Chelsea Bieker on Comparison & Competition in Publishing

Bad On Paper

Aug 07, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 383

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As a bonus to our episode discussing comparison and competition, we invited Chelsea Bieker to continue the conversation, and how comparison and competition manifest for her, specifically within her publishing career and the strategies she's learned to quiet these emotions.

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