Becoming a writer with Sara Easterly - a podcast by Dan Cumberland: Career & Meaning Consultant, Speaker, Blogger

from 2020-09-08T16:30

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Sara Easterly is a writer, but it's taken some time for her to own that as her work identity. As with many of us, there are traces of it all the way back to her younger years. But it took some time for that part of herself to identity to emerge.

One of the turning points in her process came when she realized, she was giving so much to everything else she was doing and "giving herself the left-overs", as she said it.

In this episode you'll learn:

  • What Sara does
  • How she ended up in her career
  • How she deals with the fear of the unknown
  • What is the role of a publicist?
  • The challenges did she faced in her process
  • What it means to play the "numbers game” an author
  • How to build the confidence to continue in spite of rejections
  • What her work is about
  • How she thinks about words like calling, purpose, and vocation
  • Sara shares a bit about her book
  • Why publishers told told her adoption books don't do well
  • What we should know about adoption

Show notes at: https://themeaningmovement.com/sara

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