Episode 109: Gene Desrochers
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Whether you're running a tennis club or a practicing lawyer, all of it matters if you want to write. For author , this is especially true. In this (long) episode of , Gene discusses growing up in a historical building and landmark, losing your virginity in weird and creepy places, writing about where we used to live instead of where we currently live, using story location as a character, the ways where you grow up factors into the writer inside, switching back and forth between writing novels and short stories, having low daily word count writing goals, when you get in your own way of writing...
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Episode 109 Teaser: Gene Desrochers
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They say to write what you know. For author , it was the loss of a childhood friend—an event he didn't know about until he was much older—that eventually became the kernel of his books. Please enjoy this teaser with Gene ahead of next week's full episode of . Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 108: LaDaryn Lockett
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For author and environmentalist , the world of writing has unlocked a joy of storytelling he didn't know existed at first. In this episode of , LaDaryn talks about finding the joy of Dungeons & Dragons in a college dorm basement, using ChatGPT but also making sure to give back in a more human manner, finding early influences in stories involving animals, writing to preserve positive growth as a person, not knowing where story concepts come from but still writing them anyway, the reward of challenging storytelling, how reading and writing should be habits for authors, telling stories that...
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Episode 108 Teaser: LaDaryn Lockett
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Saying yes to an invitation into someone's basement can come with some risk. Fortunately, for author and environmentalist , it worked out well. Please enjoy this teaser ahead of next week's full episode of . Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 107: Daniela Sow
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Poet and professor has always written poetry. It was in her 20's when she discovered the power of performance poetry. In this episode of , Daniela discusses the value of having another person help organize poems in a book, the high and lows (and delusions) of submitting for publication, knowing her poetry collection needed the right home, how Dean Koontz got her in trouble as a kid, writing fiction before poetry, the role of place in her recent collection of poetry, her MFA experience at San Diego State University, having a mentorship in writing, what a dedicated weekly writing session does...
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Episode 107 Teaser: Daniela P. Sow
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Sometimes all it takes is one acceptance to to generate a little hope and drive. For author and professor , this was certainly the case. Please enjoy this teaser ahead of next week's full episode of . Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 106: Taylor Hollingsworth
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Everyone has their own level of what they'd call success. Musician makes a living playing guitar on stage, a level of success he's both proud of and humbled by. In this episode of , Taylor talks about how he creates his sound on stage, the difference in possibilities between electric and acoustic guitars, choosing to perform solo after playing decades with a band, what the genre term psychobilly means, playing both big and small stages, making sure you expand your knowledge of other art being made, his love of pre-1960s music, getting into kid lit thanks to his mother who wrote kid lit, being...
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Episode 106 Teaser: Taylor Hollingsworth
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Just as it can be with writing and finding a voice, musician discovered his sound by figuring out what most people were NOT doing and experimented with that. Please enjoy this teaser with Taylor ahead of next week's full episode of . Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
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Episode 105: Deborah Holt Larkin
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If you're an author, surely you've heard the "write what you know" advice. For author and retired educator , she knew quite well the story that gripped her town as a child, and also her father's career as a journalist. In this episode of , Deborah discusses how she's always been a reader and how that helps determine what's a good book, using her writing talents to write grants, why early on the idea of writing a book was a fleeting thought here and there, the usefulness of having a journalist for a father who kept everything, what was easy or difficult to write a book, learning how to be a...
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Episode 105 Teaser: Deborah Holt Larkin
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For author , a fatal crime in her neighborhood when she was a child became a catalyst to understand crime and protect herself, as well as write about it later in life. Please enjoy this brief teaser with Deborah ahead of next week's full episode of . Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era
info_outlineAuthor, researcher, and professor Robbie Maakestad is not lacking in confidence when it comes to submitting. At least not right away.
In this episode of The Written Scene, Robbie discusses what he's learned about writing through teaching, using a highlighter to organize notes, the formulaic nature of early reader books, how we learn to read and the impact it has on our reading style, falling in love with essays and essay writing, creating emotion when writing non-fiction, the various ways to find needed writing communities, submitting writing and his process, rarely paying to submit writing for publication, lessons learned as a writer from also working in publishing, being an early reader for a publisher as early as possible on your writing path, and much more.
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Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era