My guest today is Maureen Lee Lenker, who is a Senior Writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she reports on books, TV, film, and theatre. She is also the author of two novels: It Happened One Fight and My Girl Hollywood.
Today we take a look at creativity on both sides—writing about books while writing books, and how she taps into her creative energy without burning out on either end.
We also talk about:
what it's like to work at an entertainment magazine and how she pitches stories she wants to cover,
how to juggle a day job and writing fiction,
how the book industry has changed, from her perspective as a journalist,
book-to-film production companies,
and so much more.
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Her first novel, It Happened One Fight, is out now, and her next book, My Girl Hollywood, comes out in January and is available for preorder.
You can also find Maureen on her website, as well as writing about books and pop culture at Entertainment Weekly. Her podcast is Hollywood-ography.
When Film Meets Fiction, with Entertainment Weekly journalist and novelist Maureen Lee Lenker