Balancing Family, Trauma, and Writing with Jennifer Hartmann

Barely Famous

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🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In this episode of Barely Famous, Kail sits down with bestselling author Jennifer Hartmann to discuss her writing journey and the unexpected success of her dark romance novel, Still Beating. Jennifer opens up about balancing writing with family life and how the pandemic reignited her passion for storytelling. They also dive into the self-publishing world, the impact of TikTok and social media on book sales, and the exciting news of Still Beating being adapted into a major motion picture. Jennifer shares her unique insights into the writing process, overcoming imposter syndrome, and offers advice for aspiring authors. Please support the show by checking out our sponsors! BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BARELY and get on your way to being your best self Nurture Life: So head to NurtureLife.com and use code FAMOUS for 55% off your first order Fabric: Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at meetfabric.com/BARELYFAMOUS Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY.COM/barelyfamous ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/BARELY and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. To watch the full episode + other exclusive content, join my Patreon community! Patreon.com/kaillowry

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0:00.0	This is Bob.
0:02.0	Welcome to the shit show.
0:03.0	Things are going to get weird.
0:04.0	Get your fave villain, Kale Lowry.
0:06.0	And you're listening to Barely
0:08.0	Famous. Today I'm sitting with Jennifer
0:19.1	Hartman and I'm super excited because I fell in love with her when I read still beating and
0:25.1	thank you so much for joining us on Barely Famous.
0:27.3	Of course thank you for having me.
0:28.6	Yeah no I'm excited and I'm so you're so chill and I was so nervous about this and I was like what if I come in and then I'm just like because you're an author like I'm like I've seen you on TV though like you're way more famous but no because you're an awful like people read your books like I don't have any
0:43.8	talents you know what I mean? I feel the same way though so I'm equally nervous.
0:49.1	Well thank you that makes me feel a lot better. So did you always want to be a writer?
0:54.1	So I always wanted to write.
0:55.7	I never actually believe that I could turn
0:58.0	writing into a career.
0:59.0	So it was always just kind of a hobby and a pastime.
1:01.8	I wrote poetry. I dabbled in fan fiction, that kind of really stirred my passion
1:06.8	for writing. But I don't know, I settled down early, I had a family, three kids, and I was like,
1:11.8	whatever, you know, just have to make, you know, a living.
1:15.5	And then what happened was COVID hit and my husband was like, you used to love to write.
1:20.0	You should go back to doing that.
1:21.7	It's like, I don't know.
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