Honoring Your Creative Rhythm and Writing Dual Timelines with Author Cynthia Platt
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If you’re a writer who genre hops, or wants to, and gets frustrated with your inability to make progress because life lifes hard sometimes, well then I’ve got something special for you!
On episode 24 of the Write It Scared Podcast, I’m joined by the delightful and versatile kid-lit author Cynthia Platt.
Cynthia started out in the world of publishing on the editing side and had to overcome some major imposter syndrome to start penning her own stories. I’m so glad she did, because her debut intergenerational, dual-timeline YA Novel, Postcards For Summer is a gift! I adored it!
Cynthia opens up about what she’s learned when it comes to finding her rhythm as a writer, writing as a neurodivergent human and granting herself permission to explore varied interests while giving herself grace when life interrupts. Her love of reading and the magic of storytelling is simply infectious and reminds us to refocus on what we are grateful for and what is in our control.
We also discuss the (fun and not so fun) challenges of writing dual timelines and drop some great tips on how to keep track of information and plotlines.
Cynthia was such a lovely guest. I hope you enjoy this episode (and her novel) as much as I did, and soak up all the inspiration and magic she has to share with the world!
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your preferred platform.
Here’s how to connect with Cynthia!
cynthiaplattbooks.com
Instagram: @cynthiaplattbooks
Blue Sky: @cynthiaplatt
Cynthia Platt is the author of the YA novel Postcards from Summer, the middle-grade novel Parker Bell & the Science of Friendship, and picture books including Grow, Easter Starring Egg, Panda-Monium, and A Little Bit of Love. She's also written numerous Curious George books, stories, and early readers for the Khan Academy Kids learning app. Her latest board book, Happy Halloween, Teal Pumpkin!, published in July 2024. When not writing, she teaches at Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing program and formerly worked as a children’s book editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Candlewick Pres
