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EPISODE · Apr 12, 2025 · 19 MIN

Episode 4: How to cope with author overwhelm

from Pen & Prosper · host Spilling the Ink on writing, publishing, and all things books

In this episode we chat about overwhelm, outsourcing, and juggling *all* the things.JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with close to a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt-lawrence.comMelissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, her speculative fiction has been published in both SA and the USA.Melissa lives in Hillcrest with her husband and three teenagers, none of whom take her seriously.She also writes romantic suspense as Lissa Del and contemporary romance as Rachel Rhodes.Visit Melissa online at www.melissadelport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit penandprosper.substack.com/subscribe

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