We interviewed Jessica Lahey, a teacher, writer and co-host from the wonderful #AmWriting podcast. Jess talked us through how keeping her day job keeps her writing and ideas fresh, the difficulties of writing when she’s on the road on speaking tours. She gives some good tips on how to balance speaking gigs and freelance work, should you be looking to go that direction. And she has great advice on being kind to yourself and living a writing life, and the importance of writing friendships.
You can find Jess at jessicalahey.com, on her publisher Harper Collins’s site for The Gift of Failure here, on Twitter, on Instagram and on Facebook.
You can find her and KJ Dell’Antonia at their podcast #AmWriting’s on iTunes or on AudioBoom.
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In this episode
Tony Danza’s book on teaching for a year, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
Archives of Jess’s column, Parent-Teacher Conference, in the New York Times
Jess’s articles for The Atlantic
#AmWriting podcast with Jess and KJ on iTunes or on AudioBoom
Jess’s article for the food section of the Washington Post (on non-alcoholic beer)
Jess and KJ gamifying their writing with stickers (Episode 53 of #AmWriting)
Carolyn See’s advice on writing to other authors (her full book is Making a Literary Life)
Scratch by Manjula Martin
The Enchanted and The Child Finder by Renee Denfeld
How to Raise an Adult and Real American by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Happier in Hollywood with Liz Craft and Sarah Fain
How to Be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell’Antonia
Quiet by Susan Cain