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Writing Tapes
by Desiree
Indie author of urban fiction documenting the wild, unpredictable creative journey of writing and publishing novels.
Episodes
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Foundation
Going into depth about where I pull my writing and creativity from and how its not starting to affect my ability to write at this moment, plus going into more detail about the current stories I'm working on. Look at me posting podcasts episodes again!
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Comprehension Test
I think I'm finally bored of regular life and just ready to get back to writing, back to simple and basic times where I could just disappear into a story.
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Time Management
My week in a nutshell. Working on my writing health, trying to get it in shape, briefly talk about character development or lack of and my idea for a writing Master Class.
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Project Hakeem
Simple short and sweet updates on what's going on. Also preparing for the book signing in July.
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Seize the Moment
A quick random talk about bone broth and just a typical writing morning. Nothing juicy or too much to tell in this episode lol. Just the usual banter of talking to myself and struggling with this storyline.
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Write with Me. Late Night Writing Session
This particular episode is an actual time writing session. I would only recommend listening if you are a writer and have time to write. We start with 15 minute writing then a bootleg 5 minute break and then another 25 minutes of straight writing. Timed writing starts around the 4+ minute mark so…
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Lucky number 7
Sunday fun episode in attempts to get back at it. Briefly talk about what I'm working on and what I'm hoping to get from this next project.
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Readers vs Authors ft Clubhouse
In this episode since I'm not quite ready to talk about what I'm working on just yet without a solid foundation, I decided to try something different by bringing on different authors/readers to discuss our...differences. We used the clubhouse app to meet up and this is how it turned out, take a...
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Back to Writing
Took a surprising but much needed break from writing but now I'm back, focused and ready for something new. This episode, I talk about starting something new as an author.
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Becoming an Author. Indie vs Publisher
Brief little mini series about becoming an author and which route to take.
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My Only Complaint
Talking about the aftermath of the release of Skye Fall, and failure of the ATL Diaries blog that could have been. Plus, new stories, new writing material and inspiration going forward.
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Release Day
MLK decided not to share his day so the book came out today.
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Last Chapter.
What can you record when you're done with the book? When you're finally on the last chapter, literally the last chapter? I haven't much to say really...I'm just excited to be done with this shit. It's been over a year for this series. 400+ pages later.
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Sunday Funday
Sunday Podcast. Updates for the week. We're at the end! Release dates and more!
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Writing Mood
That space between the writer and the flow of the story and my amazing and successful attempt at outlining! Discussing how to blend in multiple storylines into one chapter from one POV. Sidenote: I love my dogs. I don't fuss at them as much as I do on the recordings.
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Wolf and the Sheep
A deeper look inside Fowler and Adora's dynamic and why they might just be my favorite storyline of all time. Plus a few declarations of what I want to do for 2021.
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Spaghetti on Christmas Day
Confusing ramblings and updates on the story. Where I am now and where I'm trying to be by next Friday.
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Autopilot
Updates, where I am mentally and explanations on being self aware as a writer. Short but sweet.
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Killing time with Questions
I was caught up in another parking lot and decided to answer these questions from the reading group "Cafeteria Book Club" Covid has essentially taken over my life these past few days, even with negative results but I am determined to get back on track. Damn it.
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Nano Month ft Table Read with Piru Freeman
Timed writing sessions, a chapter read with Piru Freeman and his mother and a brief discussion on Nano Month in an attempt to make plans.
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Writing Hell
Episode about about new beginnings, delays, and random family connections that tie into the book.
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Adora Finora
The birth of a new character from a scrapped idea I couldn't seem to let go.
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New Wave
Update of a failed release date and where I'm at with Skye Fall by using a terrible example about the flow of a river being the same as writing a story. Also random ramblings and complaints about jackfruit.
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First 48
Being inspired by the wrong things or the right things during this writing time.
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Aftermath of Charmed
A few days after the book release. Well, a week after the book release and the chaos that always seems to. follow after it. My perspective on Skye Fall and where I' at now with the story while preparing the release for Fantasea. Also the difference in writing in your head vs actually writing and...
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Details
Updating where I am so far with Skye Fall. I recorded part of this episode while I was cooking so excuse the noise in the background, I was starving. It was lunch time and I've been writing my ass off.
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Spiders vs Mermaids
This episode is an update, one of the last updates I'll ever have about this series. Alot of changes have happened. So many damn changes.
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Table Read ft Kayla & Duncan.
Me reading a possible deleted chapter from Skye Fall out loud, wondering if I need it anymore.
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A Sleeping Spirit
Struggling with two great ideas that I want to write on this fine Sunday and randomly coming to a light bulb of an idea in the middle of recording. Just another typical day of writing.
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The Gatekeepers ft. Shantae & Genesis Woods
In this recording, I interview Shantae, and Genesis Woods from Literary Rejects and we discuss the ultimate dream of being in bookstores vs the reality hit us when all of us sat on the shelf together for the first time. We also discuss industry observations and just random ramblings that the…
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Edits
I got my edits back for Charmed and whew chile... It's going to be a long week of just correcting and shifting and re-reading everything but this is good. I told myself not to look at Charmed until the edits are back and focus on Skye Fall and now that I have it back, I can really perfect both...
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ATL Diaries Radio
This episode is a recording of me attempting to read back what I've written from struggle scenes to deleted scenes, and secretly self correcting along the way. Also, update on Charmed and the name changes. Plus a mini rant at the very end.
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Angel or Stalker
True tale on how my storyline for Ryan being an angel came about, and maybe my fascination with angels in general. Running into the same person over and over for the last few years like a broken record on repeat.
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Indie author of urban fiction documenting the wild, unpredictable creative journey of writing and publishing novels.
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Writing Tapes is created and hosted by Desiree.
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