Ink in Your Veins

How to Be Relentless About Protecting Your Writing Time, with Kelly Yang

Ink in Your Veins

Show Notes

Kelly Yang knows that if she lets the world get in the way of her writing, it will, so she is relentless about protecting her practice. Join us for this amazing conversation!

Kelly Yang is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the YA Front Desk series. In addition to being a novelist, she has written screenplays and television pilots for Netflix, CBS Studios, and the CW. Kelly immigrated to the United States when she was six years old and grew up in Southern California. She went to college at the age of 13 and is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School, an experience that provides her a unique perspective on aging. The Take is her first adult novel.

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