Beth Brookhart has spent a career finding her own way around the rules. As a freelance journalist, she ignored the conventional query-letter ritual and picked up the phone. Decades later, publishing a novel introduced her to a whole new collection of gatekeepers, rejection letters, and advice about what her book ought to be.
In this episode, we talk about who gets to make the rules for creative work, why writers and podcasters spend so much time seeking permission, and what happens when advice starts turning your creation into somebody else’s idea of what sells.
Beth also shares what farming can teach us about best practices. You can have all the technology, science, and advice in the world, but eventually somebody has to go look at the grapes.
Beth’s book: The Four Queens of the Button Bush Museum, historical fiction about four women trying to save a rural California museum.
Find Beth at bethbrookhart.com.
Monetize This! — Where Podcasting Best Practices Come to Die.
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