Surviving a Social Media Witch Hunt and Threading a Theme Through Your Memoir with Natalie MacLean
- Author
- Lisa Cooper Ellison
- Published
- Thu 25 Apr 2024
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Natalie MacLean joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about surviving a social media witch hunt, how it impacted her relationship with alcohol, threading a theme through her memoir and marketing your book like a pro.
Natalie’s Bio: Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drinks Journalist, has also won four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. She’s the bestselling author of Red, White and Drunk All Over. Her new memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much has just become a national bestseller and has been described as “This decade’s Eat Pray Love.”
She hosts the NYT recommended podcast, Unreserved Wine Talk, and offers popular online wine and food pairing classes at www.nataliemaclean.com.
Resources Mentioned During This Episode
Five Takeaways From the Time’s Investigation into Child Influencers
Signs of Alcoholism or Alcohol Use Disorder
Episode Highlights
4:00 Developing Your Voice
5:52: Dealing with an Online Pile On
10:00 Caring For Yourself While Writing a Tough Story
13:00 Re-evaluating Your Relationship with Alcohol
21:00 The Struggles of Working in the Male-Dominated Wine Industry
27:00 Threading the Witch Theme into This Story
32:00 The Power of Book Club Guides and Bonuses
38:00 Rebuilding Your Relationship to Social Media After a Pile On
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