Podcast episodes
72. BOOK TALK: The Witch Collector Review
Learn what makes this fantasy book unique with its use of magic and sign language in The Witch Collector review. Gain tips on avoiding info dumps and introducing several characters too.
71. Navigating postpartum, romantasy, and time travel w/ Jessica Dall
Juggling motherhood, writing, and career aspirations? Author and editor Jessica Dall shares her personal journey on pursuing her passions and raising a toddler. Discover how to overcome challenges and ignite your creative fire.
70. Discovering your genre’s DNA
Uncover the hidden blueprint of your genre. Learn how understanding your genre's DNA can supercharge your writing and marketing efforts.
69. Breaking down imposter syndrome, building confidence w/ Charlotte Chipperfield
Feeling like a fraud as a writer? This episode dives deep into the challenges writers face, offering practical tools and strategies to silence imposter syndrome and build lasting confidence.
68. Prioritizing your passion: Writing while parenting
Feeling burnt out juggling family and writing? This episode explores practical strategies for prioritizing your writing dreams alongside the chaos of family life. Listen in as Erin and Michelle share their experiences and tips for overcoming overwhelm and finding time for creativity.
67. Memoir writing tips: Transforming journal entries into a book w/ Sarah Birnbach
Author Sarah Birnbach shares her journey from journaling for healing to becoming a published author. Learn practical memoir writing tips to craft a compelling story from your personal entries.
66. From page to ear: Unveiling audiobook opportunities for authors
Are you an author considering audiobooks? Explore the growing popularity of audiobooks and the benefits they offer, especially for indie authors with limited budgets. Learn about cost-effective narration options & essential tools.
65. Scenes, characters, series, oh my! Taming the chaos of multi-project writing w/ Edward Green
Do you struggle with multi-project writing? In this episode, Edward shares not only his writing journey but also the answers to questions that used to plague him too. Like, how do you keep track of all those random scenes that pop into your head?
64. Cracking the Code: How to Attract Readers on Social Media
Authors are responsible for their own marketing. In this episode, you'll learn how to attract readers on social media. More specifically, you’ll discover how to stop readers from scrolling past your posts and how to encourage readers to engage with your content.
63. Unraveling the 3 Main Types of Editors: How They Support Writers
Discover out how finding the right editor can help you avoid or blow through your confusion and doubt. You’ll also learn the major differences between development editors, inline editors, and proofreader.
62. The art of earnings: Mastering full-time writing with Sarah Werner
Learn how you too can build a career as a full-time writer. Sarah Werner talks to us today about ghostwriting, experimenting with her creativity, and what's worked best for her.
61. Finding focus as an author: Navigating the writing journey in 2024
Are you struggling to figure out where to focus next in your writing journey? Find out what helped Erin with finding focus as an author and how she'll combat overwhelm as she grows her author business and navigates the indie author publishing industry.
60. Crafting your writer’s resolution: 6 steps to writing success in the new year
This episode outlines 6 specific steps to help writers achieve substantial progress and overcome common obstacles like self-doubt or competing priorities. Start your writing New Year off on the right foot with achievable goals.
59. Unlocking the art of book cover design: Expert insights w/ Katia Balab
Katia Balab from MiblArt, a Ukraine-based book cover design company, offers insight into effective cover design practices, including how to foster a good working relationship with your designer and a plethora of online resources to help you tackle as much as you want.
58. Crafting continuity: A writer’s guide to style sheets
Learn how to maintain consistency when writing a story or book series using style sheets and style tags for easy document navigation.
57. Write Women Book Fest 2023: Inspiring journeys and genre magic (part 2)
In the second part of the 2023 Write Women Book Fest journey, 7 women writers share their inspiring stories, cover the challenges they've overcome, and encourage writers to pursue their passion.
56. Write Women Book Fest 2023: Inspiring journeys and genre magic (part 1)
Seven women authors who attended The Write Women Book Fest 2023 discuss their literary careers, love for their chosen genres, and inspiration sources.
55. From struggling writer to urban fantasy author w/ Michelle Summers
Michelle Summers shares her inspiring journey as an urban fantasy author who brought mythological characters to life through the power of human beliefs.
54. Giving yourself permission to write now w/ Megan Clancy
How do we push aside our guilt and give ourselves permission to write now and pursue our creative dreams? Hear how Author Megan Clancy did just that.
53. Becoming an author through journaling w/ Erin Leigh
Ever wondered if journaling can lead to more than dear diary entries? Today, Erin Leigh shares how journaling not only strengthened her writing but also lead to her becoming an author.
52. Turning a blog post into a book w/ Hilary Kinney
Tune in to find out if a seed of an idea can become a whole book, what would that process might look like, and how to verify if you have enough content.
51. Strengthen your sentences with 4 easy tips
In today’s episode, you’re going to learn four easy tips that have a powerful impact on your sentences. In fact, they’re so easy that you can start implementing them today. Bonus: You'll also learn how zombies can help.
50. Organic marketing tips for social media w/ Chad Miller
Learn 6 organic marketing tips that will help you grow your social media audience, without spamming groups or turning readers away with only “buy my book” posts.
49. Avoiding pitfalls when writing cross-genre w/ Kellie McIntyre
If you’ve ever considered writing cross-genre, learn how one author successfully combined travel writing, memoir, and young adult into a single book.
48. Braving (and conquering) the traditional publishing route w/ Maria Costanzo Palmer
Learn how one author entered Dante’s inferno and took initiative to get her narrative nonfiction novel published via the traditional publishing route.
47. Shifting the needle from dreaming to writing
The clips highlight some reoccurring themes among my guests that shift the needle from dreaming about writing to taking action.
46. Six editing lenses that help with revisions
Learn how you can use different editing lenses to review your work and how this method can help make revisions less chaotic.
45. Normalizing mental health issues in romantic historical fiction w/ Ginny Moore
Hear Ginny Moore share not only why her postpartum anxiety and depression went undiagnosed for far too long but also how subconsciously funneling her mental health issues into her main characters has helped her to know herself better, heal, and save her marriage.
44. Healing through creative writing and journaling w/ Rebecca Evans
Discover how Rebecca Evans uses creative writing and journaling not only to reconnect with herself daily but also to find purpose in her traumatic experiences.
43. Growing your audience organically
In this episode, you’ll learn how to reach your ideal readers and how to create content that users actually want to consume AND share.
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