Kate Baray on Productive Longevity
Episode 150 / Cozy and romance author Kate Baray joins us this week to talk about how she focuses on productive longevity and creates a sustainable author career.
Show notes:
- Kate’s unusual path to being an author
- Why it’s important to tune out writing and craft advice that doesn’t apply to your genre or your personality type
- Kate’s method of trying and testing ideas
- The biggest mindset shift Kate has had to make: identifying as a creative
- Balancing running a business and being a creative
- Being wide with a paranormal cozy pen name
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