Surviving a Social Media Witch Hunt and Threading a Theme Through Your Memoir with Natalie MacLean

Send us Fan MailNatalie MacLean joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about surviving a social media witch hunt, how it impacted her relationship with alcohol, threading a theme through her memoir and marketing your book like a pro. Natalie’s Bio: Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drinks Journalist, has also won four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. She’s the bestselling author of Red, White and Drunk All Over. Her new memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much has just become a national bestseller and has been described as “This decade’s Eat Pray Love.”She hosts the NYT recommended podcast, Unreserved Wine Talk, and offers popular online wine and food pairing classes at www.nataliemaclean.com.Resources Mentioned During This EpisodeNatalie’s Juicy Book BonusesNatalie’s Reader GuideFive Takeaways From the Time’s Investigation into Child InfluencersSigns of Alcoholism or Alcohol Use DisorderSAMHSA’s National HelplineOfficial TranscriptEpisode Highlights4:00 Developing Your Voice5:52: Dealing with an Online Pile On10:00 Caring For Yourself While Writing a Tough Story13:00 Re-evaluating Your Relationship with Alcohol  21:00 The Struggles of Working in the Male-Dominated Wine Industry27:00 Threading the Witch Theme into This Story  32:00 The Power of Book Club Guides and Bonuses38:00 Rebuilding Your Relationship to Social Media After a Pile OnConnect with Natalie: InstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedInTikTokGoodreadsYouTube Threads Unreserved Wine Talk PodcastNatalie’s Book Bub PageConnect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Write More, Fret LessWebsiteInstagramYouTubeFacebookLinkedInSign up for Psychology of Character Development for MemoiristsProduced by Espresso Podcast ProductionBuilding Better Memoir Scenes: https://janefriedman.com/building-better-memoir-scenes-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/Connect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedInProduced by Espresso Podcast Production