Welcome back to my interview with Hannah Selinger–James Beard Award-nominated lifestyle journalist, Certified Sommelier, about-to-be memoirist, and–surprise!-someone who just sold her first novel.

In this episode we really get into the nitty gritty of the mindset it takes to build a career as a journalist and author.

We covered:

The amazing feeling that happens when a longer piece of writing falls into place

How starting the actual writing or a new piece gives her the heebie jeebies

Fighting imposter syndrome after reading another writer’s stellar work

Loudmouth troll shitposting on Instagram

The devolution of journalism and how to navigate it

Scraping by at lousier pay rates, and the enormous stack of W2s it generates

The fallacy of people telling her it wasn’t possible to make a living as a writer

Staying afloat in an industry that frequently experiences large scale layoffs

Yes, Virginia, you can sell a novel to a publisher

Connect with Hannah at https://www.hannahselinger.net/ or on Instagram @druishamericanprincess.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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