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February 21, 2022
Ep. 288: Sabrina Benaim on Telling the Fearless Truth
Sabrina Benaim is a poet, storyteller, and workshop facilitator. She is one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time: her videos have reached more than one hundred million people. In 2017, her debut collection, Depression & Other Magic Tricks, was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist, finishing just behind Rupi Kaur’s The Sun and Her Flowers. In 2020, she took part in the Heavy Hitters Festival alongside Ani DiFranco, Amber Tamblyn, and Mary Lambert. She lives in Toronto, Canada.
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Ep. 287: Bonus Episode – What About Paid Reviews?
Rachael talks about paid reviews (you might be surprised!), how to write a personal essay, how to arrive at theme, and what’s going on with women’s fiction. Enjoy!
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Ep. 286: Lana Harper On Hitting the NYT with a Queer Romcom!
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling New York Times bestselling rom-com by Lana Harper. Lana is the author of four YA novels about modern-day witches and historical murderesses written as Lana Papović. Born in Serbia, she grew up in Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria before moving to the US, where she studied psychology and literature at Yale University, law at Boston University, and publishing at Emerson College. She recently moved to Chicago with her family. Payback’s a Witch is her most recent release.
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February 7, 2022
Ep. 285: Aylene Lambert on How to Deal with an Editor’s Letter
Aylene Lambert is an emerging writer based in San Francisco. She is editing her first novel, Meet Me @ Blackbird, which explores themes of power, privilege, and gender. Aylene is driven by the stories we tell ourselves, and how to change those stories to better serve us. She is the founder of STAXstudio, where she will be teaching classes on how to shift mindsets, process emotions, and get unstuck, using a playful combination of writing and cardboard art. She believes the writing process is a metaphor for life and her mission is to help people create their own story, one box at a time. She will be launching her first course, Confronting Your Inner Critic, this spring. Find her at aylene at staxstudio dot com and https://www.instagram.com/aylenelambert/
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Ep. 284: Rachel Howzell Hall on Writing Longhand as a Superpower
You might be surprised how Rachel Howzell Hall uses longhand to spur her writing! She’s the critically acclaimed author of the Amazon Charts bestseller These Toxic Things and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-nominated And Now She’s Gone, which was also nominated for the Lefty-, Barry-, Shamus- and Anthony Awards. Also author of the Audible Originals bestseller How It Ends, Rachel is a New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, and is a former member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America. She has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast; she has also served as a mentor in Pitch Wars and the Association of Writers Programs. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
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January 27, 2022
Ep. 283: Do You Need a Beta Reader?
Rachael talks about the perils and the pleasures of a beta reader, as well as how to know when you’re done with the book, and whether to work on more than one project at a time! Enjoy this mini-episode brought to you by her patrons at http://patreon.com/rachael
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Ep. 282: Rachael’s Writing Goals for 2022 Q1
In this episode, Rachael gets granular about not only what she wants to do this year, but WHY she wants to. Enjoy!
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Ep. 281: Rachael’s Annual MONEY episode!
In which Rachael breaks down what she made in 2021, and how she made it. Don’t miss this one!
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Ep. 280: Bonus Episode – Rachael and J Thorn Catch Up!
A bonus episode – Rachael Herron and J Thorn catch on this week, FIVE YEARS after they first started The Writer’s Well (aka The Petal to the Metal). Enjoy the lovefest.
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Ep. 279: Eva Moore on How to REALLY Use TikTok as a Writer!
What’s the big deal about TikTok? It’s fun, it’s sexy, and Eva Moore is doing something totally unique with it. Listen in.
Eva Moore writes sexy contemporary romances featuring compelling characters finding love in the modern world. Pulling up her Chicagoland roots, she has chased adventures around the globe, with stints in France and Singapore. Eva now lives in California (at the wine end, not the movie end) with her college sweetheart and three gorgeous kiddos. She loves hearing from the outside world while she’s hiding in her she-shed.
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