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This week I am talking to writer Antonia Angress. Antonia is the author of "Sirens & Muses," which starts off as a campus novel set at a New England art school, but then blooms into an exploration of the intersection of home and belonging versus individualism and seeking to stand out, set in the New York City art scene during the Occupy Wall Street era.\n"Sirens & Muses" was named one of the best books of the year by Glamour Magazine and won the Minnesota Book Award, and Antonia was recently named one of the NEA's 2024 Creative Writing Fellows. I loved the book and I love that I get to ask Antonia my list of mildly invasive questions about why and how she does her particular creative work.\nWe covered:\n- The advice she gives about the stuff you write that you end up deleting\n- The fact that publishing a book \u201creally doesn\u2019t change your life\u201d\n- The importance of that feeling of being alone with your work\n- The daily writing goal that keeps Antonia going (spoiler: it\u2019s very small)\n- How she manages her \u2018internet junk food\u2019 diet\n- The practice that gets her ready to write\n- What motivational phrase is on the Post-It note above her computer\nFor full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.\nBig thanks to our sponsor, AirDoctorPro. Use promo code KATE at airdoctorpro.com to save up to $300 off an air purifier and receive a free 3-year warranty (an $87 value).\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices