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Writer Craft Podcast — 222 episodes
Why Romance Novels are More Serious Than You Think with Francesca Frost (Ep220)
Balance and Flow with Steven Puri (Ep219)
The Ten of Swords Business Plan: Pivots and Tweaks After One Year of Full-Time Writing with JP Rindfleisch IX (Ep218)
Creating a Writing Wheel: Using the Wheel of Life to Analyze Your Writing Life (Ep217)
Writing, Traveling, and Trauma Healing: A Last Ditch Effort to Be Heard, with David Deane Haskell (Ep216)
How Trusting Your Inner Wisdom and Power Helps Your Writing with Tatyana Gosh (Ep215)
Writing a Bridge Between the Physical and Spiritual Worlds with Rondalyn Whitney (Ep214)
Growing Your Writing Community (Ep213)
Truth-Telling in Fiction and Memoir with Grace Sammon (Ep212)
Visibility for Your Book and Your Brand with Kae Wagner (Ep211)
Developing a Book Coaching Program to Fund Your Author Life with Jessie Kwak (Ep210)
There's No Brain Hack for This?! with Erick Mertz (Ep209)
Infusing Self into a Resurrected "Trunk" Book with guest Jessie Kwak (Ep208)
Changing the Way You Put Words on the Page with guest Crys Cain (Ep207)
5 Take Home Tips for Getting Started Anywhere Along Your Journey "Home" (Ep206)
What's Coming in February to the Writer Craft Podcast? ANNOUNCEMENT Episode (Ep205)
Flawed Female Leads with guest Heather Snodgrass (Ep204)
How Point of View Affects Your Story (Ep203)
Finding Voice and Author Identity with Anne Abel (Ep202)
Writing the Hybrid Memoir (Ep201)
Onboarding Ghostwriting Clients: How to Identify Needs, Set Scope, and Build Trust (Ep200)
Intentionality in Writing: Hendrika de Vries on Resistance, Feminism, and Telling the Truth (Ep199)
The Art of Starting Over: Getting Back Into Your Writing Flow (Ep198)
How to Write a Book That Grows Your Business and Honors Your Spirit (Ep197)
From Reserved to Ravishing: Writing Spicy Scenes that Feel True to You, with guest HR Cole (EP196)
The Book You Were Born to Write: Legacy Crafting, Part 3 of 3 (Ep195)
The Book You Were Born to Write: Where Ego Meets Soul, Part 2 of 3 (Ep194)
The Book You Were Born to Write: Hearing the Call, Part 1 of 3 (Ep193)
Crowdfunding Your book: Why Kickstarter Might Be the Perfect Launchpad, with guest JP Rindfleisch IX (Ep192)
How to Start Your Author Business on a Budget (Ep191)
Staying Productive While Embracing the Chaos and Boredom of Summer (Ep190)
Using Unconventional Thinking to Tackle Creative Blocks with guest David Carson (Ep189)
Book Coaching is Next-Level Book Editing (Ep188)
Anti-Hustle Culture with guest Rachel May and Emily Golden (Ep187)
Must-Have Elements in Every Nonfiction Book (Ep186)
Ep185: Beyond the Hero's Journey: Exploring the Hidden Arcs in Every Story
Ep184: The Confidence Paradox with guest Angus Nelson
Ep183: ChatGPT and Writing Exercises
Ep182: How to Start a Ghostwriting Business
Ep181: Autofiction: Letting Go at Launch Time with guest H.H. Rune
Ep180: (B)Romance: How Dumb & Dumber and When Harry Met Sally are the Same Screenplay
Ep179: The 3 Types and 5 Rules of Screenwriting
Ep178: How to Find Writing Community
Ep177: Favorite Writing Craft Books
Ep176: How to Resuscitate a Trunk Novel
Ep175: Problem Solving Your Novel
Ep174: What Are You Bringing to 2025?
Ep173: Battling Self-Doubt
Ep172: Pricing Author Services
Ep171: The Process of Planning Your Book Without Getting Bored
Ep170: Courage in Story Telling with guest Anne Abel
Ep169: Writing as a Black Woman in the Speculative Fiction Genre, with guest Dr. Michele Tracy Berger
Ep168: Fostering Creativity
Ep167: Hiring an Editor: What My Book Should Look Like
Ep166: Conference Expecatations
Ep165: Story Retellings with Guest Jeanne Blasberg
Ep164: Welcome to Season 5!
Ep163: How Writing Heals with Guest Becky Ellis
Ep162: Announcement Only Episode
Ep161: Writing (in Multiple Genres) During the Stolen Moments
Ep160: Using Imagery in Your Writing
Ep159: Discovery Writing with KimBoo York
Ep158: Using Tropes to Avoid Writer's Block
Ep157: How to Reuse Content in Your Business
Ep156: Writing Cross-Genre with Dyslexia, featuring guest A.B. Herron
Ep155: Step One of Setting Goals
Ep154: First Lines, Openings, and Hooks
Ep153: Writing Through Chronic Illness, with Kathie Giorgio
Ep152: Exploring the World and Your Values in the Stories You Write
Ep151: Go for the Little Wins
Ep150: Transforming Your Manuscript from Boring to Badass
Ep149: Does Permafree Still Work on Amazon?
Ep148: Starting an Anthology
Ep147: Reset Buttons and Pivots for Authors
Ep146: How to Maintain Your Writing Business During Crisis
Ep145: Using Your Local Library as an Author Resource
Ep144: Writing from Your Body, with Anna Willman
Ep143: Favorite Characters
Ep142: How to Know if Your Story Idea Has Legs, plus Reflecting on 2023 and Looking at 2024
Ep141: Mining Your Life for Story
Ep140: Top 3 Tips for New Writers
Ep139: Identifying Limiting Beliefs, Understanding How They Affect Writers, and How to Reverse Them
Ep138: Budget with Confidence When Building Your Writing Business
Ep137: Serial Fiction with KimBoo York
Ep136: All Things Nanowrimo
Ep135: Making Business Decisions
Ep134: Let's Get Meta: Behind the Scenes of the Podcasting Experience
Ep133: How to Use Your Backlist
Ep132: Your Story Starts Here, with Mary Carroll Moore
Ep131: Does My Book's Hook Work?
Ep130: Pitching the Conference Circuit
Ep129: Non-Traditional Writing Prompts, with Zachary Jeffries
Ep128: Accountability Buddies and Masterminds--How Group Coaching Can Help You
Ep127: Coming Back from Chaos
Ep126: Content Writing: Should I Start a ___?
Ep125: When Should I Start Using Ads?
Ep124: From Screenwriter to Published Author with Jane Rosen
Ep123: The Hardest Things for Memoirists
Ep122: The Prolific Writer with Brock Swinson (Take 2)
Ep121: How to Improve Your Craft
Ep120: Budget Alternatives for Editing
Ep119: The Seven Components of Dialogue, with Dialogue Doctor Jeff Elkins
Ep118: Interview with a Memoir Coach
Ep117: Marketing Basics for Authors
Ep116: Marketing with Other Authors
Ep115: Writing a Clearly Defined Problem and Solution in Non-Fiction
Ep114: Manifesting What You Want for Your Business
Ep113: How to Give and Receive Feedback from Critique Groups
Ep112: What's Wrong with My Story?
Ep111: Writer's Block
Ep110: Marketing from the Ground Up (Part 3 of Marketing That You Own series)
Ep109: SEO for Authors (Part 2 of Marketing That You Own series)
Ep108: Website Basics (Part I of Marketing That You Own series)
Ep107: Jennie Komp Interview on Anthologies
Ep106: Setbacks
Ep105: Reflection as an Indie Author Tool
Ep104: Launch Day and Living in an Upside-Down World
Ep103: Mailing List Maintenance
Ep102: Professional Relationships
Ep101: CEO Check-In Strategy for Authors
Ep100: Landmark Episode, with love and outtakes
Ep99: Overthinking Your Writing
Ep98: Monthly Gamechangers
Ep97: Accountability for Authors (So You Can Focus and Finish)
Ep96: Tarot for Your Business
Ep95: A Year in Review
Ep94: How To Decide On Your Next Project
Extra Extra Ep93.5: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Pricing for Writer Craft Writing Retreat
Ep93: Failure (In Order to Succeed)
Ep92: Gratitude for the Author Life (plus Covers and Cohesion)
Ep91: The Nitty-Gritty of Self-Publishing
Ep90: Receiving Feedback
Ep89: Celebrating Successes
Ep88: Submissions
Ep87: How to Prepare for and Stay Balanced Through a Busy Season
Ep86: Short Stories and Patreon
Ep85: Partner or Spousal Support at Home
Ep84: Production and Publication Schedules
Ep83: Author Services Side Hustle
Ep82: Email List Care and Onboarding Sequences
Ep81: Focus and Productivity
Ep80: Crowdfunding
Ep79: Planning Your Creative Path
Ep78: Finding the Core of Your Memoir
Ep77: Erick Mertz, the Sequel
Ep76: Marketing You Can Do While Writing Your Book
Ep75: Erick Coaching
Ep74: How to Catch Up When You're Drowning
Ep73: Editing Passes and A.I. Software
Ep72: Global Conflict, Choice, and Consequence
Ep71: How to Find Time to Write When Your Kids are Home During Summer
Ep70: Passive Voice and Sentence Structure
Ep69: Writing Full-Time
Ep68: Pacing
Ep67: Editing vs Ghost-writing
Ep66: Filling the Creative Well
Ep65: Showing vs Telling
Ep64: Theme and Story Hypothesis (with JP Rindfleisch)
Ep63: Emotional Tone
Ep62: Writing Tools
Ep61: How to Write a Villain
Setting and World-Building
59: Writers Retreats and Residencies
Ep58: Genre Expectations
Ep57: Character Arc
Ep56: Book Launch Fundamentals
Live Scene Analysis (featuring Crys Cain)
Maintaining Positivity in Your Author Life
Dialogue Doctor Jeff Elkins Interview: Writer Craft Ep 53
Reading Like a Writer
Memoir Myths
Protagonist's Needs and Wants
Fracturing of the Writing Community
Characterization
Writer Craft Podcast, S4, Ep 47
Writer Craft S4, Ep46
Writer Craft Ep 45
Strategies for Authors and Other Entrepreneurs, Ep44
Strategies for Authors and Other Entrepreneurs, Ep43
Strategies for Authors and Other Entrepreneurs, Ep42
Strategies for Authors and Entrepreneurs
Side Hustle Strategy #1: CEO Control Journal
Using Personality to Build Habits and Change
Taking a Step Back to Thrive in Life and Business
Voice Double
Why Monthly Reviews Are Important For Your Business
Business Action Plan, Case Study 1, Ep35
Pivots, Ep34
Healthy Grieving When Things Aren't Great
The Difference Between Getting Organized and Getting Focused, and other myths about productivity
Focus and Productivity
The Indie Author Mentor Show, Ep 30
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IAM Show, S2/E27
The Indie Author Mentor Show, S2, E26
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The Indie Author Mentor Show, S2, E24
The Indie Author Mentor Show, S2, E23
The Indie Author Mentor Show, S2, E22
The Indie Author Mentor Show, S2, E21
The Indie Author Mentor Show, S2/Ep20
The Indie Author Mentor Show, Season 2, Ep 19
Indie Author Mentor Show, Season 2, Episode 18
Indie Author Mentor, Episode 17
The Indie Author Mentor Show, Season 1, Episode 16
The Indie Author Mentor, Episode 15
The Indie Author Mentor, Episode 14
The Indie Author Mentor, Episode 13
The Indie Author Mentor, Episode 12
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The Indie Author Mentor, Episode 7
Indie Author Mentor, Episode 6
Indie Author Mentor, Episode 5
Indie Author Mentor, Episode 4
Indie Author Mentor Show, Episode 3
Episode 2: Plotting and Outlining
Indie Author Mentor, Episode 1
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