Ep. 453: Go Behind The Scenes With Liz & Sarah!

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah discuss their recent ChexMix ‘26 at the Emerald Iguana Inn in Ojai. They covered everything from how to tackle getting a draft of their novel finished to prioritizing their 2026 slate to the possibility of getting into microdramas. Next: Have you ever wondered what it’s like to collaborate on a creative project? Now you can find out! In The Craft (& Fain), Liz and Sarah reveal a new feature they’re offering on Substack — BTS: Working Lunch. Every week, they’ll go live to let viewers drop in while they work on various projects. It may not be pretty, but it’s real! Next, in the Mailroom, they answer a question about why it seems like fewer shows are being greenlit. This week’s Hollywood Hack comes from Liz and Sarah’s amazing manager, Dianne Fraser: Easy Plant. Finally, Liz recommends the hotel bar and restaurant at the new El Roblar in Ojai. Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and Side Hustle School . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It will come right to your inbox! LINKS: Emerald Iguana Inn: https://www.emeraldiguana.com/ Easy Plant: https://easyplant.com/ El Roblar: https://theroblar.com/dining-experiences/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:06.1	Liz, is it okay with you if I wear my chicken pajama pants all day?
0:10.4	I would love for you to wear your chicken pajama pants.
0:13.8	It makes me happy to think about them.
0:15.8	I think they're my favorite thing that you own.
0:18.7	I'll put on a shirt for the Zoom.
0:30.9	Hi, and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:36.1	saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting, superficial,
0:39.7	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:45.1	I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. And with me is my high school friend and writing partner, Sarah. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a
0:51.1	career and friendship, and how to survive the war of Attrition that is Life in Los Angeles.
0:57.0	Today we've got a follow-up on our incredibly productive Chex Mix 26.
1:02.7	If you don't remember what that is, don't worry, we will tell you.
1:06.4	We also have an announcement about something totally new and a little scary that we're doing as we turn our focus to finishing a draft of our novel.
1:15.7	Then we are answering a listener question about why it's harder to get things made than it used to be.
1:21.3	We received this week's Hollywood hack as a gift from our amazing manager, Diane, and I have a recommendation.
1:30.8	But first, Sarah, an update. Your chickening out substack has been exploding.
1:36.8	It's amazing. Yeah, I have in one week, my subscriber numbers, whatever it's called, doubled. I have more than twice as many
1:47.4	subscribers as this time last week, which I assume many of them are listeners and thank you, because
1:54.1	it's so fun. And I don't know, I'm just having a really good time roasting chickens.
1:59.8	Well, I am loving chickening out and remind anyone who doesn't
2:03.6	know what it's about, you know, it's inspired by your new practice of roasting a chicken every
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