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How Authors Work: Learn the process from professional authors and become a more productive writer

Andrew Burleson and Paul Kilpatrick

How Authors Work: Learn the process from professional authors and become a more productive writer

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How Authors Work: Learn the process from professional authors and become a more productive writer

Andrew Burleson and Paul Kilpatrick

How Authors Work: Learn the process from professional authors and become a more productive writer

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How Authors Work: Learn the process from professional authors and become a more productive writer

Andrew Burleson and Paul Kilpatrick

How Authors Work: Learn the process from professional authors and become a more productive writer

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Chris Tebbetts book Me, Myself, and Him launches July 9, 2019. He is running a pre-order giveaway where people can win book swag and more and it is also benefitting the Pride Center of Vermont find out all the details on his site here: www.chri
In which Andrew and Paul talk about how much fun they had talking to authors in the last few months. Where they are taking the podcast next and what it means to be an author.We were both a little tired which I believe contributed to the intro
Next week Andrew and I will do an overview of the last 15 interviews and check in with each other. It should be fun. This week it is just me talking for four and a half minutes about the fact that we don't have an interview this week and some o
We depart from our normal format because of how excited Andrew and I are. KT tells us how she launched her first book and got 30 orders, took some time to restrategize and used her beta to build her audience and now sells 30,000.We did not as
We talk with writer, improviser, and voice actor Elizabeth Chatsworth, who sounds so much cooler than us, about her book The Brass Queen. We hear how she uses improv to write her books and how she creates a chapter in four layers.Elizabeth ha
Kalyn and I talk about the journey her debut novel, The Storm Crow, took through editors, contests, mentors, agents and then editors again and how you find the strength to persevere. There is also some talk of cats and manatees.Look for her d
We talk with Maxine about how she got organized, the value of todo lists and delve into the misconceptions people have about sensitivity readers and why we all like the term expertise reader better.Her debut YA novel is The Accidental Bad Gir
We talk about how her passion for video games led her both to learn English and to start writing and we explore the importance of time in her writing process, both sleeping on her next days scenes and letting her finished books sit.OutlineNo
I talk to K.D. Edwards about all the normal writer process stuff we love so much only this interview is the day his debut, The Last Sun, hit stores so we also talk about launches the times between launches and the fact that he is hiding out at
I, yes just Paul, talk with CB Lee about superheroes, comics, using multiple whiteboards, and constructing a book out of pieces written out of order. We also talk a little about the challenge of labeling books that are inclusive in bookstores a
Our conversation with Rich covers a ton of ground, including the open door policy he established with his family. Moving from New Jersey to New York to California to Willmington and how he uses his screenwriting paradigm to write his novels and
Cherish shares her journey to getting an agent, teaches us about being a turtle writer, and we wax about droop music.Cherish writes longhand in Meade notebooks.SoftwaregoogleDocs on her laptop.googleDocs app on her phone.Book we talked
Today we talk about how Deborah uses her experience as a teacher in her writing process for inspiration and feedback, how you don't even want to know what the new slang is and how people who don't like the movie The Princess Bride should be sus
In this episode, we talk about how one scene appeared in Montiese McKenzie's head one day and it led her to be an urban fantasy writer. Her "rear window" writing process and diversifying her cast.First Draft:Dialog scenes written out longhan
We talk with sci-fi author M.D. Neu about how his characters talk to him. Working through his dyslexia. The challenges of finding a professional community as a writer and how writing LGBTQ characters interacts with genre choices.M.D Neu's pro
Kevin E. Jackson joined us to talk about how and where he writes, how he went from 90 rejections to having an agent he loves, and how he found his writer tribe.We learned about how Kevin manages to write and keep his world organized while bei
We talk a great deal about the origins and development of the Hedonometer which you can check out here: Hedonometer.orgThe primary inspiration for the project was Kurt Vonnegut's idea that stories have shapes that repeat themselves and that c
We talk with Kristina Stanley about her writing, sailing around the world, creating Fictionary and how she found success selling her books to non-bookstores.Her writing process:Macbook, on a boat or outside.Word Processor: Scriviner.Editi
Jacob Wright is the creator of Dabble an online word processor. We started our recording a little early this week so you can hear all the fun pre-”official start” business we tend to cover.Jacob aspires one day to do more writing but right no
We met Noel through The Novel Exchange, a workshop she organizes that links groups of 4 authors together by genre so they can swap manuscripts and get feedback. It is an amazing opportunity to meet other authors online, improve your manuscript,
The 4th edition of Carla’s Self Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors has just launched this month it is a mammoth guide full of tools and tips. You can also find a free Consumer Guide to Writing & Publishing Tools & Service on her site selfpu
This is the last of our first round of interviews, and it was a great one to wrap our initial dive into podcasting. We are so glad you all have come along with us on this adventure! We've already started recording our second batch of episodes,
Andrew and I have referenced Cayla Keenan’s process in just about every podcast since this one was recorded. She's a college student and author, and her debut novel, "Catching Stars" is coming out in June of 2018. Learn how she works, and hear
Becca Puglisi talks to Andrew and Paul about the process of co-writing The Emotional Wound Thesaurus and how she and her co-author Angela Ackerman work to find one voice as two writers. We also spend time talking about emotional self care for a
In this episode, Jenny talks with Andrew and Paul about her workflow and how her experience as a screen writer influences her work as a novelist.Topics included:Using Pinterest to organize mood, character, and plot boardsUsing Scribophile
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