Kait Nolan on Dealing with Burnout and Writing During Stressful Times (Re-air)

Episode 132 / This week Jami and Sara are re-airing an early episode with Kait Nolan, who talks about getting through burnout and writing during stressful times–whether that stress is coming from your own personal situation or world events.

Intro links:

Sara’s Kickstarter for her special edition hardcover – sign up to get notified when it goes live

Morgana Best on selling direct – interview on The Creative Penn Podcast

Show notes:

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