From Masterminds to Discord: The Power of Community with Samantha Cummings

Wish I'd Known Then . . . For Writers

Episode 254 / Samatha Cummings writes YA fantasy chock full of magic, myths, and monsters and also hosts a podcast for writers, Pen to Paycheck.

Topics:

• Samantha’s approach to treating NaNoWrMo as a game
• Why Samatha wishes she’d leaned into newsletter marketing earlier in her career
• How even one other person can be a community for you
• Mindset changes Samantha made around imposter syndrome and knowing her true value
• Starting a discord community for Young Adult Fantasy authors

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