Ep. 465: Help! We Need Book Therapy!

About this episode

Liz and Sarah discuss writing techniques with their mentor Greer Hendricks and share tips on managing high gas prices and a film recommendation.

Liz and Sarah talk to their thriller writing mentor and book therapist, best-selling author Greer Hendricks, about how to approach tense and point of view in their work-in-progress novel, Bad Trip. Their biggest takeaway? There’s no one right answer. This week’s Hollywood Hack will help with those high gas prices: the Gas Buddy app. Plus, Liz had a major celebrity sighting at the iconic Mexican restaurant Casa Vega — rock star John Mellencamp. Finally, Liz recommends the Oscar-winning short film, The Singers, on Netflix. Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Sign up for Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter Chickening Out at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. If you liked this episode, please…

People in this episode

Hosts: Liz, Sarah

Guest: Greer Hendricks

Topics covered

• book therapy
• writing
• point of view
• thriller writing
• gas prices
• celebrity sightings
• film recommendations

Keywords

• Bad Trip
• Gas Buddy app
• Casa Vega
• John Mellencamp
• The Singers

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Gas Buddy, Gas Buddy app, The Singers

Books & works: Bad Trip, Hollywood Hack, Oscar, The Singers, Chickening Out, The Onward Project, An Anonymous Girl, Pink Houses

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