Bound Together

Bound Together

Self-published authors Laura Catherine and Sarah Gray talk about their experiences with writing, editing, publishing and marketing. This is their different views on the writing world. Laura is a mum of two with little time on her hands and Sarah followed a career, while still studying craft. Join them as they chat about their lives and share tips and advice.

Episodes

June 13, 2025 36 mins

Sarah and Laura are checking in on the author goals they set at the start of the year. Have they completed any?  Have they failed? Find out!

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Sarah and Laura have a discussion about Ai in creative spaces, their opinions on the topic, and stories of how it is being used throughout the creative community.

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May 16, 2025 32 mins

Laura and Sarah are talking about writing and editing slumps in this episode of Bound Together. They talk about their own current slumps and give each other advice on how to handle it.

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Laura and Sarah talk through a number of options for author to check out once they have finished their book and ready to publish.

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April 11, 2025 36 mins

Laura and Sarah talk about book milestones, past author milestones, and milestones they look forward to in the future.

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Last week we read Sarah's second chapter and now it's time to hear Laura's. Get ready for cringe and hilarious teenage writing.

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Sarah and Laura are back reading chapter of Sarah's first ever novel written many many years ago. Get ready to laugh.

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February 7, 2025 37 mins

Laura and Sarah has swapped their styles of writing in an experiment to see if the Plotter can pants and the Pantser can plot. How'd our heroes go with writing in a completely foreign way? Listen and find out!

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In this first part of the Plotting vs Pantsing Challenge Sarah and Laura teach each other the rules of their wildly different writing routines in preparation to swap them!

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Sarah interviews Laura about their upcoming cozy fantasy Enemies to Booksellers that is releasing on January 18th.

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December 20, 2024 35 mins

It's the end of the year, Sarah and Laura are gearing up for 2025 with a whole new ambitious list of author goals for the year. Will they complete them or are they flying to close to the sun?

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December 6, 2024 34 mins

Remember those author goals Laura and Sarah made at the start of the year? They totally remembered and now they're going to go through and see which ones they completed.

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November 22, 2024 26 mins

Sarah and Laura have large TBR piles so they're picked a few of the books they are excited to read next year.

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Laura and Sarah recently learned about quick and slow release authors. Now, they're here to tell you all about what they are.

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Laura and Sarah read the first chapters on their very first works to see what they could do better. Enjoy an angsty sly warrior just trying to save the world while being distracted by cherry blossoms in Laura's "Ash Vena and The Keeper of the Knives". Then delve into the apocalyptic zombie action in Sarah's "Them", as we drive a car with far too many characters to keep track of, that all end up gone-burger within a few paragraphs. ...

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October 4, 2024 35 mins

Sarah and Laura have some more book recommendations for you. So strap yourselves in to hear about some amazing books.

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September 20, 2024 21 mins

Sarah and Laura discuss endings of chapters. Why are they important? Does every chapter require a hook? Is there such a thing as a chapter-less novel?

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September 6, 2024 31 mins

Nanowrimo came under fire at the start of 2024 and Laura and Sarah decided to no longer associate with the website. Now, as the organisation comes under fire again, they talk about how they have moved on from it.

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August 23, 2024 31 mins

Sarah and Laura chat about creating new writing routines for themselves after being influenced by famous writers and their routines. With they wake up and have breakfast like all good writers do? And can they make their new routines stick?

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August 2, 2024 33 mins

Laura and Sarah talk about a some of the wacky and wild routines that some famous writers swear buy.

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