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Being An Author Ain't Easy
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This episode of the Reading with Your Kids podcast features conversations with Michelle Nelson-Schimdt and Leah Cypess. Michelle returns to the show to share about how her career and income as an author declined significantly in the past year, leaving her with a negative bank balance. She discussed how she had tied her identity too closely to her career success and income. Michelle is now substitute teaching and doing other work. She encouraged listeners to not define themselves by their career or income.
Leah Cypess, author of the Sisters Ever After middle grade novels. She discussed her latest book in the series, The Last Rose, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast from the perspective of Beauty's younger sister. Leah talked about drawing inspiration from having daughters to understand the middle grade perspective. She aims to show different types of sibling relationships in each book. Leah also shared about her winding path to becoming an author, having studied other fields before committing to writing full-time. Both authors provided writing advice and encouraged listeners to support their work.
Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
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Manage episode 408522548 series 1399997
This episode of the Reading with Your Kids podcast features conversations with Michelle Nelson-Schimdt and Leah Cypess. Michelle returns to the show to share about how her career and income as an author declined significantly in the past year, leaving her with a negative bank balance. She discussed how she had tied her identity too closely to her career success and income. Michelle is now substitute teaching and doing other work. She encouraged listeners to not define themselves by their career or income.
Leah Cypess, author of the Sisters Ever After middle grade novels. She discussed her latest book in the series, The Last Rose, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast from the perspective of Beauty's younger sister. Leah talked about drawing inspiration from having daughters to understand the middle grade perspective. She aims to show different types of sibling relationships in each book. Leah also shared about her winding path to becoming an author, having studied other fields before committing to writing full-time. Both authors provided writing advice and encouraged listeners to support their work.
Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com
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