About this episode

Nicole Kelner discusses her journey from a Substack post to a book deal and her new habit-tracking app.

Nicole Kelner shares how a Substack post about finding quiet in NYC became a Rizzoli book deal called Quietest Places in New York City. You will learn more about the book and the ideas in it, in this episode. You will also learn about Nicole built a habit-tracking app called Free Time recently too. She is taking action on her ideas and you can too!

People in this episode

Host: David Nebinski

Guest: Nicole Kelner

Topics covered

• creative ideas
• book publishing
• habit tracking
• New York City
• action taking

Keywords

• Nicole Kelner
• Substack
• Quietest Places in New York City
• Free Time
• habit tracking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Substack, Free Time

Books & works: Quietest Places in New York City

Places: NYC

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