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:
Larry Brook’s Story Engineering
Becca Syme’s Write Better Faster
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