Women Creating Writerly Lives with Scribbling Woman Nancy Rue

Susan Miner, author of Jewels of Kidron, joins me to explore the role of setting in our work. Having created both a contemporary and a fantasy setting in her YA novel, Susan is highly qualified to offer insights into imagining, detailing, and immersing oneself into the fictional world. Bonus: she talks about chickens too!

After addressing the question: what is the point of creative writing in these disturbing times?, we explore the power of real characters who express what we have to share with a troubled world. The Scribbling Nudges help us each figure out how to get to know those folks, just as we get acquainted with real people who fascinate us. As always, the means are unique to each writerly life. CAUTION: Be...

Three Fellow Scribblies -- authors Kay Day, Barbara Haley, and Christine Virgin -- join me to talk about the delightful discovering of the writing process. We toss out the planner/pantser/plantser labels and provide some thoughts on finding out what works for each individual writer. Belly laughs included.

We're taking a slightly different approach in this episode as we talk about capturing those elusive ideas you've dreamed up so you can shape them into creative projects. You'll hear 5 Scribbling Nudges, prompts to help you nudge your own "butterfly net" into being. After each, you'll have a chance to pause the recording and answer those prompts, so that by the end of the session you'll be on your...

Every writer reaches a point where the dreams she has for her writerly life aren't quite panning out, and usually through no fault of her own. Do we just give it up? Or do we see that disappointment as an opportunity to re-imagine, re-think, re-dream with new texture? In this episode we talk about choosing to pivot. Because for Scribbling Women, there is no such thing as failure.

Wonderful, quirky author Joyce Magnin joins me for a one-of-a-kind discussion of writing voice: what it is and what it means to come upon it. As always, this is not a how-to but a doorway to finding your OWN unique voice in your own unique way.

Ever had the experience of getting into the Zone and coming out with a piece of writing you somehow know didn't just come from you brain? That's what we explore in this episode. Creativity does arise from something beyond ourselves and we do well to embrace that -- no matter what our spiritual path may be.

Author (and disaster scientist!) Andrea Chatman joins me as we open up the possibilities for dreaming with other writers. Call is brainstorming, spitballing ideas, or creative conversation -- but we don't have to go it completing on our own as Scribblies, even in those early daydreaming days.

Author and web designer Jenai May (Silver Rockets) joins me to delve into dreams of the perfect writing space and the staff to support it. While our dreams are often far larger than we'll ever see in reality, they give us valuable information about our current lives and inspire us to make some of those imaginings come true.

Raise your hand if your head (almost) explodes when you hear someone in publishing say, "What is your platform?" (Mine used to) In this episode we discover together that "platform" is actually the umbrella of meaning under which everything you write gathers. How do you know what you "mean" in your work? Can you dream it? We'll find out. We are Scribblies .

With guest Abigail Horgash, we explore who your reading audience is, right down to the shoes they wear!

In this episode, we take on your BOHO -- that Big Ol' Hairy Obstacle who lives in your head and guards the Why Bother Blockade.

This is your introduction to The Scribbling Woman, your companion for shaping your own writerly life. We talk about the four strands that make up the rhythm of a writer who identifies as female and invite you to join us as we continue to explore ways you can create your writerly life YOUR way.