About this episode

Kate Somers joins Leani to discuss the challenges of finishing a book and the emotional journey of a writer.

Kate Somers joins Leani to talk about the terror that comes with finishing a book, when life happens, celebrating that first 1-star review, and when writing rituals change. Please Note: Due to technical difficulties, Leani's audio is low quality but will be fixed by the next episode. Links: Leani's Patreon . IGN Instagram . Kate's Instagram . Kate's Website . Music Credit: "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Leani Lopez

Guest: Kate Somers

Topics covered

• writing
• novel
• book finishing
• writing rituals
• reviews

Keywords

• novel
• writing process
• 1-star review
• writing rituals
• author interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Instagram, incompetech.com

Books & works: Blippy Trance

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