Would you rather win all the awards or make all the money? “Both” is a valid answer, but few writers are so lucky. Sometimes peers and publishers will push you one way or another, when really, all you want to do is be yourself. How have the Word Docs managed this? In a lively conversation spanning everything from pop culture to professorships, Amy, Alex and Sean reveal all.

Episode 9 - tags

Academia

Awards

Bias

Classism

Comic-Con

Comics

Community

Competition

Conventions

Cultural capital

Cultural cringe

Defining success

F-bombs

Genre fiction

Inclusivity

Intellectual laziness

Literary fiction

Parental advice

Participatory culture

Polymaths

Pop culture

Popularity

Power relations

Prejudice

Reading habits

Representation

Sexism

Slang

Supanova

Tortured metaphors

Youth

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