Self-published authors Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray talk about their experiences with writing, editing, publishing and marketing. This is their different views on the writing world. Laura is a mum of two with little time on her hands and Sarah followed a career, while still studying craft. Join them as they chat about their lives and share tips and advice.
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Chapter 55 - Book recommendations 4
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Sarah and Laura have some more book recommendations for you. So strap yourselves in to hear about some amazing books.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 54 - How to End a Chapter
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Sarah and Laura discuss endings of chapters. Why are they important? Does every chapter require a hook? Is there such a thing as a chapter-less novel?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 53 - A Life Without Nanowrimo
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Nanowrimo came under fire at the start of 2024 and Laura and Sarah decided to no longer associate with the website. Now, as the organisation comes under fire again, they talk about how they have moved on from it.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 52 - Our New Writing Routines
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Sarah and Laura chat about creating new writing routines for themselves after being influenced by famous writers and their routines. With they wake up and have breakfast like all good writers do? And can they make their new routines stick?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 51 - Famous Writer's Routines
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Laura and Sarah talk about a some of the wacky and wild routines that some famous writers swear buy.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Listen to Sarah and Laura totally avoid info dumping while talking about info dumps! We talk about how to spot them and what to do with them.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura are talking about book lengths! Long ones, short ones, and never ending ones! How long should a good book be?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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How do you format a ebook or a paperback? Well, Sarah and Laura are here to tell you how they've done it in the past and different ways they want to try in the future.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 47 - 2024 Mid-Year Check In
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It's that time of year again where Laura and Sarah go through the goals they made at the start of the year and see if they've actually been doing them.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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On this episode of Bound Together Sarah and Laura go in depth about content warnings in books. Should we have them? What content needs to be explained? Should it be used as advertising for a book?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah talk about YA fiction. What makes YA fiction work? What would you expect to see in a YA book? Find out now!על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah teach you all about dialogue and the tags that go along with it.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 43 - The Golden Age of YA
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Sarah and Laura are going down memory lane to talk about the golden age of YA books back in the 90s and 00s. There were vampires, angels, dystopia and more, but does it hold up?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 42 - How our writing process has changed
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Laura and Sarah are reminiscing about their old writing processes and how they have changed over the last 10+ years. Did you know Laura was a pantser? Sarah used to stay up late?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 41 - Book Recommendations 3
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Sarah and Laura are back with more book recommendations for you to love.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 40 - Advice to our younger selves
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Laura and Sarah give their younger selves some pointers on the writing world and things that they have learned in the last 10+ years.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 39 - Developmental Edits
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Laura has done developmental edits before and Sarah has not. So she has questions and Laura is here to answer them.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Getting book reviews is all part of the writing journey. Sarah and Laura discuss receiving glowing and less than glowing reviews on their published works, and whether they read them at all!על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah go through more of their old story ideas and see if they are worth writing now.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah are setting new goals for 2024. They are bigger and more ambitious than ever.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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It's time for Sarah and Laura to see if they managed to complete their author goals set back in January.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah are exploring villains. What makes a good villain? What villain examples can they talk about?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah discuss the Cosy Fantasy genre and how it is evolving since it came to light.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 32 - Creating Characters
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How do you create a character? What do they need to be good for your story? Laura and Sarah talk about their process of creating characters as a plotter and pantser.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah talk about their personal bad writing habits and how we are trying to fix them...or not fix them.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura are back for another look at their pile of shame - books they started writing but never finished.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 29 - Writing Multiple Books at Once
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How do we work on different books at once? Is it confusing? How did we make it work? Is it better to work on one book at a time.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah are here to share their pile of shame-books they have started to write but never finished.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 27 -Book Recommendations
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Sarah and Laura are here to give you some more book recs.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 26 - How to Make a Podcast
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Sarah and I tell the story of how they created this podcast.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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We check in with our authors to see how they are going with their goals from the start of the year.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Episode 24 - Our First Books or Our Worst Books?
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Laura and Sarah look back on their first pieces of writing and read snippets to each other. There are many laughs to be had, so come along for a wild ride.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura talk about their social media presence and how it has changed over time.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura share their experiences with marketing their self-published books and talk about how marketing has changed over the last 10 years of them being in the industry.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah are talking all about book covers. What are they important? How do you get one made? As usual they have a spectrum of experience and advice on the subject.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Tropes. What are they? Sarah and Laura talk about their favourite tropes in books and the tropes that make them cringe in this episode of Bound Together.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura have some book recommendations for books about writing. They talk (a lot) about their favourite plotting book, Save The Cat Writes a Novel, as well as some other books that took their fancy.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Episode 18 - Standalone Vs Series
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Sarah and Laura are talking about standalone books and ones in series. What's the difference? What's the better one to write? What's the downside? Find out in this episode.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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in this episode of Bound Together Sarah and Laura talk about different writing/ editing programs they use or have tried out and give you feedback on what they thought.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah are talking about writing for games and writing in games, as they explore and learn what it takes to work in the games industry and what makes a good story in games.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 15 - Editing First Drafts
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This week on Bound Together, Sarah and Laura are sharing their editing routines. What steps do they take to refine and polish that first draft and make it a readable, legible story.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura talk about First Drafts this episode. How do they write their first drafts? What problems do they face?על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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It's 2023 baby! Sarah and Laura are setting themselves new author related goals for the coming year. They are also expanding the podcast to fortnightly episodes, woo!על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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How has it been a whole year of Bound Together? We are so proud of the podcast we've made. In this episode, Laura and Sarah reflect on the writing goals they set at the start of the year in episode 2.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Laura and Sarah talk about their some of their latest book recommendations. Featured Books: The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan A Long way to small angry planet by Becky Chambers Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugoעל ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura talk about their experiences with writing courses, both new and old. Find Laura's novels here Find Sarah's novels hereעל ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 9 - Falling In and Out of Love
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This month it's all about falling in love with a new manuscript and trying to stay in love throughout the drafting. Sarah and Laura were both working on new books at the time of recording and they talk about their love/hate relationships with their work.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Sarah and Laura are talking all bout Beta reading / Critiquing in this month's episode of Bound Together. They have been reading each others work for many years now and share the ways in which they go about their critique.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 7 - Where Do Ideas Come From?
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In this episode of Bound Together, Laura and Sarah talk about where ideas come from and how they go about brainstorming those ideas.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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Chapter 6 - Finding the Time to Write
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This month Laura and Sarah talk about how they find the time to write with their different and busy schedules.על ידי Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray
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