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Six years ago, Amy Fish and I sat at a table in a hotel ballroom during the HippoCamp Writing Conference when she told me about her latest book idea. As soon as I heard about it, I said, go write that book. In this episode, we celebrate both the journey and the final version of her latest nonfiction book, One in Six Million. Join us as Amy shares how she maintained her motivation through a six-year writing process, how she kept track of her extensive research, how she found the right tone and voice for this book, and what she's currently trusting in.

Episode Highlights

2:30: Finding the Right Voice for Your Book
2:54: Writing Someone Else’s Story
5:47: Managing Your Research
12:25: Maintaining Your Motivation Over the Long Haul
15:40: Nurturing Your Patience
20:07: Incorporating Multiple Facts Into the Same Sentence
23:24: Designing Your Book’s Cover
28:17: Trusting Yourself and the Process

Resources Mentioned During this Episode:

INTERVIEW: Amy Fish, Author of One In Six Million
Honeymoon Sneakers by Amy Fish
How to Navigate the Business of Writing and Publishing: Expert Advice from Jane Friedman

Amy’s Bio: Amy Fish is the author of One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust Survivor's Lost Identity and I Wanted Fries with That: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need. She specializes in humor writing and memoir and teaches writing workshops at the Quebec Writing Federation, Hippocamp Conference for Creative Non-Fiction and her local library. Amy's work has been published in Writer's Digest, Canadian Traveler, haikuniverse micropoetry journal, among others.

Connect with Amy:

Website: www.amyfishwrites.com
Social Media: @amyfishwrites
Substack: https://persistenceforwriters.substack.com/

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