Season Premiere with Mike Jung + The Launch Box
Yes, it's a two-episode day!
I’ve got two new episodes of This Creative Life for you this weekend—they are both waiting for you in the main feed, no subscription required. You can support the podcast with some options here, by shopping in the Bookshop shop, and sharing and leaving positive reviews. Thank you!
1. This Creative Life season premiere with Mike Jung
We’re back! I’m working on a new batch of episodes for the fall, and kicking it off with this conversation with Mike Jung.
I absolutely loved the chance to talk to Mike about his books and his life as a writer—how one well-meaning decision in his early life changed his trajectory, the refuge that reading provided, a later life autism diagnosis, BTS, and more. A great start to the season.
Find it wherever you get podcasts, or stream online by clicking the icon below 👇
2. The Launch Box!
Introducing a This Creative Life special season: The Launch Box, in which Andrew DeYoung and I take you through the six-month period leading up to publication of our new books as we each publish for the first time in new categories. This series will cover a Big Five publisher middle grade launch, a midsize publisher adult launch, and a self-published nonfiction launch. (The self-published nonfiction launch is a project I’m doing in connection to this very podcast! Find out more about This Creative Life, the book.)
We'll talk covers, ARCs, blurbs, reviews, events, social media, sales, and, of course, shame, envy, disappointment, and ego—as well as getting into my learn-as-I-go journey with the self-publishing platforms. We'd love your questions about any of this! Drop them in the comments below or shoot me an email and we’ll answer them “on air.”
In the first ep, we introduce ourselves and our work, talk about Andrew's slushpile sale, my pivot to MG, and why authors care so much about pre-orders. Find it in the main This Creative Life feed wherever you get podcasts, or stream directly by clicking the icon below 👇
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