Michaella Parkes: Writing and Substack

This week on The Side Quest, journalist and writer Michaella Parkes. I give her that title but as you'll see it's one that only really came into being in the past couple of years. Before that, she was deep in corporate life, until a move to writing and Substack cracked something open. What started as a career pivot became a full embrace of writing, community-building, and the kind of creative life that doesn't fit neatly into a job description. Michaella gets real about imposter syndrome, the power of supporting other writers instead of competing with them, and why networking is actually just relationship building in disguise. If you're wrestling with multiple interests, questioning whether your creative output is "strategic" enough, or learning to trust your own evolution, this one's for you.