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It's a new day! The podcast is back, and Jolene Haley is joining Brian as the co-host of the show. In this episode Brian and Jolene catch everyone up on their creative adventures, talk about the projects they worked on for Camp NaNoWriMo, and discuss what's filling up their creative cups lately. Thanks for listening! Starting next month we'll be welcoming a guest to the show each episode, so stay tuned!J & B

Goddess HolyDays and the full show notes can be found at GoddessAliveRadio.comAre you participating in Camp NaNoWriMo?Special thanks to Murphy's Essentials for being our sponsor this week! Shop at murphysessentials.com and use the code MH20 for 20% off your orders in April!  JOIN US!  MotherHouse of the Goddess FB group AstrologersMary Lomando Laura Sanger Watkins Audrey AlisonSam Belyea Chani Nicholas Decks used in the DivinationSacred Mothers & Goddesses Oracle Deck by Claudia OlivosThe Light Seer's Tarot by Chris-AnneEarthcraft Oracle by Juliet Diaz, Lorriane Anderson, and Daniell Boodoo-FortunéSacred Self-Care Oracle by Jill Pyle, and Tatiana VedenkinaSnacks & Stacks - What we're readingWomen's Work by Elizabeth Wayland BarberAuthor Life Fix by Tracee GarnerCirce by Madeline MillerThe Heroine's Journey by Gail CarrigerVenom & Vanilla by Shannon MeyerDrawing Breath by Gayle Brandeis (there is a Kindle now!)Upcoming Events & ClassesApril 22 - Spring Fling Episode of Goddess Alive Radio LIVE April 29 - Book Party with Careille Crow for The Magic in Your Genes - Pre-order here!April 29 - Goddess Oracle Circle April 30 - MotherHouse of the Goddess Temple Beltaine Ritual Upcoming & Current OfferingsWeaving Women Spring: Season of the MaidenUnlocking the Mysteries: Keys to Your Moon Blood (Self-Study) April Goddess Oracle Circle Priestess of Sun, Moon & Stars TrainingElemental Priestess Training (Self-Study)Goddess Readings with Kimberly - email me motherhouseofthegoddess@gmail.comPlanner Consultations with Marisa, aka SuperPlanny From the SuperPlannyFavorite Planners for someone just starting out:The Happy PlannerHobonichi Weeks The one you'll actually use!Join hosts Kimberly Moore, Priestess and Founder of MotherHouse of the Goddess, and Marisa McCall, Priestess and Co-Creatrix of MotherHouse of the Goddess, for Goddess Alive Radio. Tune into the Myth, Magick, and Mystery of GoddessGODDESS ALIVE RADIOJoin us for weekly podcasts for Goddess Alive Radio! Tune into the Myth, Magick, and Mystery of Goddess Spirituality, Women's Empowerment, and Living Mythology – how Goddess is moving through our lives today. Priestesses, Practitioners, Authors, Healers, and Shamans will join us to discuss their expertise, practices, and experiences.

This week, I start out by giving my Camp NaNoWriMo update, but the episode turns into a piece of encouragement. My word from God is that your writing has a purpose. I was led to share this episode after listening to Friday's episode of the Where Did You See God podcast entitled Sitting in Suffering: Public Transparency, Which you can listen to here: https://anchor.fm/wheredidyouseegod/episodes/Sitting-in-Suffering-Public-transparency-e1lijjq If you're looking for high quality content editing services at reasonable prices, send queries to theplotstitch@gmail.com Visit www.everyday-excellence.com and use promo code Inspirational Journeys to get 10% off any product on the site. Support this podcast with a monthly donation: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/support or you can give a one-time donation via PayPal at: https://paypal.me/annHarrisonBarnes?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/message

Today I bring you a special quick bonus episode, to share my Camp NaNoWriMo update, and how the work I'm doing now will help me revise my children's book in the future. Please share your Camp NaNoWriMo updates on social media and tag me so I can cheer you on! If you're looking for high quality content editing services at reasonable prices, send queries to theplotstitch@gmail.com Visit www.everyday-excellence.com and use promo code Inspirational Journeys to get 10% off any product on the site. Support this podcast with a monthly donation: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/support or you can give a one-time donation via PayPal at: https://paypal.me/annHarrisonBarnes?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/message

Today, I bring you a special bonus episode, to celebrate the kickoff of the July Camp NaNoWriMo session. It's time to either update an existing writing project, or create a new one and set your camp goal. I'll be working alongside those of you participating in this year's Camp NaNoWriMo session and I'm cheering you on, because you've got a story to tell and your story matters. Happy writing! If you're looking for high quality content editing services at reasonable prices, send queries to theplotstitch@gmail.com Visit www.everyday-excellence.com and use promo code Inspirational Journeys to get 10% off any product on the site. Support this podcast with a monthly donation: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/support or you can give a one-time donation via PayPal at: https://paypal.me/annHarrisonBarnes?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/message

April is one of the Camp NaNoWriMo months (July being the other). And every year when Liz decides she wants to do this, she totally messes it up. Join Liz and special guest co-host Sarah Estep as we discuss what we were working on for Camp NaNoWriMo and how quickly we realized it wasn’t workingRead More

I know I'm not the only writer that signed up to do Camp NaNo and didn't finish. If you did, congrats! The rest of us... we didn't, and we felt like bad writers. We saw everyone else posting their banners and badges and it only made us feel worse. Can I tell you something? You are NOT a bad writer. Life happens. Maybe you missed a day and couldn't catch up? Yes it takes discipline, but is there another way? I'm here to tell how you can finish without having to write every day like NaNo recommends. Listen and click here to learn more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daria-white/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daria-white/support

NOTE- Releasing early so everyone knows to come see the return of Ditch Diggers on April 4, 2022, on Twitch! Open 2022 Word Count: 43300 (?) Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 108 Ditch Diggers returns April 4, Noon Eastern! Book Club News: Spoilers Club goals Camp NaNoWriMo starts April 1 Main Topic: Humor is subjective but doesn't have to be cruel Is it funny if the joke's purpose is to make fun of someone else in a less powerful situation? Sometimes, you don't have to share your hot take with the world Keep in consideration the cause and effects of power imbalances regarding reviewers & fans If you can, tell your jokes without mocking a person or group of people “The Hidden Tools of Comedy” by Steve Kaplan Book Club: “One for All” by Lillie Lainoff March 29, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 26 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

This episode is an introduction to Camp NaNoWriMo with returning guest, RoseColoredBooks. We discuss advice, tactics, tips and of course my upcoming 24 hour charity live stream to fundraise in support of NaNoWriMo. For more information check out: https://www.instagram.com/rose.colored.books/ https://www.instagram.com/sincerelybluejaypoetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sincerelybluejaypoetry/message

Alrighty, we are back and regaining our stride here on the Learning to Fly podcast! And what better way to do that, than to kick off a month of so many incredible things right here! To join us for Poem in your pocket day please send your recordings to m.rene@sincerelybluejay.com To be a guest this month on the topic of NaPoWriMo or Camp NaNoWriMo please email me at m.rene@sincerelybluejay.com To find out more about poetry month and Autism Awareness month check out https://www.instagram.com/ashraymondjames/ who will be a reoccurring guest this month. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sincerelybluejaypoetry/message

Writing goals for April Camp NaNowrimo 2022. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/onewordwriterpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/onewordwriterpodcast/support

In this special bonus episode, I give you some tips and encouragement for setting your Camp NaNoWriMo goals and announcing your April Camp NaNoWriMo project, to celebrate the first camp session of National Novel Writing Month for 2022. If you're looking for high quality editing services at reasonable prices, send queries to theplotstitch@gmail.com Visit www.everyday-excellence.com and use promo code Inspirational Journeys to get 10% off any product on the site. Support this podcast with a monthly donation: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/support or you can give a one-time donation via PayPal at: https://paypal.me/annHarrisonBarnes?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/message

April is full of writing challenges, but this year Nicole is participating in something new. A 24 hour story writing contest from Writers Weekly. In this week's episode she explains why and invites listeners to join her!   24 Hour Story Contest https://writersweekly.com/writersweekly-coms-24-hour-short-story-contest   Join the Stop Writing Alone Network https://stop-writing-alone-network.mn.co/share/GDoPIh6ZaTGVSTdw?utm_source=manual Mentioned in this episode:   Camp NaNoWriMo https://nanowrimo.org/what-is-camp-nanowrimo NaPoWriMo https://www.napowrimo.net/ Blogging from A to Z http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/  STOP WRITING ALONE EMAIL LIST: https://mailchi.mp/9b59bdd0b53a/email-sign-up STORY HOARDER Substack (The new home for Nicole's writing): https://storyhoarder.substack.com Stop Writing Alone FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/ Stop Writing Alone Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/Stopwritingalone  NV Rivera YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPlp1EVzQhDFPdGp5w2KoQ?view_as=subscriber  Buy Nicole a coffee (AKA support the podcast!) https://ko-fi.com/stopwritingalone   Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself: Stop Writing Alone FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/stopwritingalone/ Join the Stop Writing Alone with Nicole Rivera FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/ Stop Writing Alone website: https://stopwritingalone.com/ Join the Stop Writing Alone email list: https://mailchi.mp/ff8df93e57dc/penpals  Stop Writing Alone Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/stopwritingalone/  Nicole's Twitter: https://twitter.com/nv_rivera  The Stop Writing Alone voice number (call to introduce yourself!): (646) 907-9607    When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole's Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis! Kim A. Flodin https://www.kelekilove.com/  Lisa Murray https://ihavedreamsdammit.com/ Claire Oldham West https://slimmingstories.podbean.com/ Johanna Jaquez-Peralta https://www.instagram.com/latina_livin_keto/ Emma Isaacs https://www.instagram.com/emmaisaacsdesign/ 

For those of you just tuning in, November is the National Novel Writing Month, and if you were thinking about participating in NaNoWriMo this year, I have some pretty good tips on how to prepare yourself for success. I have no small amount of knowledge of NaNoWriMo, because for about three years, I participated in every November NaNoWriMo and every Camp NaNoWriMo available. I even became a Municipal Liason. After 10+ sessions, I have won some and I have lost some, so I am very well-rounded in what works and what doesn't. If you haven't done it before, the challenge is to start a brand new novel on November 1st, and make 50,000 words by the end of November. This is a huge benefit for authors who either cannot stop editing their every word, or have not figured out how to make their writing a daily habit. I have taken a break from doing NaNo in the last few years while I work on my backlog of partially completed manuscripts, but I still love the challenge and the sheer audacity of trying to write over 1600 words per day. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it. Let me go over three tips that will help you be successful in doing NaNoWriMo this year. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/author-rachel-cooper/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/author-rachel-cooper/support

For those of you just tuning in, November is the National Novel Writing Month, and if you were thinking about participating in NaNoWriMo this year, I have some pretty good tips on how to prepare yourself for success. I have no small amount of knowledge of NaNoWriMo, because for about three years, I participated in every November NaNoWriMo and every Camp NaNoWriMo available. I even became a Municipal Liason. After 10+ sessions, I have won some and I have lost some, so I am very well-rounded in what works and what doesn't. If you haven't done it before, the challenge is to start a brand new novel on November 1st, and make 50,000 words by the end of November. This is a huge benefit for authors who either cannot stop editing their every word, or have not figured out how to make their writing a daily habit. I have taken a break from doing NaNo in the last few years while I work on my backlog of partially completed manuscripts, but I still love the challenge and the sheer audacity of trying to write over 1600 words per day. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it. Let me go over three tips that will help you be successful in doing NaNoWriMo this year. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/author-rachel-cooper/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/author-rachel-cooper/support

In this episode of The Burial Plot we have dug up author Sarah J Dhue.Sarah was born and raised in the Alton/Godfrey area of Illinois.  Her first love is writing and she's been at it since elementary school.  She self-publishes her creative fiction and writes mostly Horror and Paranormal fiction, with a little bit of Science Fiction.  She completed her first book in the summer of 2010.  That book, For Two Cold Minutes, was first printed locally in 2012, and finally became her first self-published book in August 2014.  Sarah has participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) as well as Camp NaNoWriMo for many years.  In November 2017, her novel Monsters was in the International Miami Book Fair.  Her novel, Star Crossed, was her first major genre departure from her typical Horror, Paranormal, and Science Fiction into the realm of Romance.  As well as her self-published books, her writing has been featured in her high school and college literary journals.  Outside of academia, she has short stories in Volumes 3 and 4 of Lulu's Share Your Scare Anthology.While writing is Sarah's first love, she has degrees in Computer Graphics and Web Design and designs all of her own book covers.  Outside of school and work, she is a coffee enthusiast who loves going to independent shops in her local area and when she travels – which she loves to do – checking out all of the cool atmospheres and delicious coffee they have to offer.  She's an animal lover, enjoys playing video games, and believes in supporting artists of all kinds/mediums from all over the world!We pick her brain on all things self-publishing, including an overview of the process that Sarah goes through to unleash her works on the world. We get some social media marketing tips, in-person events, and the science of using emojis. Sarah shares with us her desire and efforts to support other authors and artists.She gives us an overview of her experience with NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo and why she feels it is a valuable exercise for writers.We talk about her journey into cross-genre writing and her book Demented that is officially associated with game giant Nintendo.Sarah's book Lake Vautour has a compelling and personal backstory to its creation as well as a personal connection to Brenda! Sarah reads an excerpt from this creepy, vulture-infested-horror-who-dunnit. Sarah can be found at:https://www.sarahjdhuephotos.com/more-writingand on social media at:https://www.facebook.com/SarahJDhueAuthor/https://twitter.com/Sarah_iWriteMore on NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo https://nanowrimo.org/Brenda can be found at:https://brendatolian.com/Joy can be found at:https://www.joyyehle.com/**When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission that will be used to continue to bring our audience great horror content. *Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed**When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.*Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the podcasters.

July camp NaNoWriMo has officially begun!! I wanted to do a bonus episode to talk about my Camp NaNoWriMo plans. Let me know what your plans are. You can message me on my Facebook page, Instagram or e-mail me. :) Good luck and happy writing!!

In today's episode, I talk about three different things. First, I tell you about July camp NaNoWriMo and give you my progress update. Second, I tell you about my proofreading and editing with the Chicago manual of style course and where I am in the process. And finally, I tell you about my plans to rebrand myself and build my business as a writer and editor. I also pray for those of us editors and writers out there building or rebuilding their brands. To register for the WWJ writing conference visit: Linktr.ee/wwjs To subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story, and for a chance to win an audiobook code for The Spirit of Creativity: Inspirational Poems for the Creative at Heart, please visit: http://www.freelists.org/list/inspiredbyann  My poetry book entitled The Spirit of Creativity: Inspirational Poems for the Creative at heart can be purchased in a variety of eBook formats wherever books are sold. Click the link below to purchase your copy today. https://books2read.com/TheSpiritOfCreativity   Now available on Audible at: https://www.audible.com/pd/B08N5GM948?qid=1605076574&sr=1-22&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_2_2&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=VRNQE1XMPR4PM4WDD59V Hey authors, are you looking for an editing tool to help you polish  your book manuscripts, essays, short stories and more? Look no further than ProWritingAid. ProWritingAid is an editing tool that checks your grammar, style, dialogue, sticky sentences and much more. Visit the link below to save 20% on your ProWritingAid subscription. https://prowritingaid.com?afid=8740 Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/support Leave me feedback: Email: annwrites75@gmail.com Contact me via my website: https://annwritesinspiration.com/contact Leave voice messages from anywhere: https://anchor.FM/inspirational-journeys/message Follow me on social media: https://www.facebook.com/annwritesinspiration https://twitter.com/annwrites75 https://www.pinterest.com/annwritesinspiration https://www.youtube.com/user/annsmusic1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/message

In this week's episode, I provide an edited version of a Patreon-only episode that aired several months ago, on what I think it means for writers to be "good with words." Also, I signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo, and will be focusing on that during the month of July. If you'd also like to do Camp NaNoWriMo, you can learn more about it and sign up here: https://nanowrimo.org/what-is-camp-nanowrimo. ***************************************************************************************** Email: marisadellefarfalle@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/marisadee13 Instagram: www.instagram.com/marisadf13 Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I'd also really appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts (or your favorite podcasting app), as it'll help a lot more people find out about this show!

This “week” we read The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart. We talk about the creepiness of the Ten Men, the quality of Reynie's character, the greatness of Stewart's action scenes, and how this book compares to the first. We also get a sequel to Sophie's “kill Mr. Curtain” fanfic take and hear Jacqueline's theory about the book's setting. Content Warnings: Kidnapping, running away from guardians, so so much of children in danger, severe injury, torture (both threat and actual), discussion of narcolepsy and “the old hag,” sleep-inducing drugs, threat of death, and discussion of mind control. Note: We recorded this episode in March but had to take a hiatus due to COVID curveballs and Sophie getting distracted by Camp NaNoWriMo (we'll talk more about it in our next episode). Also, we incorrectly refer to Reynie and Sticky's ages as eleven. They were eleven in the first book. Now they are twelve. Our Links Website: https://werethekidsalright.wixsite.com/podcast Twitter: @wtka_podcast Instagram: wtka_podcast TikTok: wtka_podcast Music Intro: I Wear Headphones by Silent Partner Outro: Good Vibes by MBB Music Intro: I Wear Headphones by Silent Partner Outro: Good Vibes by MBB

Camp NaNoWriMo - Time to pack up camp Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #30. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - Yo, I squished that mofo Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #29. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - I'm so damn close, I may as well do the thing Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #28. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - Stick a fork in me - oh, wait, I'm NOT done. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #27. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - I'm not... yeah I am. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #26. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - I'm not rambling, you're rambling! Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #25. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

I didn't think I'd be recording much this month since I'm busy with Camp Nanowrimo. But then one english assignment lead to another and here we are. PS why do i do this when i know youll hear it --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poetslunchbox/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - I'm not overwhelmed, you're overwhelmed Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #24. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - I'm not freaking out, you're freaking out. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #23. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - Make words good Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #22. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Today's episode features poetry by Phil Kaye from his collection A Light Bulb Symphony. Happy World poetry month! Happy Earth Day! And feel free to tune in for our NaPoWriMo Challenge and Camp NaNoWriMo write in on twitch.tv/sincerelybluejay from 7-9 pm PST!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sincerelybluejaypoetry/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sincerelybluejaypoetry/support

Camp NaNoWriMo - Seriously, now my 80k target is 90k. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #21. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - Confusion is to Kai as the one remaining sock in the wash is to a cold foot. You figure it out - lol. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #20. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - The temptation to re-record was great, instead, you get to experience Kai having a meltdown... until a package arrives. They may have issues! Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #19. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - There was a day. Then the day finished. Stuff happened during the day. But not much. The end. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #18. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - Stuff happened - I think. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #17. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - So a weird thing happened when I was walking the dog - his PTSD kicked in! Quick! Take note... Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #16. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - We're halfway through Camp NaNo! Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #15. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - Nailing the Target words are happening! Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #14. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - Nailing the Target is finally in YEET! Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #13. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Camp NaNoWriMo - YO! I'm ready to write - Kai. Welcome to our Camp NaNoWriMo Special Edition episode of the Character Collective. This is Episode #12. Get your free NaNoWriMo Personal Planner Word Count Tracker here: http://kaiparker.com/podcast Join NaNoWriMo here: www.nanowrimo.org Join our NaNoWriMo support group here: https://nanowrimo.org/writing-groups/character-collective or add Kai_Parker or kristywestaway and ask us to add you. How are you doing with your Nanowrimo project? Let us know. Send your words and art to character.collective.podcast@gmail.com Subscribe/like/follow/favorite... do the thing because we two writers and our characters need to know you like us. Please like us! Haha. Share too, because sharing is caring... or something like that. Join us on TikTok at Charcter_Collective Visit Kristy at www.kristywestaway.com Visit Kai at www.kaiparker.com and www.pjsilva.com Thank you to the following for making this podcast episode look and sound a little better! Podcast logo art by @jayiisnthome Music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charactercollective/message

Originally I was going to air this episode next week but because I have a really cool segment about Camp NaNoWriMo coming up next week I thought I would drop this as a fun little bonus episode for you! Tonight I am talking about having hobbies? Do you have a hobby? If so what is it? If you don't have a hobby I can help with that in tonights episode. I will also be talking about how to make sure you get the time to spend on your hobby whatever it is. We are getting out on more platforms so please continue to tell your friends about me! If you want to connect you can find me on Instagram @sabrinanelsonwriter or you can connect on Facebook at www.facebook.com/letschatovercoffee. If none of that works feel free to email me at sabrina@letschatovercoffee.com And I do have a Patreon and Ko-Fi page set up if you are interested in donating to the show. Remember Let's Chat Over Coffee is written, recorded, edited, and produced by me! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letschatovercoffeepodcast Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/letschatovercoffee

I will now be posting episode Thursdays, every two weeks (starting April 8). Sign up for Camp NaNoWriMo (it's free, and you can do it in any country!), starting April 1! All ages welcome. Sorry I was speaking quietly and not clearly in this episode, I was very tired.

Episode 13 The Book Evangelists discuss Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Morning Chatter We haven't talked about books as recently as we had hoped we would. We are very glad to be talking about books with each other now. Camp NaNoWriMo is happening, and writing is hard right now. Book News! The Hugo finalists are announced and we are very pleased to have read so many of the nominees! Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . . the only way to survive is to open your heart. This blog post is spoiler-free. On the podcast, we discuss Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman in detail and our discussion in the podcast is filled with minor and major spoilers, so please read the book before you listen if you are into that kind of experience. We'll be here for you when you finish! More Discussion Book Marketing: Who is this book for? How much do we trust genres or cover blurbs? How does our expectation match the reality of the book? Should readers be warned about issues books? How do readers react to books when they get into the story and find that they aren't ready for this particular book? Writing “Unlikeable” characters Is Eleanor relatable? Is she realistic? Did your feelings about her change over the course of the book? Who does it seem like Eleanor is modeled on? How are characters informed and inspired? How much does the reader bring to their unique interpretation? How unreliable is Eleanor as a narrator? "I liked the sad parts. They helped me have my feelings. That's what books do." Lissa describing .... pretty much the entire book Coming Up Next episode: Marian and Lissa are looking at the popularity of the novella as a form and a length. As longtime NaNoWriMo writers, we both familiar with what a 50,000 word story can do. We will read and discuss All Systems Red by Martha Wells and Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey. Our Show Notes include mentions and recommendations, all linked for your convenience. What else would you like to see here? Music Credit: The music used during transitions in our podcast is adapted from: Jazzy Sax, Guitar, and Organ at the club by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/58382 Ft: geoffpeters

NaNoWriMo It's our NaNoWriMo podcast, on which we put Sarah on blast, Molly tells us about her saggy middle plot syndrome, and Dean settles down into the lotus position to prepare for NaNo. But are any of them wearing pants? Cast Hosted by Dean Karpowicz, with  Sarah Willis and Molly Krasel. Content Discussed About NaNoWriMo "The 'No' doesn't stand for November? My life is a lie. I have to quit the podcast!" --Sarah Sarah: "It's twelve small notebook pages per day." Molly: "It sounds so achievable when you say it like that." NaNoWriMo believes in the transformational power of creativity. We provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and off the page. 8:21: Preptober "The NaNoWriMo cup: It catches your tears and your Reddi-wip." --Molly Are you getting ready to write with us this November? Whether this is your first time tackling a novel or your fifteenth, our NaNo Prep 101 Workshop is here to help you get ready to reach that 50,000-word goal. 15:22: The Numbers! "I am not dissing my mother. She knows what she did!" --Sarah Check out our statistics for NaNoWriMo 2018! Our writers continue to write and achieve great things; in fact, more novelists reached 50,000 words than last year! Writers in our Young Writers Program also continued to crush it, with an overall win rate of over 40%. Read on for more information about this November's numbers, leaders, and chart-toppers. 18:23: On Writing "I just bought a writing desk, like a crazy person." --Sarah Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King's critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. “Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999—and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it—fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told. 23:08: Camp NaNoWriMo "Camp NaNoWriMo happens in 'not November,' of that much I am sure." --Molly "I'm going to November the whole year, and you can't stop me!" --Sarah Camp NaNoWriMo is a writing event that happens in April and July. It's different from NaNoWriMo in November because you can work on any type of creative project, not just a novel. First drafts or revision, scripts or stories or poems or essays—all are welcome! Just set a goal and get writing.

In this last episode of season 1, Hannah provides four quick productivity tips for creative writers to take them through Camp NaNoWriMo and beyond. Hannah and Leah will both return for season 2 at the end of the summer. To connect with them in the meantime, visit https://www.btleditorial.com/the-writers-nook-podcast, email them at podcast@btleditorial.com, or find them online at @writersnookpod. You can also find Hannah at @btleditorial and Leah at @leahdavisauthor anywhere on social media.Thank you to Purple Planet Music for our intro and outro music.

In This Episode:The Book Evangelists discuss Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Morning Chatter: In which we briefly discuss helping our children 3D print their homework. "I have persistence, which is like skills, by the time you finish." -Lissa And we explain how we failed to write our Camp NaNoWriMo projects. "April is the cruelest month." - Marian "Reading is awesome, you should just read." - Lissa "Well, there's always November, you can just recycle your idea then." - Marian Writing and Reading Experiments We both like to use writers challenges and hashtags on Instagram to reflect on and plan our writing projects. https://www.instagram.com/lissastaley/ https://www.instagram.com/marianrakestraw/ Lissa recommends: If you get really obsessed with a book you can go to twitter and find other people who are obsessed with the book. And then the author sees and joins in. Being a reader on twitter is the coolest. From @lissastaley she follows @charliejane and @scalzi and sometimes experiments with other writer's twitter feeds. Marian's brave experiment was joining #revpit on Twitter @marianrakestraw and actively interacting with other writers. She reports back on her survey of writer use of social media. Sometimes we leave the comfort of our reading and writing homes to interact with other writers. Marian attended a literature festival for teenagers, run by teenagers, called LitUp Festival and met multiple amazing authors including Gayle Forman and Jacqueline Woodson. Marian recommends: MasterClass, starting with Neil Gaiman Teaches The Art of Storytelling We reflect on signed copies of books, which books we keep, and sending books out into the world Around the 37 minute mark, we finally discuss Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey at Goodreads. Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magic. She is perfectly happy with her life—she has an almost-sustainable career as a private investigator, and an empty apartment, and a slight drinking problem. It's a great life and she doesn't wish she was like her estranged sister, the magically gifted professor Tabitha. But when Ivy is hired to investigate the gruesome murder of a faculty member at Tabitha's private academy, the stalwart detective starts to lose herself in the case, the life she could have had, and the answer to the mystery that seems just out of her reach. (description from the publisher) Our discussion doesn't give away the ending but is filled with minor spoilers, so please read the book before you listen if you are into that kind of experience. We'll be here for you when you finish! "It might take a little while to get there, but I'll tell you everything and I'll tell you the truth." the quote from Magic for Liars on tor.com twitter that pulled Lissa in so hard to reading this book. How Lissa chooses books: Unreliable narrator! It's mainstream fantasy! This will be interesting to read with Marian! "On the whole I was impressed, and we know I am not often impressed." Marian We really like this book. As readers. And as writers. We were both delightfully surprised. We talk about the parts we like. We have fun discussing how really original books might reach readers in traditional publishing. Marian: Where would I shelve this in the store? Fantasy? Hard boiled detective? It's very original. It's not like a book that I have read before. Intriguing us for possible future reads: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (Also collected as American Hippo) Next episode: We are listening to the audiobook of Dodger by Terry Pratchett Find more at https://thebookevangelists.com/ Music Credit: The music used during transitions in our podcast is adapted from: Jazzy Sax, Guitar, and Organ at the club by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/58382 Ft: geoffpeters

In this episode, Story Grid Certified Editor Leslie Watts discusses writing with abandon with Grant Faulkner, the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month. They talk about what it means to write with abandon, how to go about it, and why it's important. In lieu of an editorial mission, Grant shares the word sprint, an old NaNoWriMo practice to help you get your words down—just in time for Camp NaNoWriMo in July.

KWL US Manager Christine Munroe interviews Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo. They discuss: *National Novel Writing Month, the creative challenge in which authors write 50,000 words during the month of November, or 1,667 words per day. *The origins of NaNoWriMo, which began with 21 people in 1999 and has grown to support hundreds of thousands of writers each year. *Why November? If you can write a novel in November, you can write one anytime. It's a busy time of year leading into the December holidays. *NaNoWriMo's other initiatives, including Camp NaNoWriMo and the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program. *Even if you don't "win" by hitting the 50k word count, every participant is a winner for choosing to make creativity a priority. KWL is a proud sponsor of NaNoWriMo for the third year in a row. Stay tuned as we embark on this challenge in November with our annual KoBoWriMo team! www.nanowrimo.org