2021 is coming to a close and so is the first season of this podcast! Looking back, there has been so much going on with my debut novel, Kisses & Stones, set to release in February 2022. As the 2021 year comes to a close, there is so much that

13 + Self-Publishing w/ Amber Lambda

Nov 1st, 2021 22m 21s

Meet Amber Lambda:Growing up in the dreamy plains where tornadoes and imagination roam, Amber has always been filled with a creative streak and you'll never catch her without a notebook. Though she adores the endless possibilities of a blank pa

12 + Types of Writers & My Outlining Strategy

Oct 25th, 2021 14m 47s

Are you a planner? Pantser? Planter? If you're scratching your head as to what in the name of sam hill I'm talking about, these are the categories most writers find themselves falling into. These three terms define not what authors write, but

11 + Method Acting & Writing

Oct 4th, 2021 16m 51s

I've been using method acting with writing for a long, long time.Let me take you through my methods (see what I did there 😂) and give you some tips on how to get started and why you should do it in the first place. I found that method acting a

10 + Co-Authoring w/ Jahmil Effend

Sep 20th, 2021 30m 42s

If you're looking for some amazing tips on co-authoring, listen no further. My amazing guest Jahmil Effend, co-author of War in the Fallows shares his experience in world-building and writing. We take a look at the ups and downs of sharing a b

09 + Creating a Pen Name

Sep 6th, 2021 11m 10s

Should you use your real name or a pen name as your author personae? There is no right answer, but for me, I knew my real name would not fly on any book cover. If you are thinking about creating a pen name, take a listen! I chat about how I cam

08 + Writing Multiple Drafts (at the same time!)

Aug 23rd, 2021 13m 40s

Some authors can only focus on one draft at a time. Other authors (like me, for example) need to have more than one. It might sound scary to take on another project, especially if it is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the other. No worries, let me ta

07 + Talk About Editing w/ Nicolette Beebe

Aug 2nd, 2021 28m 35s

Meet Nicolette:Nicolette is a Bay Area romance author of different sub-genres who lives and breathes storytelling. Outside of the all-consuming obsession to write, she is in love with being a full-service editor. She taught the fourth grade for

06 + Beta Readers 101

Jul 26th, 2021 10m 23s

A lot of time, money and energy goes into publishing a book. When it comes to beta readers, a lot of authors find themselves struggling on who, when, why and how to go about this. Take a breath. It's not as hard as you think. Topics Covered:Is

05 + Book Theme

Jul 12th, 2021 11m 9s

As I was researching cover designers, the one that I had my heart set on asked me a very interesting question that led me down a rabbit hole of in depth discovery; what is the theme of your book? This sounded easy enough, but I am telling you,

04 + Title Decisions: Changing Your Book Title

Jul 5th, 2021 10m 40s

As a first time author, we think we know what is best for our book, especially when it comes to titles. In this episode, I talk about my recent apostrophe (I think you mean epiphany) as to why my original book title would not work. It took a lo

03 + Through the Writers Lense w/ J.D. Estrada

Jun 21st, 2021 36m 11s

Chatting it up with J.D. Estrada is a writer's bucket list check for me ✅ About J.D. Estrada:After years working in advertising, J.D. Estrada decided there were better ways to write fiction. Born on August 13th, he shares birthdays with Alfred

02 + Feeling the Overwhelm & How to Recover

Jun 14th, 2021 15m 18s

01 + Feeling the Overwhelm & How to RecoverOverwhelm. It's real. And when it hits, it hits hard! I recently went through a random bout of overwhelm, and I gotta tell you, it was hard to get out of it. But it's not impossible! In this episode, I

01 + Meet the Aspiring Author

May 24th, 2021 12m 48s

01 + Meet the Aspiring AuthorI am so excited to have you listening along to my little podcast! Here is what you can hope to discover and explore in this podcast, a little about me and then some Topics Covered:About the PodcastThe Host in a Nuts

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