Five Life Lessons from Ten Years as an Author
The Medieval Podcast

Five Life Lessons from Ten Years as an Author

A2ElementaryApril 23, 202638 min

This week, Danièle celebrates ten years of The Five-Minute Medievalist by sharing some of the life lessons she's learned since the book came out - and some of the lessons that she just keeps on having to learn. This podcast is made possible by the generous support of listeners like you! To find out how to help spread the joy of medieval history, please visit patreon.com/themedievalpodcast

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Hi everyone and welcome to episode 338 of the Medieval Podcast. I'm your host, Danielle Sibulski. Well it's April 2026, which means it's been 10 years since I put out my first book, The five minute medievalist. And this has been a serious journey as so many people out there

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who are listening, who are creating things, whether that is something you're building with your hands, whether it's a book, all of us have learned a lot in the process of putting out these things that we love. And so for today, I thought it might be useful to talk about five things I've learned over the 10 years I've been an author

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because sometimes I think we need a little bit of a refresher as to what is so valuable about putting things out into the world, even when we're scared, even when we're not sure how they're going to land. So if you're interested in learning all about the mistakes I made and the lessons I learned along the way, stay tuned. It's all coming up right after this.

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