Pencils&Lipstick podcast

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Brooke Adams Law is an award-winning author and founder of the Writing Brave movement. Brooke helps creative, intuitive women claim their author identity so that they can start, finish and publish brave, dazzling books.  Brooke’s debut novel Catchlight won the Fairfield Book Prize, was named a Best Indie Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews, and was featured on Good Morning America’s blog. Fin...

Today my guest is Paula Judith Johnson. She's a historical romance writer and the creator of the Writing Romance Mastery Summit held twice a year. While involved in mountain man-era black powder clubs, Paula Judith Johnson regularly participated in shooting reproduction muzzleloading rifles, pistols, and shotguns. She also enjoyed activities that included throwing bowie knives, tomahawks, and spea...

My guest today is Traci Skuce. She's been a writing mentor to me during Covid. I took her six-month Embodied Story Intensive TWICE, that's how much I loved it. You can find it here: https://www.traciskuce.com/embodied-story-intensive/ Sign up for the Writing From the Heart Intimate Summit here to participate and then get on Traci's amazing newsletter. https://www.traciskuce.com/write-from-the-hear...

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Lynne is an author, writing coach, marketing entrepreneur and host of the  Make Meaning Podcast . Her first novel,  Woman of Valor , was released on September 26, 2023 and is a story about the courage to love the ordinary and seek satisfaction where you are, while shedding the need to please others. Lynne draws from her life experience as an Orthodox Jew for ten years to allow the reader...

You can find out more about Michelle and buy How to Get On Podcasts at https://michelleglogovac.com/ Find out more about the work and the clients she helps at https://themlgcollective.com/ . Follow Michelle on the following social media apps: Facebook:  The MLG Collective Instagram:  The MLG Collective Podcast:  My Simplified Life Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more abo...

Susan DeFreitas is on a 'mission to tell stories that matter and help other's to do the same.' You can find out more about Susan, including how to work with her, at https://susandefreitas.com/ Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://www.subscribepage.com/kat...

Emily A. Myers is an award-winning author of romantic suspense. Her first novel, The Truth About Unspeakable Things, was a First Place winner for the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) Clue Award (2021) for suspense/ thriller fiction. The Truth About Unspeakable Things was also a finalist for the CIBA Chatelaine Award (2021) for romance and a semi-finalist for the Somerset Award (2021) f...

Go to Emmadhesi.com to sign up for the Be A Best-Seller summit. Looking for workshops? Go here https://workshops.katcaldwell.com/2024-workshops/ to find out more and use the coupon code LIPSTICK for $7 off the price Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://ww...

The name of the series I talk about in this episode is called The Last Of Us. Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://www.subscribepage.com/katcaldwellnewsletter Want more information on my books, author swaps, short stories and what I’m reading? Sign up for...

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Gabriela Pereira is an author, speaker, and self-proclaimed word nerd who wants to challenge the status quo of higher education. Her mission is to empower writers to apply an entrepreneurial mindset to their professional growth. Find out more about DIYMFA by joining the newsletter here: https://diymfa.com/join/ and you'll be the first to know when The Hub opens for new members. Sign up for my writ...

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It's one week into NaNo and 8 weeks until the end of the year. How can we accomplish our writing goals while staying sane? Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://www.subscribepage.com/katcaldwellnewsletter Want more information on my books, author swaps, sh...

There are certain scenes each novel needs. Whether you're participating in NaNoWriMo or not, this episode will help you get through the muddy middle and write a bang up beginning and ending. Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://www.subscribepage.com/katca...

This week I'm divulging what happened when I got together with another book coach to talk about my book that I want to come out next February: I was convinced to cut an entire plot point! Since I'm sure I'm not alone in this writing journey, I share why I decided to do it and how you can step back and decide whether you have too much plot or not as well. If you want to catch the replays of the Esc...

My guest today is Jennifer Hilt, multi-genre author and author of The Trope Thesaurus. We talk about tropes, the misconceptions surrounding them, how to use them properly and why you should chose them on purpose. You can find out more about Jennifer and buy her trope books at: https://www.jenniferhilt.com/ Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my wo...

Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://www.subscribepage.com/katcaldwellnewsletter Want more information on my books, author swaps, short stories and what I’m reading? Sign up for my  readers' newsletter . https://katcaldwell.myflodesk.com/signup You c...

One way you can figure out your character is to choose an imbalance in one of the Big 5 Personality traits. Here's a quick exercise to apply it. Worksheet for personality is: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/k2d2x6 Plotting workshop: https://katcaldwell.com/plotting-on-the-spot Character workshop: https://katcaldwell.com/whats-in-a-character Scene workshop: https://katcaldwell.com/s...

Want to know how to build buzz for your book? ZS Diamanti is here today to tell us how he did it. It's work, but it's worth it! Grab your favorite drink and come listen to how Zach drummed up interest for his book launch (ps, he's a BRAND new author, so these are tips everyone will find useful!) Check out Zach's books at https://zsdiamanti.com/ Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more abou...

Want to expand your first book into a series? Or do you want to write a series from scratch? Did you knew that there are four different ways to write a series? Join me this week as Lewis educates me on writing Beyond Book One. Find the book here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH1H36R5/ Sign up for my writer's newsletter here:https://katcaldwell.com/writers-newsletter Sign up for my reader's newslett...

Today I'm talking with Katia from MiblArt. She explains to us how MiblArt is different from other book cover designers as well as gives us tips to creating the best book cover for your book. Find out more about MiblArt at miblart.com Find out more about Katia here https://linktr.ee/katia.bookcoverdesign Sign up for my writer's newsletter here: https://katcaldwell.com/writers-newsletter Sign up for...

Today we're going over the 7 things you MUST have in each story. A bit of a refresher course before we go into fall. Sign up for my writer's newsletter here: https://katcaldwell.com/writers-newsletter Sign up for my reader's newsletter here: https://katcaldwell.com/readers Find me at https://katcaldwell.com or on Instagram as @katcaldwell.author or @pencilsandlipstick