Category: Podcast Show Notes

  • You CAN Overcome Self-Doubt As A Writer

    You CAN Overcome Self-Doubt As A Writer

    Overcome Self-Doubt as We Watch a Brief Video with Some Tips from Lucy V Hay EPISODE 57)  You can learn to overcome self-doubt. In fact, many writers, regardless of accomplishments, have self-doubt. We discuss. Also, Lucy V Hay stops by to offer some strategies via a video to overcome these concerns.  Additionally, Lucy also has… Read more

  • Considerations When Compiling or Submitting to Anthologies

    Considerations When Compiling or Submitting to Anthologies

    Writer/Editor/Publishing Consultant Ami McConnell Shares Some Best Practices for Submitting to Anthologies EPISODE 56)   WriterFest Founder/Writer/Editor/Publishing Consultant/Talent Matcher-Upper Ami McConnell returns to teach us all some best practices for submitting to anthologies. And she teaches us some of her behind the scenes considerations when compiling one. OUR HOSTS GET OUT OF THEIR BUBBLE Emily… Read more

  • Meredith Lyons on Writing with Anxiety and Depression

    Meredith Lyons on Writing with Anxiety and Depression

    EPISODE 55)   Award-winning paranormal, science fiction, and fantasy author Meredith Lyons shares her journey with writing through anxiety and depression. If you live near Nashville, you can hear her talk even more about this at The Porch on May 14th! Learn more here! Meredith also just released her newest book, A Dagger of Lightning,… Read more

  • Stephanie L. Jones Unleashes the Power of Gratitude

    Stephanie L. Jones Unleashes the Power of Gratitude

    Plus, She Gives You Some Indie Press Tips EPISODE 54)   Author Stephanie L. Jones is our first guest to ever join us for the entire episode. We teach her some things. She teaches us some things.  Then we make a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. She tells us about the power of gratitude and gives us some… Read more

  • A Children’s Author/Playwright Wants To Know What Drives You

    A Children’s Author/Playwright Wants To Know What Drives You

    Plus … Some Observations on Food Allergies EPISODE 53)   Sheila Gunlock is an actor, puppeteer, author, and playwright. She’s motivated by helping others — and it all started at a young age when she dropped some grapes on the floor. She cares about what drives you and reveals what drives her. Plus, find out… Read more

  • How H.H. Rune’s Storytelling Benefits from the Creative Gift of ADHD

    How H.H. Rune’s Storytelling Benefits from the Creative Gift of ADHD

    The Creative Gift of ADHD Allows H.H. Rune to Write with Hyper-focused Intentionality Read more

  • AUDIOBOOKS 101: Emily Norman’s Insider Insights For You

    AUDIOBOOKS 101: Emily Norman’s Insider Insights For You

    Audiobooks 101 for Authors and Narrators WATCH HERE EPISODE 51)  Audiobook Narrator Emily Norman shares her process along with considerations you should mull over if you decide your book might be a candidate for audio. She even shares with us how she decides which books/authors to pursue. There’s a lot to be learned here. We… Read more

  • Kiersten Modglin’s Path to Freedom in Your Writing Life

    Kiersten Modglin’s Path to Freedom in Your Writing Life

    Amazing Kiersten Modglin has written 50 books in just over 8 years. She inspires us. Now She inspires you. EPISODE 50)  Million-plus selling author Kiersten Modglin teaches you some of the strategies she uses to be so prolific.  All of them might not work for you, but a lot of them will.  There’s something for… Read more

  • Writing in Deep POV with Rene Gutteridge: A Novel Strategy

    Writing in Deep POV with Rene Gutteridge: A Novel Strategy

    Writing in Deep POV Will Make Your Fiction More Compelling EPISODE 49)  Author and Screenwriter Rene Gutteridge teaches us that writing in Deep POV will make our stories more emotionally fulfilling. OUR HOSTS GET OUT OF THEIR BUBBLE Emily goes to Florida to photograph birds. Jon Meyers goes to Paddington in Peru. No photography was… Read more

  • PSYCHOLOGY IN LIFE AND WRITING with R.J. JACOBS

    PSYCHOLOGY IN LIFE AND WRITING with R.J. JACOBS

    The Impact of a Psychology in Life and in Writing is Multifaceted and Fascinating EPISODE 48)  Mystery Author and Psychologist R.J. Jacobs has a lot to say about storytelling, setting, characters, motivations, and … psychology.  (And even more actually.) So, basically, psychology in life and writing is infused into part of the conversation. OUR HOSTS… Read more