Episode 263: No, Really, It's #Fiction: Writing novels that reflect (but differ dramatically from) your life with Emma Gannon

Emma Gannon is a best-selling author, a podcaster, a journalist, writer of fiction and non-fiction and just general woman-about-town, as known for her writing about the new world of work as she soon will be for her fiction. Her debut novel, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781524865009">Olive</a>, centers on a journalist who loves her career and the many other things that fill her world, friends, fun, family&#8212;and is in the process of owning her sense that children won&#8217;t be one of those things. Emma, like her protagonist, is happily without spawn&#8212;and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re talking about on the pod. No, not deciding whether to have kids, you know us better than that&#8212;but turning your personal life into fiction&#8212;advantages, disadvantages, and what comes next. <br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Emma: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781982122126">Animal</a> by Lisa Taddeo<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781984881489">The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self</a> by Martha Beck<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781982128562">High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out</a> by Amanda Ripley<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780806540092">Would I lie to you</a> by Judi Ketteler<br/><br/>Find our guest, Emma Gannon, on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/emmagannon">@emmagannon</a>, her website <a href="https://www.emmagannon.co.uk/">www.emmagannon.co.uk</a>, and check out her podcast&#8212;<a href="https://www.emmagannon.co.uk/award-winning-podcaster">Ctrl Alt Dlt</a>. <br/><br/>Hello, your dream job is calling!&#160;<a href="https://www.bookcoaches.com/success">Click here&#160;</a>to revel in some success stories from Author Accelerator&#8217;s book coach certification program and imagine where you could be next year&#8212;if you sign up now. <br/><br/>This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">amwriting.substack.com/