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If you’re an aspiring author and want insights into what’s involved in launching a book into the world, this is the podcast for you. Debut writers discuss not only the inspiration behind their book, but also their insights into the writing process, the best advice they ever got, and the joys and sometimes pitfalls they encountered on their path to publication.
Episodes
My guest this week is Catherine Matthews (Releasing the Reins, indie published, June 2024). Catherine describes writing a first draft of your debut as “building the airplane while flying it” but got lots of h...
This week’s guest is Jaclyn Westlake (Dear Dotty, Avon Books/Harper Collins, June 2024). Jaclyn signed up for Stanford’s 2-year Novel Writing Course and emerged with the first draft of her debut, a humorous w...
Our guest this week is Amy Dressler (How to Align the Stars, Egret Lake Books, June 2024). Amy’s biggest challenge in writing her debut was finding the self-confidence to believe she was qualified to tackle ...
This week’s guest is Darlene Corbett (Visible, WordCrafts Press May 2024). A psychotherapist for over 30 years, Darlene used a therapy group as a stepping-off point to her debut, featuring five people with di...
In this special podcast episode we feature the five finalists for WFWA’s 2025 Rising Star Award for unpublished debut women’s fiction in a roundtable discussion about their manuscr...
Our guest this week is Nancy Taber (A Sea of Spectres, Acorn Press, May 2024). A former member of the Canadian military and now an academic, Nancy’s de...
This week’s guest is Shayla Dugan (Learning to Swim, Egret Lake Books, May 2024). We discuss how adding humor can provide a more grounded emotional exp...
Our guest this week is Linda Sachse (Inheriting the Shackelford Ranch, indie published, February 2024). Linda, who switched from romance to women’s literature with this book, di...
This week’s guest is L. L. Kirchner (Florida Girls, indie published, May 2024). We discuss taking fascinating historical facts and weaving them into a...
This week our guest is Lisa Fellinger (The Serendipity of Catastrophe, indie published, March 2024). Lisa’s educational background in mental health cou...
Our podcast guest this week is Lucille Guarino (Elizabeth’s Mountain, Black Rose Press, March 2024). We discuss how this book, which came to her in a d...
This week our guest is Carolyn McBride (The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel, indie published, April 2024). Hear how her parents’ dream house fin...
Our guest this week is Susan Wadds (What the Living Do, Regal House Publishing, March 2024). Susan describes her biggest writing challenge as taking al...
This week we welcome Jann Everard (Blue Runaways, Stonehewer Books, March 2024) to the podcast. In a switch-up to our regular fare of novelists, Jann’s...
Our guest this week is Melissa Bacon (Through Her Lens, Atmosphere Press, April 2024). What if you aren’t setting out to build a career as an author bu...
This week we welcome Gail Priest to the podcast (Soul Dancing, Red Adept Publishing, May 2024) Gail comes out of a theatre background and her previous ...
My guest this week is Jayna Sheats (Hanna’s Ascent, Bedazzled Ink Publishing, June 2023). Growing up a poor boy in rural Colorado, Jayna went on to re...
My guest this week is Micki Berthelot Morency (The Island Sisters, BHC Press, June 2023). Her book is a perfect adjunct for Women’s Fiction Week as her...
My guest this week is Marcy Lane (A Mercy of Widows, indie published, August 2023). Hear how two life events – serving on a jury and losing a partner –...
Our guest this week is Rosey Lee (The Gardins of Edin, Waterbrook Press, January 2024). Rosey, whose alter ego is as a float physician and health equit...
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