The challenges of creating on a deadline, having faith and trust in the thing you’re doing, and the feelings that arise when switching from the act of writing to marketing and promotion all come up during our conversation.Nick Petrie is the author of 8 best-selling Peter Ash crime fiction novels, including The Price You Pay, out February 2024. His debut, The Drifter, won both the ITW Thriller award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and was a finalist for the Edgar and the Hammett Awards. He is also  an excellent husband (mine!) and father (to our son Duncan).TakeawaysWinnow down and lean into the thing that is interesting to you and that you really want to pursue and then let go of the outcome when it gets out into the world.“Keep a clean antenna."Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.Seamus Heaney on the hardest thing about writing: “Getting started, keeping going and getting started again.” LinksNick Petrie’s websiteFollow Nick Petrie on InstagramFollow Nick Petrie on FacebookFollow Nick Petrie on XYour Brain on Art, Susan Magsamen and Ivy RossMystery Tribune, The Cleveland JobBill SchweigartBoswell BooksThe Poisoned Pen BookstoreMurder By the Book bookstoreKaye PublicityMichael Mann, Blackhat and CollateralThe Great Creators with Guy Raz episode 67 with Andy J Pizza of Creative Pep Talk

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