BOW 64: How To Complain Effectively

The Business of Writing Podcast

In This Episode:

Amy Fish is the author of I WANTED FRIES WITH THAT: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need.

She serves as the Ombudsperson (a role she says is also known as “Chief Complaints Officer”) at Concordia University where she’s responsible for promoting fairness and making sure everyone's voice is heard.

Amy regularly teaches, speaks and writes about how to complain effectively (i.e., stand up for yourself and ask for what you need) and also teaches humor writing and memoir workshops at the Quebec Writing Federation and Hippocamp Conference for Creative Non-Fiction.

Today she teaches us how writers can better advocate for themselves and represent their own interests.

Episode Highlights

• How Amy found “permission” to write her first book
• Her advice for being a “good complainer” to represent your own interests
• How she found and built a relationship with her publishing agent
• Her strategies for becoming a better advocate for yourself as a writer
• How to get started with writing a memoir (and how to know what you should leave out!)

And plenty more along the way. Get the resources mentioned in this episode below.