Research Brings Your Stories To Life

EP 69) USA TODAY Bestselling Author Heather Blanton explains to us how her research is such a vital component of her historical romance writing. She talks about how that research has informed her 36 books -- and she updates us with some recent career developments involving other platforms as well.Screenwriter Bob Saenz joins Jon Meyers for the fifth time as guest cohost for Emily Brooks as she is on maternity leave.#western #storytelling #novels #amwriting #christianfiction #historicalfiction #christianromance #narrativefictionpodcasts #screenwriting #WriterForHire #streamingcontent OUR HOSTS GET OUT OF THEIR BUBBLEBob moves his grand piano.Jon Meyers goes on his #stupidwalk and sees another expectation-defying snail.YOU RESPOND!Misty L. Butler wants to know what you think about exercise and going on your #stupidwalk -- okay, okay, she doesn't call it stupid (that's Jon Meyers's deal). To the contrary, she loves hers.To learn more here Crowned Free and Trades of Hope: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2520756964899453Celebrate HOPE with Misty#HEYJONMEYERSBob teaches Jon Meyers that there's a bug that sleeps with its eyes closed.CALL TO ACTIONHeather wants you to "launch out into the deep." Write something outside of your comfort zone, be it a different genre, or different format, or submit to a new platform.Then, you can tell us about either of these (or both) us at writebettertogether.com/podcast, or in the comments here on YouTube, Facebook, X, or Instagram. THE FINAL ACT:  Bob plays THE CUBE.LINKSHEATHER'S LINKShttps://www.authorheatherblanton.com/For updates on A Lady in Defiance narrative fiction podcast:https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLSrcnMsEiN/A sneak peek teaser of A Lady in Defiance narrative fiction podcast:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LyNf6AhcUrQHeather's Books:If you start here with the newest one, A Reckoning in Defiance: A Christian Historical Romance Series (Romance in the Rockies) , it'll get you to all the rest from there. https://amzn.to/3GQdX1QBob's novel is here: https://amzn.to/442yZCdBob's screenwriting advice book is here: https://amzn.to/4kRTOriUPCOMING APPEARANCESJON MEYERS, WRITERCON, AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1, 2025THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN THE HISTORIC SKIRVIN, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKhttps://writercon.com/conference/JON MEYERS, WRITERFEST, NOVEMBER 21-22, 2025BELMONT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TNhttps://www.writerfestnashville.com/.........Bob will also be appearing at WriterCon in OKC, OK SHOPPING LINKSOrder Emily's prayer guide  here:Pray to Remember: A 6-Week Prayer Guide to Deeper Faith https://emilybrookswriter.com/product/pray-to-remember/A PURPLE POMODORO TIMER: https://amzn.to/4jn89LzThe Mood Octopus https://amzn.to/4jTc6I9MORE LINKS Stephanie L. Jones entire catalog: https://shop.givingyourbestlife.com/Misty L. Butler's entire catalog: https://mistylbutler.com/books-books-more-books/Besides the prayer guide, Emily’s other new resource is: Writing Women: Creating and Describing Compelling Female Charactershttps://emilybrookswriter.com/product/writing-women-crafting-and-describing-compelling-female-characters/AFFILIATE LINKS: Order our book here:Emily Brooks and Jon Meyers, WRITE ANYWAY: ⁠https://amzn.to/4erbV3G⁠Plus, WRITE ANYWAY, is now available on Kindle Unlimited:  https://amzn.to/3ScKS2JOur Bookshop…https://bookshop.org/shop/write-better-togetherOur Patreon…https://www.patreon.com/WriteBetterTogetherCONNECT WITH US:YouTube/@writebettertogether  ⁠www.instagram.com/WriteBetterTogether⁠⁠www.facebook.com/writebettertogethernow⁠⁠www.X.com/WriteBetterTgtr⁠CONNECT WITH EMILY BROOKS: www.emilybrookswriter.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/EmilyBrooksWriter⁠www.facebook.com/EmilyBrooksAuthor⁠CONNECT WITH JON MEYERS: ⁠www.jonmeyersscripts.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.facebook.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.X.com/FilmicThePage⁠David Corbly, OpenDoorCreations.com, website creation and/or website upgrading.