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Christian Indie Writers' Podcast — 330 episodes
335: The Questions Your Story Should Answer (and the Ones It Shouldn't)
334: Every Scene Needs a Job
333: The Five Places Every Novel Loses Momentum
332: How to Hook Readers in Chapter One
331: Just Do It: Why Publishing Sooner Can Make You a Better Writer
330: Should Christian Authors Write to Market?
329: Hope-Centered Narratives
328: The Craft of Writing Memorable Openings
327: Why Clean Reads Are Booming: What Christian Readers Really Want
326: Can Good Characters Save a Bad Plot? (And What Actually Keeps Readers Hooked)
325: Christian Fiction Is Growing Fast — Here’s What Readers Actually Want Now
324: The Truth About Christian Publishing in 2026? What This Means for Christian Indie Writers
323: The Truth About Christian Publishing in 2026? What Writers Need to Know
322: Writing Emotional Core — A Trauma-Informed Approach
321: The 15-Minute Writing Habit That Can Help You Finish Your Book
320: Is Your Writer’s Block Spiritual? (Christian Writers Need to Hear This)
319: How to Write a Christian Novel that Actually Helps People (Without Being Preachy)
318: How much description is too much?
317: How to Write the Five Senses in Fiction
316: More Than “Like” and “As”: Using Metaphors and Similes to Strengthen Your Writing
315: How to Write Weather in Fiction | Setting, Mood, and Atmosphere
314: AI and the Indie Author
313: Rhythm, Routine, Revamp: How a Christian Indie Author Boosted Productivity
312: From Brooding CEO to Lumberjack: Your Guide to Writing Hallmark Hunks
311: 30 Days of Writing Sprints Challenge Recap
310: How to Publish Your Book Step-by-Step: Part 3: Distribution
309: How to Publish Your Book Step-by-Step: Part 2: Formatting
308: When the Words Stop Flowing: Getting Unstuck During Writing Sprints
307: How to Publish Your Book Step-by-Step: ISBNs, Formatting & Distribution Made Simple, Part 1
306: RIP NaNoWriMo: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Writing Challenges for Christian Indie Authors
305: Cliffhangers That Keep Readers Hooked
304: Pacing & Momentum: Crafting Your Story’s Pulse
303: Faith Meets Fantasy: Allegory in K-Pop Demon Hunter
302: Underused POVs: Writing from the Side Character’s View
301: Writing through Grief
300: Celebrating 7 Years of Shenanigans with the Christian Indie Writers
299: Progress Check In for Writers
298: Building a Strong Indie Author Network: Collaborating Without Compromise
297: Faith-Fueled Worldbuilding: What Does a Christian Magic System Look Like?
296: The Art of Writing Christian Fantasy
295: The Power of Quiet Scenes
294: Getting Personal: How to Incorporate Your Own Life into Fiction
293: The Evolution of Christian Fiction: Trends and Future Directions
292: Top 5 Benefits of Writing Short Stories for Indie Authors
291: The Power of Writing for One – Trusting God with a Small Audience
290: Parables and Plot Structure – What Jesus' Stories Can Teach Us About Fiction
289: Discernment and Darkness: Should Christian Writers Tackle Tough Topics?
288: Memorial Day: Writing for Remembrance
287: Learning from Others’ Mistakes
286: Mechanics of Dialogue
285: The Dos and Don’ts of Dialogue
284: Writing the Villain: Can a Bad Guy Point to Christ?
283: 5 Ways to Save Your Characters Without Ruining Your Story
282: The Meta Piracy Controversy
281: From Idea to Manuscript: How a Book Coach Can Help with Elyse Seal
280: How to Add Conflict to Your Story
279: The Importance of Conflict
278: Words and Worry: Navigating Author Anxiety
277: Top 10 Romance Tropes and Why They Work
276: Should You Hire a Book Coach?: How to Get Started
275: Baby Steps Back to Writing Part 4: How Did You Do?
274: Baby Steps Back to Writing Week 3
273: Baby Steps Back to Your Writing Week 2
272: Baby Steps Back to Writing
271: Every Story Has A Message
270 Every Story Is A Journey
268 Brainstorming: Igniting Creativity For Your Next Book
269 Every Story Is A Love Story
267: Crafting Characters: Core vs. Thematic
266: Our Top 5 Book Recommendations for Writers
265 Guest Host Piper Dow Talks About Her Decision To Quit Her Job
264: Christian Writing Groups: Building a Support Community
263: More is More: The Power of the 4th Book
262: A Day in the Life of an Indie Author
261: Writing as Ministry
260 Audiobooks And The Indie Author: Creating Your Own Audiobooks
259: Finding Inspiration in Scripture
258: The Freedom of Independent Publishing
257: Crafting Characters with Christian Values
256: Ask The Reader Anything
255: The Good and The Bad: Advice from our Listeners
254: The Author’s Budget - How to decide where to spend your money
253: Audiobooks and the Indie Author: Audiobook options
252: Navigating Stoplight Editing for Writers
251: The 4 Ps of Building a Writing Routine Grounded in Faith
250: 6 MORE Christian Tropes for Every Genre
249: 6 Christian Tropes for Every Genre
248: 5 Ways to Cope with Editor Criticism
247: 5 Reasons Your Editor Hates Your Book
246: How To Weave Faith Into Your Novel
245: 5 New Writer Mistakes We Made...So You Don't Have To
244: Live Q&A with Tina, Jamie and Jen
243: Perfection is the Enemy of Writing
242: 10 Tips for Better Writing Productivity
241: What in the World is DMARC? A Step-by-Step Guide
240: 5 Writer’s Goals for the New Year
239: Live Events for Authors with Ben Wolf
238: A Writer’s Christmas Carol
237: The End is In Sight: How to Conclude Your Story
236: Finding Writing Moments in Everyday Life
235: How to Win NaNoWriMo with Your Friends
#234: NaNoWriMo: Put Your Life On Autopilot.
233: NaNoWriMo Preptober: Structuring your Story
232: NaNoWriMo Preptober: Character Development
231: NaNoWriMo Preptober: Deciding What to Write
230: How to Write the First Chapter
229: Back to Basics: Characters or Story first?
#228:Did God Tell You to Write?
227: Back to School: What’s Your Why?
225: The 3 Rs of Keeping Your Novel Accurate
226: Back to School: Planning for Success
224: 5 Ways to Disappoint Your Readers
223: Writer’s Guilt
222: Turning Your Life Struggles into Your Next Book
221: Top 5 Reasons to Give Your Book Away
220: Writer's Life: Fitting Writing into Your Summer Fun
219: Spirituality in Your Writing
218: Downright Doable Dialogue: 5 Don’ts and Dos for Writing Dialogue
217: Adding Conflict to Your Story
216: Character Interrogations: Questions to ask Your Characters
215: Public Speaking for Authors with Kirsten Holmberg
214: Using Lore in Your Novel
213: St. Patrick's Day Shenanigans
212: Writing an Excellent Book: What is your ONE best tip for writing a GREAT book
211: What are you waiting for? When is the right time to publish your novel?
210: Give Me a Break! Taking Breaks From Your Writing
209: Writing Romance in Your Non-Romance Novel: Writing Craft
#208: Dump the Info Dumping: Writing Craft
#207: Back to Basics: Bringing Back the Joy in Writing
#206: How to Reach Your New Year Goals
#205: Setting New Year Goals
#204: Story Structure from The Book of Job
#203: The Christmas Story: Finding Inspiration in the Greatest Story Ever Told
#202: Lessons Learned from 20 Books Vegas 2022
#201: NaNoWriMo 2022 Recap
#200: Celebrating 200 Episodes of Information, Encouragement and Shenanigans!
#199: How to Use Plot Points in Your Writing
198: Crafting Compelling Characters: What is a Character sketch?
#197: Writer Resources: What Genre is my Book
#196: Writer Resources: How to Find an Editor
#195: Writer Resources: Different Types of Editors
#194: Blurb Clinic: Self-Publishing Tips
#193 Self-Publishing Tips: Does My Cover Fit My Genre?
#192 Writing Groups 101: Genre-Specific Writing Groups Pros and Cons
#191: Writing Groups 101: Critique Do's and Don'ts: Jamie's Piece
#190: Self-Editing Help: Getting Your Piece Ready for the Editor
#189: What Makes an Author ‘Successful’?
#188 Writing Groups 101: Critique Dos and Don'ts Part 2: Jen's Piece
#187: Critique Dos and Don'ts: Writing Groups 101
#186: Questions for the Hat: Shenanigans with Jamie and Jen
#185: Dear Writer, Are you Intuitive?: A Live Q&A with Becca Syme
184: Writing Groups 101: Setting Expectations
#183: Writing Groups 101: How to Start a Writing Group
#182 Negative Book Reviews: The Writer’s Life
#181: How to Set Up Your Amazon Author Page: Book Marketing Strategies 2022
#180: How to Launch a Book: Tina's Latest Book Launch
#179 Pinching Publishing Pennies Part 2: Self-Publishing Tips 2022
#178 Pinching Publishing Pennies: Self-Publishing Tips 2022
#177 Self Publishing Tips: The Perils of Predatory Publishers
#176: Self-Publishing vs Traditional Publishing 2022
Episode 175: How to Write a Novel for Beginners: Where do You Begin?
Episode 174: Ask You Anything: The Hosts take Advice from their Listeners (April Fool's Edition)
Episode 173: Book Marketing Strategies 2022: Using Newsletters to Market Your Book
Episode 172: Book Marketing Strategies 2022: Paid Email Marketing Websites
Episode 171: Book Marketing Strategies 2022: Free First in Series
Episode 170: Book Marketing Strategies 2022: Begin with the Basics
Episode #169: Essential Writing Tips: Using Short Stories To Advance Your Writing Career
Episode 168: Writing Craft: How Real is Too Real?
Episode 167: Nonfiction Self-Publishing Tips: Devotionals, Blender Manuals, and Self-Help, Oh, My!
Episode 166: Essential Writing Tips: Banishing Boring Dialogue
Episode 165: Essential Writing Tips: Point of View
Episode 162: The Business of Writing: 3 Ways To Capitalize on the Commercialism of Christmas
Episode 164:The Business of Writing: Do I Really Need All These Subscriptions?
Episode 163: Writers Life: Self Publishing Goals and Ideas for 2022
Episode 161: The Business of Writing: Author Business Plan Year in Review
Episode 160: How to Write a Hallmark Christmas Movie
Episode 159: From Murky Middle to Magnificent Midpoint
Episode 158: Should I Quit NaNo?
Episode 157: NaNoWriMo: Are You Meeting Your Goals?
Episode 156: Worldbuilding with Ben Wolf
Episode 155: NaNoWriMo: Plot Outline: Fantasy
Episode 154: NaNoWriMo Preptober: Plot Outline: Romance
Episode 153: NaNoWriMo: Tips for Pantsers
Episode 152: NaNoWriMo: Plot Outline: Cozy Mystery
Episode 151: NaNoWriMo: Prepping for Preptober
Episode 150: Writer’s Life: Finding Motivation when Writing is Hard
Episode 149: Self Publishing Tools: SEO for Authors?
Episode 148: Self Publishing Tips: Blurb vs. Synopsis
Episode 147: Self Publishing Tips: Back Matter Matters
Episode 146: Writer’s Life: Envy
Episode 145: Superstition: Writing on the Wall
Episode 144: The Writer's Life: Love is Kind
Episode 143: The Writer's Life: Patience is a Virtue
Episode 142: Book Marketing Tips: How to Take a Better Headshot
Episode 140: Creative Mindset: Establishing Habits to Promote Creativity
Episode 139: Essential Writing Tips: Plan your Novel Using Story Beats
Episode 138: Self Publishing Tips: How to Choose a Narrator for Your Audiobook
Episode 137: Self Publishing Tips: Is Audible the only choice for your Audiobook?
Episode 136: What is Acceptable to Christian Readers
Episode 135: Essential Writing Tips: Our Top 10 Tips for Self-Editing
Episode 134: Essential Writing Tips: Research Trips to Enhance Your Writing
Episode 133: Essential Writing Tips: Get to Know Your Characters
Episode 132: Writing Advice: Shiny New Things
Episode 131: Self Publishing Tips: How to Use Hashtags
Episode 130: Going Permafree
Episode 129: Writing Tools for Authors
128: Marketing Your Self Published Book: How Tina Hit #1
Episode 127: Metadata for Authors
Episode 126: Why Isn't My Book Selling?
Episode 125: SUPERFANS: 4 Steps to Creating Devoted Readers
Episode 124: Writing Your Way: Plotting vs Pantsing
Episode 123: Project Management Software for Writers
Episode 122: TOP 10 Productivity Tips for Writers
Episode 121: CliftonStrengths for Writing Groups with Becca Syme
Episode 120: Writing as a Business: "I've written a business plan...now what?"
Episode 119: Writing as a Business: Creating a Business Plan #2
Episode 118: Writing as a Business #2: Creating a Business Plan Part 1
Episode 117: Writing as a Business: Career vs. Hobby
Episode 116: Holiday Episode 2020
Episode 115: Before Your Book Launch Party
Episode 114: T.G.I.O.
Episode 113: Reviews in Review
Episode 112: Purch the Merch: Merchandising and the Author
Episode 111: Book Launch
Episode 110: NaNoWriMo "Eve Eve"
Episode #109: Writing Sprints #4: Beyond Sprinting
Episode 108: Writing Sprints #3: Where to Sprint
Episode #107: Writing Sprints #2 - How should You Sprint?
Episode 106: Writing Sprints #1 - Why Every Writer Should Sprint
Episode 105: PREPTOBER: Preparing for National Novel Writing Month
Episode 104: Improving Your Writing with Framing
Episode 103: Exhortation: Encouragement and the Christian Writer
Episode 102: Pinterest for Writers - Growing your Pinterest Page
Episode 101: Social Media Etiquette
Episode 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes
Episode 99: Indescribable, #2 - Improving Setting Descriptions in your writing
Episode 98: Indescribable: Improving Physical Descriptions in your writing
Episode 97: Finding Your Social Media Stride
Episode 96: Plodding Through Plotting
Episode 95: 12 Things We Wish We Had Known as New Writers
Episode 94: Why You Should Have a Book Launch Strategy
Episode 93: Art Imitates Life #4: Inspiration is Everywhere
Episode 92: Art Imitates Life #3: Characterization
Episode 91: Art Imitates Life Episode #2: Your Joys
Episode 90: Art Imitates Life, Episode #1: Your Trauma
Episode 89: Readers of the Elusive ARC
Episode 88: Better Call A Beta
Episode 87: Secrets of Side Character Success!
Episode 86: Amazing Antagonists
Episode 85: Penning Perfect Protagonists
Episode 84: Keeping it Real: Accuracy in Your Writing
Episode 83: Help! Tina has Writer's Block!
Episode 82: Proceed with Caution: Protecting Your Rough Draft
Episode 81: I Love You, But You Must Die!
Episode 80: Allegory? That's What I'm Tolkien About!
Episode 79: Putting Your Work Out There
Episode 78: Poco Loco - Staying Sane When Your Book is Driving You Crazy
Episode 77: Gesundheit - An Author's Guide to Staying Healthy
Episode 76: The Devil is in the Details
Episode 75: Genre Matters
Episode 74: Christian Romance
Episode 73: Spring Cleaning Your Desktop
Episode 72: Genealogy for Storytelling
Episode 71: What are You Reading?
Episode 70: What to Write Next
Episode 69: I'm Going to Buy a Planner
Episode 68: Book Covers
Episode 67: You've Written a Novel...Now What?
Episode 66: Scenes vs. Chapters
Episode 65: Thankful for His Blessings
Episode 64: NaNoWriMo Week 3: The Final Push
Episode 63: Nano Week 2: The Murky Middle
Episode 62: NaNoWriMo Week 1
Episode 61: NaNoWriMo Kickoff
Episode 60: The Elements of Story Part 3
Episode 59: The Elements of Story Part 2
Episode 58: The Elements of Story Part 1
Episode 57: Pen Names
Episode 56: Writer Guilt
Episode 55: Chapter Chat
Episode 54: Building Your Platform: Newsletters: Beyond Automation
Episode 53: OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!
Episode 52.2: Building Your Platform: Newsletters - Automation Sequence
Episode 52: Building Your Author Platform: Newsletters
Episode 51: Building Your Author Platform: Facebook Groups
Episode 50: Building Your Author Platform: Facebook
Episode 49: Building Your Author Platform
Episode 48: Failure to Launch
Episode 47: Special Edition: Postcast
Episode 46: Passive Voice
Episode 45: Improve Your Craft: Show don't Tell
Episode 43: Writing the Blurb
Episode 42: Online Writing Groups
Episode 41: Back on Track
Episode 40: Collaboration
Episode 39: The Art of Short Stories
Episode 38: Camp Nano Wrap-Up
Episode 37: Writing Prompts
Episode 36: Giving Voice to Your Story
Episode 35: The First Page
Episode 34: Social Media and the Writer
Episode 33: Camp Nano...should you participate?
Episode 32: The Art of Research
Episode 31: Reading in Your Genre
Episode 30: Reader Reviews: the good, the bad and the totally awesome
Episode 29: Ghostwriting and Plagiarism
Episode 28: Online Release Parties
Episode 27: Genre Tropes
Episode 26: Self-Editing - Planning your process
Episode 25: Office Hours for Writers
Episode 24: Bullet Journals for Authors
Episode 23: In the Trenches: Publishing your Novel
Episode 22: Writing Goals
Episode 21: Writer Beware
Episode 20: Give the Gift of Writing
Episode 15: NaNoWriMo Week 1
Episode 14: NaNoWriMo Kickoff
Episode 13: Story Structure
Episode 12: Increasing Your Word Count
Episode 11: Plotting vs. Pantsing
Episode 10: Inspiration
Episode 9: Preparing for NaNoWriMo
Episode 8: Spreading the Gospel through your writing
Episode 7: Faith, Family and Career
Episode 6: What Does It Mean to be a Christian Writer?
Episode 5: Is Indie Publishing Right For You?
Episode 4: Establishing Daily Writing Habits
Episode 3: Free, Simple Websites
Episode 2: Critiquing
Episode 1: Writing Groups