My guest this week is retired clinical psychologist Pam Munter.

Pam's written four books and had more than 150 personal essays published over the years. Her latest book is Fading Fame: Women of a Certain Age in Hollywood, a collection of ten short stories and two plays about the troubled lives of strong and talented women who survived #MeToo. Pam also writes a lot of non-fiction and memoirs.

In our interview, she talks about her approach to writing short stories, plays, and personal essays and talks about her life as a stage performer and a clinical psychologist.

Pam also has a fascinating insight into the creative process, which is worth listening to in the middle of the interview. 

If you feel that writing is a bit of a lonely profession, this is a conversation you want to hear.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How to balance writing with a professional career
• Dealing with feedback 
• Outlining stories in advance vs free writing
• Should writers attach value to their work?
• How long Pam spends writing each day
• Tips on getting published in journals

Resources:

• Pam Munter
• Fading Fame: Women of a Certain Age in Hollywood
• As Alone as I Want to Be
• When Teens Were Keen: Freddie Stewart and The Teen Agers of Monogram
• Almost Famous
• The Art of the Personal Essay
• The Best American Essays of the Century
• Duotrope

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