The #1 New York Times bestselling author of 12 books, Jennifer Weiner, took a few minutes to talk with me about the writer’s life, her new memoir, and Revenge of the Nerds. Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! Before her prolific career as a novelist, Ms. Weiner started out as a small town newspaper reporter and freelancer, before signing her first big book deal for her novel Good in Bed (2001). Since then her books have spent over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, she has had a novel made into a major motion picture — In Her Shoes, starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette (2005) — contributed op-eds to the New York Times, executive produced a TV series, and published a children’s book (The Littlest Bigfoot). Her latest offering is the memoir Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing, and it “… is about yearning and fulfillment, loss and love, and a woman who searched for her place in the world, and found it as a storyteller.” If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. If you missed the first half you can find it right here. In Part Two of this file Jennifer Weiner and I discuss: How Creative People See the World Through Their Own Lenses Why Hard Work Alone Forges Enduring Writers Why Ebooks are Indispensable to Writers on the Go Why Just You Need Sit Down and Start Writing Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes Audible is Offering a Free Audiobook Download with a 30-day Trial: Grab Your Free Audiobook Here – audibletrial.com/rainmaker JenniferWeiner.com So you want to be a novelist? Jennifer Weiner The Littlest Bigfoot – Jennifer Weiner Jennifer Weiner on Instagram Jennifer Weiner on Facebook Jennifer Weiner on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter The Transcript How Bestselling Author Jennifer Weiner Writes: Part Two Voiceover: Rainmaker FM Kelton Reid: Welcome back to The Writer Files. I’m your host, Kelton Reid, here to take you on yet another tour of the habits, habitats, and brains of renowned writers to learn their secrets. In part two of this file, the number one New York Times bestselling author of twelve books, Jennifer Weiner returns to talk to me about the writer s life, her new memoir, and Revenge of the Nerds. Before her prolific career as a novelist, Ms. Weiner started out as a small town newspaper reporter before signing her first big book deal for her novel, Good in Bed. Since then, her books have spent over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, she’s had a novel made into a major motion picture, contributed op-eds to the New York Times, executive produced a TV series, and published a children’s book. Her latest offering is the memoir, Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing. And it’s about yearning, fulfillment, loss and love, and a woman who searched for her place in the world and found it as a storyteller. In part two of this file, Jennifer and I discuss how creative people see the world through their own lenses, why hard work alone forges enduring writers, why eBooks are indispensable to writers on the go, and why you just need to sit down and start writing. If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click “subscribe” to automatically see new interviews as soon as they’re published. If you missed the first half of this show, you can find it in the archives on iTunes, on WriterFiles.FM, and in the show notes. This episode of The Writer Files is brought to you by Audible. I ll have more on their special offer later in the show but if you love Audiobooks or you’ve always wanted to give them a try, you can check out over 180,000 titles right now at Audibletrial.com/Rainmaker. How Creative People See the World Through Their Own Lenses Kelton Reid: I’d