🎙️ INTERVIEW: Crafting a Creative Life on Your Own Terms w/ Emma Gannon
** This is a LIVE interview with author Emma Gannon about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
Why are we so hung up on the idea of ‘success’? And if we reach the success we dream of, will we actually be happy?
By anyone’s standards, Emma Gannon had it all. She’s an award-winning podcaster, best-selling author of five non-fiction books, and a celebrated novelist. And yet, she felt that the ‘tick-box’ moments in life often felt anticlimactic. In her latest book, The Success Myth, Emma unravels our obsession with achievement and shares how to let go of the idea of having it all.
Join us as we talk to Emma about her creative journey as an entrepreneur and writer, what it means to trust yourself, and how to uncover your individual path toward fulfillment.
We'll also discuss:
How to set goals that are ambitious but not overwhelming
Why the 'tick-box' moments in life often feel anticlimactic
How to break free from comparison and the endless pursuit of more
How to break free from the trap of achievement
How to start to redefine what success means to us
About Emma Gannon
Emma Gannon is a Sunday Times bestselling author, broadcaster, speaker, novelist and creator of the no.1 careers podcast in the UK, Ctrl Alt Delete. She has been a columnist for The Times, Telegraph and Courier magazine. Emma has published multiple bestselling books, including The Multi-Hyphen Method; Sabotage and Disconnected. She writes a popular weekly newsletter called The Hyphen that is an exploration of ideas that have got her thinking in new ways. In 2018, she was selected in the Forbes 30 under 30 list in media and is proud to be an ambassador for The Princes Trust and World Literacy Foundation.
Your London Writers' Salon Hosts:
Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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