Some incredible conversations to kick off 2020
Hey there! Whew has it really only been a month since I sent the last newsletter? January has flown by in a rush of writing and planning some REALLY exciting things in the world of First Draft that I should be able to talk about by the time the next newsletter rolls around.
All this working and planning has made me think about delegating -- how it can be so hard to do, but so empowering to realize all the people in your network who are willing and able to answer the call when you ask for help. As Marie Lu said our mailbag episode (which is packed with awesome advice! you can hear it as a podcast episode and watch us chat on First Draft's IGTV channel, too!), it is so important to ask for help when you need it. I'm going to try to be better about that this month, which is jam packed.*
*It's also a good time to reflect on how we help and support the people around us, too. It can be just as, if not more, rewarding to give help than to receive.
Read on for...
🎧 Recent can't-miss First Draft episodes
✔️ Recs for ALL the media I consumed in January!
💎 Plenty of links for you to buy TELL ME EVERYTHING!
🎧 Recent First Draft Episodes 🎧
Mailbag: Books Are a Time Capsule with Marie Lu and Sarah Enni
Marie Lu is is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy, The Young Elites trilogy, the Warcross duology, and more. Her newest book, a historical YA fantasy, The Kingdom of Back, comes out March 3, and Skyhunter will be out in fall 2020!
Watch this episode as a video on the First Draft podcast IGTV channel on Instagram!
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Knife Crime Mattress Apartment with Miranda Popkey
Miranda Popkey, essayist and debut author of Topics of Conversation.
The presenting sponsor for this episode is The Slow Novel Lab, a six-week online writing and creativity course developed and taught by bestselling and award-winning novelist Nina LaCour (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here). The next six-week session of The Slow Novel Lab begins on February 16th, and you can enroll today by going to NinaLaCour.com.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Chani Nicholas Performs the Planets
Chani Nicholas is a Webby award-winning astrologer, and the New York Times bestselling author of You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
The First Capybara in Space with Stuart Gibbs
Stuart Gibbs, New York Times bestselling author of the Spy School series, the FunJungle series, the Moon Base Alpha series, and The Last Musketeer series. His newest series kicked off in 2019 with Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation. The newest FunJungle book, Tyrannosaurus Wrecks, is out March 24, and Spy School Revolution will come out in fall 2020.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
Courtenay Hameister Asks: What is Objective Truth, Anyway?
Courtenay Hameister, debut author of memoir Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things, and former host, co-producer and head writer of Live Wire Radio.
Listen to our interview here, on iTunes, or on Spotify!
The presenting sponsor for this episode is The Slow Novel Lab, a six-week online writing and creativity course developed and taught by bestselling and award-winning novelist Nina LaCour (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here). The next six-week session of The Slow Novel Lab begins on February 16th, and you can enroll today by going to NinaLaCour.com.
📌 Recommendations 📌
🔊 Podcasts 🔊
The Wilderness Oh man, 2020 is heating up and I'm nervous. But hearing Crooked Media's podcast about the Democratic strategy in the primary -- and looking ahead to the general election -- filled me with cautious optimism. Check out VoteSaveAmerica to double check that you're registered to vote!
📽️ Film & TV 📽️
No-review list of television, movies & documentaries I've watched recently!
I have been continued binging movies released between 1975 and 1995. I am calling this era the "Rotary Phones and Chain Smoking" era. Here are the movies I've watched that I can heartily recommend.
💅 ICYMI 💅
