Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEp 89: The Rush to Publish - How to Pace Your Career
In chapter 7 of On Being a Writer, my coauthor Charity Singleton Craig highlighted what L.L. Barkat calls the “Fifteen Years of Writing for Your Gran…
9 years, 4 months ago
Ep 88: How to Develop Your Own Self-Study Writing Course
As you go about the work of writing, and the business of writing, don’t forget to study the craft of writing. Find ways to continually learn and impr…
9 years, 4 months ago
Ep 87: You Can Impact Readers Right Now through Social Media
In episode 86, we discussed first steps you can take to launch your social media presence. I suggested you could start simple and slow by establishin…
9 years, 5 months ago
Ep 86: Your Writing Platform - First Steps to Launching Your Social Media Presence
When people talk about building a platform, they often think immediately of social media. I suppose it’s because the word “platform” is often used to…
9 years, 5 months ago
Ep 85: Now Is the Time to Start Building Your Platform
There’s a proverb that says “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” It’s true of so many things, isn’t it? We …
9 years, 5 months ago
Ep 84: Your Writing Platform - Do People Expect Writers to Be Speakers?
Last week I volunteered to serve at a speech and debate tournament for junior high and high school students. One of the women I served with asked if …
9 years, 5 months ago
Ep 83: Your Writing Platform: What’s the Definition of Platform (and Do I Really Need One)?
At a writing conference a few years ago, I attended a panel discussion that included acquisitions editors from several publishing houses and a couple…
9 years, 5 months ago
Ep 82: Plan a Sustainable Year for Your Writing Life
It’s that time of year when everyone is working on their annual business plans, intentions, resolutions, habits—or even big, hairy, audacious goals, …
9 years, 6 months ago
Ep 81: A Gift of Writing
Last time we talked about our writing as a gift to the world, but our writing can be a gift in a more specific, focused way when we write for individ…
9 years, 6 months ago
Ep 80: Your Writing as a Gift
In this season of giving, it seems apt to talk about our writing as a gift. "Hold on, now," you say. "I was kinda hoping to make some money at this w…
9 years, 6 months ago