*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Julia interviews Sassy Writing Coach, Cassie Newell and they talk about her book 'Writer Fuel' on how to stay motivated to start and finish a novel. We [...]
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Episode 189: Writing Romantic Subplots
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Angeline, Holly & Julia discuss how to write romantic subplots, whatever your primary genre. They cover the dos and don'ts and share tips for balancing the romance [...]
Episode 188: Turning Your Passion into a Business with Shelly Zev
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Angeline talks to editor, librarian, and all-round literature enthusiast, Shelly Zev. They chat about how to keep your excitement alive when your passion becomes your business, the [...]
Episode 187: How to Map Your World with Angeline Trevena
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Julia interviews our worldbuilding warrior, Angeline Trevena about bookish maps and the release of her latest worldbuilding guide 'How to Map Your World'. They cover: How she [...]
Episode 186: London Book Fair and the Rise of AI
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Holly reflects on her trip to London Book Fair. She covers: The location Her book research The pros and cons of the convention itself Who might benefit [...]
Episode 185: Science-Fiction Subgenres and Crossovers
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Angeline and Julia take a look at a list of science-fiction subgenres. They discuss the definition of each, and explore the tropes, settings, and characters that are [...]
Episode 184: Audiobooks with narrator and voice actor Jillian Yetter
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Julia chats to audiobook narrator Jillian Yetter. They cover: The importance of audiobooks Steps to take to get your audiobook produced The costs involved in audiobook production [...]
Episode 183: Tackling Emotions with Angela Ackerman
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Holly chats with Angela Ackerman about portraying realistic emotions on the page. Making emotions realistic and relatable Ensuring characters are consistent without being repetitive Show don't tell [...]
Episode 182: How to Write Folk Horror
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Angeline looks at the growing popularity of the folk horror genre, and discusses all the elements required to write a great folk horror story. She talks about [...]
Episode 181: Killing Characters
*Affiliate links may be included. You never pay more, but we may make a small commission, which helps to support the costs of running the podcast. This week, Angeline & Holly celebrate 4 years of podcasting together with a special episode all about death. They discuss why you might want to kill off characters in [...]