WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz
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039E – What Writing Is – And Isn’t
March 18, 2018 14:00 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBI love Stephen King’s book, On Writing, and today I share a quote from it. I completely believe that our gifts and talents as writers are meant to be used to make the world a better place. We are entertainers, teachers, encouragers, pioneers, and so much more! Your words need to be heard. People need…
038I – Writing a Kindle World Mini-Series: An Interview with Linda Carroll-Bradd
March 15, 2018 14:00 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBLinda Carroll-Bradd writes heartwarming contemporary and historical romances with a touch of humor. She is the author of the Entertainers of the West mini-series within Debra Holland’s Montana Sky Kindle World. Linda talks with us about what it’s like to write in someone else’s world, and how she created her mini-series within the Montana Sky…
037T – Write Down the Bad Stuff
March 13, 2018 14:00 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBAfter a bad day, I took a long walk and had a great idea! Today I share with you how to take the crappy things that happen in life and make our books and characters so much better. If you can get through the rough and terrible things that happen in life, why should your…
036E – Beating Overwhelm
March 10, 2018 15:00 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBOne of the easiest ways to encourage you is to share what’s going on in my life, including the hard things, and tell you how I’ve learned to deal with them or ideas I’m trying to make life easier. On the day I recorded this episode, I was so overwhelmed with the amount of work…
035I – Writing in a Kindle World: An Interview with Debra Holland
March 08, 2018 15:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBDebra Holland is the creator and original author of the Montana Sky series of books, which became a Kindle World on Amazon. That means other authors can choose to write in the fictional world she created. Debra explains how Kindle Worlds work, and how they are different from each other in terms of how the…
034T – The Power of the N Word
March 06, 2018 15:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBNetworking. A word that has the power to strike fear into the hearts of introverts everywhere! But it doesn’t have to be that way. Perhaps the easiest way to get started in overcoming your fears is to begin by finding someone else in the room who looks as uncomfortable as you, ask them some questions…
033E – Find Your People
March 04, 2018 15:00 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBSeth Godin wrote a book called Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us nearly ten years ago. Since then, “tribe” has become a common part of our lexicon, especially among writers, entrepreneurs, and online business people. It is so exciting the first time you meet up with people who get you, your people, your tribe!…
032I – Creating Characters Readers Adore: An Interview with Lauraine Snelling
March 01, 2018 15:00 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBAward-winning and bestselling author Lauraine Snelling has over 80 books published. She writes inspirational adult novels about real issues centered on themes like forgiveness, loss, domestic violence, and cancer in both contemporary and historical genres. Today, she’s talking to us about creating amazing characters, one of her favorite topics. Two of her favorite books as…
031T – Tis the Season…for Taxes
February 27, 2018 15:00 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBAs I was emailing my accountant this week, it occurred to me that it is a good time to talk about taxes for writers. Today I offer a few tips to help you get started or to remind you of things to remember. Always get a receipt, keep them together so you don’t lose them,…
030E – Life Is Sweet
February 25, 2018 15:00 - 7 minutes - 10.5 MBToday I share the big news that’s been building for months! 🙂 I even picked up a Krispy Kreme hat to wear while I share my thoughts on why life is sweet! (You can see my ridiculous self on my YouTube channel.) If you’re going through tough times, hang in there – better times are…
029I – Writing Law Enforcement Characters: An Interview with Janice Cantore
February 22, 2018 15:00 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBA retired California police officer, Janice Cantore writes suspense novels designed to keep readers engrossed and leave them inspired. When writing, she draws from her 22 years of experience to make her books feel realistic. There’s not a lot of difference, Janice says, when writing about police officers in one state versus another. (Some of…
028T – The First Draft Is Only the Beginning
February 20, 2018 15:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBTwo of the things writers seem to need most are accountability and encouragement. That’s probably true of almost anyone who is working on something really important to them. Sometimes when we’re at the start of a new project, we get caught up in thinking we want this book to be our best yet, or to…
027E – Hope Saved My Life
February 18, 2018 15:00 - 21 minutes - 29 MBHope is such a big part of our lives – and a lack of hope makes a huge difference. For instance, at the time this episode airs, I will be visiting Europe for the first time – exciting! I have so many hopes for how this trip will turn out! Yet only a couple years…
026I – Serious Advice on Writing Funny: An Interview with Robert G Lee
February 15, 2018 15:00 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MBComedian Robert G Lee is well-known as Hollywood’s top warm-up comic on such shows as The New Adventures of Old Christine, Just Shoot Me, Becker, and The Drew Carey Show. He just released his latest comedy project, Wisenheimer, and recently finished Can I Get a Witness Protection?, a faith-based screwball comedy feature film he wrote…
025T – Loving Your Readers Via Personal Contact
February 13, 2018 15:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBIn this second of two parts, I talk about ways to show your readers some love – because it’s near Valentine’s Day! 😀 You can: Ask their opinion, create a survey Offer a free autographed book to a random winner of those who answered the survey Ask if readers want to be on your beta…
024E – The Waiting Game
February 11, 2018 15:00 - 6 minutes - 8.79 MBUnfortunately, we’re all too familiar with waiting. Whether we’re waiting in the longest grocery line ever, or waiting to hear from an agent, or waiting to see what the reviews will be like on our newest release, waiting is rarely easy. But when we choose active waiting over passive waiting, we can change how we…
023I – Writing Point of View: An Interview with Jacqueline Diamond
February 08, 2018 15:00 - 39 minutes - 31.4 MBOur guest today is Jacqueline Diamond, author of over 100 novels as well as How to Write a Novel in One (Not-So-Easy) Lesson, a book of lessons and helpful tips to help writers create better stories. A former Associated Press reporter and TV columnist, Jacqueline Diamond has won a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine,…
022T – Loving Your Readers Via a Newsletter
February 06, 2018 15:00 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBSince it’s nearly Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be fun to talk about how to show the love to your readers over the next two weeks. I always suggest creating and consistently sending out a newsletter, but many people struggle with what to say. Here are a few ideas: Offer a free ebook or…
021E – Fighting Insecurity
February 04, 2018 15:00 - 15 minutes - 21 MBSome days you just aren’t feeling like interacting with other people, but depending on your job, you may have to. You might have to be “on” whether you feel like it or not. And sometimes those days will make it easier for our insecurities to surface. We don’t feel like we look good enough, act…
020I – Narrating Your Own Audiobooks: An Interview with Mary Castillo
February 01, 2018 14:00 - 59 minutes - 81 MBParanormal mystery author Mary Castillo wanted to get her books into audio, but the cost of hiring a narrator was prohibitive. So she did some research and decided to try it herself. She recorded one chapter a week of Lost in the Light and posted each chapter as a podcast episode. To her surprise and…
019T – How Long Will It Take to Write?
January 30, 2018 14:00 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBOne thing we really need to know when planning any kind of production schedule is – how long will it take us to write the next book? If you’ve written and finished one or more books, you can probably figure out a good estimate on how long the next one will take. If you haven’t…
018E Ebb and Flow
January 28, 2018 14:00 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBThinking back over the difficult times I’ve gone through, and how it has affected my writing, and then thinking about the good times, I started thinking about how life is an ebb and flow. Of course, that would explain why my writing good times and hard times also have an ebb and flow. Knowing that…
017I – How Toastmasters Helped My Writing: An Interview with Stephanie Shackelford
January 25, 2018 14:00 - 33 minutes - 46 MBFantasy writer Stephanie Shackelford is our guest today explaining how Toastmasters helped her become a better writer. She realized one day that what she learned about making better speeches was spilling over into her writing. While Stephanie has found that it’s in the rewrite process that she’s seen these improvements, I was listening to her…
016T – 52 Stories in 52 Weeks
January 23, 2018 14:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBWhen thinking of the short list of well-known science fiction writers of our time, when thinking about some of the most prolific writers of our time, Ray Bradbury’s name is bound to come up. I saw a presentation he did in 2001 in this YouTube video and he presented an exciting challenge to writers. Write…
015E – Believe It!
January 21, 2018 14:00 - 6 minutes - 9.37 MBSometimes we are so busy trying to be polite, trying not to get too full of our own achievements, that we miss out on the simple joy of accepting a well-meant compliment. Or we’re worried about having offended or irritated someone and we can’t seem to accept it when they say they’re not offended or…
014I – Writing From the Middle: An Interview with James Scott Bell
January 18, 2018 14:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBJames Scott Bell is a Christy Award-winning and International Thriller Writers Award-winning author in several fiction genres, and a beloved and sought-after writing teacher. He has written many nonfiction titles on the craft of writing, including several for Writer’s Digest Books. In today’s episode, Jim talks about how he got the idea for his craft…
013T – What Are We Going to Write Next?
January 16, 2018 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBWhether you’re first starting out, or you’ve published several books, choosing which story idea to work on next can be difficult. We’re creative and we’ve generally got a lot of ideas! Since I started writing when traditional publishing was pretty much the only way to go (unless you wanted to fill your garage with boxes…
012E – Does Your Creator Brain Get Nervous?
January 14, 2018 14:00 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBSometimes my creator brain gets nervous. It doesn’t want to come out and play in public. Maybe it’s nervous that someone won’t like what it created. What do we do when that happens? The first step is to recognize the signs – are you putting off your writing or other creative endeavor, finding so many…
011I – 12 Titles in 12 Months: An Interview with Tracy Reed
January 11, 2018 14:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBIn 2016, author Tracy Reed decided to try to write and publish 12 titles in 12 months. She managed 13. This is her story. Tracy published her first novel in December 2014, then two more shorter titles in 2015. After a conversation with me and another writer friend, she decided that if other writers could…
010T – Your Recipe for a New Year
January 09, 2018 14:00 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBComing down off the holidays, I’m saying I’m going to eat better, but I still have some Christmas pecans I need to make. Standing in the kitchen, I’m thinking of recipes and how they work for any part of life, not just baking or cooking. For instance, the brownies I’m famous for came from a…
009E – Start with a Seed
January 07, 2018 14:00 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MBI love new beginnings, and I’m a big fan of hitting the Restart button at any time. But sometimes we wonder if what we’re doing right now is good enough. Is it the right idea or should we be working on something else? Then I’m reminded of the mustard seed, a tiny seed that can…
008I – Creating a Great Setting: An Interview with Marcy Weydemuller
January 04, 2018 14:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBMarcy Weydemuller is an editor, writing teacher, and author of books for kids and adults. Today she is talking to us about setting. In many genres, setting is practically a character in the book. But a silent setting can also have quite an impact. It can be a mirror or a shadow of the character,…
007T – Everybody Gets What They Want
January 02, 2018 13:00 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBI’ve been teaching a class called Going the Distance: Time and Project Management for Writers nearly every year for over a decade. I love it because I love helping people find a way to get what they truly want out of life. But how do you get what you want without sacrificing the wants and…
006E – More Joy
December 31, 2017 13:00 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MBI recently listened to a keynote address by Ray Bradbury given in 2001 at The Sixth Annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. In his presentation, Ray says that writing shouldn’t feel like work, he wants people to envy him his joy. Writing should be fun! That really got me thinking…
005I – Making Research Fun: An Interview with Kathleen Damp Wright
December 28, 2017 14:00 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBToday’s guest, Kathleen Damp Wright, shares her stories about how doing in-person research for her novels is more fun and yields more interesting results. It also leads to more focused online research later. Kathleen Damp Wright is the co-author, along with Lauraine Snelling, of The S.A.V.E. Squad series for middle grade readers (Dog Daze, The…
004T Planning for Success
December 26, 2017 16:00 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBThe difference between dreams and New Year’s resolutions and goals is all in your head. How much do you believe in the dream? How committed are you to the resolution? A goal requires belief, commitment, and planning in order to achieve it. Although I recorded this episode in late December 2017, I want you to…
003E Today’s Box
December 24, 2017 12:00 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBIn this first Encouraging Words episode, I encourage you not to let yourself get overwhelmed by kids and parents and finances and (un)employment and health and everything else in your life. I can’t write when I’m stressed out and scared, but I’m a total planner. So how do I keep a balance? At some point…
002I – Start With Characters: An Interview with Jacqueline Diamond
December 22, 2017 21:03 - 23 minutes - 18.9 MBOur guest today is Jacqueline Diamond, author of over 100 novels as well as How to Write a Novel in One (Not-So-Easy) Lesson, a book of lessons and helpful tips to help writers create better stories. A former Associated Press reporter and TV columnist, Jacqueline Diamond has won a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine,…
001T – Your Done Journal: 4 Reasons Why Writing Down Your Accomplishments Is Important
December 22, 2017 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBChances are you own at least one blank journal. People have probably been giving them to you as gifts for years. Now you finally have a use for one of them! 🙂 There are at least four reasons why creating a Done Journal will help you in your writing career. For one, it shows the…
000 – About the Show
December 19, 2017 03:06 - 3 minutes - 5.1 MBWelcome to the WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast! I’m your host, Kitty Bucholtz, and I want to encourage you to believe that you can write a book and change the world. In addition to writing, I also love teaching, and helping writers is one of my favorite things to do. On this podcast, I want to…