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[Happy Campers Interview] Audrea Martin, Cozy Mysteries, Community, and Conferences
Stop Writing Alone
Audrea Martin is a cozy mystery writer getting ready to release her debut novel Blue Blue Christmas. In this episode she discusses how she fell in love with cozy mystery, strove to find herself in the genre and then worked to create the stories she craved. She shares her experiences within writing community, in writing conferences, and her love of books on the craft that she has turned into a new venture with Amy Strong on their YouTube channel The Write Crowd.
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Story Hoarder | Fiction by Nicole Rivera
Stop Writing Alone
This week's episode is Nicole's introduction to her new space to share al the fiction she has been writing while in community. To read the stories for yourself, or to subscribe, use the link below:
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[Happy Campers Interview] Servete Kolar | Writing for Friends, Fun, and Fantasy
Stop Writing Alone
Servete Kolar is a fellow writer from Nicole’s hometown Staten Island, NY. Servete, or Sevey, and Nicole met through the Staten Island Writers Meetup group and have continued their connection in community through Stop Writing Alone. Sevey writes fantasy in between her obligations to her students with special needs. In this episode Sevey demonstrates again and again all the work it takes to show up for yourself through your writing.
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[Happy Campers Interview] Allen Carter | On the Page and the Stage
Stop Writing Alone
Allen Carter is a Canadian author and musician who has taken his love of performance to the page. This week Al shares these experiences in a conversation about finding writing community, battling imposter syndrome, and his love of the power of pens!
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[Happy Campers Interview] Amy Strong | The Write Crowd
Stop Writing Alone
Amy Strong is the co-creator and co-host of the brand new YouTube channel and writing community called The Write Crowd. Along with Audrea Martin, Amy shares perspectives and insights about books for writers with writers. In this episode, Amy discusses this new venture, the books (yes, plural!) she’s working on, as well as the various writing communities she is a part of and growing with.
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[Happy Campers Interview] Tammy Breitweiser | PUSH Groups & Beyond
Stop Writing Alone
This episode is part of the Happy Campers Interview series.
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[Happy Campers Interview] Susie Taylor | Stix-n-Stonez
Stop Writing Alone
Susie Taylor is a copywriters, blogger, fiction writer, mom, and all around compassionate human being. In this episode Susie shares her mission behind her Stix-n-Stones blog and FB group, her tips on being a copywriter, the story of how she gained ownership of the title “writer,” and how writing community has helped her through all of these stages.
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[Happy Campers Club Interview] Jackie Dana | Story Cauldron
Stop Writing Alone
Since April 2020, Nicole Rivera has been hosting an online writing community intensive called the Happy Campers Club. Now Nicole is writing the Stop Writing Alone book about all of her experience with writing community, and wanted to the perspective from the members in the club.
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[Happy Campers Interview] Joanne Aartman | Iconic Backpacker Stories
Stop Writing Alone
Joanne Aartman is currently writing a memoir about her travels. She shares many of her travel stories on her blog https://iconicbackpackerstories.com/ as well. In this interview Joanne discusses her experiences with writing community in and out of Stop Writing Alone, as well as her process for developing her memoir. She talks about the power of finding the right critique group.
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Writing Community Season
Stop Writing Alone
Fall is a season of renewal, back to school and WRITING COMMUNITY! This week Nicole discusses why she thinks of Fall as the writing community season and how she’s going to show up for it!
info_outlineFor the month of November Nicole will be hosting midnight write-ins each Sunday. To sign up to get the link, head here: https://mailchi.mp/101855cfe7ff/nano-group-2020
This episode was sponsored by The Creative Ways Podcast. Head to https://emmaisaacs.co.uk to get your fun freebie today!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Join the Stop Writing Alone with Nicole Rivera 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
- Stay connected to learn about all Stop Writing Alone stuff -- get on Nicole’s email list: https://mailchi.mp/ff8df93e57dc/penpals
- 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.howinthehellpodcast.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/