Janelle Strube | The Author Anxiety Cure: How to Stop Overthinking and Finish Your Book

If you’ve ever felt like your book has to be perfect before you can finish it…
this episode is for you.

In this conversation, Susie Schaefer sits down with author Janelle Strube to unpack the anxiety, pressure, and perfectionism that keep so many writers stuck.

Janelle shares what it really felt like to write her novel Adelaide, Painter of the Revolution, from battling the fear of rejection to navigating the emotional weight of her personal story.

And one of the biggest takeaways?

Your job isn’t to make it perfect… it’s to get it on the page.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why anxiety and perfectionism can quietly stall your writing
• How to stop rewriting and actually finish your book
• The difference between “good enough” and “never done”
• What it’s like to work with a hybrid publisher
• Why writing your book is only the beginning of the journey
• How to trust your voice (even when you doubt it)
• The surprising role intuition can play in storytelling

📚 Check out Janelle’s book:

👉 https://a.co/d/0bT737Ko

🔗 Connect with Janelle:

🌐 https://janellstrube.com/

📘 https://www.facebook.com/janell.strube

📸 https://www.instagram.com/janellstrube/

Ready to finish your book?

👉 https://finishthebookpublishing.com

Finish the Damn Book Podcast is for writers who know they have a book in them — and are ready to finally get it done.

Hosted by Susie Schaefer, this show cuts through perfectionism, overwhelm, and publishing myths to focus on what actually moves a book forward. Through honest conversations with authors, editors, ghostwriters, and industry insiders, Susie explores the craft, mindset, and real-world mechanics of writing books readers finish and share.

Each episode offers a blend of:

• Practical writing and revision strategies
• Clear-eyed insight into publishing, platform-building, and promotion
• Encouragement for writers stuck in the middle (or avoiding the hardest chapter)
• Permission to write imperfectly — and keep going

Whether you’re working on memoir, nonfiction, or a book that defies categories, Finish the Damn Book is here to help you stop circling the idea and start delivering the work.

Because the world doesn’t need another unfinished manuscript, it needs your finished book.