Helen Scheuerer ON: EMBRACING what you want and Riding the Learning Curve

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Helen is the YA fantasy author of the bestselling series, The Oremere Chronicles and the Curse of the Cyren Queen. Her work has been highly praised for its strong, flawed female characters and its action-packed plots. Helen holds a Bachelor of Creative Writing and a Masters of Publishing. Now a full-time author, Helen lives amidst the mountains in Central Otago, New Zealand and is constantly dreaming up new stories.

In this episode we go deep into:

Helen’s Higher Education Journey [1:26]
Pro’s and Con’s of studying Creative Writing [2:11]
The education of being an indie [3:23]
The writing practice and process [4:51]
Listening to the right people [6:47]
Doing it all as an Indie [8:21]
Being taken ‘seriously’ and fitting the mold [9:48]
Knowing what she wanted to write [11:31]
Trad v Indie [12:43]
Being in control [14:43]
Helen’s Indie Journey [18:25]
Going full time [21:06]
The changing landscape of Indie publishing [22:22]
Discipline and focus [25:27]
Expectations and the learning curve [28:57]
The creeping dread of not making back your investments [32:28]
Productivity, mindset and knowing yourself [36:55]
Helen’s writing process [39:45]
Exercise for mental clarity [42:49]
The struggle of rest and recharging [46:53]
Why Helen writes [50:44]

Find out more about Helen Scheuerer:

https://helenscheuerer.com/

https://www.instagram.com/helenscheuerer/

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Special thanks to:

Show theme: Karl Hughes

Show editing: Sam Frost