Karen Dimmick on Mind Hacks for Writers – The Writing Coach 035

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 35 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Karen Dimmick. Karen is a writer, reader, world-traveller, eternal student and passionate observer…

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Susan Friedmann on How to Monetize Your Book – The Writing Coach 034

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 34 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Susan Friedmann. Susan is a Certified Speaking Professional and a veteran business and niche marketing…

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5 Reasons You Failed to Win National Novel Writing Month (and What to Do about It)

To listen to this blog post in audio format, click the play button below: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) has come to a close for another year. A fraction of the writers (around 14%) who participated reached their goal of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. The vast majority of writers (the other 86%) failed…

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Talking Ghostwriting on the Book Marketing Mentors Podcast

I’m the featured guest in the latest episode of the Book Marketing Mentors podcast. I had a wonderful time chatting with host Susan Friedmann. We talked all about how best to work with a ghostwriter. If you have ever wondered about what a ghostwriter does, you won’t want to miss this episode! Listen here!  

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Reedsy Live – Training Video and Transcript

Reedsy is a very cool community that connects authors with freelance editors and designers. Earlier this month, I was invited to host a live training session on Reedsy’s Facebook page. I took the opportunity to talk about the importance of, and how to go about creating, a regular writing habit. Live streaming is always fun, and…

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Life Will Always Get in the Way (& that’s Okay!)

As I type this, we’re one week into National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). If you’re lucky, things went great for you during this first week and you’re on-track to achieving your NaNo goals. For a vast majority of people, however, something happened that served as a set-back. If you’re in this later group, right now…

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Debbie Drum on How to Get Book Reviews – The Writing Coach 32

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 32 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Debbie Drum. Debbie is an author and an expert in content creation, an…

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THIS is How a Writing Coach Walks His Talk

Listen to the audio version of this article here: Writing is hard. DAMN hard. As a writing coach, my job is to make it just a little bit easier by teaching you what I know. Every time I hit publish on a blog post or release a new podcast episode it’s with the intention of…

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How to Prepare for National Novel Writing Month – The Writing Coach 030

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. Next month, thousands of writers from all around the world will attempt to write a novel in thirty days as part of National Novel…

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Sarah Werner, Host of the Write Now Podcast – The Writing Coach 029

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In this episode, I speak with Sarah Werner. Sarah is a writer, a columnist for Forbes, and the host of Write Now, a popular podcast…

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