82. Faith Gardner Takes Control
Comebacks, Pivots, and Reinventions Series Premiere
When author Faith Gardner grew frustrated with the slowly grinding gears of traditional publishing and wanted to spread her wings a bit, she took matters into her own hands.
In the first episode of the Comebacks, Pivots, and Reinventions series, I talk to Faith about her journey from traditional to indie publishing (and also back again), the ways she changed her writing process to fit a new paradigm, and how the traditional vs. indie debate is not necessarily and either/or discussion.
We also talked about how some things about writing don’t change regardless of how you publish: self-doubt, isolation, and trouble putting boundaries around work, for example!
I tore through Amen Maxine and am ready for the next book, and so admire how Faith is carving out a space for herself in the indie world while keeping her foot in traditional publishing, too. This is the kind of flexibility all writers need to keep in mind as the 21st century continues to…uhhh…surprise us?
Find the episode wherever you get podcasts, or download directly right here.
Violet Is Nowhere comes out Sept 22. (Tomorrow!) Amen Maxine and Faith’s other books are available now!
Selected Links
📚 Check out the Readers on Writers podcast recently launched by audiobook narrator Ferdelle Capistrano. I think it’s perfect for fans of This Creative Life, as Ferdelle talks the creative life with authors whose books she’s narrated. On episode 2, we talk about A Song Called Home and much more
⏳ The back to school sale is still going on for the This Creative Life ebook! And the audio is now available on Libro.fm, Google Play, NOOK, and more. And Apple! Just Amazon yet. I swear to you it will get there eventually!
🎧 Did you catch the recent On the Media episode all about the publishing business? It’s very relevant to much of what Faith and I talk about here.
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Where does one go to rank podcasts? I really liked this one!