This week Francis is joined by six-time author, cultural critic and book publishing coach, Leigh Stein. Leigh is also the creator of the newsletter Attention Economy.
Attention Economy: https://leighstein.substack.com/
Leigh's Website: https://www.leighstein.com/
00:00 Leigh's prolific content output
01:43 Is now the best time to be a writer?
04:38 Defining 'writing vs creating'
08:47 The art is the product
16:45 Does form come before content?
20:25 TikToks instability and the importance of BookTok
23:09 Leigh's journey through the literary world
27:25 We're influencing, not influencers
34:54 Writing 'Attention Economy'
40:52 How to make your content shareable
42:54 Destroying the stigma of self-publishing
45:55 The magical portal to likeminded people
48:54 Leigh's upcoming projects
52:27 Advice for other creators