Name: The Doldrums: Author Strategies When You're Between Books
Start: 2027-01-17T09:30:00-0500
End: 2027-01-17T10:30:00-0500

The Doldrums: Author Strategies When You're Between Books

Sunday January 17, 2027 9:30am - 10:30am EST

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The space between finishing one book and selling (or starting) the next can feel like creative purgatory— quiet, uncertain, and easy to spiral in. This session offers real strategies for the in-between: staying productive without burning out, managing the anxiety of "what's next," keeping your visibility up without a book to promote, and using the downtime intentionally instead of just enduring it. Come find some company— and some tools — for surviving the doldrums.

Moderators

Ron MacLean

WE MIGHT AS WELL LIGHT SOMETHING ON FIRE, Author

Ron MacLean is author of the story collections Apocalypso (forthcoming 2026), We Might as Well Light Something On Fire and Why the Long Face? and the novels Blue Winnetka Skies and Headlong. MacLean’s fiction has appeared widely in magazines including GQ, Narrative, Fiction Int... Read More →

Speakers

Chip Cheek

CAPE MAY, Author

Chip Cheek is the author of the bestselling novel Cape May, which received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next pick and Indies Introduce selection, and has been published in six languages. His stories have appeared in The S... Read More →

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

THE FACT OF A BODY, Author

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, which received a Lambda Literary Award, the Chautauqua Prize, the Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle, the Prix des Libraires du Quebec, and the Prix France Inter-JDD. It has been translated into 11 languages and optioned for television. Their essays appear in the 2020 and 2022 editions... Read More →

Sunday January 17, 2027 9:30am - 10:30am EST
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