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Most of us need a day job to survive, but we can still chase the creative dream on the side in whatever capacity defines success and contentment for us.
Once we identify our “why,” we can pursue the side hustle with our current skills, or the skills we beef up through podcasts like this one.
In this episode, Sandy Lender joins internationally-acclaimed bestselling fiction novelist Lana McAra with living proof that you can work a demanding day job, overcome setbacks, and still stack successes toward the dream.
There are few things that make fiction writing #Unputdownable like a story of triumph over adversity, so let your times of struggle permeate the energy that drives your work.
Tune in and hear Sandy Lender’s thoughts on:
- How she juggled “the day job” + “the creative process” while going through two bouts of cancer
- How a creative can work around rejection and discouragement from family and still “be” creative, or find ways to pursue a creative outlet
- For those who have a day job that may require more than 40 hours a week, how marathon writing fits into the schedule and can even jump-start a project
- How SWOT analysis used in corporate business translates to an individual creative person’s roadmap
- And much, much more!
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About the Author: Sandy Lender
Sandy Lender is a construction magazine editor by day and author of #GirlPower fantasy novels by night, living in Florida to help with sea turtle conservation and parrot rescue.
With a four-year degree in English and thirty-year career in publishing, Sandy’s successes include 21 traditionally and self-published novels, hundreds of magazine articles, multiple short stories in competitive anthologies, a handful of technical and creative writing awards, a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2020, and the 2023 Michael Knost Wings award.
There’s always something brewing at Sandy Lender Ink headquarters where some days, you just want the dragon to win.
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