Before we even get started, let’s just say up front: if you’re doing National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo), we are totally rooting for you!
But NaNo isn’t for us, and this is something we’ve been coming to terms with over the past couple of years – if you don’t believe us, check out our previous episodes on this topic.
For us, focusing just on one month, when we (as writers with day jobs and other responsibilities) have so much going on, isn’t very sustainable and can make us really anxious/stressed/feel bad.
So this episode is about saying “no” in a gracious way – including how to set goals for your project that are longer-term, and also dealing with your feelings when so many other people are talking about NaNo.
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Find us on Instagram @marginallypodcast. Meghan’s occasionally on Twitter @meghanembee, and Olivia’s @roamingolivia
Theme music is “It’s Time” by Scaricá Ricascá.
Have a question you’d like us to try to answer, or a topic you’d love to have us cover? Interested in being a guest? Contact us here. Thanks for listening, and get to work!
In this episode:
Pep Talk 10 with Ashley Maynor on touching your work daily
#amwriting Episode 175 on how to use a burn chart
Writer’s Process Planner and free bonus gift of goal-setting worksheet (NB Writer’s Process Planner sponsored this episode but we are also fans!)
Rachel Aaron’s 2,000 to 10,000 book
And:
If you like Marginally, you should check out #amwriting, with Jess and KJ, where two much more experienced writers talk through their processes with each other and celebrated guests.
You can listen right here on this page, or get Marginally on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or wherever get your podcasts (including Spotify).
As always, we’d love for you to take a minute to rate and review us in your podcast app, as this helps other listeners find the show.
Find us on Instagram @marginallypodcast. Meghan’s occasionally on Twitter @meghanembee, and Olivia’s @roamingolivia
Theme music is “It’s Time” by Scaricá Ricascá.
Have a question you’d like us to try to answer, or a topic you’d love to have us cover? Interested in being a guest? Contact us here. Thanks for listening, and get to work!
In this episode:
Happier in Hollywood podcast
Zadie Smith’s Swing Time
Caroline Calloway and her ghostwriter friend Natalie
Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion
The scene in Romy & Michele where they argue about who’s the Mary
Elena Ferrante’s Neopolitan quartet (starting with My Brilliant Friend)
Mary McCarthy’s The Group
Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings
Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life
Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends
Rumaan Alam’s Rich & Pretty
Care and Feeding column, which Rumaan Alam co-writes with Nicole Cliffe and two other authors
Big Little Lies (HBO series and book by Liane Moriarty)
Elizabeth Gaskill’s Cranford
Jane Austen’s Emma
Toni Morrison’s Sula
And:
If you like Marginally, you should check out #amwriting, with Jess and KJ, where two much more experienced writers talk through their processes with each other and celebrated guests.