Summary: Amy Gentry is the author of <a href="https://amy-gentry.com">three psychological thrillers</a> for adults, one <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33%E2%85%93">33 1/3</a> on Tori Amos, and a bunch of shorter stuff. Her latest book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/537/9780358408574">Bad Habits</a>, which is here to scratch all your dark academia itches and also make you laugh and cringe.<br><br>After chatting a bit about her book and her own background in academia, we dug into process and publication (and her #pitmad success story), the dead end of trying to be “a good little author,” money and class and missing hotels. Amy also got me thinking differently about my standard weaknesses/obstacles question—nay, the very idea of weaknesses. And, I think she got me back onto Goodreads.<br><br>I loved Amy’s energy and the energy of this conversation, and I hope you do, too.<br><br><a href="http://amy-gentry.com">Amy online</a><br><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Axe_(anthology)">Small Axe // Lovers Rock</a><br><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pera_Talks_with_You">Joe Pera Talks with You</a><br><br><a href="https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/">Morning [expletive] Pages </a><br><br>Produced & edited by me, <a href="http://www.sarazarr.com/">Sara Zarr</a><br><br>Theme music by <a href="http://www.daveconnis.com/">Dave Connis</a><br><br><a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/sarazarrreads">Ye olde Bookshop shoppe</a> <br><br>This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at <a href="https://thiscreativelife.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">thiscreativelife.substack.com/subscribe</a>
