Writer Craft Podcast

Main Topic:   Start Your Author Business on a Budget ($0, $200, $500) Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts a...

Episode 190 of the podcast and it's June 11, 2025 as we record this.   Main Topic:   Embrace the Chaos and Boredom of Summer Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline a...

Using Unconventional Thinking to Tackle Creative Blocks with guest David Carson Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of...

Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, a...

Main Topic:   Anti-Hustle Culture with guests Rachel May and Emily Golden , book coaches and editors at Golden May Editing, and podcast hosts of the Story Magic podcast.   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our exist...

Main Topic:   Elements of a Nonfiction Book (Starts at 16:55)   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patr...

Main Topic:   3 arcs in every book (begins at 15:31)   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/v...

Main Topic:   The Confidence Paradox with guest Angus Nelson   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patre...

  Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching,...

Main Topic: Starting a Ghostwriting Business   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieih...

Main Topic: Autoficiton: Letting Go at Launch Time with guest H.H. Rune (main topic starts at 16:06)   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast...

Bromance: How Dumb & Dumber and When Harry Met Sally are the Same Screenplay (21:42)   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a pat...

Main Topic: 5 Rules of Screen-Writing (starts at 18:23)   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.co...

Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): (Valerie) decluttering, pitching conferences, starting new projects Aligned Author: A Workshop in Intuitive Planning and Strategy "Using strategic principles, core values, and your desired feelings as a guide, you can create goals that feel good to pursue. Aligned Embodied Action is an intuitive and authentic way to approach goal-setting and strategic plan...

Main Topic: Favorite Writing Craft Books (starts at 13:02)   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon...

Main Topic: How to Revive Old Project (What About That Trunk Novel?) (at 23:36)   Up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code VALERIE20 at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/VALERIE20 #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron o...

Main Topic: Problem Solving in Your Novel (and your life!)   Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link: https://magicmind.com/VALERIEJAN #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and pla...

Main Topic: End of Year Review Mental Performance Shot: MagicMind.com/Valerie20 for 20% off one purchase, or up to 48% off monthly subscription. Use code VALERIE20 at checkout. PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to P...

Main Topic: Self-Doubt Mental Performance Shot: MagicMind.com/Valerie20 for 20% off one purchase, or up to 48% off monthly subscription. Use code VALERIE20 at checkout. PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.c...

  Main Topic: Pricing for Author Services (starts at 16:33) PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre.   Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Upd...

Hello Writers and Crafters! I'm Valerie Ihsan, And I'm Erick Mertz, and this is Episode 171 of the podcast and it's November 20, 2024 as we record this.   Main Topic:   PATREON: Thank you to new patron Elizabeth Amber from Anchorage, Alaska. THANKS! I appreciate you. Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreo...

Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre.   Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): ( Accidental Stranger Book 2 out) Print out NOW! On Amazon.  ...

Main Topic: Writing as a Black Woman in the Speculative Fiction World (Main Topic starts at 28:00.) PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genr...

Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): ( Accidental Stranger Book 2 out) Print out NOW! On Amazon.   Write in the Harbor (Erick teaching.) (Valerie will be at   Write in the Harbor in Gig Harbor, WA this year, too!   Host of Ghost Story Weekend for Wordcrafters. (Erick) print books going forward. wrapping up writing projects, PB out on the 15 th of Accidental Stranger (plus prequel), finishing...

Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): ( Accidental Stranger Book 2 out) Print out NOW! On Amazon.   Write in the Harbor (Erick teaching.) (Valerie will be at   Write in the Harbor in Gig Harbor, WA this year, too!   Host of Ghost Story Weekend for Wordcrafters. (Erick) print books going forward. wrapping up writing projects, PB out on the 15 th of Accidental Stranger (plus prequel), finishing...