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Kait Nolan on Dealing with Burnout and Writing During Stressful Times
Kait Nolan on Dealing with Burnout and Writing During Stressful Times
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50 minutes
Released:
Apr 14, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Episode 013 / This week Kait Nolan joins Sara and Jami to talk about getting through burnout and writing during stressful times--whether that stress is coming from your own personal situation or world events. In the intro Jami talks about a writing project she’s working on to send to her list called Love, Quarantine and other Inconveniences. (#greattitle). Sara has a new release coming up, Duplicity, and she’s using the same tactic of serializing a sneak preview for her newsletter readers. In real-life lockdown news, Jami is watching Tiger King and Family Feud, while Sara talks about her wildflower isolation walks and the exciting thrill-a-minute sport of marble racing. You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover: Tips for marketing a series--grouping books and banking books for a rapid release How expectations about productivity and major upsets in her personal life lead to burnout Why burnout is becoming more common in the writing community How Kait sets goals to write a certain number of days per month instead of a certain number of words per day Building in some grace into our schedules and adjusting our expectation The tyranny of the “shoulds” Recommendations for writing during trying times How a “just for fun” project can help you when the world is crazy What Kait has discovered isn’t worth her time and effort How Kait went against the prevailing wisdom and didn’t use paid ads. Instead she built a career with paid newsletters and free forms of promos Changes Kait has seen in her genres and her level headed advice on dealing with changes How Kait’s focus on one thing at a time helped her succeed Genres discussed include contemporary romance, small town, and romantic suspense. Links: Kait Nolan’s website Kait’s Free Books Page Larry Brook’s Story Engineering Becca Syme’s Write Better Faster Nathan Van Coops interview
Released:
Apr 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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