Jessica Lahey
NYT bestselling Gift of Failure & The Addiction Inoculation, co-host #AmWriting podcast. Pushcart Prize nominee. SAT question. Sober. She/her.
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1 week ago |
amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey
#AmWriting is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Hi all! Jess here, with a helpful (I hope) how-to for both my newsletter and the #AmWriting podcast. Apologies for the duplicate content if you subscribe to both (but yay you for subscribing to both, I LOVE YOU!) When KJ Dell’Antonia and I started the #AmWriting podcast in 2016 (read: when KJ texted, “Enough talking, we are doing this podcast thing.
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3 weeks ago |
amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -35:57Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Hi! Jess here. As an author and host of this podcast, I hear “I have a great idea for a book!” a lot, and while I believe everyone has a story to tell, I’ve only been knocked over by these book pitches twice.
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1 month ago |
amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -44:00Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Hi all, Jess here. This episode was Sarina’s idea, and when you listen you will understand why. It can be hard to focus on the work, whether it’s editing, world building, conjuring meet cutes, or translating research-based hope for the next generation. That said, it’s important that we keep creating and putting our words out into the world.
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1 month ago |
amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -47:33Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Jess here with Sarina Bowen to help simplify and demystify author contracts. Let’s start off with a wonderful resource called The Authors Guild. They have sample contracts on their website The Authors Guild Sample ContractSarina made a lovely outline to prepare for the episode (because of course she did) so I’m dropping that here. You’re not “selling” your book. You’re licensing it.
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Mar 25, 2025 |
amwriting.substack.com | Jessica Lahey
Jess here for another #AmWriting podcast AMA (Ask Me Anything) day! I’m heading out tomorrow for a speaking event in Connecticut but I have a whole blissful day today before a virtual (public!) event in New York to answer all your burning questions. You can ask about anything you like: writing, editing, proposals (I’m writing one right now), speaking, marketing, productivity hacks, heck - ask me about whatever you want.
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