409: "I've been blessed by Madonna!" (with Karen Salmansohn)

How to Write for a Living · Jun 7, 2026 · 44m

Season 4, episode 9 is here!Karen Salmansohn has sold two million books, been blessed by Madonna, and built a career entirely on the principle of doing something a little extra every single time. This one was a lot of fun!What we covered:- Why Karen left a senior VP creative director role in her twenties and what she told her parents when they said she was crazy to do it.- The story of how she got her first novel in front of publishers in a way that got an offer within days of sending it out.- How she walked up to Madonna in a hotel restaurant, got her to read a book title, and turned the…