WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz
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Finishing Your First Book: An Interview with James Blatch
April 25, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBEPISODE 139I Our guest today is former BBC reporter, http://www.jamesblatch.com/ (James Blatch). You may recognize him as the co-host of the Self-Publishing Show podcast (formerly Self-Publishing Formula) with Mark Dawson. He shares with us the long journey of writing his first book, which should be out in a few months. James tells us how he started his first novel when he was about twenty, but it didn't go anywhere. Then got the itch again about nine years ago. This time he happened to hear ...
Food, Language, and Writing 18th Century America: An Interview with Laura Frantz
April 18, 2019 12:05 - 1 hour - 98 MBEPISODE 138I Our guest today is Laura Frantz, historical romance author of nearly a dozen books of faith, romance, and courage. Her latest book is https://amzn.to/2IHB5zd (A Bound Heart), the story of two people sold as indentured servants and expelled from their beloved Scotland, but destined to be together in the Americas. Laura writes in a log cabin in Kentucky! She and I have a lot of fun talking about food in Colonial America in the beginning of this episode. There is so much to talk abo...
Writing What You Love: An Interview with Cassidy Carter
April 11, 2019 12:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBEPISODE 137I Today's guest is http://www.cassidycarter.com/ (Cassidy Carter), whose new book, https://amzn.to/2IaROvj (Love on Location), just came out with Hallmark Publishing. Hallmark is all about sweet romance, usually with some humor on the side, and Cassidy definitely delivers. Cassidy tells us about her writing journey, starting at Carina Press, taking a break with her children, then coming back with a slightly different genre at Hallmark. She's happy to be exclusively with them, and h...
Creativity Breaks: An Encouraging Words Episode
April 07, 2019 12:00 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBEPISODE 136E My birthday vacation last week led me to the idea for this month's Encouraging Words episode. Taking some time off, and doing and seeing creative and amazing things I've never seen, I feel like I came back to my life a new person! I not only felt refreshed, but I felt more creative and ready to jump back into my writing. Whether you're planning your next vacation, or just need a break to reset, here are some of the ideas I talk about this week to take a creativity break: You can ...
Learning to Heal From Burnout, Part 2: An Interview with Amanda Hudson
April 04, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes - 59.2 MBEPISODE 135I Today's guest, https://twitter.com/TheAKHudson (Amanda Hudson), is a writer who has recently experienced burnout - not being tired of doing what she's doing, but burnout in the medical sense of the word. Amanda had so much advice that we decided to break our interview into two episodes, so here is the second half starting from where we left off last week. Let me know if this is helpful, and if you'd like a book on the subject. I'd be willing to share my difficult experiences and ...
Learning to Heal From Burnout, Part 1: An Interview with Amanda Hudson
March 28, 2019 13:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBEPISODE 134I Today's guest, https://twitter.com/TheAKHudson (Amanda Hudson), is a writer who has recently experienced burnout - not being tired of doing what she's doing, but burnout in the medical sense of the word. If you've been listening to the show, you know that I've been struggling to understand burnout and heal from it myself. Amanda lives in Sweden where employers and the public health system support a deeper understanding of the root problems as well as providing a path for healing....
Breaking All the Rules: An Interview with Samuel Parker
March 21, 2019 13:00 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBEPISODE 133I Today's guest is http://samuelparkerbooks.com/ (Samuel Parker), a suspense/thriller writer talking to us today about his latest book, https://amzn.to/2Y9KcOi (Border Son). I really enjoyed this story, possibly because it wasn't the "usual" type of suspense book I'm used to. Samuel says it's not the usual build-up-and-crescendo-three-times kind of structure. He sees the scenes and writes to those, often something simple but building in intensity. Samuel tells a story about walking...
Creating Depth From Within: An Interview with Suzanne Woods Fisher
March 14, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBEPISODE 132I https://suzannewoodsfisher.com/ (Suzanne Woods Fisher) is back with us again! https://podcast.writenowworkshop.com/103i-strong-quaker-women-nantucket-interview-suzanne-woods-fisher/ (In October 2018, she spoke about strong Quaker women), and today we're talking about the Amish. Suzanne's interest in the Amish comes partly through her grandfather, who was raised Plain. There is an appeal to simplifying your life, but there's more to our fascination than that. To capture the real e...
131I – A Forensic Genealogist as a Character: An Interview with Elizabeth Goddard
March 07, 2019 14:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBhttps://bethgoddard.com/ (Elizabeth Goddard) is the award-winning author of over 40 novels of adventure, romance, and suspense. Today we talk about her latest book, https://amzn.to/2Vx6CHg (Never Let Go), book one in her new series, Uncommon Justice. The main character in Never Let Go is a forensic genealogist trying to find a missing person. Elizabeth first heard of this kind of work in a news story and thought it was so interesting she wanted to use it in a book. If you're listening on the ...
130E – The Direction You Face Matters: An Encouraging Words Episode
March 03, 2019 22:38 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBIt's the first Sunday of the month, so it's time for another Encouraging Words episode! Today I share about a message I heard at church last week from a guest speaker, Paster Steve Warren of C3 Church Amsterdam. His message was on vision - having a vision for the year, and for your life. He reiterated something we all know, but don't always think about a lot: The direction you face matters. The direction of your life matters. It got me thinking - it's not easy to go in a direction you're not ...
129I – One Story Spanning Generations: An Interview with Erin Bartels
February 28, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 91 MBNew author https://erinbartels.com/ (Erin Bartels) joins us today to talk about her novel, https://amzn.to/2XC6S9Y (We Hope For Better Things). While this is her first published book, Erin has been involved in the publishing industry for over fifteen years. She shares her story of how the book came about, how long she researched it before she started writing, and much more. We had a great discussion on diversity in writing and "us vs them" in writing and in real life. She shared great advice ...
128I – Finding a Narrator for Your Audiobook: An Interview with Catherine Gaffney
February 21, 2019 14:00 - 52 minutes - 71.4 MBToday's fabulous guest is my own audiobook narrator, http://catherinegaffney.com/ (Catherine Gaffney)! Catherine is a stage and screen actress, and a voice over artist and audiobook narrator. Catherine joins us from her new studio to talk about how you can find the best audiobook narrator for your book. We covered a lot of areas, but some of the highlights included the idea that when writing your book, you might want to read some of it aloud to see what it would sound like later. (Sometimes y...
127I – The 5-Part Story: An Interview with Sean Gaffney
February 14, 2019 14:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MBToday's guest is the fun and multi-talented writer, http://gaffneyinkwell.com (Sean Gaffney). He has written professionally for theater, film, television, and the web. He has also taught most of these forms of writing for universities and arts organizations. In our interview, Sean and I cover a wide range of topics, but it all comes back to one thing - story. How do you write a compelling story that makes people want to continue with it until the end? We talk about the pros and cons of specia...
126I – Anatomy of a Mystery: An Interview with Jennifer Dornbush
February 07, 2019 14:00 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBForensic specialist https://www.jenniferdornbush.com/ (Jennifer Dornbush) is back on the show! You may remember her talking to us about https://podcast.writenowworkshop.com/099i-novelization-movie-interview-jennifer-dornbush/ (how to turn a movie into a novel) back in September. This time she's helping us understand how to plot out a mystery, thriller, suspense, or crime story. Jennifer has a couple of acronyms that will help us build a foundation for our story. She also shows us one surprisi...
125E – Forewarned Is Forearmed: Burnout Recovery Part 2
February 03, 2019 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBAlthough I find it embarrassing to share such painful and embarrassing and deeply personal parts of my life, I have not found much truly helpful information about how to recover from burnout on the Internet. So I'm sharing with you anything that I've found to be useful as I recover. I had a real hit-bottom moment last Sunday. I couldn't stop crying and John and I had to leave church not long after the service started. Thankfully, the panic that rises up when you can't control things in your b...
124T – Understanding the Basics of Publishing
January 31, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBA friend of mine asked me to help her understand a little about publishing because her father had written a novel and she wanted to make sure he didn't get taken advantage of. This is some of the information I shared with her. There are two main ways to publish a book - traditional publishing, and self-publishing (also called indie publishing). When sending your book to a traditional publisher, there are four things to consider. Ask a lot of questions of other authors, especially ones who are...
123T – Breaking Your Goals Into Workable Chunks
January 24, 2019 14:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBhttps://podcast.writenowworkshop.com/121t-goals-top/ (Two weeks ago), we talked about how to create and prioritize a short list of your most important goals for the year. Today, we'll discuss how to break down big goals into small pieces you can work on every day or week or month. There are two main ways to do this - plan toward a specific date, or plan a certain amount of work per period. Let's say you want to submit your completed manuscript to http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/hallmark-publis...
122I – Finding Your Voice in Audiobooks: An Interview with Will Dages
January 17, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBWill Dages joins us today from https://findawayvoices.com (Findaway Voices), part of the larger company, https://findaway.com/ (Findaway). Will is Head of Product there, which is perfect for him since he's an avid audiobook listener and the kind of guy you can tell really wants to help you, the author, succeed. After a quick background into how they started and how the company works, Will explained the process of how you go about making an audiobook. One of his marketing tips is to leverage a...
121T – Goals From the Top Down
January 10, 2019 14:00 - 32 minutes - 45 MBThe beginning of a new season - be it a week or month or year or whatever - is quite often a good time to stop and think about what you've accomplished recently, what worked, what didn't, and what you want to accomplish in the next season. In this episode, I suggest several ways to go back through the last year and remember what all you did. It's likely far more than you think! Then you can compare how busy you were and how much you got done with how much time you expect to have this year. Ma...
120E – The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
January 06, 2019 14:00 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBI recently finished listening to the audiobook version of https://amzn.to/2SuvbmZ (The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer). Amanda is a popular musician, and her indie approach to her music and her fans reminds me a lot of the indie approach to self-publishing books. The thing is...Amanda isn't afraid to ask her fans for what she needs. If she's going to be in a city playing a gig and needs a place to crash, she gets on Twitter and asks her fans. If she's going to be writing in a coffee shop, she...
119T – Knowing Your WHY Will Change Your Writing
January 03, 2019 14:00 - 42 minutes - 57.7 MBToday's episode is taken from a live writing workshop I taught at my church in Malmö, Sweden, in November 2018. In this first portion of the talk, I discuss the "why" of your writing and how that "why" will help you choose topics and stories that will impact your audience to a greater degree. (See the entire brilliant clip of https://youtu.be/RqhidTrkfrw?t=543 (comedian Michael Jr. on his YouTube channel here).) Knowing your "why" will also help you to write better, choosing more impactful wo...
118I – Writing For a Brand: An Interview with Nancy Naigle
December 27, 2018 14:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBToday's author, http://www.nancynaigle.com/ (Nancy Naigle), is a delight to talk to! She's got such great stories about how she started writing, how she got involved with Hallmark Publishing, the excitement of seeing Hallmark movies adapted from two of her books (https://amzn.to/2SiqL2u (Christmas Joy) and https://amzn.to/2R9OXqI (Hope at Christmas), published by St. Martin's Griffin), and how fun it is to have three completely different Christmas trees in her house! She starts by telling the...
117I – All I Want For Christmas Is a Book Contract: An Interview with Alys Murray
December 20, 2018 14:00 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBNew author https://alysmurray.com/ (Alys Murray) joins us today to talk about her first book, https://amzn.to/2UQBEdS (The Christmas Company), released by Hallmark Publishing in October 2018. Alys shares her journey from finding Hallmark's call for unagented writers to submitting her manuscript to finding an agent to selling two more books - all in short order. Quite the exciting journey! Since she found both Hallmark's call and her agent via Twitter, I also asked her to explain a little abou...
116I – Writing a First Novel Isn’t Easy: An Interview with Stacey Donovan
December 13, 2018 15:51 - 45 minutes - 62 MBhttps://www.amazon.com/Stacey-Donovan/e/B07GRC4W8S/ (Stacey Donovan) is back as today's guest - but this time as an author! Stacey wrote the first original novel published by Hallmark Publishing, https://amzn.to/2UGZFUo (Sunrise Cabin). She also writes under the name http://www.bryndonovan.com/ (Bryn Donovan). Last time we talked to Stacey, she told us about her job as Director of Hallmark Publishing and what kinds of stories Hallmark is looking for. Today we're talking about Stacey's life as...
115I – How the Story Changes: An Interview with Shawn Smucker
December 06, 2018 14:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBToday, we're back again with http://shawnsmucker.com/ (Shawn Smucker), but this time we're talking about nonfiction and his new memoir, https://amzn.to/2SwNKXF (Once We Were Strangers). It's the story of how Shawn came to have a friendship with a Syrian refugee in Shawn's hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and how their friendship changed both men. This book moved me like no other book this year. I felt like I needed to reexamine my thoughts and feelings, but especially my actions toward ne...
114E – Preparation
December 02, 2018 14:00 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MBAdvent is here, and many people around the world are preparing for Christmas! Others are preparing for Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve. Families are making plans to get together, to bake a lot, cook a lot, shop a lot. There's a lot going on this month! In addition to the holiday planning, many of us are beginning to consider our goals for 2019 - writing goals, health goals, business and relationship and financial goals. But what do we need to do to prepare to make those goals into rea...
113I – Imagining a Real Life: An Interview with Jane Kirkpatrick
November 29, 2018 14:00 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBhttp://jkbooks.com/ (Jane Kirkpatrick) writes historical fiction from a different angle. She researches fascinating real people and then writes what's missing from history -- their personal stories. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800727010/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=kittbuchwrit-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0800727010&linkId=85ba636b8a119d99c60f025d79029ad2 (Everything She Didn't Say) is the latest of Jane's novels. It's about the real and imagined life of Carrie St...
112E – Why Are You Doing This?
November 25, 2018 14:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBSome things stick in your head and you can't stop thinking about them. That's what happened to me this week with a Michael, Jr. YouTube video. He's a comedian, and he was explaining to a group how it's different to know what you're doing, to be good at something, versus being good at it and knowing why you're doing it. Here's the video if you want to watch. (It starts about 9 minutes in.) I was thinking about my own experiences as a writer as I listened to this, and I couldn't stop thinkin...
111I – Lessons From a Long Career: An Interview with Thomas Locke
November 22, 2018 14:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBToday's guest is author http://tlocke.com/ (Thomas Locke), also known as http://sites.kensingtonbooks.com/DAVISBUNNBOOKS/ (Davis Bunn). Thomas has a brand new book out this week, the dystopian novel https://www.amazon.com/Enclave-Thomas-Locke/dp/0800727916/ (Enclave). In today's interview, we walk through Thomas/Davis' career as he tells us what he's learned over twenty-plus years of highs and lows. The first thing he talks about is discipline. The discipline to keep on writing as you wait fo...
110I – Hallmark Publishing Needs Sweet Stories: An Interview with Stacey Donovan
November 15, 2018 14:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBhttp://www.hallmarkchannel.com/hallmark-publishing/write-for-us (Editor Stacey Donovan) joins us today to tell us about Hallmark Publishing! I've been talking about this new publisher of sweet romances and cozy mysteries for months now. Stacey talks about pitching the idea to the Hallmark CEO, getting the first books written as novelizations of existing Hallmark movies, and then her own romance novel being the first original novel published by the company. She tells us what she is looking for...
109E – Recognize the Good and Write It Down
November 11, 2018 14:00 - 12 minutes - 17 MBSometimes I have to stop and ask myself, is God trying to get my attention? Because it sure seems like I keep running into this or seeing that lately. That happened this week, as a matter of fact. When I was interviewing Stacey Donovan of Hallmark Publishing, she was talking about her main character in her new book, https://amzn.to/2JSg6bw (Sunrise Cabin), and how she starts each day saying aloud everything she is grateful for. Stacey admitted that particular trait is one of her own. Then I w...
108I – Human Trafficking in Fiction: An Interview with Lynn H Blackburn
November 08, 2018 14:00 - 55 minutes - 76 MBToday's conversation with http://lynnhblackburn.com/ (Lynn H Blackburn) is so interesting! Not only do we talk about fun stuff like writing and stories, but we start our conversation with a very serious problem in the world - human trafficking. Her book, https://amzn.to/2QsKPyA (In Too Deep), has an element of human trafficking in the plot that makes it both compelling and chilling. Lynn tells us how better research helped her improve one of the characters in this series. She laughs that usin...
107E – Planted, Not Buried
November 04, 2018 14:00 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MBSometimes we feel stuck. Maybe a little, like walking in a bog. Maybe a lot, like waist-deep. Maybe we sometimes even feel we're totally buried, cold, in the dark, alone. Imagine, though, that you're not buried but...planted. Like a seed that gets planted in the spring, maybe this is a very temporary season, one which will soon show signs of life as the seed breaks down and a plant springs up. But even if this time in your life is like a bulb planted in the fall, with a long, cold winter ahea...
106I – Amish and the Civil War: An Interview with Jan Drexler
November 01, 2018 13:10 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MBOur guest today is https://www.jandrexler.com/ (Jan Drexler), a historical novelist whose stories often feature Amish characters. Today we talk about the challenges and choices Plain folk faced during the Civil War. Jan is a Civil War buff and traces her family history back through the Amish of the 1700s, so she brings a unique take to her stories. She used census records and https://www.ancestry.com/ (Ancestry.com) to find out more about her family, and tried to figure out how and where her ...
105I – Writing Christmas in July: An Interview with Melody Carlson
October 25, 2018 14:34 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBOur guest today is http://melodycarlson.com/ (Melody Carlson), the award-winning author of over two hundred books. Despite having so many, she does tend to be known for her many Christmas stories. Today we talk to her about her latest Christmas book, https://amzn.to/2CCKaqa (A Christmas by the Sea). Due to the timing of publishing, Melody mostly has to write her Christmas books in July with the air conditioner on. It's fun to hear how some of the parts of her real life made it into this book....
104I – Romantic Suspense From Around the World: An Interview with Lisa Harris
October 18, 2018 12:20 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBThe lovely http://www.lisaharriswrites.com/ (Lisa Harris) talks to us today about building a romantic suspense novel from the ground up. She explains how she organizes her information (she loves Scrivener and Excel!), what she needs to know before she begins, and how she starts writing. She also talks about setting a word-count goal that works for you, and things you can do if you miss a day or two and need to catch up. She even creates "postcards" about the characters in https://www.canva.co...
103I – The Strong Quaker Women of Nantucket: An Interview with Suzanne Woods Fisher
October 11, 2018 12:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBhttps://suzannewoodsfisher.com/ (Suzanne Woods Fisher) joins us today for a riveting and fun conversation about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket (Nantucket), its amazing history and people, and the trilogy of Quaker books she set on the island. Did you know that the Macy family (from the Macy's department stores) and the Folger family (from Folger's coffee, what my mom drank) both come from Nantucket island? So did Benjamin Franklin's mother. Suzanne says it's amazing how many families...
102E – Success Doesn’t Mean No Failures
October 07, 2018 12:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBEver since I was a teenager, I've enjoyed reading the second half of Proverbs 31 about the Wife of Noble Character. I've always looked at that passage as an example of who I'd like to become, what I strive to be. But recently I've read it again with a new perspective. This is not about a woman who doesn't rest. It doesn't say that she never failed. When it says that her lamp doesn't go out at night, I now think it's more likely that the point is that she earns enough to be able to pay her uti...
101I – Querying and Getting THE CALL: An Interview with Claire Eliza Bartlett
October 04, 2018 12:08 - 1 hour - 84 MBWe writers love stories, and some of the most exciting are stories of getting THE CALL - from an agent who wants to represent our books (and with whom we're now working happily ever after), and from our agent or an editor who wants to buy our books. https://authorclaire.com/ (Claire Eliza Bartlett), our guest today, tells us about the excitement of both calls! Claire is on the journey toward publication of her first novel, and she shares with us how it started and many of the steps along the ...
100I – The Expanding World of Kobo: An Interview with Christine Munroe
September 27, 2018 16:45 - 59 minutes - 82 MBToday marks the 100th episode of WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast! Woohoo!!! :-D Very exciting day for me! To celebrate, I asked Christine Munroe, Director of Kobo Writing Life, if she would be our guest today. :-D She graciously agreed, and we had a wonderful time talking about all the many things Kobo is doing with and for writers. The newest announcement is that Kobo has partnered with Walmart in the United States so that Walmart customers can buy ebooks and audiobooks https://www.walmart.com/ ...
099I – The Novelization of a Movie: An Interview with Jennifer Dornbush
September 20, 2018 12:44 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBhttps://www.jenniferdornbush.com/ (Jennifer Dornbush) is a screenwriter, author, speaker, and forensic specialist. Today we talk about her new movie, http://www.godblessthebrokenroad.com/ (God Bless the Broken Road), and https://amzn.to/2DgrTkh (the novelization) she wrote by the same title. Jennifer says both the making of the movie and the release of the novel had aspects of a "broken road" as both had obstacles that seemed insurmountable at times. One of the things that helped her with her...
098I – Self-Editing with Style: An Interview with Tisha Martin
September 13, 2018 14:26 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBToday's guest is editor https://tishamartin.com/ (Tisha Martin)! Tisha edits for a couple of publishing companies, has private clients, and judges books for Writer's Digest. Today she gives us tips on how to self-edit our books with style. She starts with characters, asking what we can do with our characters to help move the plot forward. Then she moves into scene building, how action and conflict affect how the reader interprets the scene. And finally we talk about dialogue. How can you show...
097E – We Don’t Know the Rest of the Story
September 09, 2018 12:00 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBSummer is about over and I've decided that while I do need to continue guarding my time and my work so that I don't fall into the bad patterns that led me to burnout, I miss doing the Encouraging Words episodes! So I'm going to do at least one a month. Here are my encouraging thoughts for September. :-) I was reading my Bible this morning and read from Ecclesiastes, a book of wisdom in the Old Testament. It says that God has set eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has ...
096I – Diversity and Disabled Characters: An Interview with Kathryn R Biel
September 06, 2018 20:43 - 1 hour - 123 MBToday's guest is https://www.kathrynrbiel.com/ (Kathryn R Biel), author of chick lit, romantic comedies, women's fiction, and more - and probably no relation to actor Jessica Biel, although she's asked that a lot. Due to a horrendous Internet connection that was constantly going out the day before, when we recorded the interview a second time we were so relieved to not have to repeat every sentence that we forgot to look at the clock! In this rather long - but fun! - interview, we talk about ...
095T – Creating a Writers Group
August 30, 2018 14:23 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBDo you wish you had a writers group? Here are some steps to create your own. Step 1: Look around Who do you know at work or church or in your neighborhood who writes? Check out local libraries and bookstores to see if they already have a group going, if anyone has posted a notice that they're looking for a group, or if you can post a notice that you're interested in starting a group. Maybe even try using a site like MeetUp to find other writers. Step 2: Informational Meeting Meet in a neutr...
094T – Burnout Recovery, Part 1
August 23, 2018 12:00 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MBOver the last couple of months, I've been trying to figure out how to recover from burnout. I've found some information on the Internet, but it's been pretty vague and not as helpful as what I needed. So as I've made my own path to recovery, I wanted to make sure I share my experiences with you in case it helps you to recover from or avoid burnout in your own life. One of the things that helped a lot was going on an actual vacation, the kind where you don't work! (Yes, I'm one of those people...
093I – Victorian England Comes Alive: An Interview with Joanna Davidson Politano
August 16, 2018 12:25 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBToday's guest is historical romance writer, https://jdpstories.com/ (Joanna Davidson Politano)! But don't be fooled, Joanna's books have more of a Gothic, almost literary, flavor. If you like Victoria Holt, for example, you may well love Joanna's books. We chatted about her latest book, the beautifully written and very fun (adventure and mystery as well as romance) https://amzn.to/2OEQpwd (A Rumored Fortune). It released on July 31, 2018, and I finished reading it just before we spoke. Joanna...
092I – Writing Retreats and Classes: An Interview with Susan May Warren
August 09, 2018 12:00 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBThe lovely http://www.susanmaywarren.com/ (Susan May Warren) is back, and this time with writing tools! It was all we could do, https://podcast.writenowworkshop.com/077i-digging-deep-find-great-story-interview-susan-may-warren/ (the last time she was on the show), to stay focused on her new book and not stray off into all the ways Susie May helps other writers. So this show is all about her helping all of us to become better writers through a ton of tools she's developed for all levels of wri...
091T – What I Learned at RWA 2018
August 02, 2018 14:16 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBThere was so much to learn at the https://www.rwa.org/ (Romance Writers of America National Conference) held in July this year in Denver, Colorado, that I decided to share some of it with you. :-D The http://yarwa.com/ (YARWA) (Young Adult Romance Writers of America) chapter held a half-day event that included an agent/editor panel - and I share 7 things they say writers do wrong with their queries. https://www.storymastery.com/ (Michael Hauge) was also one of their speakers - I love his work...
090I – Mini-Interviews LIVE From RWA 2018
July 26, 2018 21:05 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBWhen I was at the Romance Writers of America National Conference last week in Denver, Colorado, I interviewed several of the attendees to find out why they were there and what their favorite part of the conference was. I hope you enjoy listening to all their responses! If you'd like to learn more about them, the names of my guests are: https://readtracyreed.com/ (Tracy Reed) https://debramullins.com/ (Debra Mullins) https://www.kathrynrbiel.com/ (Kathryn R. Biel) http://www.authormelissabaldw...