Living with Writer Envy. Episode 316: We wanted to call this conquering it but we can't.

Some of us, which might be all of us, have spent a decent amount of time writhing in the throes of writer envy lately. Can&#8217;t IMAGINE what we&#8217;re talking about? Never opened Facebook to see news of yet another Netflix deal, or celebrated a friend&#8217;s fantastic New York Times review while just a little bit kind of secretly asking yourself where yours was? Well, bully for you. Go listen to another podcast this week.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, we&#8217;re owning all the envy&#8212;and if you think being successful in any way dials that green monster button down, think again. There&#8217;s always a higher bar to reach. What does help? Age, wisdom, beauty (ok I just threw that one in) and a couple of other ideas we put out there at the end of the episode. Come hang.<br/><br/><strong>Links from the pod</strong><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="http://www.simplysulphursprings.com/251/feature/bookworm-box">Colleen Hoover The Bookworm Box Sulphur Springs </a><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/">Ryan Holiday Bookstore </a><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780385547345">Lessons in Chemistry</a>, Bonnie Garmus<br/><br/>Mary Laura Philpott <a target="_blank" href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/essays-that-start-light-then-hit?s=w">Episode 312, Essays That Start Light, Then Hit Hard</a><br/><br/>Emily Henry&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781984806734">Beach Read</a><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="http://www.michaellewiswrites.com/">Michael Lewis</a><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593420034">Nora Goes Off Script</a>, Annabel Monaghan<br/><br/><strong>#AmReading</strong><br/><br/><strong>Jess:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780385547345">Lessons in Chemistry</a>, Bonnie Garmus<br/><br/><strong>KJ:</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593129425">The Bohemians</a>, Jasmin Darznik<br/><br/><strong>Sarina: </strong><a target="_blank"