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The Lawyer's Escape Pod
Megan Smiley
100 episodes
9 months ago
Megan Smiley interviews recovering lawyers, career advisors, and other professionals for advice and inspiration on transitioning out of law practice.
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Megan Smiley interviews recovering lawyers, career advisors, and other professionals for advice and inspiration on transitioning out of law practice.
Show more...
Careers
Education,
Business,
Self-Improvement
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Mary Adkins leaves BigLaw litigation to become a novelist
The Lawyer's Escape Pod
1 hour 23 seconds
3 years ago
Mary Adkins leaves BigLaw litigation to become a novelist
Mary Adkins is a former BigLaw litigator turned writer. She is author of the novels When You Read This (Indie Next Pick, “Best Book of 2019” by Good Housekeeping and Real Simple), Privilege (Today.com “Best Summer Read,” New York Post “Best Book of the Week”), and Palm Beach (recently named one of the New York Post’s “Best Books of 2021”). Her books have been published in 13 countries, and her essays and reporting have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Slate, and more. She is also a writing coach and founder of The Book Incubator, a 12-month program to write, revise, and pitch your novel or memoir.  In this episode, we discuss: Getting into law to make a positive impact, but then taking a BigLaw job Feeling misaligned with your work, and coming to not care about it at all Prioritizing taking writing classes even with a crazy schedule Taking a bridge job to allow the time and space to pursue more writing Realizing that a lot of the roadblocks to making a change aren’t as immovable as we tell ourselves they are How to build a writing career How the Enneagram plays out for lawyers and writers    Connect with Mary:   Website: https://maryadkinswriter.com/   Apply to The Book Incubator: https://www.thebookincubator.com/apply-novel-writing-program   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adkinsmary/   ~   Connect with Megan!   Daydreams to Designs Private Podcast: https://bit.ly/daydreamstodesigns   Employee to Entrepreneur Quiz: https://bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurtype   Schedule a Catalyst Call: https://megansmiley.com/schedule-a-call   Website: https://www.megansmiley.com/
The Lawyer's Escape Pod
Megan Smiley interviews recovering lawyers, career advisors, and other professionals for advice and inspiration on transitioning out of law practice.