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Do you know your dead salmon from your downpipe?

Getting the marketing basics right with Written Word Media's Clayton Noblit

Episode 179: Escaping the submissions treadmill: could a service like Submitit be the way forward?

Episode 178: Trust the process that gives you joy! With Jessie Kwak

Episode 177: The mind of the warrior. A conversation with Nick Narbutovskih of the US Air Force Special Operations Command

Episode 176: Making peace with the internet. Practical advice for your digital presence, with Jason Smith of Social Shapes

Episode 175: A guest at the reader's table, with veteran publisher and literary agent Tony Collins

Episode 174: Writing your novel is part of your heart - with Lynn Hightower

Episode 173: Make your reader feel smart, with Jessica Brody

Episode 172: Immersed in the sensorium: how we can enjoy, and learn from poetry, with Aaron Poochigian.

Episode 171: The layers of character with H. Claire Taylor

Episode 170: Be the hero of your own story, with Donna Lichaw

Episode 169: Creating stories that work: content and structure

Episode 168. Passion Focus and Discipline with Dave Chesson

Episode 167. Building your authority as a writer, with Bryan Collins

Episode 166 From Aristotle to Hollywood with Susan Isaacs

Episode 165. Flightpath to publication with James Blatch

Episode 164. A citizen of two worlds. Juggling writing and life with Sam Mills and Michael J. Harvey

Episode 163. Getting in touch with our own inner champion - with Cami Ostman

Episode 162. Keep the faith! With Sarah Moorhead

Announcement: The Creative Writer's Toolbelt will return on Friday 3rd September 2021

Episode 161 Writing your memoir

Episode 160 Lockdown for writers

Episode 159 Thank you for listening, and goodbye

Episode 158 Take the advice that works for you. A conversation with freelance editor Ellen Brock

Episode 157 - Keep your eyes on your own paper! Maintaining your balance as an author - with Barbara Poelle

Episode 156 - Observing your characters with compassion. A conversation with Abbigail N. Rosewood

Episode 155 Dana Kaye saves the day! Branding Marketing and a Crisis Consultation if you need it. With branding and marketing expert Dana Kaye

Episode 154 - From perseverance to publication. A conversation with writer and speaker Joan E Histon

Episode 153 Kandy Kingdom's Most Wanted! A conversation with Greg Millman

Episode 152 - From the page to the stage with Tony Award winning Broadway producer Ken Davenport

Episode 151 - Do it without having to prove you're good! Encouragement for the writer's life with Cynthia Morris

Episode 150 - 'Trust the truth; trust your writing.' A conversation with the Pope's Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno

Episode 149 Cops and Writers! Tips for authoring your police procedural with Wendy H Jones and Sergeant Patrick O'Donnell

Episode 148 - More than Pandas! The renaissance in Chinese Science Fiction and what it means for readers and writers in the West

Episode 147 - Perseverance branding and podcasting for writers with Sarah Werner

Episode 146 - A request to hear about YOUR writing challenges and it's time for a story!

Episode 145: Own it! How to take charge of your own destiny as a writer with Abidemi Sanusi

Episode 144 What writers can learn from 'Emeralds of Oz'. A conversation with Peter Guzzardi

Episode 143 Disrupted! How self-publishing became the most significant thing to happen to the publishing business for centuries - with Orna Ross

Episode 142 The renaissance in poetry: new opportunities in poetic expression with Orna Ross

Episode 141 So why did it take you 10 years to write this book? And other awkward questions for writers

Episode 140 How to work with your development editor. With Amanda Rutter and examples from The Centauri Survivors

Episode 139 When characters go rogue.

Episode 138 "The smell of saffron; the shadow of war". Writing and publishing out of a non-Western background with Dr Pamela Fernandes

Episode 137 Tools and markets for the Indie Author. With Ricardo Fayet of Reedsy.com

Episode 136 Your guide for the journey. The work of the sensitivity reader with Patrice Williams Marks

Episode 135 'You are valuable just as you are. And so is your writing.' A conversation with Jen Louden.

Episode 134 "All successful books have this one thing in common..." A conversation with Dr Ginger Moran

Episode 133 - Why it's so important for writers to feel proud of their work

Episode 132 "Challenge Accepted!" A conversation with full time independent writer Steff Green

Episode 131 - Get them off their smartphone and make them care about your work. A conversation with Tade Thompson

Episode 130 - Energising each scene in your novel with polarity shifts and scene turns

Episode 129 "Walking up a mountain in the mist" A conversation with writer and scientist C. John Arthur

Episode 128 - Plotting your journey to traditional publishing success with Derek Künsken

Episode 127 - A conversation with Ellen Brock: professional novel editor and writing coach Part 2 of 2:

Episode 126 A conversation with Ellen Brock: professional novel editor and writing coach (Part 1 of 2)

Episode 125 A conversation with Book Coach and Literary Agent Sandra O'Donnell (Part 2 of 2)

Episode 124 A conversation with Book Coach and Literary Agent Sandra O'Donnell (Part 1 of 2)

Episode 123 Face the fear and finish the job. A conversation with creative professional Sarah Rhea Werner

Episode 122 - You’re not reading you're performing! A conversation with audiobook narrator Sean Pratt

Episode 121 Another tour of duty - surviving and thriving in the world of book marketing

Episode 120 - A conversation with award winning travel writer and entrepreneur Tim Leffel

Episode 119 - The responsibilities of being a god: omniscient PoV - Point of View part 2

Episode 118 Getting to grips with PoV - Point of View part 1

Episode 117 "Who are you and why are you good to tell it?" A Conversation with Brendan O'Meara of the Creative Non-fiction Podcast

Episode 116 - Climbing the North Face. Why completing the first draft of your writing project is so hard and how to achieve it

Episode 115 Keeping the god in the machine. Why 'Deus Ex Machina' endings suck and how to avoid them

Episode 114 "You've got to know what you want to say!" A conversation with Story Grid Certified Developmental Editor Lori Puma

Episode 113 - You have the most important job in the world and here's why

Episode 112 Of Monkeys and Manuscripts: a conversation with writer and BSFA Award winner Gareth L. Powell

Episode 111 - Do you know what your book is really about? Cutting through the noise with book coach Jennie Nash

Episode 110 - Why writing is hard work and how to keep doing it anyway

Episode 109 Conversation with Juliet Mushens of CaskieMushens Literary Agency

Episode 108 "If it wasn't for the money everyone would be doing it" A conversation with Jon Wallace and Antonia Honeywell

Episode 107 Why fake news is toxic for writers - and how to avoid it

Episode 106 - What we can learn from literary fiction

Episode 105 - "Creativity is not a luxury item." Interview with Jeff Leisawitz

Episode 104 - Interview with Jeff Goins

Episode 103 - A look inside the Creative Writer's Toolbelt Handbook

Episode 102 - Interview with Monica Leonelle

Episode 101: Dare to write - dare to submit - dare to publish

Episode 100: Reflecting on the best advice and insight from one hundred episodes of the Creative Writer's Toolbelt with writer editor and fellow podcaster Sarah Werner

Episode 99 - Six simple principles for living well as a writer.

Episode 98 - How to look after yourself and not be a jerk - living the writer's life well with Marie Bilodeau and Derek Künsken

Episode 97 - If you only get one thing right in your writing make it this

Episode 96 - Different routes into publishing: Interview with Wendy H Jones and Ryan Dalton

Episode 95 Into the crucible - empowering your work with symbol dilemma and innovation

Episode 94 Jesse Pinkman meets Lady Macbeth. Themes ethics and morality in your story

Episode 93 - Interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky

Episode 92 - A home and a market for your story. Navigating your way around trope and genre

Episode 91 - Stay on target! How to write a great action scene.

Episode 90 - Let the romance do the talking! Writing a great love scene

Episode 89 - Power up your prose! Making sentences paragraphs and scenes work for you

Episode 88 - My favourite reads of 2016 and the CWT Survey

Episode 87 - Inside the publishing house - conversations with the team at Gollancz

Episode 86 - Handle with care! Writing and placing the flashback scene

Episode 85 - An interview with Anne Perry editor at Hodder and Stoughton

Episode 84 - Finishing well. Principles for writing a great closing scene

Episode 83 - Curtain Up! Essential Principles for the Opening Scene