S6 Ep250: Follow a First Timer #8: Listener Questions

The First Time

This season we are returning to our first-time roots! We hear all the time from listeners who’ve gone from thinking about writing a book to starting to write a book to having their own debut author experience.
One of the things that these new authors say is that they’ve gone back and listened to the episodes that cover off the various milestones. So this year we’re going back too. We want to capture that first time again ourselves...
We’re going to being follow a first time author across the year, catching up multiple times along the way. Our very first Follow a First Timer is Megan Rogers, author of The Heart is a Star.
In this, the EIGHTH and final episode of the series, we ask Megan questions from listeners, including:
● What was the best decision you made when you were trying to get published?● Did you and do you ever have moments of being stuck in your writing? Creatively stuck and emotionally stuck?
● How do you not allow stuck to become overwhelmed and then overwhelmed to become paralysed?
● How do you balance challenging a reader with taking care of the reader?
● In hindsight, which activities do you think had the most impact on the success of the book? Writing articles, visiting bookshops, etc?
● What was the greatest lessons in craft you’ve learned through writing your first novel. Has it changed your process for the next one?
● Do you have any rules you follow as an author out in the world? Like do you always share content online, do you send thank you to anyone, things like that?
The 'Follow a First Timer Series' is brought to you by Harper Collins.
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