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The Novel Writing Podcast — 227 episodes
Agents, Queries, Pitching: All about Traditional, with Mark Gottlieb
Reading In Your Genre vs. Reading Widely
Thomas Umstattd Jr. on Marketing Without Losing Your Mind
The Importance of a Writing Group
Phil Marshall on Affordable Multi-Cast Audiobooks
Caitlin Shetterly on Writing with Chronic Illness
Don’t Publish Your First Book
3rd Person POVs: Omniscient, Deep, or Head Hopping?
Cathryn deVries on the Writer Identity
The Value of Short-Cycle Feedback
What I Learned from Dictating 70,000 Words
Publisher Rocket Deep Dive with Dave Chesson
Do I Need to Write Every Day?
Publishing Myth #4: You HAVE to Be On Social Media
Becca Syme on Strengths and Skill Chains
What “Show Don’t Tell” Really Means
How to Avoid the Research Rabbit Holes
Publishing Industry Changes, with Greg Keogh
How to Write a Killer Blurb
What’s New With Curios, with Greg Keogh
Seth Ring on Author Business Practices, Part 2
Dave Chesson on Kindlepreneur's Tools for Authors
What Does a Proofreader Do?
Seth Ring on Author Business Practices, Part 1
What Does a Copyeditor Do?
What Does a Developmental Editor Do?
Author Nation 2025 Takeaways
Let’s Rock 2026: An Update from Last Year
Seth Ring on Dictating Your Books
Killer Organic Marketing, with Z.S. Diamanti
Case Study: Age of Scorpius, by Audra Winter
Protecting Your Copyright, with Samantha Bradshaw
What the Heck are Tropes?
Amy Lynn McConahy on Clean Fiction Magazine
Common Mistakes When Naming Characters
Collin Smith on Reputable Freelancers
Lessons from the Realm Makers Conference
Why You Should Start an Author Newsletter Now
Self Publishing Options: Direct vs. Indirect Sales
Self Publishing Options: eBook & Digital
Self Publishing Options: Print on Demand
Curios Cofounder Greg Keogh on Direct eBook Sales
Dialogue Tags vs. Action Tags
What is Story Structure?
Literary Sins: Not Enough “GMC”
JD Barker on Standing Out as an Author
Exciting News from Tally Ink!
Publishing Myth #3: You Don’t Need to Market
The Pros & Cons of DIY in Self-Publishing
Mastering the Outline, with E.A. Winters
Literary Sins: DIY-ing EVERYTHING
3 Tips to Confidently Approach Your First Draft
Literary Sins: Improper Research
How to Avoid Flat, Static, Mary Sues
Do You Need a Pen Name?
How to Know Your Book’s Age Group
How to Write Fight Scenes, with Carla Hoch
3 Ways to Strengthen Your Plot
Publishing Myth #2: Indie = Success
How Many Books Should Be in Your Series?
What Makes Characters Memorable?
How to Actually Finish Your First Draft
Publishing Myth #1: Traditional = Success
Literary Sins: Infodumping in the Published Book
What is an Unreliable Narrator?
Literary Sins: Random Character to the Rescue
10 Productivity Tips for Writers, PART 2
10 Productivity Tips for Writers, PART 1
How to Achieve Your Writing Goals in 2025
Reasons to Write the Blurb Early
Recommended Writing Craft Books
Literary Sins: Too Many Characters
Thoughts from Author Nation
The College Analogy for Avoiding Overwhelm
Switching from Writing to Editing
If You are a Creative Powerhouse
When You Have More Than One Story Idea
If You Have Difficulty Prioritizing
This or That: Outliner or Discovery Writer
If Distractions Abound for You
Literary Sins 1: Head-Hopping
If You Have Limiting Beliefs
The Writer’s Block Quiz
This or That: 3rd Person or 1st Person
If You Are an Inspired Introvert…
Pareto’s Principle (80/20 Rule for Writing)
If You Are a Chaotic Creative…
To Prologue or Not to Prologue
If You Are a Community Creator…
To Epilogue or Not to Epilogue
If You Are a Skeptical Scribe…
Writing as Healing, with Caitlin Shetterly
If You Are a Diligent Drafter…
The Writing Persona Quiz
How to Handle Negative Reviews
The Parkinson’s Law Paradox
Release the Pressure
Author Entrepreneurship with Dave Moreno
Who Reviews are Really For
What Drives You to Write?
From Romance to Domestic Thriller, with Christina Rozeline
How to Write Physicalities of Emotion
Have High Expectations and Low Attachment
Don’t Fear Failure, with Caleb Palmquist
Procrastiplotting
Stop Task Switching While Writing
Writing Tradeoffs
3 Ways to Write Better Relationships
What are ARC Readers?
Sunk Cost Fallacy in Writing
How to Recruit Alphas, Betas, & Critters
Alphas and Betas and Critters, Oh My!
Decision Pivots
The Power of Writing Rituals
The 4 Primary Temperaments
Two Truths and a Lie with Shanna P. Lowe
What Are Your Writing Engines?
How to Make it Past Quitter’s Day
Different Publishing Avenues
Top Tips from Writers, Part 1
Writing Resolutions
What’s the Second Draft if the First Draft is Garbage?
Kickstarter Crash Course
When Characters Come to Life, with Beth Savoie
The Truth About Giving Up
Never Skip the Editor
Social Media Series: What Works for You…
Why You Should Question Everything
Difference Between Temperament & Personality
Social Media Series: Be Persistent
The “Writer” Identity
3 Things That Keep Readers from DNF’ing
Social Media Series: How BookTok Creates Bestsellers
Make Writing Decisions Faster
Interest vs. Commitment
Redefining Consistency for Authors
Social Media Series: Which Platform is “Best”?
When Can I Call Myself an Author?
The Truth About Infodumping
Social Media Series: Extrovert vs. Introvert
Identify Author Gains
Social Media Series: Marketing for Authors
My Self-Publishing Process
Letting Ideas Percolate
When You Have More Than One Project
Other People’s Opinions
When the Characters Yank the Story Away
Developmental Editing vs. Copyediting
Tools I Use to Write Novels
Break Writer’s Block with ColdTurkeyWriter
Self-Editing AFTER the First Draft
Your Writing Sucks, but YOU Don’t
Don’t Self-Edit While Writing the First Draft
What to Remember During the First Draft
How to Make Time for Writing
Expectations vs. Reality & Priorities
What to Do When Writing is Hard
Accepting Critique
How to Give Good Critique
Mindset in Idea Generation & Writing Phases
Break Writer’s Block with 4thewords
The Garbage First Draft
Professional Premium
DAY 60 VICTORY & What To Do Next
DAY 59 Powering Through to the End
DAY 58 Satisfying Endings
DAY 57 Active Descriptions
DAY 56 Commas, Commas, Commas!
DAY 55 Authentic Coincidence
DAY 54 Creating Book Titles
DAY 53 Writing Tense and POV
DAY 52 Story Timelines
DAY 51 Commonly Confused Words
DAY 50 Sagging Middle Syndrome
DAY 49 Writing Toxic Relationships
DAY 48 Portraying Affection
DAY 47 Using Fewer Words
DAY 46 Character Flaws
DAY 45 Staying Motivated to Write
DAY 44 More Grammar Rules
DAY 43 Items Carried
DAY 42 Channeling Emotion
DAY 41 Writing Villains
DAY 40 Lay, Lie, Laid, Lain
DAY 39 Writing Animals
DAY 38 Word Count in Perspective
DAY 37 Writing Dialogue
DAY 36 Phrases to Never Use Again
DAY 35 Friendships vs. Romances
DAY 34 Writer’s Block
DAY 33 Show, AND Tell
DAY 32 Introducing Characters
DAY 31 Writing Sprints
DAY 30 Novel Writing Prep
DAY 29 If You’re Stumped
DAY 28 Proactive Characters
DAY 27 Writing a Series
DAY 26 Hints, Clues, & Foreshadowing
DAY 25 Starting the Story
DAY 24 Chapter Transitions
DAY 23 Separating into Chapters
DAY 22 Deleting & Condensing
DAY 21 Filling in the Holes
DAY 20 Resolving Conflicting Ideas
DAY 19 Overcoming the Info Dump
DAY 18 Adding While Organizing
DAY 17 Turning Ideas into Scenes
DAY 16 Organizing Scenes
DAY 15 Suspense & Anticipation
DAY 14 Character Growth
DAY 13 Fights, Battles, & Arguments
DAY 12 Character Occupations
DAY 11 Climax & Resolution
DAY 10 Impactful Emotions
DAY 9 Story Obstacles
DAY 8 Plots & Subplots
DAY 7 Creating Maps
DAY 6 Ethics & Morality
DAY 5 Conflict & Plot
DAY 4 Scenery & Imagery
DAY 3 Character Relationships
DAY 2 World Building
DAY 1 Character Development
The 60-Day Novel Writing Challenge
The Top 3 Obstacles Holding Writers Back
Why Writing is Important
Introduction to The Novel Writing Podcast