WoW! We're both posting about imposter syndrome today. Weird. We both have July birthdays. Weird. We both show off our natural hair color. Weird. (In my world weird = cool.) Synchronicity rules!
Happy Birthday, Victoria! l hope you have a lovely day tomorrow! And thanks for yet another informative post and for the work you do. I'll be one of the first to try to get my hands on your YA novel coming out in 2025. Such a terrific accomplishment and a wonderful way to connect with people. Congratulations again about that, your recent published essay, and the interview you include here!
Thanks! I think you’ll like the YA novel in that the characters learn they need outside help and they figure out how to connect with outside people. I imagine you will bring your essays into a memoir when you are done? I love your journey because, hard as it is, you are writing the escape points—and that is going to help a lot of people!
Do you follow Sarah’s Fay’s Writers at Work? She has a post about serializing a memoir (she did this). I think it might be behind a paywall. I think people will buy a memoir in book form after reading serialized parts because it’s nice to have it all together. @Tia Levings has a Substack, but I originally found her through IG (I’m not on IG much at all now—it wasn’t good for me). She just had a book out about being an exvangelical and escaping an abusive marriage. But before that, she garnered a following with reels about her situation. So—I definitely see that as a possibility. Also @lyz lenz has a Substack newsletter, found a following and when she published her exvangelical book “Ex-wife,’ it was a bestseller. It’s a topic people are definitely interested in! (Including me!)
WoW! We're both posting about imposter syndrome today. Weird. We both have July birthdays. Weird. We both show off our natural hair color. Weird. (In my world weird = cool.) Synchronicity rules!
And we’ve both edited the Inlandia Journal! Synchronicity indeed!
Happy Birthday, Victoria! l hope you have a lovely day tomorrow! And thanks for yet another informative post and for the work you do. I'll be one of the first to try to get my hands on your YA novel coming out in 2025. Such a terrific accomplishment and a wonderful way to connect with people. Congratulations again about that, your recent published essay, and the interview you include here!
Thanks! I think you’ll like the YA novel in that the characters learn they need outside help and they figure out how to connect with outside people. I imagine you will bring your essays into a memoir when you are done? I love your journey because, hard as it is, you are writing the escape points—and that is going to help a lot of people!
Thanks, Victoria! l wasn't sure if l could combine my essays into an actual memoir since i've posted them on substack, but I'd like to!
Do you follow Sarah’s Fay’s Writers at Work? She has a post about serializing a memoir (she did this). I think it might be behind a paywall. I think people will buy a memoir in book form after reading serialized parts because it’s nice to have it all together. @Tia Levings has a Substack, but I originally found her through IG (I’m not on IG much at all now—it wasn’t good for me). She just had a book out about being an exvangelical and escaping an abusive marriage. But before that, she garnered a following with reels about her situation. So—I definitely see that as a possibility. Also @lyz lenz has a Substack newsletter, found a following and when she published her exvangelical book “Ex-wife,’ it was a bestseller. It’s a topic people are definitely interested in! (Including me!)
Thanks so much for this info, Victoria!
You’re welcome! I actually put my review on Levings’ book on my School Library lady blog because I think high school girls should be aware. https://schoollibrarylady.com/2024/06/16/who-are-the-helpers-anyway/. (Basically my Substack post moved over to that blog.)
Oh, terrific!