
Episode 267 #Summer Writing Plans
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Summer is… here? Nigh? Here and nigh? The sun is frequently shining, the end-of-year festivities are doing their kinda-post-pandemic-kinda-not thing and soon, if you’re a family type, you’ll have kids home for the duration—and if you’re not, the great outdoors will still be calling, making it harder to work than when you’re hunkered down during a snowstorm.<br/><br/>We talk summer writing goals and the challenges of meeting them, share summer podcast plans and get generally excited for changing it up and taking some breaks.<br/><br/>Jess shouts out the Spotify Deep Focus Playlist, and KJ vague-reviews a book that didn’t stick the landing. (If you’re dying of curiosity, send an email and we’ll share the title, but we decided long ago that we’re a podcast for literary love, not lit crit.)<br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781982123963">The Soulmate Equation</a> by Christina Lauren<br/><br/>Sarina: <a href="http://annabethalbert.com/">Annabeth Albert</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.rachellacey.com/">Rachel Lacey</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.elieaston.com/">Eli Easton</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.garrettleigh.com/">Garrett Leigh</a><br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781481481694">Autoboyography</a> by Christina Lauren<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780778311027">Honey Girl</a> by Morgan Rogers <br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780735223530">The Great Believers</a> by Rebecca Makkai <br/><br/>As always we’re sponsored by Author Accelerator—THE place to find a book coach or become one! KJ here, and I think I’m a book coach addict. I have an editor waiting for this revision and an agent who’s always happy to read and I’m STILL tempted to call up a coach and say, please, hold my hand! I’m resisting (because I’ve ALREADY DONE THAT for this book, twice) but you shouldn’t. A book coach could help you set the right kin