Episode 055 /  NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger joins us this week to talk about The Heroine’s Journey. This episode is a deep dive into story and plotting. Our conversation also touches on the benefits of direct sales, the importance of a newsletter, and how to recover when things that are out of your control go wrong. 

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In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:

• Gail’s background in academia 
• Turning serendipity into success
• Embracing failure
• Seeing difficulties as an opportunity - ACX delays as an opportunity to test direct sales
• The benefits of learning how to run a small business

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