Wish I'd Known Then . . . For Writers Kait Nolan on Dealing with Burnout and Writing During Stressful Times (Re-air)
Episode 132 / This week Jami and Sara are re-airing an early episode with Kait Nolan, who talks about getting through burnout and writing during stressful times--whether that stress is coming from your own personal situation or world events.
Intro links:
Sara’s Kickstarter for her special edition hardcover - sign up to get notified when it goes live
Morgana Best on selling direct - interview on The Creative Penn Podcast
Show notes:
- Tips for marketing a series--grouping books and banking books for a rapid release
- How expectations about productivity and major upsets in her personal life lead to burnout
- Why burnout is becoming more common in the writing community
- How Kait sets goals to write a certain number of days per month instead of a certain number of words per day
- Building in some grace into our schedules and adjusting our expectation
- The tyranny of the “shoulds”
- Recommendations for writing during trying times
- How a “just for fun” project can help you when the world is crazy
- What Kait has discovered isn’t worth her time and effort
- How Kait went against the prevailing wisdom and didn’t use paid ads. Instead she built a career with paid newsletters and free forms of promos
- Changes Kait has seen in her genres and her level headed advice on dealing with changes
- How Kait’s focus on one thing at a time helped her succeed
Come over and say hi
🚀 Jami’s Launch Plan https://www.jamialbright.com/authorservices
❤️ Jami’s books https://amzn.to/3wSraA5
🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/
📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-write-a-series/
The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast