We’re back with another one of our segments, Write State of Mind, where we interview authors about mindset, their processes, and their journey. This week we have Mathieu Cailler! In this episode we discussed:
· Writing failure and success
· Rejection
· The mindset needed when sending your work out
· Your community: who you bring to your writing campfire
· Limiting negativity and harshness
· The daily work of a writer
· Using deadlines as motivation
· Using nature as an act of self-care
· How to reset
Mathieu Cailler is the author of six books. His short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in numerous national and international publications, most notably in The Saturday Evening Post and the Los Angeles Times. He is the recipient of a Shakespeare Award, a Short Story America Prize, and a New England Book Festival Award. Heaven and Other Zip Codes, his debut novel and most recently published book, has been hailed “a postmodern masterpiece” by Midwest Book Review.
Mathieu hangs out on Instagram, Twitter, her Facebook page, and her website.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Announcement in Deadline about my optioned script!
How to Binge Write Your Novel Workbook by Kerry Evelyn
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Audio edited by Aly Grauer. Find out more about Aly at: https://dreamstobecome.com/.
Music: Wooden Smile by Ziv Moran
