how to become a writer

Annie Tan is a writer, educator, storyteller, speaker, and activist based in New York City. Annie’s work as an educator and advocate has been featured in The New York Times, Huffington Post, The New Republic, PBS’ Asian Americans, and twice on The Moth Radio Hour. Annie is currently working on her first book, a memoir. Her writing has been supported by the Vermont Studio Center, the Tin House Writing Workshop, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference.

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While Sadie galavanted around Europe, Jeanne put reckless on steroids and talked with Jeff Frye, bank robber turned writer. Yes, a bank robber who got 20 years in a maximum security prison is now a published writer. So, what's your excuse?

Resources from this episode:
Symposium's NaNoWriMo Write-In Sprint, November 1st
Skip the Vomit, Make a Plan by Craig Weeden
Writer's Market Guide to Getting Published
Symposium's One-on-One with Lane Shefter Bishop
Mark Dawson YouTube
Jeff Frye's website

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His young adult novel, The Taking of Jake Livingston, is a best-seller on Amazon. Find out how dyslexia and ADHD shaped Ryan Douglass’ unique approach to writing. He also shares how being Black and LGBTQ impacts his learning differences.  

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In this episode, Allison and Zibby talk all about why she launched her incredibly successful podcast, and how she got her book published that’s coming out in February!

Zibby opens up about overcoming opposition when it comes to chasing her goals and dreams, the challenges that come with being a writer, and everything she’s gone through during the pandemic, and how she’s found joy in all of her goals.

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Zibby's Bio:

Zibby Owens is the creator and host of award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. Zibby, named “NYC’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer” by New York Magazine’s Vulture, conducts warm, inquisitive conversations with authors as wide-ranging as Alicia Keys and Lena Dunham to Delia Owens and Natalie Portman, making her show a top literary podcast as selected by Oprah.com two years in a row. She also created the Moms Don’t Have Time to Lose Weight community and hosts the accompanying podcast.

Before the pandemic, Zibby ran a literary salon, hosted her own book fairs, and was a frequent bookstore event moderator. During the quarantine, Zibby hosted a daily Instagram Live author talk show “Z-IGTV,” a weekly live show with her husband “KZ Time,” launched an online magazine called We Found Time, and started Zibby’s Virtual Book Club.

Zibby is a regular contributor to Good Morning America online and the Washington Post, and has contributed to Real Simple, Parents, Marie Claire, Redbook, and many other publications.  She has appeared on CBS This Morning, the BBC, NPR’s All Things Considered and elsewhere. 

Zibby serves on the boards of the Mount Sinai Health System, the Mount Sinai Parenting Center, and the Child Mind Institute, and co-chairs the Library Council of the New York Public Library. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Zibby currently lives in New York with her husband, Kyle Owens of Morning Moon Productions, and her four children, ages 6 - 13. She always has a book nearby.

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After experiencing a “Ratatouille moment” while studying in Spain, the simple flavor explosion of an anchovy-stuffed olive changed Marisel Salazar’s life. Without a clear-cut path, she set out to become a food writer to tell the stories of the people behind the amazing dishes. More importantly, she dedicated herself to telling stories of undocumented workers in the restaurant scene. When Marisel unexpectedly got laid off from her full-time job, what felt like the scariest moment of her professional life ended up being the biggest blessing. She took the leap and started building her food writing career, one step at a time. After several years of putting herself out there in the publication world, things came full circle and she achieved top-tier status as the go-to Latina food writer in many lifestyle publications, including Insider, Martha Stewart Living and Tasting Table. In her conversation with Sarah, Marisel reminds entrepreneurs that success doesn’t happen overnight — it takes years of training and hard work to achieve a successful career in food writing. 

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