The Write Talk Wednesday Show

Alana Lorens (aka Babs Mountjoy) has been a published writer for over 45 years, including seven years as a reporter and editor at the South Dade News Leader in Homestead, Florida. She writes non-fiction, romance, adventure, and suspense novels. Ahe also writes sci-fi and fantasy as Lyndi Alexander. She is the author of the Pittsburgh Lady Lawyers series, which draws on her years as a family law at...

Our fourth #NaNoWriMo encouragement interview is a joyful one with Daniel Cross where we talk about how he turned a DND campaign into his book, the NPC author persona he created, and shared some love for his gorgeous cover. About the author I’m an electrical engineer / integrated circuit designer, tired of writing technical specifications. I’m also a game master for tabletop roleplaying games. I r...

Our third #NaNoWriMo author interview is with prolific fiction and nonfiction author, Zara West. About the Author In a life full of misadventures, award-winning author Zara West has had sunstroke on the top of a Greek mountain, been partially trampled by a herd of four hundred sheep, and while she has never been kidnapped, she has been marooned on an uninhabited island in the middle of the Canadia...

In our second interview with authors who have completed #NaNoWriMo I’m chatting with WT Meadows about his book Introduction Events and it’s ten-year journey from NaNo project to published, as well as his very successful Kickstarter campaign for it. About the Author WT Meadows is the best-selling co-author of The Shaman States of America: The South series beginning with The Mantle. He recently publ...

In the first of our #NaNoWriMo 2023 interviews, I’m joined by multi-genre author D.V. Stone who will talk about how she successfully completed NaNoWriMo and offer encouragement to those participating this year. About Our Guest D. V. Stone is a multi-award-winning, multi-genre, traditionally and independently published author. She writes books people want to read. Her stories are about the importan...

Our final NaNoWriMo prep episode provides some last minute considerations, things to think about, and reminders about setting goals and how to bounce back when life happens. I hope you’ve enjoyed this series and it’s something you can come back to year after year. Watch episode or view full show notes Our Sponsors: Epona Author Solutions: https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/offerings Epona Mail: http...

Life happens and it tends to really like to happen during the month of NaNoWriMo. In this episode I talk about some ways to regather, regroup, and even begin again should life happen to your NaNo project. There’s lots of encouragement and support so you know you’re not alone. This might be a great relisten to if you’re in the middle of NaNoWriMo, too! Watch this episode or view the full show notes...

In this second NaNoWriMo prep episode I share some considerations for choosing your NaNoWriMo project. We’ll discuss various writing styles and how they might, or might not work with NaNoWriMo, and then we’ll give some next steps for how to prep. Watch the episode or view the full show notes Our Sponsors: Epona Author Solutions: https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/offerings Epona Mail: https://eponam...

Welcome to the very first episode of Write Talk Wednesday. I’m kicking off this livestream with a month of preparation for NaNoWriMo. Today’s topic? Should you even do #NaNoWriMo? Learn some considerations to think about before planning on doing #NaNoWriMo and learn about some “alternative” NaNoWriMo options. Think of it as a choose your own writing adventure. See full show notes or watch the vide...