68: Maybe Your Neuroses Affect Your Writing Process

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09/20/23 • 52 min

Romance Writer's Therapy

This episode, we talk about:

When the ADHD Hyperfixation Wears Off / Burnout
Is Self Publishing Actually Democratizing the Industry? Or Are we Creating Micro-Class Barriers
You Should Strong Arm Your Way Into Situations
16 Minutes In And Kate Still Hasn't Explained Episode's Conceit
When It's Ok To Not Accept Criticism
TikToks Take FOREVER to Make
Quizilla and LinkedIn are the Only Valid Social Medias
Kate Realizes In Real Time The Thing She Wanted To Talk About Is Possibly Not That Relatable
This Episode Was About Receiving Edits, It's Now About Cleaning
Our Conversation Circumnavigates A Really Great Point About Pay-to-Win Video Game Dynamics and the Earlier Point About Micro-Class Barriers BUT IT'S FINE
Picking Up Hobbies And Immediately Dropping Them
Learning To Enjoy Not Being Good At A Thing

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This episode, we talk about:

When the ADHD Hyperfixation Wears Off / Burnout
Is Self Publishing Actually Democratizing the Industry? Or Are we Creating Micro-Class Barriers
You Should Strong Arm Your Way Into Situations
16 Minutes In And Kate Still Hasn't Explained Episode's Conceit
When It's Ok To Not Accept Criticism
TikToks Take FOREVER to Make
Quizilla and LinkedIn are the Only Valid Social Medias
Kate Realizes In Real Time The Thing She Wanted To Talk About Is Possibly Not That Relatable
This Episode Was About Receiving Edits, It's Now About Cleaning
Our Conversation Circumnavigates A Really Great Point About Pay-to-Win Video Game Dynamics and the Earlier Point About Micro-Class Barriers BUT IT'S FINE
Picking Up Hobbies And Immediately Dropping Them
Learning To Enjoy Not Being Good At A Thing

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Nail Break
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Don't Love It When Things Happen to Me
Leaving in the Ice Noises Specifically For You
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