Ep. 1077 – Navigating Her Next Chapter with Jean Burgess, PhD

About this episode

Dom Brightmon interviews Jean Burgess, PhD about her book and experiences as a writer.

“It's amazing how everything scaffolds on top, all the skills scaffold on top. You still have to stay current, but all of that has just been a wonderful foundation.” – Jean Burgess, PhD Today’s featured award-winning author is a playwright, editor, and workshop presenter, Jean Burgess, PhD. Jean and I had a fun on a bun chat about her latest book, “Navigating Her Next Chapter: A Retro Novel”, using your skill stack to your advantage as a writer, characters taking on a life of their own, and more!! Key Things You’ll Learn: What inspired Jean to start the retro fiction genre Jean’s own experiences living in New York in the 1980s and how they inspired her fiction How Q&A sessions at author events can lead to improving your books as a writer What she hopes people will find if they look up her history 100 years from now Jean’s Site: https://www.jeanburgessauthor.com/ Jean’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BSVL65B4/allbooks The opening track is titled, “Unknown From M.E. | Sonic Adventure 2 ~ City Pop Remix” by Iridium Beats. To listen to and download the full track, click the following link. https://www.patreon.com/posts/sonic-adventure-136084016 Please support…

People in this episode

Guest: Jean Burgess Phd

Topics covered

• writing
• fiction
• New York
• 1980s
• author events

Keywords

• skill stack
• retro fiction
• playwright
• editor

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Navigating Her Next Chapter: A Retro Novel

Books & works: Navigating Her Next Chapter, Navigating Her Next Chapter: A Retro Novel, Unknown From M.E. | Sonic Adventure 2 ~ City Pop Remix, Navigating Contracts, Marketing, and Creative Growth, The Power of the Actor with Ivana Chubbuck, Navigating Creative Doubt to Reach the Publishing Promised Land

Places: New York

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