#74 Anchoring into Your Why with Memoirist Jessica Waite

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#74 Anchoring into Your Why with Memoirist Jessica Waite

Anchoring into the why, not only will help you keep going when times are tough and you feel like quitting, but also if you're living in the why, you're probably already authentically relating to people who will be your readers or people who will help your

Rachel Thompson • Editor

May 03, 2023

The second in our series exploring the theme of agency for writers, our double-entendre theme of both intentionality and finding an agent. Jessica Waite, the author of the forthcoming memoir, The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards, shares her story of finding an agent slowly and then all of a sudden, and having her book sell very quickly BEFORE it could even go to auction with the big publishers.

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