Jessica Lahey

Jan 31, 2025 | amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey

“I put my effort into building trust, showing up, and being present for people who have opted into my universe.” A slight paraphrase of Jennie Nash On the day we recorded this episode, no one really knew what was going to happen to TikTok (Jess thinks it’s going away, everyone else doubts her) and Sarina was attempting to manage all the emails from people asking her why she was promoting businesses on The Place Formerly Known as Twitter (she wasn’t, she quit that app and someone promptly...

Jan 29, 2025 | amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey

Jess here, have a kitten first to deaden the pain of tax time. Every year or so, usually when I’m buried in receipts and travel records and tax forms, I bring this incredibly boring and demoralizing topic up on the #AmWriting podcast, and every year, I’m reminded it’s boring and demoralizing. HOWEVER, as our goal has always been to flatten the learning curve for authors, I’m going in.

Jan 17, 2025 | amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey

Hi #AmWriters, Jess here. I’ve been wanting to do an episode on workbooks forever - on any form of companion text that pairs with nonfiction books, really. How do you propose them, write them, format them? You know me, I like the granular details. Fortunately, Ned Johnson and Dr. William Stixrud are publishing The Seven Principles for Raising a Self-Driven Child in March, and Ned was willing to come on the podcast and teach me all about the nuts and bolts of putting a workbook out into the world.

Jan 5, 2025 | amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey

Hi #AmWriters and subscribers to Jess’ content, Jess here, looking out my office window over a beautiful, snowy Vermont Sunday and thinking of you. We do these things called “Lahey Cafe” days in the Lahey household and we have one coming up this afternoon. Back when my husband and I were in graduate school and never got to spend time together away from the books, we would go to cafes (Caribou Coffee on Main Street in Chapel Hill, NC was our favorite) and spend time together while studying.

Dec 31, 2024 | amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey

Happy New Year’s Eve! I’m recovering from hosting a full house of guests and so looking forward to getting back to work. My January is full of speaking events and writing deadlines, but before the craziness starts, let’s do an AMA (ask me anything) to close out the year! Ask me anything: speaking, writing, editing, planning, what I talk about with my agent, why I picked my agent, why she picked me after ten years of rejections, suddenly having a new editor, proposals, you know the deal.