Episode Details

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: 

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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 to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com.

Links: 

Author website

The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes 

Jami’s Launch Plan

Sara’s Book Release