Creating Despite Your Bullsh*t With Vicky Quinn Fraser (#02)
This one's gold for all you all you aspiring writers and bloggers or people who have failed at trying to put something out into the world. Vicky, a published author and book coach with inspiring blue hair, talks with Anaïs about the rollercoaster of running a creative business.
Check out Vicky’s work here: https://moxiebooks.co.uk/ and get her book “How the Hell Do You Write a Book” here.
[02:04] Waiting for the muse versus believing you have creativity within you and not waiting for anyone
[04:30] On the fear of failure
[04.40] Being a worrier
[05:50] "What if everybody hates it?" – how to remove expectations that everyone will love it
[07:20] Podcast recommendation – The Secret Lives of Black Women
[07:50] How feeling sick before doing something meaningful never goes away and what's GOOD about that
[10:10] "You should give the advance back"
[12:30] "You haven't worked hard enough"
[13:50] On writing shitty first drafts
[16:20] On comparing your backstage mess with other people's filtered highlight reels
[17:00] On her book: "How the hell do you write a book?" and Vicky's take on author's bullsh*t
[20:30] Tactics against the 'inner d!ckhead'
[23:15] Running off to Turkey to NOT write a book– timing and wanting
[26:00] Overloading yourself and feeling like you have to do EVERYTHING
