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[Julie Gerstenblatt, inner stuff]: A ninja mind trick for making a daily writing goal seem easy + why you should show *and* tell, Ep 1099
06/26/24 • 21 min
In this second part of my interview with Julie Gerstenblat, author of “The Daughters of Nantucket,” I talk with Julie about the mindset side of writing.
We talked about:
How she’s convinced herself that her daily word count goal is much easier than it actually is (this is a cool Jedi mind trick) and the pep talks she gives herself
The part of writing her next book that is really freaking her out–and how she’s dealing with it
How her writing group is structured (I totally want to steal this)
The absolute mind trip of becoming an empty nester
Why she thinks the writing advice to “show don’t tell” is overrated and misinterpreted
How her Myers-Briggs personality plays out in her home life and work life
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value).
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In this second part of my interview with Julie Gerstenblat, author of “The Daughters of Nantucket,” I talk with Julie about the mindset side of writing.
We talked about:
How she’s convinced herself that her daily word count goal is much easier than it actually is (this is a cool Jedi mind trick) and the pep talks she gives herself
The part of writing her next book that is really freaking her out–and how she’s dealing with it
How her writing group is structured (I totally want to steal this)
The absolute mind trip of becoming an empty nester
Why she thinks the writing advice to “show don’t tell” is overrated and misinterpreted
How her Myers-Briggs personality plays out in her home life and work life
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous Episode
[Julie Gerstenblatt, practical matters]: On writing novels that will never be published + stepping out into a new genre Ep 1098
This week I am talking with Julie Gerstenblatt, whose debut novel, “Daughters of Nantucket,” came out last year and was included in several most anticipated lists for 2023. Prior to writing novels, Julie was a middle school English teacher and earned her PhD so that she could teach at the college level, but she ended up leaving teaching because she wanted to be a novelist. (Her story of how she admitted this desire to herself–and her advisors–during her PhD dissertation is incredible!)
We covered:
The many contemporary novel manuscripts she wrote but could not sell
How combining something new (historical fiction) with something she knew well and loved (Nantucket) led to selling her book to a publisher
How she kept writing “Daughters of Nantucket” even after her agent broke up with her
Making time to write amidst teaching middle school, writing a PhD dissertation, and having three young kids
The specifics of her morning routine and how she gets warmed up to write
How she gets herself to leave the house
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Next Episode
[Julie Gerstenblatt: what’s coming up]: How to approach writing about something you have little firsthand experience of + the magic of a Disney soundtrack, Ep 1100
In this final installment of interview with “Daughters of Nantucket” author Julie Gerstenblatt, we get a peek at her next novel and the very clever, and fun-sounding, way she’s dealing with the nerves that are cropping up as she writes about something she has very little firsthand experience with.
We talked about:
- All the places she’s researching maritime history as she works on her next book, which involves a sailing trip to China
- Her favorite books on writing and creativity
- Creating structure for herself now that her kids are out of the house
- Trying to figure out how to spend more time in her happy place, AKA Nantucket
- The show and the books that are keeping her up too late because they’re just so good
- Why she’s still listening to Disney soundtracks even though her kids are grown and flown
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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