My guest this week is Tom Colgan, editorial director at Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Tom has spent more than 35 years championing such authors as Tom Clancy, Mark Graeney, and Janet Evanovich. We talk about how he got his start as an editor, what editors do and don’t do (you may be surprised!), how the creative process is different for everyone, and why, despite coming up with many ideas for books, he doesn’t dream of writing one. He also has some advice for aspiring authors.
I would love for you to leave a review for the show, and in it, tell us about your relationship with books and writing.
Check out the show notes at fycuriosity.com, and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! I also post pretty regularly on TikTok, and you can also listen on YouTube.
If you're feeling stuck in your own creative process, you owe it to yourself to get my free 6 Creative Beliefs That Are Screwing You Up series—it’ll slice through those myths to help get you back on track!
Here's a handy playlist with all my previous interviews with guests in writing and publishing!
Creative Pep Talk #37: Leave Room to Be Wrong
Writing YA Fiction with Shanti Hershenson
Creative Pep Talk #36: Start Where You Are
Colin Who? with Colin Spaull
Creative Pep Talk #35: Five Minutes
Meaning and Abundance with Kevin Roth
Creative Pep Talk #34: Stop Ignoring Yourself
Meaningfullfilled with Dieter Randolph
Creative Pep Talk #33: Laugh
Creativity and Liberation with Desiree Adaway
Creative Pep Talk #32: ”Hey Jude”
Portraits of Peace with John Noltner
Creative Pep Talk #31: Small and Crappy
No ”What Ifs” with Jon Davey
Invitation: Creative Check-In
Creative Pep Talk #30: Joy
Broadening Your Horizons with Rick Bleiweiss
Invitation: Gratitude and Wonder
Creative Pep Talk 29: Quit
Keeping Kids Creative with JoAnn Nocera
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Navigating Life After 40
Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Regenerative Skills
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast