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“What I've learned about myself as a writer is that I'll move aside anything for it.”
Episode five: Mila Jaroniec on social media, embracing restaurant gigs and how to prioritize your passion for writing
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“Go work for Starbucks for two years and work on your novel on the side. What's wrong with that?”
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Seven Months Sober in the Service Industry
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It's Waiting Season
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Things Men Say to Me at Work (Part 2)
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How to Sort Through Beta Reader Feedback
Novel writing update: Moving goal posts (again), and staying organized
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I’ve become one of those people who say “If I can write a novel, then so can you.”
On giving writing advice
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It's Waiting Season
Beta readers and living in limbo: a novel update
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Server Life

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Things Men Say to Me at Work (Part 2)
Tom strikes again
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A Look Back On | My First Waitressing Job
A post from the archives on stealing desserts and company time
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Seven Months Sober in the Service Industry
Not drinking while everyone else around me is
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Episode one: Brittany Ackerman on writing her novel, "The Brittanys" while working at a sports bar in LA
Episode two: Courtney Maum on how working as a waitress and a barista shaped her path as a writer
Episode three: Sophia Hembeck on her journey from working in the service industry to starting her own publishing press
Episode four: Kathleen Schmidt on how waiting tables prepared her for a career in PR and book publishing
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