Balancing the Books
Balancing the Books
Podcast Description
A podcast for writers about balancing the day job ... along with everything else in life.
Writer and teacher Cailean Steed chats to writers about managing their careers alongside day jobs, side gigs, childcare, caring responsibilities, disabilities, finances, and everything else in life.
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Content Themes
Explores themes of work-life balance, portfolio careers, and the intersection of personal life with writing, with episodes highlighting examples such as balancing childcare with a writing career and discussing the therapeutic aspects of skateboarding for mental health

A podcast for writers about balancing the day job … along with everything else in life.
Writer and teacher Cailean Steed chats to writers about managing their careers alongside day jobs, side gigs, childcare, caring responsibilities, disabilities, finances, and everything else in life.
Author of three funny/sad and sad/funny novels Rebecca Ryan joins Cailean to chat about juggling writing alongside multiple jobs and childcare as a single mother, the experience of being from a working-class background in the publishing industry, and the value of not writing full time.

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