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TB’s week has been busy. She had a snafu with the paperback version of Reservations of the Heart, but hopefully it’s resolved now. Her paperback skills are lacking, apparently. The holiday romance cowrite with Miranda MacLeod is with the editor, meaning TB is writing new words in the next Lizzie book. It hasn’t been all work. She went to lunch with a friend, and they got pedicures because TB has realized her feet need love, too.
Clare is bundled up, even though it’s not super cold in London. Although, her extremities get cold, even her nipples, which may be a result of centering them. Made in London has made the brave journey from a Word doc to Vellum and is with her ARC team. While Clare anxiously waits to hear from her ARC team, she’s ticking off tasks on her launch to-dos. Made in London will hit the stores on October 16th. Also, Clare attended an Alliance of Independent Author’s meeting and learned something about book piracy. More importantly, her Spurs won a game. Let’s not bring up their embarrassing loss a few days later.
The duo moves on to a weighty subject: self-doubt. While neither of them suffers from it (they totally do!), they discuss how they recognize it and deal with it. The tricky part of self-doubt is seeing it in all its destructive forms, and it’s complicated by the really highs and depressing lows of the writer’s life. Both of them agree (a second week in a row!) that the best way to wrangle self-doubt is simple but also really hard to do.
Alliance of Independent Authors:
https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/
Made in London: First Chapter Preview:
https://www.clarelydon.co.uk/2019/09/made-in-london-first-chapter-preview/
Neil Gaiman discussing pirating sites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qkyt1wXNlI
The Creative Penn episode:
https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2019/09/23/trust-creativity-choose-yourself-jen-louden/
Stop back next week for another hilarious conversation about how long it takes Clare and TB to write a book. If you’d like to leave a comment on the episode, head over to www.lesbianswhowrite.com. They’d love to hear from you. Or you can email them at: lesbianswhowrite@gmail.com.
Happy listening!
Clare and TB
Brilliant podcast this week because everyone suffers from self-doubt over one thing or another. If we would replace negativity with kindness, respect and positivity, maybe we could diminish some of the lingering effects from self-doubt.
I enjoy you ladies very much. Your witty banter is fun and it’s so obvious the friendship and respect you have for each other. Keep up the great work!
For the record- “a feather in your cap!” 😉
Hi Kathy!
Self-doubt can be soooooo destructive and impacts most people on the planet. And, when you really think about it, little things can overcome it. Wouldn’t it be fab if we could convince the world to just be nice?
As soon as we finished recording, a feather in your cap came to me. But when on the spot, the phrase was alluding me completely.
Thanks so much for listening!
TB
Oh my goodness! Self-doubt plagues me as a constant visionary shadow in my periphery. It’s shameless and gloats at its success in stopping my pen from moving across paper. This episode was the best yet and most helpful. ‘Just keep going, don’t stop’ and change the words I use. I’ll use ‘devotion’ instead of discipline from now on. Lots to think on and thank you both for your transparency on this topic.