Give Yourself Permission to Suck: A Writer's Long Road to Publishing with Russell Anders

Russell Anders has been telling stories since he was four years old, interrupting his mother's bedtime reading to ask "Then what happened?" After a decade spent finishing a manuscript that publishers praised but never bought, he let it go, restarted, and finally received an offer letter a year later, with a new approach: give yourself permission to suck, you can always fix it later.In this episode, Russell shares what it was like receiving universal praise for a book no one wanted to publish, the moment he realized studying writing less and simply writing more was the missing piece, and why he believes storytellers carry real responsibility for what they put into the world. He also breaks down the evolution of cyberpunk from the 80s to today.What We Talked About:Telling stories since he was four years oldA decade spent on a manuscript that never soldLearning to write more and study lessThe responsibility storytellers carryBeing an intentional audience, not a passive oneCyberpunk then versus nowConnect with Russell Anders:Website: russellandersbooks.comFacebook & Instagram: linked on his profile