Easy Peasy Books
This podcast is hosted by Gillian Whitney — Business Book Coach, Author Visibility Strategist, and 6x published author.
– For more information visit: EasyPeasyBooks.com
– Connect with her at: linkedin.com/in/gillianwhitney
Easy Peasy Books: From Author to Authority is the inspiring and practical podcast for business professionals looking to transform their expertise into published works.
This show features weekly conversations with successful writers who've navigated the journey from expertise to influence. Gillian also interviews industry experts in writing, publishing, and marketing to provide valuable insights.
The podcast explores three key pillars: crafting your manuscript, navigating self-publishing in the digital age, and implementing marketing strategies to attract your target audience. Whether you're penning your first draft or seeking to leverage your published book, Easy Peasy Books offers simple strategies to turn your literary work into your ultimate business card — opening doors to new opportunities, speaking engagements, and more clients.
Easy Peasy Books
115: Writing Through the "not good enough" Beast with Gillian Whitney
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You’ve got a half-finished manuscript, a folder of abandoned drafts, or a book idea you’ve been “almost ready” to start for years. If that sounds familiar, it might not be fear holding you back. It might be the “not good enough” beast. In this solo episode, Gillian explains how it differs from fear, why it shows up as procrastination, perfectionism, and even deleting good work, and how it can quietly sabotage your book before you ever hit publish.
Gillian shares a few stories from her own writing journey, along with a simple permission slip for starting small, and why not everything you write needs to be published. Writing your way through the doubt can help you find the story behind the story. And if you don’t get past this beast while you write, it will follow you straight into your book marketing. So let’s tackle it head on and get to the other side.
Chapters
0:42 – Welcome and Is It Really Fear?
2:04 – Fear vs. the “Not Good Enough” Beast
3:41 – Mr. Grant and “Write Simpler”
6:22 – What the Beast Looks Like in Practice
9:21 – Write “A” Book, Not “The” Book
10:24 – Start With a Match
12:03 – Not Everything You Write Is Meant to Be Published
13:12 – Finding the Story Behind the Story
15:18 – Why the Beast Follows You Into Your Marketing
16:23 – Something to Think About This Week
- Gillian Whitney: linkedin.com/in/gillianwhitney
- For more information checkout EasyPeasyBooks.com