In today’s portion of my interview with Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year, we talk about the mindset side of creating. (Honestly, these are always my favorite episodes!)We covered:How you can “cloak” your story by writing fiction–incorporating the feelings of things you’ve experienced if not the exact experiences themselvesWorrying that people are sick of hearing you talkGetting over the voice that says “you don’t have the proper training to write a novel”What’s on the inspirational Post-It note that Daisy keeps above her monitorHow it’s never too to be a debut authorDaisy’s “buoyancy” about the future now that her kids are teens and hard work of early parenting is behind herThe collective disillusions Daisy would like to evaporateFor full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.Big thanks to our sponsor, AquaTru.com. Use promo code KATE to save 20% off a reverse osmosis water filter and support this podcast!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices