THE HAPPY WRITER

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator and host of the popular podcast, The Happy Writer, comes the ultimate guide to writing with less stress and more JOY.

If you aren't suffering, you aren't creating. Right? Wrong! Writing can and should be joyful, fulfilling. even fun! Applicable to writers in all genres and disciplinesfrom screenwriters to novelists, journalists to picture book authors, aspiring to many-times publishedThe Happy Writer is a heartfelt and optimistic guide that will show you the way to a happier writing journey. Part craft guide, part writing coach, and part cheerleader, this book offers useful advice on a slew of common writing and publishing ailments, such as how to end procrastination, how to build a social media platform that reflects your personality, how to get your imagination to overflow with new ideas, how to listen to your intuition when receiving a critique on your work, how to overcome impostor syndrome, what to do when you're stuck in the query trenches, and so much more. No matter where a writer might be on their creative journey, Meyer encourages them to tap into their own personal sources of joy and to celebrate every milestone, all while confronting challenges (writer's block! rejection! burnout!) with a reservoir of resources for every temperament, budget, and career. Known in writers' circles as a generous mentor, Meyer shares stories from her own writing path to help every writer discover the ultimate joys of living their best writing life. Marissa Meyer is the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles series, Heartless, the Renegades trilogy, Instant Karma, the Gilded duology, and With a Little Luck. She also edited the anthology Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed. Her debut middle grade novel, Let It Glow, co-written with Joanne Levy, will be published in October 2024. She created and hosts The Happy Writer, a podcast where she interviews authors on how to overcome various obstacles and bring more joy to the writing process, and will release a corresponding non-fiction/self-help book of the same name in 2025. Her books have sold over five million copies worldwide and have been published in 37 foreign territories. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their two daughters.