Coffee & Real Talk for Writers Podcast
S1E5: Excellence is a habit
In this episode, I talk about doing writing math, the one-step-back stage of recovery burnout, and whether it's worth it to revise and republish older work.
In this episode, I talk about doing writing math, the one-step-back stage of recovery burnout, and whether it's worth it to revise and republish older work.
Mentioned in this episode:
Roundtable Reflective on the Stark Publishing podcast with me as one of the guests
MUG QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
βExcellence is a habit.β
In this episode, I talk about working with beta readers, planning my next project, and how learning the Enneagram helped me make my characters better.
In this episode, I talk about completing the first draft of my manuscript, what I'm going to do next, and my thoughts as a writer and editor about what editors wish writers knew about working with them.
In this episode, I talk about tools for writing emotion and developing characters, a recent family situation that means a major adjustment, and my tools for coping with change and challenges.
In this episode, I interview Jessica Renwick, an independently published middle grade fantasy and sweet romance author and copyeditor who has bucked popular indie wisdom and reaped great rewards. We also talk about dealing with Impostor Syndrome, where she finds inspiration, and adventures in advertising. In the introduction, I talk about some new tools in the indie author space.
In this episode, I talk about:
My recent struggles with Impostor Syndrome and Resistance and how I overcame them (this week)
Branding and marketing are both telling stories
Putting lots of hooks in the water - how we create doors for Opportunity to Knock on. (Donβt worry, the metaphor is only mixed in these notes, not the episode. Or is it?)
Marketing done right is actually serving our readers
In this episode, I talk about embracing my finitude (or trying), writing progress, and some of the challenges and progress I've made with branding multiple creative businesses under one domain.
In this episode, I talk about planning for the unexpected, working around copyright issues when referring to other people's Intellectual Property in our novels, the life and times of Pinocchio, Punch and Judy, and Anna Leonowens, and how serendipitous inspiration makes books better. I also discuss the hidden value we should take into consideration when hiring people in our business.
In this episode, I talk about doing writing math, the one-step-back stage of recovery burnout, and whether it's worth it to revise and republish older work.
In this episode, I talk about being inspired to do better at direct sales, the results of my experiment with AI Narration, and the struggle with setting book prices, as well as a shift I'm thinking of making to increase writing productivity.
In this episode, I talk about working under duress, ways Iβve been using dictation, and the approximate schedule I use in my indie publishing process.