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Season 4, episode 9 is here!
Karen Salmansohn has sold two million books, been blessed by Madonna, and built a career entirely on the principle of doing something a little extra every single time. This one was a lot of fun!
What we covered:
Why Karen left a senior VP creative director role in her twenties and what she told her parents when they said she was crazy to do it.
The story of how she got her first novel in front of publishers in a way that got an offer within days of sending it out.
How she walked up to Madonna in a hotel restaurant, got her to read a book title, and turned the whole encounter into a press story.
What her bucket list from hell period actually was and how she turned the worst year of her life into one of her most successful books.
The writing mistake she sees constantly on Substack that she thinks most people assume they’re getting away with.
Why she believes memoir-style headlines consistently outperform advice-style headlines, and how she tested that on her own publication.
The new business she’s just launched and what the top regrets of the dying had to do with building it.
➡️ You can find Karen at The Stand Up Philosopher: Weighty Musings, Lightly Served.
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