Hello, Protagonists!
Welcome to another episode of the Creative. Inspired. Happy podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.
My guest today is V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 25 books, including The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Her latest novel, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, is out now.
Today, we talk about:
the curse of perfectionism and how Victoria copes with it,
fighting Imposter Syndrome,
why it's important to her to share both the victories and disappointments in publishing,
the part of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil that Victoria re-wrote at the last minute, to the chagrin of her publisher,
why defining books in genres is a box that writers and readers should actively fight against,
which part of writing is her most hated, and which is her favorite,
whether her poetic prose comes in the first draft or later in the editing phase,
reading reviews of her own books,
and so much more.
»(Plus a guest appearance in the video from one of Victoria’s cats)
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