{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Premise","title":"Cassandra Neyenesch: The Ten-Year Journey Behind A Little Bit Bad","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2962,"description":"Cassandra Neyenesch on Writing, Publishing & A Little Bit Bad\nWhat does it take to write—and finally let go of—a novel that took ten years to complete?\n\nOn this episode of The Premise, Jeniffer and Chad Thompson talk with Brooklyn-based writer, activist, and curator Cassandra Neyenesch, author of A Little Bit Bad, a darkly funny novel about desire, marriage, motherhood, obsession, and murder.\n\nCassandra shares the story behind her debut novel, including why she spent a decade writing and rewriting it, how she learned to start over, and what finally helped her overcome her fear of publishing.\n\nThe conversation also explores creative blocks, writing from real life, grief, family, emotional labor, relationships, and the vulnerability of putting your work into the world.\n\nCassandra discusses how her real-life brother inspired the character Spencer and how writing became a way to process grief and better understand addiction. She also talks about psychedelic therapy, creativity, and the personal breakthroughs that helped her finally finish the book.\n\nFor writers and aspiring authors, this episode offers an honest look at the messy, emotional reality behind creating and publishing a novel.\n\nIn This Episode\nThe ten-year journey behind A Little Bit Bad\nWhy Cassandra repeatedly started the novel from scratch\nLearning how to rewrite\nWhy she chose San Diego as the setting\nThe relationship between Perdita and Nando\nWriting about women, desire, motherhood, and emotional labor\nTurning real-life experiences into fiction\nHow Cassandra's brother inspired Spencer\nWriting as a way to process grief\nCreative blocks and the fear of publishing\nPsychedelic therapy and overcoming creative barriers\nThe importance of learning to let go of a book\nCassandra's upcoming contemporary Pride and Prejudice adaptation","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nj4fk5WnTrxbJiBHxxgBejYoW3Lo0-RQxX8S5sNajMA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NmE4/ODc3NDcwNmY5NWZl/ZWYyYjZiZmU4MGFj/YmI4NC53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}