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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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10 Reasons to Read and Write Cozy Mysteries 19:18

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Episode 34 If you've ever thought about writing a cozy mystery, this WriterSpark Podcast episode is for you! The mystery genre is huge, and cozy mysteries are a pretty special part of it. In this episode, I'm sharing 10 reasons to read and write cozy mysteries. What makes them so popular? Listen to find out! Learn more about how to write a cozy mys…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Learn All About Audiobook Production and Narration 1:09:56

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Episode 33 Have you ever wondered what audiobook production and narration entails for an author? If you haven't, this episode of The WriterSpark Podcast is for you! Audiobooks can be a huge asset to an author's bottom line. There is a lot to learn, and that's what we're talking about in today with author and audiobook narrator Mary Castillo. She ha…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Hero’s Journey 13:44

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Episode 32 Books. Movies. TV shows. Most of them are structured using at least some, if not all, of the elements of The Hero's Journey. That includes Extraordinary Attorney Woo, the Netflix original South Korean show. This is one of my favorite things to watch on television. It's smart, heartwarming, poignant, interesting, romantic, and I love it! …

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How to Avoid Getting Stuck With Your Writing 58:55

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Episode 31 Whether you call it writer's block or simply getting stuck, the feeling of not being able to keep writing is very real. Certain strategies and tactics can help you get past the wall that sometimes appears and interferes with your forward progress. Today I'm in conversation with author Anne Louise Bannon, author of the Operation Quickline…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Writing a Memoir: Tips and Processes to Tell Your Story 48:40

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Episode 30 Everyone has a story to tell. Robin Schepper turned her story and the search for her biological father into her book: Finding My Way, A Memoir of Family, Identity, & Political Ambition. In this episode, we talk about writing a memoir with tips and processes to tell your story. We talk about Robin's writing process, delving into the past,…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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How to Start Your Book: ’In Media Res’ or with a Wide Lens 25:23

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Episode 29 In this craft topic episode, I'm talking about different ways to begin your book, scene, or chapter: 'In media res' or with a wide-lens view. Have you ever thought about the opening scenes of movies? If you pay attention, you will start to notice how they often begin with a sort of wide-angle view of the world in which the story takes pl…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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8 Secrets from Science to Fire Up Your Readers’ Brain 1:00:37

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Episode 28 Seeing things from a new perspective can really give you a new way of seeing and internalizing things. That’s how I felt after reading Bill Birchard’s new book Writing for Impact: 8 Secrets from Science to Fire Up Your Readers’ Brain. This book really hit home for me on so many levels. There are a ton of craft books out there, but this o…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Revise your Manuscript like a Boss! 28:26

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Episode 27 Love it or hate it, revision is an essential part of the writing process. Today, I'm sharing my four steps for revising your manuscript like a boss! After 32 books, I've distilled how I revise into this process. Wherever you stand on the revision, I hope today's episode gives you something to add to your process. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISOD…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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How to Introduce the Protagonist in your Book 35:18

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Episode 26 Figuring out how to introduce your protagonist (and sleuth) can be a real challenge. In today's episode, Melissa discusses this craft topic with author Zara Altair. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: The protagonist in the ordinary world Not getting hung up on the beginning Diving in with action A QUICK LOOK AT THE BOOK MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Letting Go of Perfection & Five Hacks to Chase Away Negative Self-Talk 13:44

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Episode 25 Here’s a great lesson. Whatever you do can be changed. Because things evolve and nothing is perfect the first time around. That’s what today’s episode is all about. We're talking about the importance of letting go of the idea of perfection and remembering that you can change, improve, revise, or enhance anything. On the flip-side, we als…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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How to Tackle Your Financial Life as an Author 48:21

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Episode 24 Finances for authors. It’s not the most appealing topic for people who spend their time with words…but wherever you are on your writing path, it’s never too early to start thinking about how to tackle your financial life as an author. Managing your expenses, especially in relation to current and/or future profits--or even just knowing wh…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Going into Deep Point of View by Adding Thought, Emotion, Action, and Decision in your Writing 22:55

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Episode 23 Today's WriterSpark episode is about deep point of view and how to incorporate it into your fiction writing. Deep point of view is a concept that can be hard to explain and hard to understand. But you CAN master it if you use these four elements as you write your scenes: Emotion Thought Action Decision Today I'm showing you exactly how t…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Writing from a Perspective that’s Different from your Own 40:20

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Episode 22 Who says you can't write from a woman's perspective if you're a man? Or from a man's perspective as a woman? Writing is about understanding people, and not just people who look and sound and live like you. Today's conversation is about just this: writing from a perspective that is different from your own, whether that means gender, race,…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Bill McKibben - 3/20/23 (Special Palindrome Date for Last Show!) 48:47

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Vermont author, educator, environmentalist, and Co-founder of 350.org and Th!rd Act Bill McKibben, in a conversation about his 2022 memoir, The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened (Henry Holt & Co). This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously offered b…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Nathaniel Ian Miller - 3/13/22 56:16

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Vermont Author Nathaniel Ian Miller in a conversation about his novel, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven (Little Brown). This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously offered by my guest, Nathaniel Ian Miller, who recently heard someone extoll the virtues of writing about one’s work. Nathaniel commented that he liked this idea, and that he would lik…

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The Writer's Well - Conversations about writing from craft to wellness.

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The Writer’s Well Episode 193: Update March 2023 30:48

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We're back with an update! Listen in as Rachael and J. catch up and talk about an exciting future. Rachael Herron - http://rachaelherron.com/ J. Thorn - https://theauthorlife.com/

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Publishing Your First Book with the Wisdom and Experience of Age 34:58

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Episode 21 Publishing is a tough industry no matter what age you are. Author Martha Anne Toll's award-winning book, Three Muses, was published when she was 64 years old. Today I am in conversation with her to talk about what it means to publish your first book as an older person--because with age comes wisdom, experience, and perspective. I loved h…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Brad Kessler - 2/27/23 51:04

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Award-winning Vermont Author Brad Kessler in conversation about his 2021 novel, North (Overlook Press). One review of Brad Kessler’s work, a blurb by the author Chris Abani, mentions the way that Brad lets his characters’ dignity lead the story. I love this observation, and have been thinking a lot about it. This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to …

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Caroline Lea - 2/20/23 44:00

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British Author Caroline Lea, whose new novel is PrizeWomen (Harper Perennial). This week's Write the Book Prompt was suggested by my guest, Caroline Lea. It's an assignment she sometimes gives to her students. Go somewhere you wouldn't normally go, and write about it. (Don’t get arrested, she says. Or if you do, don’t blame her!) Her students have …

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Emily Forland - Archive Episode (2/13/23) 57:11

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An interview from 2015 (with our old music!) with literary agent Emily Forland, of the Brandt Hochman Agency in New York. This week’s Write The Book Prompt is to write about a season you are not presently experiencing. Is it warm where you are? Write about the cold. Is spring coming on? Write about the fall. Work from memory, as much as you can, an…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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How to Make the Shift from Writing One Genre to Another 53:19

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Episode 20 Making the shift from writing in one genre to another...or from genre fiction to a traditional fiction category...can be daunting. As writers, we sometimes feel as if we are going to be stuck in the genre in which we started. Or we may think we'll never want to make a change. In this episode, USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle and…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Annie Seyler - 2/6/23 42:50

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Vermont Author Annie Seyler, whose debut novel is The Wisdom of Winter (Atmosphere Press). This week's Write the Book Prompt was generously offered by my guest, Annie Seyler. Identify a moment from your childhood that shaped you somehow and write it out as a scene, but with a different ending or outcome than the way you lived it. Good luck with you…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Olena Kharchenko and Michael Sampson - 1/30/23 41:17

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Olena Kharchenko and Michael Sampson, co-authors The Story of Ukraine (Brown Books Kids). We have two Write the Book Prompts this week. Michael Sampson offered one that seemed rather dark, so he turned it on its head and offered another that’s more upbeat. First, describe a nightmare you’ve had, including setting and details that explain why it is …

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Jessica Nordell - 1/23/23 58:02

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Award-winning science writer and journalist Jessica Nordell, author of The End of Bias: A Beginning (Metropolitan). This week's Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest, Jessica Nordell, who points out that observing our own bias can be a challenge. She suggests considering, What would you write if you could be certain that you ha…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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The Importance of Creating Diverse Characters in your Stories 57:04

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Episode 19 As writers, creating diverse fictional worlds that reflect the world and communities we live in is so important. And it is a conversation we don't have nearly often enough. Cozy mystery author VM (Valerie) Burns and I talked about this (among other things) on this episode of the WriterSpark podcast. Valerie and I talked about the importa…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Green Mountain Book Festival Panel: Mysteries and Thrillers - 1/9/23 54:08

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Fall 2022 Green Mountain Book Festival panel on Mysteries and Thrillers, moderated by Rachel Carter and featuring authors Miciah Bay Gault, Margot Harrison, Sarah Stewart Taylor, and Sarah Strohmeyer. This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to play two truths and a lie with a few writing friends. Think of the three scary stories to tell: two that are …

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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How Weather Can Play an Important Part in Your Writing 50:03

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Episode 18 Weather can be an Important Part of Fiction Writing and no one does it better than Katherine Ramsland. Katherine is one accomplished woman. She holds multiple graduate degrees and currently teaches forensic psychology at DeSales University in Pennsylvania, where she is also the Assistant Provost. Listen to this. Katherine has appeared as…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Erika Nichols-Frazer - 1/2/23 50:31

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Vermont Author Erika Nichols-Frazer, speaking about her new memoir, Feed Me: A Story of Food, Love and Mental Illness (Casper Press). This week's Write the Book Prompt was generously offered by my guest, Erika Nichols-Frazer. Feed Me is all about memories and food. Think of a food that holds some emotional significance: a pie you used to bake with …

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Andrew Liptak - 12/19/22 47:12

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Vermont Author Andrew Liptak, whose recent book is Cosplay: A History: The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life (Saga Press). This week’s first Write the Book Prompt won’t surprise you, if you listened to the interview. Dress in costume and write about the person you see yourself representing. If you have a costume tha…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Green Mountain Book Festival Panel: Nonfiction - 12/12/22 51:07

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Fall 2022 Green Mountain Book Festival panel on Nonfiction, moderated by Shelagh and featuring authors Brian Michael Murphy, Sandra Matthews, Jessica Nordell, and Erik Shonstrom. This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to try your hand at writing a nonfiction essay about something that has lately been on your mind: perhaps a news item, a weather event…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Tari Prinster - Archive Interview (12/5/22) 57:42

10M ago57:42

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An interview from the archives with cancer survivor, yoga teacher and author Tari Prinster. We discuss her 2014 book Yoga for Cancer: A Guide to Managing Side Effects, Boosting Immunity, and Improving Recovery for Cancer Survivors (Healing Arts Press). This week’s Write The Book Prompt is to spend five-to-ten minutes focusing on your breathing befo…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Tools to Mine the Depths of Your Characters 44:41

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Episode 17 As writers, we are always learning and filling our virtual toolboxes with new information. It's how we continue to grow as writers. In today's episode, I'm chatting with Leslie Budewitz, who also writes as Alicia Beckman. Rants and free writing to channel characters are two of Leslie's Go To methods of mining the depths of her characters…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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What are Turning Points in a Story? 17:19

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Episode 16 What are Turning Points in a Story? Are they necessary? What do they do? Let’s talk about it! Whether you are a plotter or a pantser, understanding certain components of storytelling will help you create a more engaging story, which keeps readers turning the pages. In today's episode we’re talking about one of these key components: Turni…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Planning Your Book Like a Pro with Plottr 43:41

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Episode 15 Every writer plots, we just do it differently. Some of us are meticulous. Some...not so much. Personally, I land somewhere in the middle on the plotting spectrum. Which is why I was so curious about how plotting software like Plottr can help someone like me. In this episode, I talk with Troy Lambert, an education specialist with Plottr, …

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Reina Pennington - 11/28/22 21:47

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Our second NaNoWriMo check-in of the month is a conversation with Vermont Author Reina Pennington, military history expert and former Norwich University Professor. This week's second Write the Book Prompt comes from Reina Pennington, who suggests writing with the same implement that your character might have written with. Not all the time, but at l…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Samantha Kolber - 11/28/22 26:33

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Vermont Poet and Publisher Samantha Kolber, of Rootstock Publishing. One of this week's Write the Book Prompts comes from Samantha Kolber, who suggests writing for seven minutes without stopping. Put your pen to the page or your fingers to the keys, and have at it for seven minutes straight. Samantha loves this exercise and finds she comes up with …

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Using JournalisticTools (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How) to Plan Your Novel 37:46

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Episode 14 There is no shortage of plotting and planning methods when you're writing a book, but no matter where you are in your writing journey, you can learn new methods and who knows, maybe something will resonate. In this episode, I talk with historical mystery writer, Dianne Freeman, about her use of journalistic tools (who, what, when, where,…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Green Mountain Book Festival Panel: Memoir - 11/21/22 44:02

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Angela Palm moderates this Fall 2022 Green Mountain Book Festival panel on Memoir, featuring fellow Vermont Authors Jay Parini, Brett Ann Stanciu, and former Governor Madeleine May Kunin. This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to write a short memoir containing three things: the story of how you came to have your name, a recent dream you’ve had, and …

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Three Tips for Writing Compelling Characters 12:24

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Episode 13 There are a lot of strategies for creating compelling characters in fiction. I have three tips for you to consider. These are, by no means, the only ways to help bring your characters alive. Part of it is about Stimulus; Response; and Result. Take a listen, and happy writing! Download the Cheat Sheet: Three Tips for Writing Great Charact…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Dr. Millicent Eidson - 11/14/22 23:13

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Local author and professor Dr. Millicent Eidson, who writes a series of novels concerning the work of fictional CDC veterinarian Dr. Maya Maguire. A regular NaNoWriMo participant, Millie spoke with me live on WBTV-LP about that experience. This Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest, Dr. Millicent Eidson, who reminds us that con…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Roseanne Montillo - 11/14/22 33:15

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Live radio interview with Roseanne Montillo, author of Deliberate Cruelty (Atria Books). Roseanne Montillo was kind enough to offer a Write the Book Prompt during our conversation. Keep a journal, recording both the trivial and mundane observations, but also details about your travels, your memories, your interpretation of favorite books. Good luck…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Adding Myth and Lore to the Novels you Write 42:37

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Episode 12Adding Myth and Lore to the Novels you Write Author Julia Buckley writes the Hungarian Tea Shop cozy mystery series. She embeds myth and lore to her stories through setting, character history, and memories. Why should writers think about how to do this? I believe it adds depth to a story and layers to characters. Take a listen to my chat …

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Thomas H. McNeely - 11/7/22 50:15

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Author Thomas H. McNeely, whose new collection is Pictures of the Shark: Stories (Texas Review Press). This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest, Thomas H. McNeely, and it is drawn from our conversation. We talked about the objects that writers bring into stories, and the power that objects can hold. This week, consider…

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Storytelling and the Writing Craft with Sergio Troncoso

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Big Bend Radio (KVLF) and Martin Benevich Interviews Sergio Troncoso (2022) 20:55

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KVLF's Martin Benevich interviews Sergio Troncoso about Nobody's Pilgrims, why choosing seventeen-year-old protagonists mattered for his novel, and how the border of West Texas always goes with him even when he is far away from Ysleta, Texas.על ידי Sergio Troncoso

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Core Qualities of the Reluctant Hero in Fiction Writing 16:37

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Episode 11What is a reluctant hero? The answer to that question is very simple. A reluctant hero is someone who does not set out to act heroically, but ends up doing so. They are often considered an "ordinary man (person)" who is a reluctant participant in a story. They don't want to be heroes, but they end up being heroes anyway. There are several…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Gareth Higgins - 10/31/22 58:55

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Writer, speaker and storyteller Gareth Higgins, author of how not to be afraid: Seven Ways to Live When Everything Seems Terrifying (Broadleaf Books). Gareth Higgins was kind enough to allow me to share one of the invitations in his book, how not to be afraid, as this week’s Write the Book Prompt. The invitation is shared in full at the end of the …

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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The Hero’s Journey through the lens of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief 29:20

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Episode 10 Have you looked at The Hero's Journey through the lens of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief? If not, you are in the right place because that is exactly what I do in this podcast. One of the best ways to really begin to internalize the steps and importance of The Hero's Journey in writing is to analyze books and movies that use the st…

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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

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Rebecca Valley - 10/24/22 38:21

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Vermont author and poet Rebecca Valley, author of the chapbook The Salvageman, whose new book is Curious Cases: True Crime for Kids - Hijinks, Heists, Mysteries and More (Bloom Books for Young Readers). This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest, Rebecca Valley. Let a main character or a community about which you are wri…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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How to Research and Write Historical Mysteries 25:59

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Episode 9 How to Research and Write Historical Mysteries Writing historical mystery books--or any novel, for that matter--is no easy feat. It takes time, research, a desire to learn about the era about which you are writing, And if you want to write a real showstopper, you have to fully immerse yourself. Heather Redmond Heather Redmond knows just h…

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WriterSpark: Business, Creativity, and the Craft of Writing

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Creating Workable Systems for Writers to Elevate Your Career 1:10:20

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Episode 8 Creating workable systems for writers is a clear and strategic way to elevate your writing career. As a creative, my brain doesn't naturally skew toward creating systems. Being an author is one thing, but elevating that writing career to a business that earns in the 6 figures is a different ballgame for most of us. Prolific USA Today best…

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