I also cover the period I spent trying to balance running an online course business with writing books, burnout, neurodivergence, becoming a poet for a year - living off savings - and then returning to launching courses, coaching and writing another book.

I talk about what it was, 10 years in, that made me feel like a ‘real writer’, and what I’m doing with my latest poetry collection. Also, how the career I’ve designed in the past few months has made me feel like everything is now aligned.

With notes on Patti Smith, Deborah Levy, Zadie Smith, Anne Tyler, Wendy Cope - ‘real writers’ - and whether we need writing to be our profession, to be real writers. And also: why we need to be sharing our writing with the world.

Have a listen, and let me know what you think in the comments below.

Annie x