How to Glow in the Dark

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Common Author Freakouts

Common Author Freakouts, Part 4: Post-Publication Depression and Anxiety

Is this all there is? It sure is. ::sad trombone::

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Anna Sproul-Latimer
Jul 15, 2021
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Huzzah! I’m back from Nantucket and ready to dive back into the topic at hand: YOUR EXISTENTIAL MISERY.

This week, we’re talking about yet another time authors tend to freak out: post-publication.

Lots of authors feel really, really bad a few weeks or months after their book publishes.

If you’ve never been there yourself, this might confuse you. Isn’t a p…

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