Send us a text I’ve spent most of my life believing that control equals safety. The Army taught me that structure keeps everything running, and for years, I carried that same mindset into my creative life. Every project, every book launch, every to-do list—I ran it like a mission. But lately, I’ve been learning that control isn’t the same as clarity. It’s fear disguised as discipline. In this episode of Have a Cup of Johanny, I open up about how my need to control everything—from preorder cam...
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Send us a text I’ve spent most of my life believing that control equals safety. The Army taught me that structure keeps everything running, and for years, I carried that same mindset into my creative life. Every project, every book launch, every to-do list—I ran it like a mission. But lately, I’ve been learning that control isn’t the same as clarity. It’s fear disguised as discipline. In this episode of Have a Cup of Johanny, I open up about how my need to control everything—from preorder cam...
If I’m Not Good, Let Me Get Good: Choosing the MFA
Have a Cup of Johanny
23 minutes
1 month ago
If I’m Not Good, Let Me Get Good: Choosing the MFA
Send us a text After a painful experience at a writer’s conference, I stopped writing for a whole year. Doubt crept in, and I convinced myself maybe I just wasn’t cut out to write fiction. But the thing about silencing something you love? It never really leaves you. It nags. It whispers. It refuses to let you go. In this episode of Have a Cup of Johanny, I share how that season of doubt led me to ask new questions: What about me? What if I’m not good? How can I get better? With the Army Serge...
Have a Cup of Johanny
Send us a text I’ve spent most of my life believing that control equals safety. The Army taught me that structure keeps everything running, and for years, I carried that same mindset into my creative life. Every project, every book launch, every to-do list—I ran it like a mission. But lately, I’ve been learning that control isn’t the same as clarity. It’s fear disguised as discipline. In this episode of Have a Cup of Johanny, I open up about how my need to control everything—from preorder cam...
