How To Survive Until You're Published

In this episode M. Irene and Amy Bell interview Daphne Tatum about her writing journey for her debut novel, THESE TANGLED ROOTS, and discuss coming back from deep burnout. *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL MUSIC

In this episode M. Irene and Amy Bell discuss Zoe Zeman's debut novel, "Between the Veil," her writing process and all the struggles she overcame while writing this book. *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode M. Irene and Amy Bell discuss how to overcome mom guilt (and any other type of guilt) associated with prioritizing writing with Haley Bono and Melissa Lark. It's an episode you won't want to miss! Haley Bono is the author of Killed by True Love's Kiss, her YA fantasy novel, and Melissa Lark is the author of the Fresh Series, her women's fiction series which consists...

Amy Bell and M. Irene discuss the vision for the podcast moving forward and a new focus on the mental struggles of writing. Because if you're drowning in words, then you might as well not do it alone. *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode Amy Bell and M. Irene discuss comparison in writing and how difficult it can be, both comparing your writing to others' and your own past successes. They also discuss some helpful tips for how to get out of these comparison spirals. *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode Amy Bell interviews author Haley Bono on worldbuilding. The two discuss the difficulties of worldbuilding, and some tips to make it easier!

In this episode, Amy Bell and M Irene discuss worldbuilding, to include tips on how they have used worldbuilding in their current and past projects. * Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode Amy Bell and M Irene interview Melissa Lark, author of the Fresh Canvas and the Fresh Series, contemporary women's fiction. Melissa Lark deep dives into how she makes her characters real and raw! *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode Amy Bell and M Irene discuss different tips for how to build your characters, to include how they've built characters in the past, and what they are doing different with their current projects! *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode Megan Irene and Amy Bell discuss where they start with their novels and how it has differed from project to project in order to help you narrow down where you might want to start with yours! *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode Amy Bell interviews authors Ashley Sheesley, Melissa Lark, Liz Reeder, and Sydney Willison on where and how they get their ideas for projects! We'd love to hear where YOU get your ideas! *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode M Irene and Amy Bell discuss where they get ideas and how to stay motivated with an idea once you hit a rough spot! They also talk about their two most recent ideas they will be fleshing out into novels and drafting for this season. *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode M Irene and Amy Bell go back to the basics. They discuss their overall goals and outline for How to Survive Until You're Published, and get into why it's important you understand your why for writing. They each discuss their why, and how they figured it out. *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode M Irene and Amy Bell discuss creative burnout. They recount when they've experienced burnout, how they can tell they're getting burnt out and some tips for preventing burnout and recovering from it! *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode M Irene and Amy Bell interview Leslie Dacapo on how to balance writing with everyday life! Be sure to also check out Leslie's free story "An Engineer's Guide to Kissing" and check out Leslie's debut novel, "Kiss of the Bionic Mermaid." *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode Amy Bell and M Irene discuss how to get in the flow with writing. Some tips and tricks that have worked for them and other listeners. Additionally, they talk about overcoming blocks that my prevent you from thinking creatively. *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode M Irene and Amy Bell interview guest author Brittany Mack about her debut novel. We discuss her decision to indie publish this first trilogy vs. traditionally publish potential future works and becoming a hybrid author. Brittany also discusses helpful resources for writers, time management and more! *Music for this episode was brought to you by REMBALL Music

In this episode M Irene interviews author Jennifer MD Cox about using psychology in writing. Jennifer goes over the basics, psychology aspects that can influence character morality, choices and other things in this episode. *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music *disclaimer---audio file issues have interfered with the quality of audio.

In this episode M Irene and Amy Bell interview Jen Woodrum and Rain Sullivan about Pathfinders Writing Collective, a new writing challenge and community for creatives! *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode, Amy Bell and M Irene discuss fleshing out side characters! They discuss the importance of side characters, their relationship to the main character and common archetypes for side characters using dramatica archetype theory. *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music

Live mental health discussion turned podcast, on mental health and writing! Is YOUR mental health holding you back from writing? Do you deal with a fear of failure, rejection, or vulnerability? Join How to Survive Until You're Published and other Authors in the writing community as they discuss obstacles, pitfalls, and traps that prevent them from writing and their strategies to overcome them....

In this episode, M Irene and Amy Bell discuss antiheroes and redemption arcs with Amey Zeigler. Amey tells us her formula for creating antiheroes, and key characteristics she thinks every antihero should have. She also identifies the differences between a vigilante character and antihero. Amey then goes through how to write a redemptive arc. *Music for this episode is by REMBALL music

In this episode M Irene and Amy Bell interview guest author Ashley Funk about how she comes up with ideas for her stories, and how she takes the seeds of an idea into a full fleshed story. *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode Amy Bell and M Irene discuss pacing! They go over common problems with pacing, how to recognize pacing problems and how to overcome them. *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music

In this episode Amy Bell and M Irene discuss which genres they write, how they discovered their genres, how they develop their voices and how to pick which POV to use for your novel. *Music for this episode is brought to you by REMBALL music