Episode 036: Tools for Writing

There are a lot of tools out there which are designed to help you be a better writer, but did you know there are also a lot of tools that can help you simply write the words? There are! In this episode I talk about apps, communities, and systems that you can use to...

Episode 035: “War of Art” book review

This is all about one of my favorite motivational books for writers, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (Note: this is an affiliate link with bookshop.org!). This is justifiably considered a modern classic in the field of motivating and inspiring authors, with great...

Episode 034: Think Big

Too often, well meaning people discourage writers from “thinking big,” or getting too big for our britches. They want to protect us from disappointment, but what they are really doing is crushing our inspiration and motivation.  I want writers to get clear...

Episode 033: Trust Your Instincts

What happens when you get in a fix and a story stalls out on you? Or runs away from you? Or forgets to that that left turn at Albuquerque?  In this episode I talk about the metamorphosis of my in-progress novel, The Bones & Brews Café, which was originally...

Episode 032: Why are you Outlining?

A deep look at outlining from the perspective of whether it is actually helping you or not, and why it is helping you (if it is!). Links discussed in this episode: 10 Different Outlining Techniques Brian Sanderson’s BYU 2020 class...

Episode 031: Trust Your Obsessions

Inspired by part of a graduation ceremony speech Neil Gaiman gave wayyyyy back in 1997, this episodes starts from there and spirals out into talking about the value of your obsessions to you as a writer, not just as “things that you can talk about in a...