84. Bennett Madison's Permission to Let Go
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
Release Date: 12/07/2022
S3 E2: Why You're Not Writing
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
In this episode, I go over five common reasons we're not writing even though we want to, and offer some ways to change our thinking. Share it with a friend who needs to hear it! Thanks to for the theme music! Learn more about me, my books, and my other projects at:
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S3 E1: The Reality-Based Writing Life
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87. Ashley C. Ford and the Ultimate Pivot - TCL Finale (?)
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
I know you’ve been waiting a long time on a wish and a promise for this final episode in the Pivots, Comebacks, and Reinventions series. I appreciate your patience while I went and figured out myself and my own potential pivots and reinventions! The wait is over and I present to you my conversation with Ashley C. Ford, bestselling author of and . I’m so grateful to Ashley for her time and generosity in this conversation. I know you’re going to love it as much as I did. by Tananarive Due Get the book Thanks to for the theme music.
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TCL Mini: The Writing Life Audit
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This is the audio version of the most recent newsletter PLUS some thoughts about what's next for the pod. Get of this post Get Get
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86. Melissa Walker Takes Action
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
In late 2016, Melissa Walker was working on her 10th novel when she went to a holiday party and heard then Senator Daniel Squadron talk about the importance of state-level politics—even for the national landscape. She was inspired to take action. That action eventually grew into a pivot from full-time writing to full-time work with The States Project. This conversation is everything I wanted from the Pivots, Comebacks and Reinventions series. It’s a great example of how passion and purpose can realign for a season or a reason, while the writing is still always there. It got surprisingly...
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TCL Mini: No Sure Things
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
The audio version of this week's newsletter on living with the uncertainty of writing. Get of this post Get !
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85. The Publishing Year in Review with Agent Michael Bourret
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
From the supply chain issues that started the year, to the conversation about AI that's ending it, I talk through the year in publishing with Michael Bourret of . Also, we answer listener questions! This will be the last episode for the year, and the last one before a break during which I'll go off to Boston to teach and maybe even revise my novel. I'll be back (most likely in February) to pick up the Pivots, Comebacks, and Reinventions series. Get the Get (holiday pricing good through 12/21) Thanks to for the theme music Happy Holidays!
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84. Bennett Madison's Permission to Let Go
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
What do you do when you've established a writing career and then it's not giving you what you came for? What does it look like to be a person who writes but whose entire identity isn't wrapped up in Being a Writer? Is there life on the other side, if you can just let go? Bennett Madison joins me for the first time since 2013 to talk about the work of deprofessionalizing his writing life to pivot to joy in creative work--and a steady paycheck doing something else. Get the Get Thanks to for the theme music!
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TCL Mini: Year In Review
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
New full episode next week! Until then, here's the audio version of this week's newsletter, with a question for YOU about your dream writing podcast. Get of this post Get
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TCL Mini: Creative Rest
This Creative Life with Sara Zarr
The audio version of this week's newsletter on resting before making the next creative decision. Find
info_outlineWhat do you do when you've established a writing career and then it's not giving you what you came for? What does it look like to be a person who writes but whose entire identity isn't wrapped up in Being a Writer? Is there life on the other side, if you can just let go? Bennett Madison joins me for the first time since 2013 to talk about the work of deprofessionalizing his writing life to pivot to joy in creative work--and a steady paycheck doing something else.
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