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Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. How do you write a book? Start here. You'll gain tips to get in the chair, tricks to stay there, and inspiration to get your own words flowing.

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Ep. 056: Fiona Maazel on Pushing Yourself In Your Writing

Fiona Maazel is author of the novels A Little More Human (2017), Woke Up Lonely (2013); and Last Last Chance (2008). Maazel is winner of a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship and the Bard Prize for Fiction. Her stories have…

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Ep. 055: Rachael Johns on Plotting vs Pantsing vs Her Own Method

Rachael Johns is an English teacher by trade, a mum 24/7, a chronic arachnophobic, and a writer the rest of the time. She rarely sleeps and never irons. A lover of romance and women’s fiction, Rachael loves nothing more than sitting in bed with her…

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Ep. 054: Alisha Rai on Editing Sex Scenes

Alisha Rai writes hot and emotionally complex contemporary romance novels and is frequently sought as a speaker on topics such as love in the digital age, sex positivity, and inclusive representation in romance and media. She is the first…

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Ep. 053: Rachael Wants to Know What Next?

In this episode, Rachael takes her birthday week and the midyear to talk about what’s next on the horizon and confesses the crime she tried to commit in Canada.  How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling…

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Ep 052: Elizabeth Greenwood on Being Bold in Your Writing Career

Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of PLAYING DEAD: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud, a nonfiction book about people who have faked their deaths. Her writing has appeared in The Believer, Rhapsody, O…

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Erika T. Wurth on Fitting What You’re Writing to the Best Form

Erika T. Wurth’s published works include a novel, Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend and two collections of poetry, Indian Trains and One Thousand Horses Out to Sea. Her collection of short stories, Buckskin Cocaine is forthcoming. A writer of both fiction…

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Ep. 050: Jessica Abel on Working on One Project At a Time

Cartoonist and writer Jessica Abel is the author of Growing Gills, Out on the Wire, La Perdida, and two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. Abel’s new new science fiction comics series, Trish…

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Ep. 049: Sherry Thomas on How to Craft a Character Through Pain

Sherry Thomas is one of the most acclaimed historical romance authors writing today, winning the RITA Award two years running, and appearing on innumerable “Best of the Year” lists, including those of Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library…

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Ep. 048: Monica Leonelle on Writing Faster with Dictation

Monica Leonelle has written over half a million words of fiction spread across several genres and series, most notably her young adult urban fantasy and paranormal romance series, Waters Dark and Deep. Monica also writes about indie publishing at…

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