Episode 204 #HowtoGetPastWritersBlock(slowly)

Feeling a wee bit stuck? Struggling to get anything on the page? Well, we all are&#8212;and not only does this week&#8217;s guest know from writer&#8217;s block (her last book came out in 2004), but she gave a raging case of it to her protagonist in her new novel, which allowed her&#8212;and us&#8212;to really dig in deep into what happens when the words don&#8217;t come.<br/><br/>Join KJ and Sarina as we talk to Laura Zigman, author of Separation Anxiety (a perfect book for this moment, all about how we&#8217;re all, every single last one of us no matter how weird or obnoxious or even put-together-seeming, just doing the best we can with what we&#8217;ve got) about writing funny, the edge between humor and empathy, and how life can get in the way of publishing even when it seems like you&#8217;re on the right track.<br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Jess: <br/><br/><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385348713?aff=AmWriting">The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz</a>, Eric Larson<br/><br/><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250261878?aff=AmWriting">Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs</a>, Jennifer Finney Boylan<br/><br/>Podcast: <a href="https://longform.org/podcast">The Long Form </a><br/><br/>Laura:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385351102?aff=AmWriting">Weather</a>, Jenny Offill<br/><br/><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345806871?aff=AmWriting">Dept. of Speculation</a>, Jenny Offill<br/><br/>KJ: <br/><br/><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062909077?aff=AmWriting">Separation Anxiety: A Novel</a>, Laura Zigman<br/><br/>Podcast: <a href="https://www.beachtoosandy.com/">Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet</a><br/><br/>So, we know it&#8217;s rough out there. It&#8217;s rough in here, too, but I guess, in a way I&#8217;ve personally never experienced before, we really are all in this together. And we&#8217;ll come through it together whether we like it or not. As I say in the intro, we recorded this just as the Covid19