On The Convo Couch with Tricia Stringer

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Welcome to a new season of Writes4Women! Each fortnight, On the Convo Couch will bring you author-based interviews and invite listener requests and questions. In this episode host Pamela Cook interviews bestselling Australian author Tricia Stringer, who discusses The Road Trip’s strong sales (30,000) and long tail, her upcoming novel The Paradise Resort set in the Kimberley, and her writing routine. Tricia reflects on moving across genres, the importance of voice, managing revisions, industry changes including AI and copyright concerns, and memorable career milestones like winning the Ruby for Queen of the Road. Pam also suggests three new release books for your reading enjoyment: Five Stages of Grace by Casey Nott, The Palace of Lost Virtue by Anthea Hodgson, Out of the Blue by Penelope Janu. 00:00 Own Your Voice 00:23 Season Kickoff0 2:46 Workshops And Events 04:29 Pamela Writing Update 06:00 New Release Roundup 08:58 Meet Tricia Stringer 10:47 Welcome To The Couch 11:26 Life In Wallaroo 12:03 New Book Paradise Resort 16:39 Road Trip Success 20:11 From Kids To Romance 25:29 Finding Story Ideas 29:07 Ideas Find Their Writer 30:26 First Draft Routine 32:16 Word Counts And Consistency 35:07 Cleaner Drafts And Outside Eyes 37:16 Over Revising Fixes 40:36 Publishing Shifts And AI 44:58 Genre Pivots And Older Heroes 49:30 Milestones And Final Advice 53:20 Fast Four And Wrap Up SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast Tricia Stringer Website: click here Instagram: click here Facebook: click here Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here Instagram: click here This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal country. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=true See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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