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"Nobody Can Write A Book Everyone Loves" — Brittany Means Tells the Story of Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways
Season 3
Episode 35
Published 1 year, 6 months ago
Description
In this episode Brittany tells the story of Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways.
Along the way she covers:
- Taking care of yourself when writing hard things
- The best way to protect yourself from post-publication despair and Zibby Books
- The power of a good writing teacher
- Complicating the popular 'homeless-to-Harvard' narrative
- Why the submission process made her feel like a 'ferret with fleas'
- Studying nonfiction at Iowa
- Writing as coping mechanism
- Kiese Laymon
Find out more about Brittany here
Buy Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways here