Mom Writes Podcast - Author Accelerator
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Season 3 Is Now Live!
January 06, 2021 02:55Author Accelerator founder and CEO Jennie Nash leads Abby through the process of preparing to pitch and pitching her middle-grade fantasy novel. Tune in! Listen to Season 3
Season 3, Episode 14: PitMad Pitching with Lidija Hilje
December 02, 2020 21:53 - 52 minutes - 49 BytesTwitter pitching. I always said I’d never do it. And then my friend Lidija Hilje, the Pitching Queen, talked me into it. Lidija also helped me put the final polish on my query letter, so since she also said she would help me polish my Twitter pitch, I agreed. Of course she talked me into it two days before PitMad! So after many iterations of my pitch (lots and lots of back and forth on a Google Doc!), we decided to do an impromptu Mom Writes episode about Twitter pitching contests. Well...
Season 3, Episode 13: The (Professional) Agent Nudge
December 02, 2020 15:22 - 32 minutes - 47 BytesWe had a really great question come in from my friend and fellow writer, Mindy. She wanted to know about “the nudge.” She wanted to know when it was okay to nudge an agent who has your manuscript. (Side note, Mindy has been working her butt off querying agents while writing her second book. She’s had quite a bit of action on her query, which is super exciting! She’s killing it, and I’m super proud of her!) I was glad Mindy asked this question, because I wanted to know when it was okay to n...
Season 3, Episode 12.1: An Invitation to a Live Mom Writes Episode on PitMad Pitches
December 01, 2020 20:07 - 2 minutes - 3 BytesThis is not a full episode. This is an invitation. I’ve decided (very spontaneously, mind you) to do something a wee bit different this week. As some of you may know, PitMad is on Thursday. PitMad is a Twitter pitching contest. Now, as some of you may also know, I’ve sworn I will never participate in a Twitter pitching contest. Mostly because I’m not that good at The Twitter. But also because, it’s a crazy, frenetic energy that I really don’t dig. However, I also said I would never ...
Season 3, Episode 12: The Sting of Rejection
November 24, 2020 15:10 - 41 minutes - 60 BytesMy first rejection is in the bag! Actually, my first two. Jennie made me promise to screen record opening my first response from an agent. So this episode starts with me (actually) opening and reading my first rejection and Jennie’s response to it. The theme of today’s episode is don’t take it personally. It’s easy (very easy, because we are storytellers at heart!) to make up all sorts of stories about what is (and isn’t) happening to your email queries that are out in the world. I wa...
Season 3, Episode 11: Good Attitudes and Personalizing (More) Queries
November 16, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 49 BytesToday Jennie and I talk about the toxic “Pick Me!” attitude that many writers have towards querying. We look at the different types of energy we as writers bring to the pitching process, and how feelings of desperation hurt more than help. As I look to continue to query, I know I need to personalize each one for the agent it’s being sent to. Seems easy, right? You just take out Dear Mrs. X and replace it with Dear Mr. Y. Then you erase the sentence about why you chose X and replace it with ...
Season 3, Episode 10: What Agents Might Be Doing When You Don't Hear Anything
November 09, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 49 BytesThis episode actually made me feel a zillion times better about querying, and it gave me some patience with the process. It’s really no surprise that after only a single week (we’re talking not even seven full days) I’ve heard nothing from the one (ONE!) agent that I exclusively queried. It’s very easy to take this personally. But should you? I mean, you sent her (or him!) this thing— your thing!—that took you years of blood, sweat, and tears to write. Is it just sitting in their inbox? Di...
Season 3, Episode 9: Three Cheers! Abby Pitches!
November 02, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutes - 55 BytesHip hip hooray! Today we invite you to join us as we press send on my (Abby’s) first (and exclusive) pitch. There’s not much to sum up today, except to say that Mel makes her first appearance in Season 3! She comes to give us an update on where she’s at with her book and to support me while I make the big leap. The three of us catch up and share all the feels as I read my query letter, and in the excitement I nearly commit a cardinal sin and forget to put a subject in my email! In today...
Season 3, Episode 8: The Final Push to Pitch
October 26, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 44 BytesIn this episode, we review the overall pitching process. Here's a run-down if you've missed it: Get your manuscript in "good enough" shape to pitch. Remember, there's still more work to be done once you get picked up! Make sure your query is stellar. (No pressure, right?!) Write short personalizations for each agent on your short-list. Double-check each of those agent's submission requirements. Don't rush! The process of pitching takes time. You don't want to make a mistake with one ti...
Season 3, Episode 7: The Query Letter
October 21, 2020 19:32 - 32 minutes - 46 BytesIt's the Query Letter Episode!!! I have written my query letter no less than 45 times (and it feels like 45 ka-zillion times). Some passes over my query letter have involved big, sweeping changes. Others have been small tweaks, looking to do things like cut an overabundance of adjectives. But every change brought me closer and closer to what Jennie has deemed a query that is "KILLER GOOD." The first time we tackled my query was on Jennie's Creative Live class called How To Land A Literary ...
Season 3, Episode 6: Little Tweaks, Big Difference
October 18, 2020 14:27 - 36 minutes - 53 BytesWhen you finally choose an agent to pitch (or 20 or 30), what do you do? I'm interested in sending out a series of exclusives. It's a weird strategy, and it might not work. (As a matter of fact, I might scrap the whole thing after this first round. You never know!) But for whatever reason, this is where my gut is telling me to start. In this episode, we discuss the one cardinal rule in pitching agents: FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS TO A "T." If the agent says they want the subject line to sa...
Season 3, Episode 5: Mo' Agents, Mo' Agents, Mo' Agents
October 15, 2020 01:00 - 35 minutes - 51 BytesToday we have (surprise!) more talk about agents. What if you're pitching an agent, but you are open to eventually dipping your toes in self-publishing or hybrid publishing? Or changing genres? Or co-writing? Jennie says, "And when you get to a conversation with an agent, these are things you might want to say: I have a million ideas! I might want to do a collaboration with someone. I might want to do a picture book. I might want to do an adult thing. And I know you might not represent all ...
Season 3, Episode 4: Agents and Strategy
October 13, 2020 10:15 - 30 minutes - 43 BytesToday Jennie breaks down agents and strategy in all kinds of different ways. First, she talks about agents and what they strategically do for your career (and what they don't). Agents aren't going to say to you, "Llamas are hot right now! Bring me a book featuring llamas!" (Llama just say, I thought this was kind of how it worked.) All agents work differently and have different personalities and styles. Some are more editorially focused. Some are great at laying out a strategic career path...
Season 3, Episode 3: Pitching in a Pandemic
October 09, 2020 23:46 - 30 minutes - 44 BytesI know how some of us are feeling. We've worked hard (possibly for years) on a book, and when it comes time to pitch it, there is a worldwide pandemic. So what do we do? Do we change our stories to reflect the new "normal?" Do we hold off pitching agents? Are agents still working? Are they taking writers? Do any of these things even matter? Today Jennie and I talk about how the pandemic has affected the pitching process. My question to Jennie was this: is it better to pitch more establish...
Season 3, Episode 2: How to Choose Which Agents to Pitch
October 07, 2020 23:33 - 28 minutes - 41 BytesToday we talk about what to expect when you’re pitching agents. From what to do with your documents to how to keep track of agents, Jennie lays out all the things you need to consider when starting the pitching process. (And I have one word for you, folks: spreadsheets.) I also fret because my top, wish-listed agents represent some pretty big names. But Jennie has some good advice for me there, too. “They're not usually like, 'Well, that's it. I got one really big one! I'm done!' They're ...
Season 3, Episode 1: Pitching Prep
October 05, 2020 14:34 - 34 minutes - 49 BytesSeason Three of Mom Writes is all about pitching your completed manuscript to agents! Book coach Jennie Nash walks me, Abby Mathews, through the process of pitching my middle grades novel in hopes of finding an agent, and in turn, a publisher. But let’s start at the beginning. The first eight episodes are dedicated to preparing your pitch and your agent query. Today, Jennie talks about the number one thing people get wrong when they pitch their books to an agent: they RUSH. We also talk a...
Mom Writes Season 3 Update
October 04, 2020 22:18 - 2 minutes - 2 BytesHi, everyone! We have a Mom Writes season 3 update. One important announcement I have is that Mom Writes is moving! You will no longer find our current show notes on the Author Accelerator website. Seasons 1 and 2 still live on the Author Accelerator site, so all our old show notes are there. But anything new from this point forward will be…here! On my website www.AbbyMathews.org. And you guys, I spell my last name with ONE T. Like the everyone’s least favorite subject in school, math. Ju...
Season 2, Episode 53: When Your Heart Lies Somewhere In the Middle
May 30, 2020 01:51 - 39.5 MBAbby's spent years writing this book, and through various drafts the one thing she never wavered on was the age and grade of the readers she was writing for. But in this episode, she finally realizes and accepts that it's elementary kids, not middle school kids, that she wants to write for. Sometimes at the end of a book, you feel a whole wide range of emotions - one of those is definitely "what happens next?" After each of her submissions, Abby always knew what to do next - write the n...
Season 2, Episode 53: When Your Heart Lies Somewhere in the Middle
May 29, 2020 10:55 - 28 minutes - 41 BytesAbby's spent years writing this book, and through various drafts the one thing she never wavered on was the age and grade of the readers she was writing for. But in this episode, she finally realizes and accepts that it's elementary kids, not middle school kids, that she wants to write for. Sometimes at the end of a book, you feel a whole wide range of emotions - one of those is definitely "what happens next?" After each of her submissions, Abby always knew what to do next - write the next...
Season 2, Episode 52: Change, Change, Change
May 21, 2020 01:48 - 45.1 MBIN THIS EPISODE This week, Mel finds her own mistakes - the fuzzy pronouns, the over-generalities, what Kemlo calls "the curse of knowledge" - giving too little information on the page because it's all in your head. It might be clear to you, but it's not clear to the reader! Experienced editors will find these things on their own, and it's a good sign when you can read through your own work and pick out common missteps in a first draft. For Mel, this tends to happen in scenes with lots of a...
Episode 52: Change, Change, Change
May 20, 2020 22:57 - 32 minutes - 47 BytesIn this episode: This week, Mel finds her own mistakes - the fuzzy pronouns, the over-generalities, what Kemlo calls "the curse of knowledge" - giving too little information on the page because it's all in your head. It might be clear to you, but it's not clear to the reader! Experienced editors will find these things on their own, and it's a good sign when you can read through your own work and pick out common missteps in a first draft. For Mel, this tends to happen in scenes with lots of ...
Season 2, Episode 51: Mel Nails Her Sex Scene
May 14, 2020 01:45 - 40.9 MB(Pun Intended) Melanie gets her turn in the time-looping barrel this week (finally!). In the first part of her chapter, she was interrupting the narrative with some unhelpful backtracking. It wasn't moving the present story forward. As Jennie Nash says, "things were happening...offstage". Mel thinks she was attempting a flashback, or trying to work some offstage information into the narrative, but it stood out like a sore thumb. On the upside, the back half of the chapter went swimmingly, a...
Episode 51: Mel Nails Her Sex Scene (Pun Intended)
May 13, 2020 21:55 - 29 minutes - 42 BytesMelanie gets her turn in the time-looping barrel this week (finally!). In the first part of her chapter, she was interrupting the narrative with some unhelpful backtracking. It wasn't moving the present story forward. As Jennie Nash says, "things were happening...offstage". Mel thinks she was attempting a flashback, or trying to work some offstage information into the narrative, but it stood out like a sore thumb. On the upside, the back half of the chapter went swimmingly, and all Kemlo had...
Season 2, Episode 51: Mel Nails Her Sex Scene (Pun Intended)
May 13, 2020 21:55 - 29 minutes - 42 BytesMelanie gets her turn in the time-looping barrel this week (finally!). In the first part of her chapter, she was interrupting the narrative with some unhelpful backtracking. It wasn't moving the present story forward. As Jennie Nash says, "things were happening...offstage". Mel thinks she was attempting a flashback, or trying to work some offstage information into the narrative, but it stood out like a sore thumb. On the upside, the back half of the chapter went swimmingly, and all Kemlo had...
Season 2, Episode 50: The One Where Kemlo Knows the Future
May 07, 2020 01:42 - 41.4 MBIN THIS EPISODE Listen to the preview to find out why...if only we'd known then that spending all your time at home and not going out wasn't actually the best thing ever. We hope everyone is safe and healthy out there. This week, we talk about wrapping up Abby's story in a nice little bow. This might be Abby's last submission for this draft, but it's not ending in the same place her first draft ended! What will need to happen to convince Abby's protagonist to come back to the real world,...
Season 2, Episode 50: The One Where Kemlo Knows The Future
May 06, 2020 21:01 - 30 minutes - 43 BytesIn this episode: Listen to the preview to find out why...if only we'd known then that spending all your time at home and not going out wasn't actually the best thing ever. We hope everyone is safe and healthy out there. This week, we talk about wrapping up Abby's story in a nice little bow. This might be Abby's last submission for this draft, but it's not ending in the same place her first draft ended! What will need to happen to convince Abby's protagonist to come back to the real world,...
Season 2, Episode 49: The Magical Power of Solitude
April 30, 2020 01:39 - 34.5 MBIN THIS EPISODE Mel's chapter 17 benefits from the magic of alone time this week, and that - plus not being exhausted! - made for a well-rounded chapter with an active narrative voice. But Mel was able to fight against her old nemesis, "show where your characters are at emotionally," and we're counting that as a big win for today. Mel's been working on this book for a really long time. She says it's hard to immerse yourself when you have a lot of years-old pre-conceived notions of what yo...
Season 2, Episode 49:
April 29, 2020 12:45 - 25 minutes - 36 BytesMel's chapter 17 benefits from the magic of alone time this week, and that - plus not being exhausted! - made for a well-rounded chapter with an active narrative voice. But Mel was able to fight against her old nemesis, "show where your characters are at emotionally," and we're counting that as a big win for today. Mel's been working on this book for a really long time. She says it's hard to immerse yourself when you have a lot of years-old pre-conceived notions of what your book "should" ...
Season 2, Episode 48: Pacing
April 23, 2020 01:36 - 27.3 MBIN THIS EPISODE This week's discussion revolves around the pacing in Abby's middle-grade novel - and all about what she did right. (Plus, it's six months in the past, so enjoy this trip to October 2019, a simpler time.) How difficult is it to show the emotional layer in middle-grade lit without slowing down the pacing? VERY, as it turns out - but this week, Abby gets the gold star from Kemlo. Word choice plays a big part here. Words like "chattering" and phrases like "a normal person...
#TBW (Throw Back WEDNESDAY)
April 15, 2020 11:09 - 29 minutes - 57 BytesWelp, it’s official, folks. It’s finally here. This is the point in the quarantine where I, Abby Mathews, has officially— yet good-natured-ly— lost her mind. (See, I’m even making up words.) I don’t even know what day it is anymore. Is it a podcast release day? Beats the heck out of me. So we’re just gonna go with today for an encore episode of Mom Writes. Why an encore episode? Because I just can’t do one. more. thing. I know you parents feel me. And I’m sending you my love. And if you a...
Season 2, Episode 47: Words Matter
April 09, 2020 01:29 - 58.5 MBThis week, Kemlo gives Abby some advice on a little thing that becomes a big thing... And it gets personal! Am I a weirdo? Because I do that little thing? — Abby Mathews Abby wrote a scene where Logan's parents show up for the first time, and actually modeled Logan's mother after a mom she knew in middle school. She doesn't remember the mom's husband's name because they always called him...Daddy. Team Mom Writes debates whether this is a weird thing, not a weird thing, or not even a...
Season 2, Episode 46: Knitting Together a Giant Quilt of Pain and Death…
April 01, 2020 01:25 - 34.1 MBIN THIS EPISODE Abby's recently returned from the Author Accelerator Maine retreat, which was a powerhouse of writing breakthroughs. There was laughter! There were tears! There was motivation! Coaches got to work one-on-one with writers and got down to the why of each writer's novels, and how to get that down on the page. This week, Mel's convinced as her edits are moving forward, her book is actually getting worse. She'll open up the later chapters of her book and be horrified at the num...
Season 2, Episode 46: Knitting Together A Giant Quilt of Pain and Death...
March 31, 2020 23:44 - 24 minutes - 35 BytesIn this episode: Abby's recently returned from the Author Accelerator Maine retreat, which was a powerhouse of writing breakthroughs. There was laughter! There were tears! There was motivation! Coaches got to work one-on-one with writers and got down to the why of each writer's novels, and how to get that down on the page. This week, Mel's convinced as her edits are moving forward, her book is actually getting worse. She'll open up the later chapters of her book and be horrified at the nu...
Season 2, Episode 45: The Curious Case of the Spaghetti Jar Incident In the Night
March 26, 2020 01:20 - 60.8 MBOK, so it didn’t happen at night. But it was curious. IN THIS EPISODE This week, Abby takes her edits into overdrive. Listen to the first 5 to 10 minutes for her process in taking Jennie's edits from the first draft and incorporating them into her revision. Mel's working on her edits from her last chapter, and Kemlo said she needs to work on tension in her scene based on what she has in her Two-Tier / Inside Outline. They're small fixes - there's a lot going on in the scene, but the decis...
Season 2, Episode 45: The Curious Case of The Spaghetti Jar Incident in the Night
March 25, 2020 09:37 - 63 BytesOK, so it didn’t happen at night. But it was curious. In this episode: This week, Abby takes her edits into overdrive. Listen to the first five-ten minutes for her process in taking Jennie's edits from the first draft and incorporating them into her revision. Mel's working on her edits from her last chapter, and Kemlo said she needs to work on tension in her scene based on what she has in her two-tier / Inside Outline. They're small fixes - there's a lot going on in the scene, but the deci...
Season 2, Episode 44: Thriller Conventions
March 18, 2020 01:15 - 53.7 MBwith Dawn Ius IN THIS EPISODE Content warning! Wear your earbuds if the kiddos are around! This week we welcome Dawn Ius to the podcast! Dawn is an Author Accelerator book coach, the author of three YA novels (Anne and Henry, Overdrive, and Lizzie), and the managing editor of the online magazine published by The International Thriller Writers organization, The Big Thrill. We ask Dawn: What are the conventions in thrillers, and specifically, around sex scenes? Does a sex scene make a lot...
Season 2, Episode 44: Dawn Ius on Thriller Conventions
March 17, 2020 23:52 - 39 minutes - 56 BytesCONTENT WARNING: Wear your earbuds if the kiddos are around!! This week we welcome Dawn Ius to the podcast! Dawn is an Author Accelerator book coach, the author of three YA novels (Anne and Henry, Overdrive, and Lizzie -http://dawnius.com/books/), and the managing editor of the online magazine published by The International Thriller Writers organization, The Big Thrill. We ask Dawn: What are the conventions in thrillers, and specifically, around sex scenes? Does a sex scene make a lot of s...
Season 2, Episode 43: Awkward!
March 10, 2020 19:39 - 53.4 MBIN THIS EPISODE Abby wants to know - what do you do when you're done with revising your manuscript? It's rarely in pitchable shape after your first round of revisions. Kemlo says that every revision seems to get a little faster, as we get better and better at revising. For Abby, in particular, parts of this draft feel like the first draft because there's a lot of new material. Does it now need a fresh pair of eyes? During Author Accelerator's open call, Coffee Talk, many writers have asked...
Season 2, Episode 42: Fear of Going Too Big
March 03, 2020 20:37 - 48.2 MBIN THIS EPISODE This week, Mel turned in her chapter, and Kemlo had two major suggestions: work on the overall flow and do some genre work (aka "credibility issues"). The chapter was pulling her (as a reader) in many different directions. Mel needs to do some work on what happens to her character in this scene, and what it means to her moving forward. Kemlo's still pressing Mel as to why these things happen to her character - what sort of purpose does this plot point serve? Mel's protagon...
Season 2, Episode 41: Killing A Darling
February 25, 2020 19:54 - 50.1 MBAbby agonized over her pages this week - she had to kill a darling! She re-wrote chapters 18 and 19, and originally had brought in the BFG as another book character to incorporate in her story. She put a lot of time and effort into it and was really happy with it. But in the course of re-writing the chapters, the plot changed, and Abby realized she didn't need the BFG anymore. For a while she tried to work him back into the story, but soon realized he didn't really serve a purpose. Ultimat...
Season 2, Episode 40: Read it Out Loud!
February 19, 2020 00:17 - 35 minutes - 50 BytesThis week, Mel gets excited because she doesn't have to make another pass on her chapter, but Kemlo calls her out for a lazy/info dump chapter ending. (There's a dramatic reading...don't miss it!) "You can't wrap up an exciting an action-packed chapter in...two lines." - Melanie Or maybe you can, but not like that! Reading your work out loud, or hearing others read it out loud, is really important in the revision process. Abby heard of a writer that recorded herself reading her story and t...
Season 2, Episode 40: Read It Out Loud!
February 18, 2020 19:49 - 48.1 MBThis week, Mel gets excited because she doesn't have to make another pass on her chapter, but Kemlo calls her out for a lazy/info dump chapter ending. (There's a dramatic reading...don't miss it!) You can’t wrap up an exciting an action-packed chapter in...two lines. — Melanie Parish Or maybe you can, but not like that! Reading your work out loud, or hearing others read it out loud, is really important in the revision process. Abby heard of a writer that recorded herself reading he...
Season 2, Episode 39: Soldiering On
February 11, 2020 19:44 - 58.4 MBIN THIS EPISODE Abby had some big questions this week, but her draft is ultimately looking good. Last week she'd planned on finishing chapter 4, but ended up writing an entirely new chapter 3 instead. She'd seen someone on a message board ask the question, "How do you keep up your routine when you're out of town?" An excellent question, because Abby's been gone for 2/3 of the month of May, and she's still seeking the answer to that question. She found that going back and working on ed...
Season 2, Episode 38: Details Matter
February 04, 2020 19:41 - 38.8 MBIN THIS EPISODE Abby's had a productive last couple of weeks, but not so much words-on-the-page. Abby organized/attended the very first Author Accelerator workshop, and then the Craft and Commerce Conference in Boise, ID - a lot of talk about email lists, cultivating email lists - very entrepreneurial in regards to what a writer would need to do post-publishing..and then she got to hang out with Mel! And Michelle Hazen! (@michellehazen on Twitter) and Monica Gokey! (@mondusko on Instagram...
Season 2, Episode 37: Dig In And Keep Going
January 28, 2020 19:37 - 52.5 MBIN THIS EPISODE We’re at the point where you just have to dig in and keep going. — Melanie Parish Mel and Abby are at the point in their manuscripts where they're still working on their stories, and nothing significant has come up, no new (big) issues that need dealing with. They are over halfway through - it just takes a loooooong time, and sometimes it's discouraging! Kemlo says all this is very normal, and it's what makes writing a book harder than short-form stories. You have ...
Season 2, Episode 36: The Book Fair
January 21, 2020 19:35 - 57.3 MBIN THIS EPISODE Abby visits the school book fair and takes a hard look at what's selling. (Hint, swag and animal books.) Kemlo points out that this is smart research for every author to do, take a look at where your book sits on the shelf. What's around it? The book fair is an extra-special excellent place to do this research because of the energy. The kids are excited! What are they drawn to, what are they saying about all the books? Abby hints at her next series, which luckily...
Season 2, Episode 35: Writing Rituals with Coach Kathleen Furin
January 14, 2020 22:38 - 47 minutes - 69 BytesIn this episode: Today we welcome one of Author Accelerator's Founding Coaches to the show. Kathleen Furin joins us to talk all about writing rituals. (Don't you love that? She doesn't call them routines. She calls them rituals. Isn't that a beautiful way of looking at it?) Let's face it. The holiday season throws a wrench in the works every year. Despite best intentions, everything gets thrown out of whack: our routines and bedtimes and diets. And that's not to mention the kids! The kids...
Season 2, Episode 35: Writing Rituals
January 14, 2020 19:29 - 65.9 MBwith Author Accelerator certified book coach Kathleen Furin IN THIS EPISODE Today we welcome one of Author Accelerator's certified book coaches to the show. Kathleen Furin joins us to talk all about writing rituals. (Don't you love that? She doesn't call them routines. She calls them rituals. Isn't that a beautiful way of looking at it?) Let's face it. The holiday season throws a wrench in the works every year. Despite best intentions, everything gets thrown out of whack: our routines and...
Bonus Episode #10: You Are Self Motivated
January 09, 2020 18:00 - 5 minutes - 8 BytesIn this episode: Jennie Nash is back! And she's bringing you ten mini-episodes all about what characteristics make a good book coach. Each episode is short, so in less than 5 minutes, Jennie will give you a little food for thought about the kind of person for whom this work is a perfect fit. Characteristic number ten is you must be self-motivated. Jennie talks about how her growth mindset. She also touches on the side effect of learning how to be a book coach, and that it can absolutely de...
Bonus Episode #9: You Can Protect Yourself From Emotion
January 08, 2020 18:00 - 3 minutes - 4 BytesIn this episode: Jennie Nash is back! And she's bringing you ten mini-episodes all about what characteristics make a good book coach. Each episode is short, so in less than 5 minutes, Jennie will give you a little food for thought about the kind of person for whom this work is a perfect fit. Characteristic number nine is you must be able to protect yourself from emotion. Jennie talks about how emotion can manifest itself in two ways: in the writer's life and on the page. Tune in as she tal...