Please enjoy the very first chat that Rachael Herron and Sacha Black (of The Rebel Author Podcast) have together. Irreverent, cheeky, and always honest, you’re going to love this.
Ep. 317: The Black Herron Episode 1 (Bonus Episode!)
Ep. 316: Sarah McCraw Crow on How to Deal with Shiny Object Syndrome
Sarah McCraw Crow is the author of the novel The Wrong Kind of Woman (Mira/HarperCollins). Her short fiction has run in Calyx, Crab Orchard Review, Good Housekeeping, and Stanford Alumni Magazine, and she’s a regular book reviewer for BookPage. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA), and she lives with her family on an old farm in New Hampshire.
Ep. 315: Nigel Bartlett on Indie vs Traditional Publishing
In this episode, Rachael talks about setting boundaries in order to be a kinder writer to ourselves, and then she and Nigel talk about indie vs trad publishing, masterminds, and how to choose what to write next!
Nigel Bartlett is a freelance writer and editor who has worked for many of the best-known magazines in Australia. He lives in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern. Talking about King of the Road’s main character, David Kingsgrove, he says, ‘In many ways David is who I’d like to be — physically fit, a loving uncle and a good friend, although he does have flaws. He doubts himself and lacks confidence, but he discovers his strength by being pushed to his most extreme limits.’
Bangin’ Away (Again)
I might use this space to write about things I want to say on Twitter. (I resent how many years I spent there using up my life-chronicling writer’s brain, and how impossible it is to read my old archive. I’ve been enjoying going through old journals to visit with my younger self, and when I got on Twitter, bam. The journaling stopped. Grr.)
So: I will tell you this. I’ve been sick for a full week with bronchitis, but today I’m finally feeling like wearing clothes and sitting at the desk.
I waited until the fever went away (SMART) to cut my bangs based on a TikTok tutorial and I do not hate the results.
They’ll win no awards, but I guess I’ll keep the fringe a little longer. I was at that terrible point where you need a trim (free at my hair stylist, but then I have to GO there) or grow them out, and today, I chose violence.
Speaking of TikTok, I’ve been enjoying being there. HERE I am. I’m usually talking about writing.
The Only Writing Hack You Need:
Ep. 314: Vanessa Hua on Moving the Body as Writing Practice
Vanessa Hua is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of the novel A River of Stars and a story collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities. A National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, she has also received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing, as well as awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, among others. She has filed stories from China, Burma, South Korea, and elsewhere, and her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. She has taught most recently at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. Forbidden City is her newest novel.
Ep. 313: Erin La Rosa on How to Use Notecards to Supercharge Your Characters
Erin La Rosa has written many highly engaging… tweets, as a social media manager. But on her way to writing romance, she’s also published two humorous non-fiction books, Womanskills and The Big Redhead Book. Her most recent novel is For Butter or Worse. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three daughters (one human, two felines). Find her on Twitter and Instagram @erinlarosalit and on TikTok @erinlarosawrites.
