Write Now! Workshop Podcast: Write A Book, Change The World

EPISODE 153I Today’s guest is Marianne H. Donley, a writer who has worked with her writers group to put out several fiction anthologies over the last several years. She uses this experience as an example for her tips and suggestions for you if you’re thinking about getting some writers together and creating an anthology. There…

EPISODE 152E There are times when I’m thinking about or talking about something happening in my life and I mention what didn’t go well, and I wonder if I’m complaining. I’m often happy with and grateful for the bigger picture of the topic even though there are areas that I wish were different. It could…

EPISODE 151I Today’s guest is Jodie Brandt, senior bookseller at Brilliant Books, an independent bookstore in Traverse City, Michigan. Jodie shares some ideas on how to approach Brilliant Books or another bookstore as an author. You can find more information on what Brilliant Books is looking for in authors who would like to do a…

EPISODE 150T When I self-publish my own books or work with clients to publish theirs, I use my Book Specifications Worksheet to collect all the information needed to create the final ebook and/or print book. In this episode, I go over several areas of the worksheet, letting you know all of the things you’ll have…

EPISODE 149E I like to share things that I have recently found encouraging, and today it is the poetry Song of Solomon, also called Song of Songs, in the Bible. It is a beautiful five-page poem about two young lovers who are crazy in love. It’s an analogy for how much God loves us and…

EPISODE 148I Today’s guest is Margaret Ethridge, author of Contentment and Commitment, who also writes as Maggie Wells, author of Love Game and Play Dates. Margaret likes to write about life choices, and she often uses her own life as a jumping off point for ideas. For instance, she loves college football, so she created…

EPISODE 147I Alice Rendell is an acclaimed video game writer currently working as a Senior Narrative Designer. Today she explains how writing for video games works and shares some tips about how to get into this type of writing. While most novelists work alone, writing for video games is super collaborative. You’re in an office environment…

EPISODE 146E One of my favorite verses is at the beginning of Joshua – “Be strong and courageous.” It’s written four times in just that first chapter. I find it encouraging when I have something big going on. Or when I have a lot to do. Or when I’m in the middle of a book…

EPISODE 145I Today’s guest is Sara Megibow, an agent at kt Literary in Colorado. While Sara is quick to point out that many of the things we discuss can be gross over-generalizations, and her thoughts and opinions on agenting are her own and not a guide for what all agents think, this is a great…

EPISODE 144T We’ve finally settled down enough to start watching Game of Thrones (now that it’s ending!) and it occurred to me that George R.R. Martin does not have a problem with throwing his characters into conflict. Not even if it kills them! As for me, I find it very difficult when writing a sweet…

EPISODE 143I Our guest today is romantic comedy author, Rich Amooi. He’s been obsessed with romantic comedies since the 1980s, watching When Harry Met Sally, Say Anything, and other films with great quirky dialogue. Rich’s new book, Dying to Meet You, is his 14th romantic comedy novel. In our interview, he talks about where he…

EPISODE 142T Between my entrepreneurship class for foreign-born women here in Sweden and listening to Stephen King’s On Writing in audiobook form on my way to and from work, I have business and writing on the brain right now. So I thought it would be a great time to share with you how I try…

EPISODE 141E In today’s Encouraging Words episode, I want to encourage you that you are probably not a person who doesn’t try their best. Sure, maybe you could do better if you had more time, or better materials, or any number of other things that make the situation different. But right now, with the time and…

EPISODE 140I Today’s guest is the love of my life, my husband, John Bucholtz.

EPISODE 139I Our guest today is former BBC reporter, James Blatch. You may recognize him as the co-host of the Self-Publishing Show podcast (formerly Self-Publishing Formula) with Mark Dawson. He shares with us the long journey of writing his first book, which should be out in a few months. James tells us how he started…

EPISODE 138I Our guest today is Laura Frantz, historical romance author of nearly a dozen books of faith, romance, and courage. Her latest book is A Bound Heart, the story of two people sold as indentured servants and expelled from their beloved Scotland, but destined to be together in the Americas. Laura writes in a…

EPISODE 137I Today’s guest is Cassidy Carter, whose new book, Love on Location, just came out with Hallmark Publishing. Hallmark is all about sweet romance, usually with some humor on the side, and Cassidy definitely delivers. Cassidy tells us about her writing journey, starting at Carina Press, taking a break with her children, then coming…

EPISODE 136E My birthday vacation last week led me to the idea for this month’s Encouraging Words episode. Taking some time off, and doing and seeing creative and amazing things I’ve never seen, I feel like I came back to my life a new person! I not only felt refreshed, but I felt more creative…

EPISODE 135I Today’s guest, Amanda Hudson, is a writer who has recently experienced burnout – not being tired of doing what she’s doing, but burnout in the medical sense of the word. Amanda had so much advice that we decided to break our interview into two episodes, so here is the second half starting from…

EPISODE 134I Today’s guest, Amanda Hudson, is a writer who has recently experienced burnout – not being tired of doing what she’s doing, but burnout in the medical sense of the word. If you’ve been listening to the show, you know that I’ve been struggling to understand burnout and heal from it myself. Amanda lives…