The Author Burnout Cure

There are two main camps of writers: those who love revision and those who hate it. I fall firmly in the former, and it's part of my mission to help other writers love revision, too. Today, I talk about some of the mindset tweaks you can make to bring more fun into your revising process. 

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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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Writing a novel is hard. But so is feeling disappointed year after year that you don't achieve your dream of writing one. In today's episode, I talk about how to choose which version of hard will bring you closer to your dream life.

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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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Burnout doesn't just affect writers - it's infiltrated all levels of traditional publishing. This week, I chatted with literary agent and certified life coach, Jessica Killingley, about the industry's burnout and what we can do about it.

Learn more about Jessica's coaching practice at: www.jessicakillingley.com

This Jessica might be the agent for you? Learn more about her agency here: www.thebksagency.com

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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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Writing a novel is a genuinely challenging thing to do. It brings up all of our self-doubts, plus, it's a process that takes months to YEARS to complete. So why do we put ourselves through all that? In this episode, I share some of the reasons writing is worth the effort.

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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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Writing a novel requires you to make a nearly infinite amount of decisions. From big picture decisions like your protagonist's driving desire to micro decisions like word choice and where to break each paragraph, every decision pulls from your daily decision-making reserve. But leaving decisions unmade isn't an option. Eventually, you have to choose your path.

In today's episode, I teach you a 4-step process for closing decision loops and getting your story moving again.

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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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To wrap up our Pride Month series, today I'm sharing an interview with Shelly Page, an agented YA writer who is in a not-often-talked-about stage of her career. She has secret news she can't talk about yet and is waiting to hear back from an editor on a revise and resubmit! We talk about burnout when you feel *this close* to achieving your dream and how Shelly carves out specific time each day for self-care.

You can keep in touch with Shelly at her website and on twitter!

Update! Shelly's 2024 debut novel, Brewed with Love , is available for preorder 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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Today I'm joined by NYT best selling author, Aiden Thomas, who launched his debut YA novel, Cemetery Boys, during the first year of the pandemic. His second book, Lost in the Never Woods, came out in 2021, and because this pandemic is apparently never ending, his third book, The Sunbearer Trials, will be his 3rd release, out on September 6th! Aiden is one of the most delightful humans, and I'm so excited for you to hear from them directly in today's interview.

Books recommended by Aiden in this episode: 

[Click the book titles to order your copy from Aiden's favorite indie: Powell's Books!]

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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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Mara Fitzgerald and Christine Lynn Herman are back for part 2 of our conversation. In this episode, we talk about how we fit writing into our lives and how being queer affects our relationship with publishing (and burnout).

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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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I'm joined today by two fabulous authors Christine Lynn Herman and Mara Fitzgerald to talk all things author burnout - especially post debut! 

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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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One of the fastest way to kill your creative drive is to tell yourself, "I'm not a real writer." Today I examine where those thoughts come from, why they crush creativity, and what to do about it.

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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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