accomplishments and how to increase your capacity for positive emotions.

You can watch the replay of How to Be Resilient AF here.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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If you want to write more often (or for longer periods of time), you need to build up your writing stamina.

Trying to go from no writing to daily 2-hour sessions is like a non-runner trying to run a marathon without any training. You gotta build your way up to that!

Today’s podcast episode walks you through why starting with short sessions is so important and how to build up to the number of hours you want to spend.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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There is a lot of waiting in traditional publishing. Waiting to hear back from agents. Waiting for notes form your editor. Waiting for permission to share your good book news. All of this waiting can lead to frustration, impatience, and even anxiety. It doesn’t have to, though. In this episode, you’ll learn how to figure out WHY waiting feels so awful and how to handle the wait without pulling your hair out.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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What you believe about yourself, the types of books you write, and your place in publishing has a huge impact on how you show up to writing sessions. But how do you find out what you belief? And if you find a not-so-great belief, how do you change it? In this episode, Isabel teaches you how to find your current beliefs and offers two different techniques for believing something new.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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Only 5% of authors stay in publishing long enough to release 12 books over the course of their career. And while that’s an admittedly small percentage, it doesn’t have to be cause for alarm. Today on the podcast, I break down what actually determines whether an author reaches this 12 book milestone. Spoiler: the success of your debut novel is NOT on that list.

In this episode, I cite an interview with Jane Freidman, which is where I got my statistics. You can listen to that interview here.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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Isabel coaches picture book author Katie Venit as she makes the shift to writing novels. While Katie enjoys planning, outlining, and revising, she feels a lot of resistance to writing the first draft. Isabel coaches Katie on how to lean into her writing strengths and how to use brackets to make drafting easier.

Katie's first two pictures books, FORTS and CASSINI'S MISSION, are due out summer 2025. Learn more about Katie and her work on her website.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mindset & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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Isabel coaches debut author Erica Eberhart on the overwhelm that comes from juggling multiple deadlines for different books in her series.

Her first novel, Tarnished, comes out January 21, 2025.

To learn more about Erica visit her website or follow her on Instagram.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mindset & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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Isabel coaches debut romantasy author, Shalini Abeysekara, on defining success, putting less importance on social media metrics, and connecting to what she loves about her story.

Her debut, The Monster of Mine, is due out in Spring 2025. Learn more at Shalini's website, add her book on Goodreads, and follow her on Instagram.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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Isabel coaches debut author Lacey N. Dunham on her Book 2 anxiety, including how to lean into your natural process and when to loop in your agent to get clarity about the pros and cons of different delivery dates for the proposal.

To learn more about Lacey visit her website, follow her on Instagram, or subscribe to her substack.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here.

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DM me on Instagram & let me know what you thought of this episode!