Episode 013 / This week Kait Nolan joins Sara and Jami to talk about getting through burnout and writing during stressful times--whether that stress is coming from your own personal situation or world events. 

In the intro Jami talks about a writing project she’s working on to send to her list called Love, Quarantine and other Inconveniences. (#greattitle). Sara has a new release coming up, Duplicity, and she’s using the same tactic of serializing a sneak preview for her newsletter readers.

 In real-life lockdown news, Jami is watching Tiger King and Family Feud, while Sara talks about her wildflower isolation walks and the exciting thrill-a-minute sport of marble racing.  

You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com.

In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:

• Tips for marketing a series--grouping books and banking books for a rapid release
• How expectations about productivity and major upsets in her personal life lead to burnout
• Why burnout is becoming more common in the writing community 
• How Kait sets goals to write a certain number of days per month instead of a certain number of words per day
• Building in some grace into our schedules and adjusting our expectation
• The tyranny of the “shoulds”
• Recommendations for writing during trying times
• How a “just for fun” project can help you when the world is crazy
• What Kait has discovered isn’t worth her time and effort
• How Kait went against the prevailing wisdom and didn’t use paid ads. Instead she built a career with paid newsletters and free forms of promos
• Changes Kait has seen in her genres and her level headed advice on dealing with changes
• How Kait’s focus on one thing at a time helped her succeed

Genres discussed include contemporary romance, small town, and romantic suspense.

Links: 

Kait Nolan’s website

Kait’s Free Books Page

Larry Brook’s Story Engineering