How to finish writing your novel: don't write for free, with Alexander Chee
In this interview, Alexander and I talk a lot about money, and specifically, about how asking for money and negotiating for what you want and need is a key piece of building a healthy relationship with your work and career.
We also talked about the myth of the solitary artist, and the reality: that community and relationships are key to not just success, but survival.
Finally, Alexander is the source of an incredibly pivotal insight for me: that caring for your creative process IS self-care, and when you allow yourself the margin to take care of your work process, it benefits not only your body and mental health (and that of your family and loved ones) but the work itself.
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Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel as well as many short stories and essays. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, an editor at large at VQR, and a critic-at-large for The Los Angeles Times. He currently teaches creative nonfiction and fiction at Dartmouth College.
Connect with Alexander Chee
alexanderchee.net
twitter @alexanderchee
instagram @cheemobile
facebook.com/alexanderchee
https://alexanderchee.medium.com/
querent.substack.com
Additional links
authorsguild.org
https://thesewaneereview.com/articles/the-autobiography-of-my-novel
https://alexanderchee.medium.com/your-questions-answered-how-have-you-overcome-writers-block-fc5525bab1cb
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/acpod-alexander-chee
For full transcripts, show notes, and more episodes, head to https://jessicaabel.com/acpod/
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