Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley Kate Hanley

Since this week is both the podcast’s half-birthday and the Fourth of July week--which means you’re more likely to be at a BBQ or the beach and not listening to podcasts--I thought I’d switch things up this week and do one episode where I do a little review of what I've learned and what has stuck with me after the 24 conversations with writers I’ve had thus far.

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In this final installment of interview with “Daughters of Nantucket” author Julie Gerstenblatt, we get a peek at her next novel and the very clever, and fun-sounding, way she’s dealing with the nerves that are cropping up as she writes about something she has very little firsthand experience with.

We talked about:

All the places she’s researching maritime history as she works on her next book, which involves a sailing trip to China

Her favorite books on writing and creativity

Creating structure for herself now that her kids are out of the house

Trying to figure out how to spend more time in her happy place, AKA Nantucket

The show and the books that are keeping her up too late because they’re just so good

Why she’s still listening to Disney soundtracks even though her kids are grown and flown


For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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In this second part of my interview with Julie Gerstenblat, author of “The Daughters of Nantucket,” I talk with Julie about the mindset side of writing.

We talked about:
How she’s convinced herself that her daily word count goal is much easier than it actually is (this is a cool Jedi mind trick) and the pep talks she gives herself
The part of writing her next book that is really freaking her out–and how she’s dealing with it
How her writing group is structured (I totally want to steal this)
The absolute mind trip of becoming an empty nester
Why she thinks the writing advice to “show don’t tell” is overrated and misinterpreted
How her Myers-Briggs personality plays out in her home life and work life
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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This week I am talking with Julie Gerstenblatt, whose debut novel, “Daughters of Nantucket,” came out last year and was included in several most anticipated lists for 2023. Prior to writing novels, Julie was a middle school English teacher and earned her PhD so that she could teach at the college level, but she ended up leaving teaching because she wanted to be a novelist. (Her story of how she admitted this desire to herself–and her advisors–during her PhD dissertation is incredible!)
We covered:
The many contemporary novel manuscripts she wrote but could not sell
How combining something new (historical fiction) with something she knew well and loved (Nantucket) led to selling her book to a publisher
How she kept writing “Daughters of Nantucket” even after her agent broke up with her
Making time to write amidst teaching middle school, writing a PhD dissertation, and having three young kids
The specifics of her morning routine and how she gets warmed up to write
How she gets herself to leave the house
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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In this final installment of my conversation with award-winning book coach (who has helped dozens and dozens and dozens of experts get five- and six-figure book deals) and author of the brand-new book “Breathe. Write. Breathe.” Lisa Tener, we get a look at what’s coming up for her, and she answers my fast five final questions.
Wa talked about:
The trippy experience of re-reading something you first encountered years ago and having a completely new and different take on it
How discovering Sark’s books felt like a gift from the universe
Using Human Design as a tool to help you figure out what to do next
Manifesting teaching a retreat at place like Kripalu, Omega, or Esalen
The shift she’s working that “makes life juicier”
Why she’s feeling drawn to write more poetry
Lisa’s recipe for her all-time favorite tea
Her favorite dish at her favorite restaurant that sounds so good it inspired us to make a dinner date to go get it
Visit Lisa at listener.com.
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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In this second part of my interview with Lisa Tener–award-winning book coach and author of the brand-new “Breath. Write. Breathe.”--we get into the squishier parts of writing.
Warning, this part of our conversation is super juicy! Not in a sexy way, but in a “wow I’m really thinking differently about stuff that’s been plaguing me forever” kind of way.
You’ll learn:
Her least favorite part about promoting her work, and how she works with that resistance
Finding the right balance between taking on work for clients to pay the bills and saving time and energy for your own work
Practical ways to get out of the fear of not making or having enough money
Tipping your internal scale to be more weighted toward surrender, and less weight toward trying to control everything
Her ninja trick for dealing with difficult people
How she’s used Family Systems Constellation Work to work through blockages both in life and in her mind
Visit Lisa at listener.com.
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Air Doctor Pro. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use code KATE to save 30% off an amazing indoor air filter *and* receive a free three-year warranty (an $84 value).
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