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5 Steps to Start Writing and Unleash Your Creative Self
Learning how to start writing in a way that allowed my creativity to flow freely was one of the best lessons grad school taught me. Now I’m sharing my discoveries with you.
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.
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.
29. Using children’s stories to inspire your writing w/ Maria Secoy
In this episode, Maria explains what questions writers can ask themselves, and their children, to expand their understanding of what makes a story when reading children's stories.
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.
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.
11 Practical Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block, Even if You Feel Hopeless
For two weeks my writing and I suffered from fear, doubt, and frustration. Then I identified several practical ways to overcome writer's block.
28. Connecting with readers before you hit publish w/ Stephanie Brandt
Stephanie Brandt shares how she became disconnected from her creativity in her new adventure of motherhood and she overcame that to write her first book. We also chat a lot about reader magnets and social media marketing.
03. Taking self-publishing into her own hands w/ Melissa Puritis
Done with waiting, Melissa Puritis took herself off the shelf by writing and self-publishing her mystery book in less than a year.
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.
09. Processing infertility struggles through fiction w/ Linnea March
She started writing again as a means to process her infertility struggles. Linnea March, a parent of two boys and former educator, is on today's podcast episode.
32. From postpartum depression to author w/ Samantha Bryant
When postpartum depression strikes, escaping those feelings can seem impossible. Learn how this mom returned to creative writing to help herself through depression.
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