Author Alchemist Podcast
Lessons in Alchemy
Episode 022: Who are You Writing for?
The story behind the story of my oft-used quip, “Write what you love to read!”
Episode 021: The Creative Gap
What we imagine in our head as our masterpiece of art and storytelling sometimes doesn't appear on the page with all the full glory that we feel it is supposed to have. Sometimes that inspires us to start over; a lot of the time, though, it is discouraging. We doubt...
Episode 020: Happily Ever After is VALID
I don't talk about this too much in this podcast but one the most important influence in life for learning to love Happily Ever After (HEA) ending is fanfiction. I know, not a surprise, yeah? In one sense, I've always loved HEAs, from the time I was a child through...
Episode 019: Growth Mindset for Writers
Sometimes our greatest hurdle, as writers, is our own mindset. HA HA NO actually ALL THE TIME our greatest hurdle is our mindset. Too bad, so sad! There are a lot of factors that play into our mindset, some out of our control such as health issues, financial...
Episode 018: Secrets of Alpha Readers!
Do you even know what an alpha reader is? Those of you who are involved in fandom might have heard of it, or at least know about "beta readers", but I promise, this has NOTHING to do with Omega'verse plots! Alpha readers have always been here, writers just usually...
Episode 017: Character Growth!
I'm going to do something different with show notes this episode! Down below the Alchemical Lesson of the week I will start putting my episode outline, the "cue card" I use when recording each episode. I cannot afford to have transcriptions made just yet (although...
Welcome to 2020! here have a podcast 🙂
[powerpress]Ayyyyye, this is an ad-hoc podcast I recorded on the fly to welcome everyone to 2020! It's short and sweet and missing all the bells and whistles, but please listen in to hear about the good news of my dog's recovery, my plans for my writing, and my goals...
Episode 016: The Writer’s Heroic Journey
Everyone loves the "Hero's Journey" as a writing tool to map out epic stories. It is also used as a self-help guide for analizing the story of our personal lives, allowing us to place our experiences into a map that lets us analize what has happened to us, how it has...
Episode 015: My year of not writing
Shit happens. It happens to the best of us. This episode is about what happened when my own personal shit hit the fan. I spent a year not writing. That's right: not eeking out even a word of fiction. Not original fiction, not fanfiction, not blogs, NADA. I did...
Episode 014: the Author Alchemist Origin Story!
This episode is a little bit of history, specifically my history as a writer, alpha reader, and creativity coach. If you have been wondering why I started this podcast, then this is the episode you’ve been waiting for! Or not, but here we are. I jump back and forth a...