In this episode of Spill It, Tiffanie speaks with event specialist and nonfiction writer Jessica Carney about her life and career trajectory. The first Iowanian on the pod, Jessica shares what it was like growing up in Iowa and how her parent's decision to pay for her instate tuition led to her attending The University of Iowa and how her time there would spark her interest in event planning and set her off on her career. Jessica’s perspectives of working both part-time and full-time throughout her career and transparency of how her husband’s engineering career allowed hr to take certain risks in her career sheds a light on how when pivoting to full-time freelance writing she was able to do so.  As promised, we've rounded up the resources mentioned in the episode including Jessica's iconic essay about her political groupie mom aptly titled, My Mom is a Political Groupie. For all things writing advice check out The Writers' Co-op podcast and Sonia's newsletter.  Follow Jessica on Twitter and make sure you listen to her podcast And Then I Quit! Support this podcast by subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts and rating and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Stay up to date on all things Spill It by following us on social media @spillitofficial on Instagram and Twitter and follow Tiffanie @tiffromthe6 Want to support the creation of this podcast? Become a monthly contributor on Anchor. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spillitofficial/support