Talking with Victoria Jane - Woman of many hats! Developmental editor, author, writing mentor and podcaster

Welcome to another episode of a Woman’s Write. 

In this episode I speak with Victoria Jane - my first international guest! 

Victoria is a woman of many hats. She’s a developmental editor, writing mentor, author and podcast host. 

Victoria runs the editsbyvictoriajane instagram account where she shares helpful insights into writing, finding your light and is a strong supporter of other debut authors.

Victoria’s approach to feedback is gentle, nuanced and thoughtful. She is also working on her debut novel “With You I Glow."

Where you can find Victoria:
Instagram:
@editsbyvictoriajane
@bookshopchats

Website:
https://www.victoriajaneeditorial.com/

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Thanks for listening! 

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:07

Hi and welcome to A Woman's Right, a place for female-led conversations in the creative community. Join me, your host, Kate Louise, an Australian indie romance author, as I speak to many different women within the creative community each fortnight. Thank you for joining me. Now let's dive into the next episode. Welcome to another episode of A Woman's Right. Today I'm joined by Victoria Jane. Victoria is a woman of many hats. She's a developmental editor, writing mentor, author, and podcast host. Victoria runs the Edits by Victoria Jane Instagram account where she shares helpful insights into writing, finding your light, and is a strong supporter of other debut authors. Victoria's approach to feedback is gentle, nuanced, and thoughtful. She is also working on her debut novel with you, iGlow. Victoria, welcome to the show. Thank you for being here all the way from Canada. How are you? And how is 2026 treating you?

SPEAKER_01 1:08

Ah yeah, I'm so excited to chat. Uh it's been good. I can't believe it's already like almost June. I'm not sure what happened, uh, but here we are. It's good. I feel like there's been a lot of fun shifting things happening. Uh, so it's been exciting to finally feel like things are are landing in the way that I I want.

SPEAKER_00 1:31

That's good. On your Instagram page, part of your introduction post describes you as an 86 baby, late-diagnosed ADHD, over-caffeinated gremlin, which I thought was a really refreshing and charismatic bio to read. Tell us a little bit about what a day in your life looks like for you.

SPEAKER_01 1:53

Oh dear. Um, well, it's I feel like it's different all the time. Um just because that is the nature of living in a brain that is kind of chaotic. Uh, usually there is obviously coffee involved, um, some kind of movement and then editing andor writing uh and or all of the things that go into having a business as well. So trying to figure out how to, I don't know, balance those or something. I'm still working on that. I I don't really know. I haven't quite figured that that side of things out yet. Yeah, you work it out as you go. Exactly. Every day is different, I feel like. So that I I do like that kind of like flexibility of being able to kind of pick and choose what it is that I'm focusing on. Obviously, with client work being kind of at the forefront, obviously, like that's like the most important thing, and then the other things kind of like will slot in as they fit.

SPEAKER_00 2:52

What are some ways that your creativity has flourished opposed to having an ADHD diagnosis?

SPEAKER_01 2:59

I think it's just like learning how to I think embrace that side of myself more. I think that's the biggest thing is like learning, oh wait, like I'm not crazy, and like my brain is like I you like if you if you have ADHD, I think many of us have had that sort of like feeling like we're always like the weird one, we're too much or not enough, or whatever it is, right? Like there's always something that we're not quite doing right. Uh, so I think that's been interesting of just like, well, what what's right for me? And like how can I live a life that works for me? I think that's really what I'm trying, like learning. I feel like now, uh really like learning more about that, of like how can I have that, you know, be just the the default, and it's hard sometimes, especially when you're doing things that are a little different outside of what is considered normal or just like day-to-day life can be a lot sometimes. So I think that's been yeah, it's been interesting just to kind of like embrace the weird a little bit more, um, and be like, cool, yeah, I it it's it's fun, it's fun that way.

SPEAKER_00 4:13

Uh it's validating, first of all, I guess to get that diagnosis because you do feel like you're a bit crazy all the time. You're like, why am I I know you know something's wrong, but you you just aren't able to quite put two and two together at the time. So it's it's great to get that diagnosis, but then you've got that problem of, oh, now I've got to try and work out how to act how to sort of work with this now that I know what it is. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Double-edged sword.

SPEAKER_01 4:42

Yeah, it's it's definitely an interesting one of just like learning that and then being more like inattentive, so it's all like internal compared to like a lot of you know, the hyperactive or like being a 90s baby, right? Like there's all of like a girl, like we just weren't diagnosed with that stuff because we were quiet or we listened, but we weren't actually listening because we were like lost in our little daydreams or whatever. Um, so yeah, I think that's been like you said, validating for sure. Uh, just to be like, oh yeah, like it's okay that our brains work a little like different. I I I love it now. Um most days. Some days it's like okay, this is a bit much. But like really trying to focus on the positive sides of that sort of like creativity that I think often kind of like comes from just spicy brains in general.

SPEAKER_00 5:31

Well, it it's once you learn how to sort of harness it as well. I know like in my with my diagnosis of having pots, like when I'm in a really high adrenaline state, like now I know that that's the time to get done because I've got the I've I can think properly, I don't have brain fog, and I can get a lot done in that moment. But then when I'm in that really low, slow kind of stage, I know nothing's really gonna work out and I'm probably gonna be feeling down. So I guess the more you learn about your diagnosis and the more you can harness it to to work for you. You know, something's good gonna come from it.

SPEAKER_01 6:08

Exactly. I feel like that uh it's hard otherwise, right? Like I'm just like, what can we focus on that's gonna just make peace? I think accept it. That's really like it's it's like accepting those days that are high energy or low energy, and that's a hard thing to do because we have this expectation to be on.

SPEAKER_00 6:26

Unpredictability is is hard as well. Um definitely has the way you create now changed from before you were diagnosed, or do you find you're still following similar patterns?

SPEAKER_01 6:38

Um, I think I think so. Like I feel like a lot of things I'm just trying like I I always liked creativity as a kid. Like that was a big part of things like writing was always part of my life at that point. Um and like my friends and I had like bands, like we made a band as kids. So I think it's yeah, it's just not letting like I feel like the judgment piece is like gone now. Cause like in your like late teens and twenties, like there's so much of that, like, you know, I need to fit in, I need to be like like the normal people or whatever it is, right? Yeah, normal. Yeah, like it's not fun, it's like just be yourself, right? So I think that's probably the biggest change, but I don't know if that's necessarily the diagnosis and or getting older, because I feel like it's like both of those, of like you just give less crap as you get older, and you're like, it's me, take it or leave it.

SPEAKER_00 7:30

I remember saying when I in my early twenties, like, I just don't know who I am or what I want to do. But now in my 30s, it feels very clear to me, but it takes a long time to get to that point, and yeah, you realize that normal isn't actually that great.

SPEAKER_01 7:46

And I think it's even like not even real, like it's just this weird thing that we've created that we're constantly chasing that doesn't even really exist. Um and then it just becomes a source of like self-doubt or shame or whatever it is.

SPEAKER_00 8:01

In your business, you are both a developmental editor and a writing mentor. We'll start with editing. Why have you decided to focus on developmental editing and a gentle, soft approach specifically?

SPEAKER_01 8:14

Um, I think the developmental editing side is kind of like also lends itself well to having a an ADHD brain because it's like we're good at like zooming out and seeing a lot of big picture stuff. And I, after taking some courses on developmental editing to like kind of help my own writing, I fell in love with it and started slowly doing it for other people, and they're like, Oh, we like this feedback. I'm like, oh, really? Cool. So that's been kind of a fun thing just to learn more about just the the I guess the mechanics that go into storytelling that we don't necessarily think about when we're like writing, right? Like you just see these beautiful stories and you don't think of all of the moving pieces and the structure and all of that kind of stuff that goes into the storytelling. So that's I really love that, and I really love helping authors find that or bring that to the surface in their own book. And I think like the supportive side of things, I think that kind of again, I guess that does like the sort of like uh rejection sensitivity. Um right, like that is a big part of having that sort of ADHD brain, and it sucks uh to you know have people tell you things are bad or whatever. So I think that's kind of how I like to give feedback of like how can I help you bring this to light in a way that's going to still honor your voice as a writer because it's your story, it's not my story. So all of the feedback is really done with that intention of like you might want to have more emotion in this particular scene because it is a very emotional scene, right? So having in that kind of stuff, and then also like highlighting what's working well in an in an author's book, I think is a really important thing for them to see too. Just because it's I mean, it's such a vulnerable thing for people to give you, like give their book to you and read it and and have them be like, tell me if it's good, and I'm like, Well, I'm not gonna say it like that. I don't like to judge art in that sort of it's good or bad. It's it's too nuanced for that kind of thing. So it's just like how can I take what you have and and help you turn it into what you want it to be? So that's kind of the thought process with the editing, and yeah, that's kind of how I try and spin it up. Like it's not done in this sort of judgmental tone. It's like this is what you may want to do, but at the end of the day, you're the boss, and I always tell the authors, I'm like, you don't have to agree with what I'm telling you to do. If you're like, I think this is not true for their character, great, like I'm not offended by that. Like, it's your book.

SPEAKER_00 10:53

It is such a vulnerable time, especially if you're getting a developmental edit, you probably have only had maybe one or two people read it, and it is very new and and vulnerable at that stage. So I think if you were to give your manuscript to somebody and and maybe the the feedback uh was not soft, um, I think it could make you want to stop. Well, it would make me want to stop if I was in that in that position. So I think it's really important for for what you're doing is is really important work for authors to make them feel supported. Yeah. I think you uh did some beta reading for me, and even the feedback you gave me for my book was was really lovely and and yeah, I I enjoyed the way that you gave feedback as well. So I definitely encourage people to reach out to Victoria. How well I guess we sort of covered that, but it but it is important for authors to feel validated in the early stages of their feedback, and I guess the only way we can do that is is to work honestly but gently with each other. So I think there needs to be more of that in the in the world.

SPEAKER_01 12:00

Yeah, I think so. And I think it's also like really checking in with the author. That's what I try to do of like what kind of feedback do you like? Because some are like, uh just tell me this isn't working, and others are like, please just gentle. Um so I think that's something that I try and take into consideration of how people take feedback. Um, and whether it's a new author or one that's written a lot of books, or one that we've worked together a few times, right? Like, so it's gonna change slightly depending on that sort of stuff. But yeah, I think that's so important because it is such a scary thing to and like a brave thing to write a book and be like, here, read this.

SPEAKER_00 12:37

Yeah. Yeah. And like you said as well, you're if you continue to work with the same people, your relationship together on feedback will change. Yes, definitely as well. Yeah, because I I know with my editor at first I was like, Oh, uh I'll have it gently, and now I'm like, just tell me straight, I trust you. With being a writing mentor, what are what are the fundamentals of that and how do you help writers become untangled from their thoughts to shape their ideas?

SPEAKER_01 13:07

Um yeah, it's that one is a uh interesting one because I I still struggle with like what do I call myself? Writing mentor or like writing coach or creativity coach. It's that um, but I think the biggest thing is I just like it's I find creativity thrives in community. Uh so that I feel like is the biggest part of what uh that kind of work is about is having somebody to talk to about your ideas, it can often be the best thing, right? Like, and it's not like I'm saying, oh, this is a bad idea or whatever, it's more of like uh the authors just need to talk it out and be like, this is my idea, what do you think? And then we can kind of like play on, or I can suggest maybe oh, you could try weaving in something with this that might add to this or whatever. So especially for for me, I'm kind of like that auditory sort of processor. So by talking out, you can often talk yourself out of the writer's block that a lot of authors feel like, oh wait, it wasn't such a big deal in it as I thought it was. So I feel like that's a big part of what I love about like that sort of writing support and being a writing mentor and even just the accountability, that's another really key piece. They're like, I can do it, I just need somebody to be like, tell me I need to write a chapter a week. Um, right? Because it's so easy not to do anything other than write. Um, so I think those are the big components of like how can you yeah, just take that idea, whether I am working with an author, if they're just at the idea phase, or if they're more in the middle of the draft and they're like, I am stuck here, I don't know where to go. So that kind of depends on, yeah, that that obviously changed the situation slightly, but it's it's really about turning how to like turning that self-doubt off and that imposter syndrome, or like not necessarily turning it off because I don't think it ever goes away completely, but just like telling it that it can't be the driver because it's it's a bad driver, it's not good at driving. So you're like, no, we we can't be listening to that that stuff and really just focus on the story and like let that come through. But yeah, it's not always an easy thing because it's it is scary.

SPEAKER_00 15:24

Well, talking it through as well is is has got to be better than those thoughts ruminating in your head. So it it's gotta feel better to be able to talk it through with someone. Because my next question was, what is your approach to writer's block? But I'm thinking perhaps when you're talking through things with with your clients, yeah, their writer's block loosens up a little bit, even just having someone objective to talk to about it.

SPEAKER_01 15:50

Yeah, that's a huge thing. I think often, even just in my own writing, I realize that the writer's block is coming from my like pressure to write perfect, um, and write this like amazingly perfect sentence or have the story completely planned out or whatever it is, and that's just not how you write, especially like the first draft, right? You have to just get the words out. So I think that's something of really like giving yourself permission to write crap and just like embrace it, and like because that does the only way to make it look good, like to make the story that you want it to be, is by having that first draft be kind of messy and chaotic and whatever, and the the like insert dialogue here, like there's a lot of that stuff in the the thing just to have that, and I think that honestly is the biggest part for writer's block, and or not having a plan of like not that I'm a planner or a plotter, but like just having a rough idea of like, oh, this chapter needs to have this kind of emotional reaction for my reader or something. I find that that can be a helpful thing, or like it needs to have like these three main things need to happen in this chapter. So I sometimes will do that if I'm feeling particularly stuck with a a scene, or if a writer is feeling stuck of like what are the main things that you want your reader to get out of this chapter? And are there any major plot points that have to happen in here, or is this more of just the middle where we're kind of like a little bit stagnant, but there's still some action, what's going on? So those things can be helpful when when you have writer's block.

SPEAKER_00 17:32

And sometimes even just a couple of word trigger from you might be might trigger something in their mind. They go, Oh, yeah, that's that's all you needed. And you can't shape a a draft that's not there as well, you know. So you've got to be out of no not at all. One out. Do you find uh some of your clients in your uh mentoring mostly come to you with writer's block, or is it just a full manuscript that you go in and and do your edit on?

SPEAKER_01 18:00

Yeah, it kind of depends. I feel like I've had a few, uh I'll get some that are coming, they're like, I really want to write a book, but I don't know where to start. So we'll kind of be at that stage where it's like we're kind of starting from scratch, they're like, I I wrote a bit, I like it, but it's a little bit more of the storytelling, like theory and foundations of what goes into that, like in into a book, or some of the other authors, like you said, are a little bit more established, or they have a deadline. I've had a few that are like that, where they're like, I have a deadline, but I am struggling hard. So then it's sort of like we meet once a week, we're just chatting through like the chapters. I can kind of like look over what they've got, and I'm like, yes, this is you're on the right track here, like keep going. So it's it kind of just is tailored to what they need for that particular story. Um, because every I feel every book is so different and asks such different things of you.

SPEAKER_00 18:55

And and as you grow as a writer as well, your needs and wants will change, uh, the sort of support that you might need. So, yeah, for sure. The more I speak to writing coaches or or mentors, I feel like maybe it is something I need.

SPEAKER_01 19:11

It it can be helpful. Yeah, it can be really helpful. What I did when I first first started years ago. Um, and I think it was a really, yeah, just as such a new nervous writer, it was a really helpful thing just to get that draft done. And even just looking at the state of that draft, it's like, oh boy, it was a hot mess. But it was great because it again, it taught you that you could like I could write a book, right? And I think knowing that you can write that draft means that you can go back and do the complete gut revision as well. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:47

Yeah. D do you have clients from all over the world? Can can anybody um join up to to definitely forward?

SPEAKER_01 19:54

Yeah, I'm happy to to connect with whoever. I get a lot of US, obviously US has a big market, right? Um Canadian clients, Australian. Yeah, I'm happy. I'm happy to chat with whoever wants to talk about books. Like if you are excited, then come hang out with me, please.

SPEAKER_00 20:12

I love that. Now bear with me, this is a long question before I actually get to it. Um when I was a debut author, an author friend of mine suggested I apply for your podcast, and I think it was Kaz Red Path. At the time, I thought it was such a wild idea because I was so new, but you accepted. So I wanted to say thank you for giving me the time of day when I was new to this world back then. And your podcast has given a wide range of authors a platform to speak about their creative process and their journey. How important do you think it is for new authors to feel supported at the start of their writing journey as far as support online and just being able to have that platform?

SPEAKER_01 20:54

Yeah, I think that's a really important thing, especially just with I feel like how the publishing world is shifting a lot, like even with traditionally publishing. Um I I personally think there's gonna be a more people wanting to do indie publishing just with come out some of the AI policies and uh partners that a lot of the big five um publishing houses are doing right now. Like that's there's some of that stuff that I is really kind of like unsettling. So I think yeah, just community is really important. Um, and I think just recognizing that like I mean, it's uh I always think your authors are not competition, right? Like it's all about like building that community of like it even if an an author writes a book, I don't read that genre, but I know somebody else who does, right? So that's kind of what I really loved about the the podcast is I just like the listening to people talk, um, and it's fun for me. So I get to talk to all of these different Authors from yeah, all different rather like new ones. Some have got like three uh book deals with some like big five publishers, so it's just interesting to see all of these different sides of things, um, and how there's a lot of parallels, and I think that's a really cool thing. Um, but at the core of it, it's just getting these stories out into the world, which I think is really important. Like these stories need to be told and that readers are gonna love, and I I'm happy to be that sort of I guess middle person that will talk about that stuff.

SPEAKER_00 22:37

Yeah, I think I've I found Victoria Sorensen as well through your uh your podcast, and she's amazing. So that's all wild. Definitely, yeah, she's having an amazing time. She may or may not be a guest coming up. Amazing, awesome.

SPEAKER_01 22:54

Yeah, there's so many, like it's I can't believe how many authors that I chatted with, and just like I think it's just great to build that network of people, and that's something that like new authors like just build that network and and I just because you never know when, like, you know, in the future when that person might have somebody who's your ideal reader or have a connection or whatever, like I think that's a really great thing to do. So I always encourage people, I'm like, just apply to these things, right? Like, I don't I don't know what I'm doing, so like come on, we'll we'll do it together.

SPEAKER_00 23:28

We'll figure it out. Yeah, figure it out. Are you still working on the podcast as well?

SPEAKER_01 23:32

Yeah, it's been on pause for a little bit, but I want to bring it back in the summer because I have a few um, yeah, a few I want more authors. So if anybody wants to be a guest, feel free to send.

SPEAKER_00 23:46

Yeah, send me your link and I'll I'll pop it in the show descriptions as well.

SPEAKER_01 23:51

Amazing.

SPEAKER_00 23:53

What advice would you give to uh someone starting out? Maybe they're writing their first draft and they've just started at their Instagram and they're feeling a bit green. Well, what would you uh encourage them to do? Would it be get amongst the community like you've you've said before, or what any tips you've got for someone that's maybe brand new?

SPEAKER_01 24:12

Um I think it's just really like I think I'm learning of like do the things that I mean obviously some of the things are gonna be scary, but like what feels authentic to you and what you can do. Um so I mean I don't use TikTok, which probably I don't know if that means bad things, but like I just don't I can't be bothered to learn that system. I don't want to. So I don't. Um so really finding what makes sense to you, and then even when it comes to any of the content stuff. I I like low effort. Low effort content is what I can handle. So don't stress so much about that stuff. Like that it's in the beginning, it's a lot of just throwing spaghetti at the wall and like seeing what lands, and you're like, okay, uh cool. Like it's it's it takes time too as well. So like just know that it's not like it's a process. Um and it can be frustrating uh a lot of the time when you're like, oh, it's so slow, but then eventually it does click.

SPEAKER_00 25:18

So yeah. You can get really caught up in you know having a whole plan and batch creating, and and then sometimes it still doesn't go anywhere. So I I'm definitely moving more towards your what you're doing, like just sort of more low effort, just whatever feels authentic is is it's gonna be better for your mental health in the long run as well.

SPEAKER_01 25:40

Yeah, definitely. I think you just need to figure out what works for you, and I think honestly, that's sort of what people are craving on social media now, anyway, is that they want, like they want authentic. And that that's also why I feel like we follow people, right? Like, even if it's like you know, you know, a big name author that you're like, oh, I'm obsessed with them. But like social media allows that sort of like behind the scenes kind of like look at who they are outside of writing, and I think that's a big part of that sort of uh reason why people connect with you is they like like your personality as well. So um, yeah, it's yeah, just play with it and have fun with it. That's really what I'm trying to do.

SPEAKER_00 26:25

Yeah, and it shows it it shows in your content and the vibe on your page. You are also writing your debut novel with UI Glow. I'm really excited to hear more about this one. What can you tell listeners about your debut and how's writing going?

SPEAKER_01 26:42

Oh my gosh, this is like the scariest part. I feel like this is the scariest part of like being a writer. It's like how do you explain the book in a like what's your elevator pitch? I have no idea. Um, so I have been writing a lot lately, which has been really, really great. Uh, I'm really excited for that. Uh and this book is going to be a rom-com. Uh, it follows Elle on her her journey to Ireland. Like a chance trip uh falls in her lap after having a very crappy year, and she gets to go to Ireland with her two best friends, and then obviously chaos ensues. And then the love interest uh appears, and he, you know, is not who who you'd expect. Uh, so I am excited to just kind of like lean into that side of that. Like, I really love this sort of like dry, sarcastic, you know, humor that I feel like is very popular amongst, you know, Australians and English and stuff. Like we like, I like that. So that's kind of like I I feel like it's a little bit of PS I Love You vibes, minus like the dead husband part. Um right? Uh no dead husband. Um, but that I feel like it's a little bit of that, obviously Ireland, uh a little bit of leapier kind of comedy, just like that, sort of like quintessential, like rom-com vibes, like that's I was gonna say very like 90s sounds very like 90s gal vibe, which I love. Yeah, yeah. So that's that's kind of what we're going for. Whether it will land that way, we'll see. Um, but yeah, just deep in the re revisions. Um and yeah, it's been super cool just to see how much has changed from where it started like years and years ago. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:28

Oh. However long it takes. Right? Exactly. Until it feels right to you. Yeah. Do you have a plan for publishing or you wait and see what?

SPEAKER_01 28:39

I'd love for it to be out next year. I really feel yeah, excited because there's like gonna be two other books in the series that follow the two other um like uh Else Friends. So that's like one of them is a Christmas one, so I kind of have to time that at the right time. Right? Um, so that's gonna be, yeah. So I have to finish this one to write the other ones. Um Okay.

SPEAKER_00 29:05

Yep. Well, you could just do what most authors do and start them all at the same time.

SPEAKER_01 29:10

Yes, I feel that. Like I definitely feel like there's some the ideas are starting to like, okay, it's getting louder, so it's harder to ignore at this point. So yeah, I in terms of publishing, I have no idea what I'm going to do. I I'm just like, just get the draft done. Get the draft done. Yeah. Don't get distracted by the other things yet.

SPEAKER_00 29:32

Well, those characters uh they'll get louder and louder, like you say. The more you write, they'll be like, hey, I'm over here. Like, yeah, here's an idea for my story.

SPEAKER_01 29:41

Yeah, yeah. Oh yes, it's so hilarious just to be arguing with these people that you made up in your head.

SPEAKER_00 29:48

I know, I know. I really love writing side characters. Um I've I I don't know what I just really enjoy it, um, because I feel like maybe uh sometimes it's uh it's less pressure in the beginning for them, maybe. Um not if you're writing sequels for them, but I I always find a lot of joy in creating those side characters. Do you do you have a particular character that you love writing more?

SPEAKER_01 30:13

Um I don't I think it depends. I think it's just interesting to yeah, just kind of meet them all, and I feel like the personalities are starting to come out more. Um and really just yeah, I I feel like obviously there's a lot of like little quirky inside jokes that I feel like are very much me. So there's that element that kind of is in there, but yeah, it's I think it's just cool to kind of meet them all in my head and just be like, hey guys, what's up? We're all here, yeah. So I think it would it would be so hard to pick. I I don't know if I could pick uh today. Um it depends, like maybe if they're really annoying, because sometimes they have their moments where you're like, I'd boot you off if I could, but then everyone would be upset with me.

SPEAKER_00 31:05

Yeah. That's when you know they're a really good one when they're really annoying you. Yeah, right? You're like, you know, you sit down to write, but then really you're not, your hands are just the puppets. So we're on to the woman's write roundup, and it's three questions that I'm asking everybody that's on the show because everyone has had slightly different answers, so it's been really fun to to see what they say. First one is where can you always seek inspiration?

SPEAKER_01 31:38

I think I find like movement for me is always a good one of like moving, like being outside or just moving, like getting out of my head, because that's the problem. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:50

Yeah. Yep, that's a good one. Do you have a go-to song or movie that gets you in the creative mood?

SPEAKER_01 31:57

That will depend on the mood. Um, I mean, I usually will cycle through like my yeah, my comfort movies. Sometimes it's while you are sleeping, or Aaron Brockovich, or How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. Like all of those, like we have a theme. Like the late Yeah, the classics. So yeah, I feel like that's a good one. It just depends on like what I'm writing that day and how focused I need to be on what I'm writing.

SPEAKER_00 32:25

Yeah, I feel like legally blonde set for me. I love that movie.

SPEAKER_01 32:28

Always good.

SPEAKER_00 32:30

Yeah. Who is your favorite creative woman?

SPEAKER_01 32:35

My gosh. I don't even know how I could answer that. Uh that would be really hard. Um honestly, I I don't know if this is like a really like a non- I think it's just the people like you just you feel it. It's like a feeling that I get around people that are like just embodying their authentic self. And that's really what I gravitate towards. Um just like that sort of like I'm like, oh, like that confidence, that inner kind of like confidence that is just it feels very refreshing and grounded, and I love meeting people. It's a vibe, yeah, that are embodied in that, whether it's the grocery store lady or like somebody like where yeah, like whoever.

SPEAKER_00 33:19

So I love that. Yeah, that's beautiful. Thank you for coming and chatting with me today. Can you let everybody know where they can find you online, how they can get in touch with you?

SPEAKER_01 33:32

For sure. Um, most I mean, Instagram is my favorite because I'm a millennial and I feel like that's probably where we all hang out. So, yeah, Instagram uh I'm under edits by Victoria Jane. Uh, and then from there everything is linked in the link in the bio, and that will take you to all of the other things like threads or my website. Um, and yeah, that's typically that's a one-stop shop where you can find everything. Um amazing. So keep it simple.

SPEAKER_00 34:04

Awesome. No, well, thank you for being so open uh today and chatting. It's been really fun, and I hope to talk to you again soon in the future. Yeah, definitely. Hi guys, thanks for listening to this episode. To keep up to date with all things a woman's right, please follow us on Instagram at a woman's right podcast, or you can email us at awoman's right podcast at gmail.com. Thanks for being here. See ya next time.