Genres: Helpful? Sure. But are they doing their fair share? In today's Leave A Review, I review genres because, let's face it, if they're going to profile a book they might as well get it right.

Ep. 012 Queries: Or how do I get an agent to help me make money off my writing

Feb 24th, 2021 23m 57s

Yes, there's a ton of tips on queries out there already. But this has jokes!

Bonus

Leave A Review: Negative Reviewers

Feb 2nd, 2021 7m 22s

We all love reviews. They provide guidance, insight, and the opportunity to judge others anonymously while riding the high of ignoring our own failures in life. A new segment to tide you over until the next full episode of Write Wrong.

Ep. 011 Time Management: The thing we do to smother the creeping awareness that time is holding us at knifepoint

Oct 27th, 2020 21m 25s

No matter how much we try, time always gets away from us. Here are some managing tips because managing is what we do when we're too weak to control something, but too capable to ignore it completely.

Ep. 010 Beginnings: Start with Waking Up!

Sep 1st, 2020 20m 42s

Fellow writers, I’m going to begin today by going against the grain and give you advice that no one in their right mind would give you. Here are six ways the ‘establishment’ says not to start your novel, but I say maybe give it a try.

Ep. 009 Why MFA Programs Are a Faustian Nightmare

Aug 25th, 2020 21m 37s

Okay, the world is coronaviral and colleges are as close to figuring out if they should open their campuses as an Amish fourteen-year-old is to figuring out that nipples on women are more than just functional milk dots for boobies. But this epi

Ep. 008 Embracing Your Imposter Syndrome: Because it's true, you don't belong here. Now please leave.

Aug 18th, 2020 24m 26s

My god, judgment comes in so many forms. Here's another one we suffer (even me, in this episode) and ways to jam a corn cob into your judge-hole.

Ep. 007 Authorship, or How to Avoid Writing Completely

Aug 11th, 2020 24m 11s

They say if you want to become an author you need to think like a business person. I say, fine, but I don't have to like it. Here are few things I'm doing to try to be an author and not just a writer.

Ep. 006 How Crummy It Is to be a Writer

Aug 4th, 2020 19m 7s

Being a writer can be amazing, but strangely, only after you've written. The rest of the time, it can just ruin your day. Here are few things I do to get through the tough times of struggling to get words down, and even if you do feel like hell

Ep. 005: Getting a beta reader: Because you do want strangers to eviscerate the novel you’ve spent over a year working on.

Jul 28th, 2020 22m 7s

We need people to read our novels and that's even before we publish them. Here are a few ways I get mine, etiquette, and how to handle unhelpful feedback.

Ep. 004: First Drafts. Pantser vs. Plotter: Deathmatch!!

Jul 21st, 2020 22m 34s

First drafts are hard. And that's even before you get to your computer. Here are a few things I do to help. Plus, if you're a pantser or a plotter you WILL have opinions about this episode and should definitely tweet me to tell me how wrong I a

Ep. 002: Revising, or writing a novel and then destroying it to make it good.

Jul 14th, 2020 19m 33s

You've spent all that time on your first draft, why not make it readable? Tips on revising. Things I learned to not do. And other things I do do. Do.

Ep. 003: You want to sell your book? Put a dog on the cover!

Jul 14th, 2020 17m 38s

Sure, we could put a lot of hard work into a novel. But this is so much easier. Okay, if you don't want to put a dog on the cover, or lie to your readers about having a dog in your book, then listen to this episode.

Ep. 001: How I got an agent with my first novel and how I lost an agent with my second novel

Jul 14th, 2020 22m 26s

Agents. They're so hard to get and yet so easy to lose.

Ep. 000: Prologue to the Podcast, or an audio illustration of why people skip prologues

Jul 11th, 2020 5m 42s

An introduction to Write Wrong Podcast, a podcast that talks about writing from the point of view of a writer who's been doing it wrong for far too long. This episode introduces you to me and tells you why you might want to listen.

Rate