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Ep 482The Annual MONEY Episode!

The most popular episode every year - check out what Rachael made in 2024 and how she made it! Also, what will she be changing, adapting, doing in 2025? Her words of the year are Sparkle and Bloom, so that's a hint. ❤️ Adventure 52 - Patreon🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 9, 202539 min

Ep 481On the Utter Joy of Having Homework Forever, with Elisabeth Sharp McKetta

This is an interview you will LOVE, start to finish. Get ready to be overjoyed. Elisabeth Sharp McKetta is an award-winning writer and writing teacher and a mother of two. With a PhD on the intersections between fairy tales and autobiography, as well as a seven-year streak of writing weekly poems for strangers, she teaches writing for Oxford Department for Continuing Education and for Harvard Extension School, where she won their highest teaching award. She has authored thirteen books, most recently the personal growth guide Edit Your Life, based on the experience of living three years in a 275-square foot backyard guest house with her family of four (five, if you count the Labrador)—and the middle grade novel Ark, set during the pandemic and described by Kirkus Reviews as “infectiously hopeful.” Elisabeth co-edited the anthology What Doesn’t Kill Her: Women’s Stories of Resilience, which Gloria Steinem described as stories that “will help each of us to trust and tell our own.” Her poetry and short work have been published widely, including in The Poetry Review and Real Simple; her work with myth and memoir has been spotlighted in Harvard Magazine. Elisabeth and her family call Boise home and travel widely. (elisabethsharpmcketta.com)❤️ Adventure 52 - Patreon🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 2, 202545 min

Ep 480The Black Herron 28 (plus update!)

Let's plan for the new year with Sacha and Rachael!❤️ Adventure 52 - Patreon - http://patreon.com/rachael ✏️ Write More, Worry Less: A Year of Pressure-Free ProductivityJan 4, 2025 - CLICK HERE for the details! Don't miss the early-bird pricing, good till Dec 10th!🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 30, 20241h 13m

Ep 479How to Build the Support You Want with Heidi McIntyre

Support — who needs it? You do! How to get it (and how to hold open space for your writing, too). Heidi McIntyre’s journey as a writer began in college when a professor convinced her to switch majors to English, igniting her passion for storytelling. With a background in marketing consulting, Heidi spent years specializing in fresh produce, collaborating with growers, commodity boards, and industry associations to elevate their brands. Today, she channels her expertise into helping authors as a Book Marketing Coach. Heidi self-published her debut novel, Sea Magic, in 2023, which is the first in a women’s paranormal fiction series. She lives in Oviedo, Florida, with her husband, Tim, and their two dogs, Pumpkin and Lizzie. She loves coffee, chocolate, yoga and visiting historical places. Find her at heidimcintyre.com/coachRachael on The Write it Scared Podcast✏️ Write More, Worry Less: A Year of Pressure-Free ProductivityJan 4, 2025 - CLICK HERE for the details!🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 19, 202448 min

Ep 478The Power of Trimming Down Your Work, with Kate Mahony

Rachael’s back from swimming with the turtles - catch up with her today. And how does a writer move from flash to longer work? Find out with Kate!Kate Mahony is a long-time writer of short stories and flash fiction with an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka. Her work has been published in anthologies and literary journals. Her debut novel, Secrets of the Land, published by Cloud Ink Press was voted onto the Whitcoulls Bookstores Top 100 Books 2024-2025. She lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) in Aotearoa New Zealand.✏️ Write More, Worry Less: A Year of Pressure-Free ProductivityJan 4, 2025 - CLICK HERE for the details!Don't miss the early-bird pricing, good till Dec 10th!🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 12, 202429 min

Ep 477The Black Herron 27

Rachael's landing book planes and Sacha's cleaning up after an incredibly successful Kickstarter! Enjoy! 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 30, 202447 min

Ep 476Writing an Identity Not Your Own, with Alex Temblador

How to write an identity not your own! Also: on inhabiting your character, on easy reading being damned hard writing, on grounding the reader in a scene, and expecting that you WILL make mistakes (and that's okay.) Alex Temblador is the Mixed Latine award-winning author of Writing An Identity Not Your Own, Secrets of the Casa Rosada and Half Outlaw. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a contributor to Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America and Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology. Her work has also appeared in PALABRITAS, D Magazine, and Colorado Review. Alex has taught creative writing seminars, workshops, and classes with the Women's Fiction Writers Association, WritingWorkshops.com, the Writer's League of Texas, and more, as well as spoken about diversity in the literary world with Macmillan, Texas Library Association, Abydos Learning Conference, and at many other festivals, conferences, and universities. Links mentioned: ✏️ Write More, Worry Less: A Year of Pressure-Free ProductivityJan 4, 2025 - CLICK HERE for the details! Don't miss the early-bird pricing, good till Dec 10th!NZ Ahead with Liz and Brian Story Magic - Lower Your Expectations 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 28, 202451 min

Ep 475On Slowing Down Hurry Mode with Nicole Meier

On zooming out to look at character interiority and having scene goals, as well as slowing down the hurry mode. Enjoy! Nicole Meier is an author and book coach living in the Pacific Northwest. Her debut novel, The House of Bradbury, was chosen as a Best Book of 2016 by Refinery29. Her second book, The Girl Made of Clay, was named a Top Book according to Bookbub readers. The Second Chance Supper Club, was named a Best New Book 2019 by Popsugar. Her fourth novel, City of Books, is out now. Nicole is the host of the Steps to Story podcast and a certified book coach and developmental editor working to help fiction writers bring their stories to life. Find her at nicolemeier.com or on Instagram @nicolemeierwrites🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 21, 202435 min

Ep 474How to Write with Heart, Soul, and Pen, with Robin Finn

On writing with heart, soul, and pen! Robin Finn, MPH, MA, is the author of the new book, Heart. Soul. Pen.: Find Your Voice on the Page and in Your Life. She is the creator and founder of Heart. Soul. Pen.® women’s writing workshops and Hot Writing™ where midlife and menopause inspire the desire to say what you mean without apologizing. Robin teaches writing for groups and organization across the U.S. Her work has appeared in national and international press including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The L.A. Times. She holds master’s degrees in public health from Columbia University and in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Robin’s passion is helping women unleash their radical self-expression and connect, heal, and transform through writing.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 14, 202426 min

Ep 473How to Embrace Not Knowing in Writing with Lauren Aliza Green

On being okay with not knowing (it's part of being human), on listening to dreams, and on "overhearing" your book. Enjoy! Lauren Aliza Green is a novelist, poet, and musician. Her debut novel, The World After Alice, is out now from Viking (US) and Penguin Michael Joseph (UK). Her chapbook, A Great Dark House, won the Poetry Society of America's Chapbook Fellowship. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Lit Hub, Virginia Quarterly Review, Threepenny Review, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere. Other recognitions include the Eavan Boland Award, sponsored by Poetry Ireland and Stanford University, and a spot on Forbes' 2024 30 Under 30 list.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 7, 202446 min

Ep 472The Black Herron 26

Rachael and Sacha chat about her monumental Kickstarter and how it feels, emotionally (answer: weird!) as well as Rachael’s new book idea. 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 1, 202444 min

Ep 471Earn Your Emotional Moments - with Julie Leong

On earning the heightened moments in your writing. Also, you don't have to be writing to be writing!  Julie Leong is a Chinese Malaysian American fantasy author who grew up across both New Jersey and Beijing, China. She studied economics and political science at Yale and works in tech, but she has always nurtured a deep love for sci-fi/fantasy beneath her corporate exterior. Julie lives in San Francisco with her husband, their rescue pup, and a magical Meyer lemon tree in the backyard that somehow always has ripe lemons. When she’s not writing, she enjoys making unnecessary spreadsheets and flambéing things. The Teller of Small Fortunes is her debut novel. 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 31, 202441 min

Ep 470When a Pantser Turns Into a Plotter - with Ann Rose

How to go from feeling your way through a story to actually knowing a bit about it before you start! Also - what does a cat have to do with kindness? Ann Rose is a typical Taurus—loyal but stubborn, which means being an author is perfect. While asking the private group chat for ideas on what to include in this bio, Ann was reminded that some of her greatest qualities are her awesome best friends from high school—a fact she couldn’t argue with. She loves dark chocolate, sarcasm, her family, tacos, and her cats—obviously not in that order. Ann also writes young adult novels under the pen name A.M. Rose. The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean is her most recent novel. 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 24, 202431 min

Ep 469How to Invest in Yourself as a Writer with Rebekah Faubion

On being unapologetic about investing in yourself as a writer! Rachael and Rebekah also talk about the value of friends, and about writing being alive, never stagnant! Rebekah Faubion is the author of THE LOVERS, a Nora Ephron-style, sapphic rom-com coming Summer 2024 from Berkley. She is also the author of young adult horror novel LOST GIRLS coming from Delacorte Press in 2026. When she isn’t writing books that make her bi soul sing, she enjoys watching anything romantic or scary (or, better yet, both), hiking in the Hollywood Hills, and reading tarot by candlelight.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 17, 202447 min

Ep 468Using a Freelance Developmental Editor While Still Writing Your Novel with May Cobb

Using an editor AS you're writing! Don't miss this conversation about something people often wonder about but rarely talk about! May Cobb is an award-winning author of The Hunting Wives, My Summer Darlings, A Likeable Woman, and Big Woods. Her books have received attention from Book of The Month, The Today Show, and Oprah Daily and have been optioned for film/TV. She has an M.A. from San Francisco State University and her essays and interviews have appeared in The Washington Post and Good Housekeeping. She currently lives in Austin with her family. Her novel The Hunting Wives is soon to be a series on STARZ. The Hollywood Assistant is her most recent novel. 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 202435 min

Ep 467The Black Herron 25

Please enjoy this episode of The Black Herron with Sacha Black and Rachael Herron! 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 3, 202446 min

Ep 466How to Quit Imposter Syndrome - with Lynne Thompson

On how to quit imposter syndrome (yes, it’s doable!) and on giving voice to the inanimate - you’ll love this episode! Lynne Thompson served as Los Angeles’ fourth Poet Laureate, 2021-2022. Thompson is the author of four collections of poetry, Beg No Pardon, Start With A Small Guitar, Fretwork, and most recently, Blue on a Blue Palette. She serves on the Boards of Cave Canem, Poetry Foundation, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Scripps College which she lead as Board Chair, 2018-2022. Her work can be found in the Kenyon Review, Colorado Review, and Pleiades, among others.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 3, 202450 min

Ep 465Using Intuition Like a Muscle with Tara Sim

How to use intuition like a muscle - the more you use it the stronger it gets! Also: on shaking ideas out of your brain, and keeping the brain active when NOT thinking. Tara Sim is the author of The Dark Gods trilogy, the Scavenge the Stars duology, and the Timekeeper trilogy. She can typically be found wandering the wilds of the Bay Area, California. When she’s not chasing cats or lurking in bookstores, she writes books about magic, murder, and mayhem. We Shall Be Monsters is her most recent book. Also: Listen to Don’t Write That Book - Writers Block is Not Real, from May 16 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 26, 202431 min

Ep 464What's Your Writing Expiration Date? with Natasha Daniels

What do you do with social anxiety and OCD? Write about it. Don't miss this lovely chat with Natasha and Rachael! Natasha Daniels is a child anxiety & OCD therapist, who has battled her own anxiety throughout her life. She is the author of Social Skills Activities for Kids, It’s Brave to Be Kind, Anxiety Sucks: A Teen Survival Guide, How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler, The Grief Rock, Crushing OCD Workbook for Kids and her latest, Out of My Shell, a memoir about overcoming social anxiety from childhood to adulthood. She is the creator of ATParentingSurvival.com, the host of the highly ranked, AT Parenting Survival Podcast and creator of the Youtube channel, Ask the Child Therapist. Her work has been featured in various places including Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, PsychCentral, The Child Mind Institute and The Mighty.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 19, 202434 min

Ep 463How to Celebrate Everything - Ally Nikolaus

Ally and Rachael talk about FUN and celebration as well as living (and thriving) without alcohol. Don't miss this one! Ally Nikolaus is an award-winning filmmaker and author of the upcoming memoir, I’m Gay and Drink Water. Their memoir covers six years of their life from the time they were a freshman on the University of Mississippi’s soccer team to when they came out at age twenty-four while living, working and going to school in Chicago. Alcohol consumption played a major role in Ally’s story. Through trial and error, Ally found that the only way to live as their truest, healthiest, and most creative self was to quit drinking alcohol altogether. Being alcohol free is the best thing they've done for their creative process and mental health. Outside of writing and working as a legal assistant during the day, Ally enjoys baking, Pilates and spending time with friends, family, their fiancée and their puppy, Stella. Ally has a B.A. in Speech Communications from Webster University and an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from DePaul University.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 12, 202431 min

Ep 462On Surprising Yourself with Danica Nava

Sheer fun! Danica Nava talks about the joy of writing fanfic while young, and how to surprise yourself! Danica Nava is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and works as an Executive Assistant in the tech industry. She has her MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband and daughter. The Truth According to Ember is her debut novel. You can find her on Instagram at the handle @danica_nava🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 5, 202441 min

Ep 461The Black Herron LIVE Ep 24

Please enjoy this LIVE EPISODE of The Black Herron with Sacha Black and Rachael Herron! 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 1, 202454 min

Ep 460Give Your Inner Critic an Important Job with AJ Harper

This is one of Rachael's favorite episodes of the year - don't miss this incredible chat with AJ Harper, author of the phenomenal Write a Must Read! AJ Harper is an editor and publishing strategist who helps authors write foundational books that enable them to build readership, grow their brand and make a significant impact on the world. As ghostwriter and as developmental editor, she has worked with newbies to New York Times bestselling authors with millions of books sold. AJ is writing partner to business author, Mike Michalowicz. Together they’ve written six books, including Profit First, The Pumpkin Plan, and their latest, Fix This Next. Through her Top Three Book Workshops and Retreats, AJ empowers authors with insider publishing knowledge and guides them through the book development, writing, and editing process. AJ lives with her wife and son in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley. Connect with her at ajharper.com. NOW OPEN: (maybe?)💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! http://rachaelherron.com/90📚 90 Day Revision! http://rachaelherron.com/revision🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 202455 min

Ep 459Write a Book Based Only on a Title with Elyssa Friedland

Why writing a book based on just a title might be a great idea! Also, keeping track of details, struggling with reveals, character building, not reading reviews and NOT killing yourself on promo - enjoy all of this with Elyssa Friedland! Elyssa Friedland is the USA Today bestselling author of six novels and one picture book. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, she has taught creative writing at Yale and at select conferences. She resides in New York City with her husband and three children. NOW OPEN: (maybe?)💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! http://rachaelherron.com/90📚 90 Day Revision! http://rachaelherron.com/revision🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 22, 202444 min

Ep 458How to Attend a Writing Conference - Solo Episode

Considering whether (or why) to go to a writing conference? Let Rachael walk you through her best tips for getting the most from one! NOW OPEN: 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! http://rachaelherron.com/90📚 90 Day Revision! http://rachaelherron.com/revision🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 17, 202432 min

Ep 457The Black Herron 23

Join us as Sacha’s getting ready to come to New Zealand and Rachael’s been setting up her Shopify store for the first time! 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 2, 202451 min

Ep 456How to Set Up Author Stations to Make Writing Easier with Jessica Mehring

Have you ever considered making author stations in your home or office to streamline your writing process? Don't miss this amazing idea with Jessica Mehring! Jessica Mehring is a Colorado-based author of contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and creative nonfiction -- and she splits her time helping technology startups communicate without sounding like robots. She believes that story is the foundation of human relationship, and history and nature are our greatest teachers. She loves reading, walks in the woods, and creating and collecting art. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and more pets than she'd like to admit to — and her growing collection of books and office supplies are slowly taking over their house.NOW OPEN: (these sell out fast)💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! http://rachaelherron.com/90📚 90 Day Revision! http://rachaelherron.com/revision🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 202432 min

Ep 455The Joy of Writing a Younger Voice with Jennifer Lane

How can you harness the joy and fun of writing in a younger voice? Join us today to find out! Jennifer Lane was born in NSW, Australia, which is where her novels are set, but she’s lived in Wellington, New Zealand, for more than half her life, and that’s where she’s joining us from today. Her first novel, All our Secrets won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel in 2018, and her second, Miracle, published in 2022, was a New Zealand YA Award finalist. She recently finished her third novel - tentatively called She Loves You. Publisher Rocket new Amazon Ads Course - FREE! HERE.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 202429 min

Ep 454The Only Way Out is Through with Tasha Coryell

We often want there to be an easier way to write, but hey, how about the best, fastest way? Let’s talk about going through it. Tasha Coryell lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband, toddler, and greyhound. She holds an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in composition and rhetoric from the University of Alabama. Her book of short stories, HUNGRY PEOPLE, was published by Split Lip Press in 2018. Her debut novel, LOVE LETTERS TO A SERIAL KILLER is out now. Publisher Rocket new Amazon Ads Course - FREE! HERE.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 18, 202438 min

Ep 453Writing Powered by Spite with Ashley Poston

Why shouldn’t spite be harnessed for its sheer power? Get on board this new methodology - you’ll love it! Ashley Poston (she/they) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dead Romantics and The Seven Year Slip. They write stories about love and friendship and ever afters. A native to South Carolina, they now live in a small grey house with their sassy cat and too many books. You can find them on the internet, somewhere, watching cat videos and reading fan-fiction. A Novel Love Story is their most recent release. Susan Dennard 1 page synopsis: HERE. Rachael Aarons 2k-10k: HERE.Publisher Rocket new Amazon Ads Course - FREE! HERE. 🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 11, 202449 min

Ep 4523 Tips on Effective World-Building with Ken Liu

Rachael dives into what she spent (and made) on her Kickstarter, and then has an amazing conversation with Ken Liu on world building and the Dao De Jing! Ken Liu (http://kenliu.name) is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, he wrote the Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series (starting with The Grace of Kings), as well as short story collections The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories. He also penned the Star Wars novel The Legends of Luke Skywalker. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Liu worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. Liu frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, machine-augmented creativity, history of technology, bookmaking, and the mathematics of origami.Laozi's Dao De Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time - https://amzn.to/3XR8UEK🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 4, 202450 min

Ep 451The Black Herron 22

Sacha Black and Rachael Herron talk about their next adventures! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? http://rachaelherron.com/write💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! http://rachaelherron.com/90📚 90 Day Revision! http://rachaelherron.com/revision🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack! http://rachaelherron.com/slackwithme📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me! http://patreon.com/rachael📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me! http://rachaelherron.com/rachaelsayswrite📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! http://patreon.com/rachaelEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 30, 202453 min

Ep 450How to Find Your Writing Voice with Polly Campbell

You are going to love this incredibly inspiring interview with Polly Cambell and her story about having Ink in Your Veins might make you cry in the best way possible. Polly Campbell is the author of You, Recharged: How to Beat Fatigue (Mostly), Amp Up Your Energy (Usually), and Enjoy Life Again, (Always), and three other books. She is the host of the Simply Write w/Polly Campbell podcast and the Polly Campbell Simply Said, podcast and her magazine articles regularly appear online and in print. Check out Polly's Simply Write column on Substack at SimplyWrite.substack.com.🎉 Unstuck is now available HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 27, 202439 min

Ep 449How to Embrace the Sh*tty First Draft with Kristina Forest

Rachael answers some BONUS writing coaching questions and then she and Kristina Forest chat all things first draft! Kristina Forest is an author of romance books for young adults. Her novels include I Wanna Be Where You Are, Now That I've Found You, Zyla & Kai, and The Neighbor Favor. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing at The New School, and she can often be found rearranging her bookshelf. The Partner Plot is her most recent release. Find her here: https://www.kristinaforest.com/Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 20, 202439 min

Ep 448How Is Neurodivergence a Superpower? with Holger Nils Pohl

An adult diagnosis of autism for Holger Nils Pohl has given him a unique view on living a full, creative life. You’ll love this gorgeous conversation! Holger Nils Pohl is an award-winning communication designer, author, keynote speaker and visual facilitator. If he’s not working, he spends his time with his wife, three kids and their zoo of pets. The Wrong Planet is now on Kickstarter at: http://holgernilspohl.com/autism and also at http://rachaelherron.com/autismBook rec: Brain Rules - Brian Medina Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 13, 202441 min

Ep 447How to Recover from a Hard Revision Letter with Sarah Zachrich Jeng

A hard revision letter can push a writer into despair—what can we do to make sure we don’t burn out, trying to make the book better? Find out in this conversation with Sarah! Sarah Zachrich Jeng grew up in Michigan and always had a flair for the morbid and mysterious (for her dad’s thirty-fifth birthday, she wrote a short story entitled “The Man Who Died at 35”). After a brief career as an aspiring rock star, she now develops websites and writes cross-genre novels that combine suspense with the speculative. When I’m Her is her most recent release. Find her here: https://sarahzj.com/Book rec: Shutter, by Ramona Emerson Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 6, 202434 min

Ep 446The Black Herron 21

Sacha and Rachael talk about the wonderful success of Rachael’s Kickstarter and Sacha’s exploding sales! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? http://rachaelherron.com/write💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! http://rachaelherron.com/90📚 90 Day Revision! http://rachaelherron.com/revision🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack! http://rachaelherron.com/slackwithme📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me! http://patreon.com/rachael📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me! http://rachaelherron.com/rachaelsayswrite📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! http://patreon.com/rachaelEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 2, 202439 min

Ep 445Keep Doing What You WANT to Do - Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail talks about using the Try Jar (genius!) and the lily pad method to keep doing what you really WANT to be doing in your writing. She's a multi-genre and multi-passionate author, writing coach, editor and storyteller. She's probably best known for her inclusive aviation histories and picture books - but she's also working on memoir and book club fiction. She loves getting lost in research, travelling, and going on adventures with her little family. It makes it all the sweeter when she's reading fireside (or seaside) in her Nova Scotia, Canada home. Find her at https://www.daniellemc.com/ Jane Friedman - Author Platform is Not a Requirement to Sell Your Book: LINKInk In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 202449 min

Ep 444How Music Can Fight the Inner Critic, with Nicola Solvinic

This lovely conversation had me buzzing (yes, a bee pun!). 🐝Nicola Solvinic has a master’s degree in criminology and has worked in and around criminal justice for more than a decade. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and cats, where she is surrounded by a secret garden full of beehives. The Hunter's Daughter is her debut novel. RETREAT! Writing in the Junkyard is HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 23, 202429 min

Ep 443443 | Using a Page Turn as Cliffhanger with Airlie Anderson

How to use the turn of a page as a cliffhanger, and hey, would you still write if you knew you weren't going to be published? Don't miss this awesome conversation today! Airlie Anderson is the author and illustrator of children’s picture books Only: The Bird Who Liked Being Alone, Neither, Cat’s Colors, Cat’s Seasons, and more. She grew up in California and spent a lot of time reading and drawing, as well as swimming and pretending to ride a horse. Her early influences were animation art, pop art, and comics. Airlie attended the Rhode Island School of Design, where she majored in illustration and focused on children’s books, a natural choice given her love for saturated color and expressive characters. She now lives in beautiful, underrated New Jersey with her family, and enjoys the close proximity to New York City (book country)! She is the recipient of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, and the Practical Preschool award.RETREAT! Writing in the Junkyard is HERE! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 16, 202438 min

Ep 442442 | Why You Need To Take Breaks with Candra Anaya

Savor this inspiring chat with Candra Anaya on why a break may be exactly what you need! Candra Anaya is a freelance writer best known for her monthly column, DearQueer~ Gayly Giving Advice Straight from the Heart. Candra is the gay mom you want to confess everything to, whose feedback uplifts as much as it educates straight and queer readers alike. Most recently, Candra is a featured author in Amazon's #1 Bestselling book, The Life-Changing Power of Self-Love. She authors Chapter 11, Synergize Science With Soul- How I Braved a One-in-a-Billion Statistic. Candra’s triumphant battle against impossible odds inspires her community who awaits her full-length memoir, Invincible. Featured in Sebastopol Times, Sonoma West Times, and Medium.com where DearQueer is published monthly, Candra writes from the gorgeous landscapes of Northern California. She lives happily with her family, their magical Siberian Forest cat, and her favorite ficus tree, Angel.Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 9, 202443 min

Ep 441441 | Avoid a Catastrophic Scrivener Fail!

In this bonus episode, Rachael talks about her near miss with Scrivener destroying a WHOLE BOOK (spoiler: they also saved it and really, it was mostly her fault). She also discusses her new online writing retreat, Lala's new venture, and answers a Patron question about whether they should outline or not! Writing in the Junkyard Retreat is HERE. Sign up to be in the drawing to win a free author website from Lala as she gets her business up and running HERE. Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 2, 202430 min

Ep 440440 | The Black Herron Ep 20

The Black Herron strikes again! As usual, plans for world domination from Sacha Black, and Rachael Herron paddles along just trying to keep up with her! Rachael’s Kickstarter is here! http://rachaelherron.com/unstuck Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? http://rachaelherron.com/write💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! http://rachaelherron.com/90📚 90 Day Revision! http://rachaelherron.com/revision🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack! http://rachaelherron.com/slackwithme📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me! http://patreon.com/rachael📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me! http://rachaelherron.com/rachaelsayswrite📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! http://patreon.com/rachaelEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 30, 202453 min

Ep 439439 | What’s Keeping You From Writing with Donn King

How did Rachael’s Kickstarter end up? IT IS EXCITING! And then dive into what’s keeping you from writing with Donn King! Donn King is The Confidence Cultivator. He is a professor of communication studies (which means “a professor of standing up in front of people and saying stuff”). He’s also an author, a pastor, a speaker, and a communication coach.He started writing for a newspaper at age 14 and made part or, at times, all of his living writing for over 40 years. But when his disabled daughter came along, he thought his well had dried up, and he was unable to write for over a decade. A year ago his muse started talking to him again, and he has written two books in The Sparklight Series and has a third in process. Don't miss his podcast! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 25, 202452 min

Ep 438438 | Getting Unstuck with Tiffany Yates Martin

This last bonus Unstuck episode with Tiffany Yates Martin will get you to ask the impossible questions, especially if you’re not sure of the answer. Tiffany Yates Martin has spent nearly thirty years as an editor in the publishing industry, working with major publishers and New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling and award-winning authors as well as indie and newer writers. She is the founder of FoxPrint Editorial and author of Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing. She is a regular contributor to writers’ outlets like Writer’s Digest, Jane Friedman, and Writer Unboxed, and a frequent presenter and keynote speaker for writers’ organizations around the country. Under her pen name, Phoebe Fox, she is the author of six novels. Visit her at www.foxprinteditorial.com.Tiffany Yates Martin has spent nearly thirty years as an editor in the publishing industry, working with major publishers and New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling and award-winning authors as well as indie and newer writers. She is the founder of FoxPrint Editorial and author of Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing. She is a regular contributor to writers’ outlets like Writer’s Digest, Jane Friedman, and Writer Unboxed, and a frequent presenter and keynote speaker for writers’ organizations around the country. Under her pen name, Phoebe Fox, she is the author of six novels. Visit her at www.foxprinteditorial.com.Here's Rachael's Kickstarter, Unstuck!Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)✏️ Can I email you some writing help?💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK!📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 202424 min

Ep 437437 | Getting Unstuck with Anne Kemp

Anne Kemp shares the wisdom of just doing SOMETHING to get yourself the slightest bit unstuck - it all adds up! Anne Kemp is a bestselling author of romantic comedies. She loves reading (and she does it ridiculously fast, too!), gluten-free baking (because everyone needs a hobby that makes them crazy), and finding time to binge-watch her favorite shows. She grew up in Maryland but made Los Angeles her home until she encountered her own real-life meet-cute at a friend's wedding where she ended up married to one of the groomsmen. For real.Anne now lives on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand, and even though she was married at Mt. Doom, no…she doesn’t have a Hobbit. However, she and her husband do have a terrier named George Clooney and a NZ Heading dog named Charlie. When she’s not writing, she’s usually with them taking a long walk on the river by their home.Here's Rachael's Kickstarter, Unstuck! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 202423 min

Ep 436436 | Unstuck (The Inciting Incident)

Trapped in a small room inside the country you’ve just moved to, unable to get out. Thank god for the bathtub. Bonus episode! Here's Rachael's Kickstarter, Unstuck! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 202424 min

Ep 4345435 | Getting Unstuck with Nicole Peeler

Perfectionism, man. Throw it back. How? Let’s talk about getting unstuck with Nicole Peeler! Nicole D. Peeler is an essayist and novelist, as well as an associate professor of English at Seton Hill University. There she directs the MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. Nicole lives in Pittsburgh, although she's often wandering.Neck-Deep in the Dicksand Podcast! Here's Rachael's Kickstarter, Unstuck! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 202421 min

Ep 434434 | Getting Unstuck with Carter Wilson

On letting go and trusting your instincts to get unstuck, bonus episode with Carter Wilson! Carter Wilson is the USA Today bestselling author of nine critically acclaimed, standalone psychological thrillers, as well as numerous short stories. He is an ITW Thriller Award finalist, a five-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, and his works have been optioned for television and film. Additionally, he is the host of the Making It Up podcast and founder of the Unbound Writer company, which provides coaching services, writing retreats, and online classes. Carter lives in Erie, Colorado in a Victorian house that is spooky but isn’t haunted…yet.Here's Rachael's Kickstarter, Unstuck! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 202422 min

Ep 433433 | Getting Unstuck with Jason Craig Poole

Special bonus episode with Jason (The Man With the Amazing Toolbox) Poole, who talks about mis-categorizing feelings of excitement with Rachael as they chat about getting unstuck! Jason Craig Poole is a prize-winning poet, teacher and musician. His work has appeared in Paterson Literary Review, Brevity Blog, Molecule and other publications. His story and music are featured in the documentary, Sons of Hālawa. When he’s not climbing the monkey bars at the playground with his son, he’s pursuing an MFA in writing in the Poetry Program at Pacific University. He lives with his family in New Jersey in a little house near the big hill.Here's Rachael's Kickstarter, Unstuck! Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.✏️ Can I email you some writing help? 💥 90 Days to Done - WRITE YOUR BOOK! 📚 90 Day Revision!🪑 Join Onward Writer Slack!📅 Rachael Says Plan! Plan with me!📝 Rachael Says Write! Write with me!📙 Publish Your Book!❓ I'll Answer Your Questions on Air!EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS: ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 18, 202416 min