KJ Dell’Antonia and Jennie Nash are back with another honest, unvarnished update from the frontlines of book creation. Struggling to find the emotional core of your novel? Worrying your nonfiction proposal is too prescriptive—or not prescriptive enough? You're in good company.
In this episode, KJ and Jennie talk:
✅ Why writing a book feels like digging ditches (and why that might be okay)
✅ What happens when comp titles start to mess with your head
✅ KJ’s tangled web of thriller plot points (complete with Barbie dolls)
✅ Jennie’s battle with tone—and how not to write a gentle invitation to writers
✅ The reality of comparison, timing, and the “someone already wrote it” blues
✅ Plus: A deeply flawed idea for a writing reality show, and a moment of truth about writing flat characters on purpose
If you’ve ever stared at your screen and thought, “Other people probably know what they’re doing…” — this one’s for you.
💬 KJ says: “We're disproving the flow-from-your-fingers-in-a-cabin-in-the-woods theory, every week.”
