In this second part of my conversation with Christine Chitnis, bestselling author of “East Coasting,” “Patterns of Portugal,” and “Patterns of India”, photographer, and travel writer, we get in to the squishier side of writing–the thoughts and beliefs that go into creating and sharing work.

We talked about:

- How to get more comfortable with sharing your work–because you can’t just “write it and they will come”

- How a negative review of “Patterns of India” changed the way she approached “Patterns of Portugal”

- The thing she tells herself when she’s feeling daunted by the revision process

- Writing about big topics in articles with short word counts

- Dealing with the fear of aging out of your career

- Feeling like everyone else at the conference is a lot younger than you are

- Being a travel writer with three young kids

- Reworking the ingrained idea that a mom shouldn’t leave her kids

- Her very best tool for feeling like a well-balanced human in the midst of working and caretaking

Follow Christine on Instagram @chritine.chitnis.

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