Where should your energy go? KJ here, and in this episode Jess and I catch up on what’s worth it and what isn’t when it comes to travel, the importance of getting over any (non-pandemic-related) hesitation around taking the time for conferences and work events and also, in our usual digressive fashion, covers, paperback launches and boots.

Links from the Pod

Sana, a rehab in Stowe Vermont

For info on the Sana Scholarship Fund

Oliver Burkeman 4 Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus

The Harvey Foundation

KJ’s boots on Instagram

#AmReading 

KJ: How to Stop Time, Matt Haig

Jess:

Explorer Booksellers, Aspen Colorado

The Bookworm, Edwards Colorado

Boulder Bookstore, Boulder Colorado

Trailblazer, Dorothy Butler Gilliam

KJ here—and I am now a certified Author Accelerator book coach! If you’ve been listening for a while, you know I spent five years as an editor with The New York Times—but I still had a lot to learn about helping writers through the process of taking a book from idea to manuscript, and I loved learning it with the Author Accelerator team. What they taught me has changed my approach to editing completely. I didn’t just learn how to help a writer move from one stage of the process to the next—I learned how to help them appreciate how far they’ve come and feel excited about what’s coming next, see their strengths and how they can build on them and trust me to guide them into the hard work that lies ahead. If you’d like to learn more about coaching fiction or non-fiction, you need to visit https://www.bookcoaches.com to learn more.