Writer Craft Podcast

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 Announcements:   Early Bird registration is open for the 2024 Writer Craft Writing Retreat. At this point,...

Thank you to new patrons Lily Fouts and Leslie Hall and Meyari McFarland. Welcome! Also, the winner of the Goody Bag drawing is Kathleen Kendricks. Congratulations! You've already been contacted. And to the patrons who signed up in November, I'll be sending out the stickers and calendars, your postcards, and the Goody Bag contents this month. I need to wait for the printing of the wall calendars f...

Thank you to new patron Kathleen Kendrick. Welcome! She will get the limited edition sticker and entry to the drawing for the Goody bag that includes a 2024 Passion Planner and coaching with me, along with a couple of other fun things. PLUS, a wall calendar I designed. Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   This podcast is sponsored by our pa...

Thank you to new patron Chad Boyer. Welcome! He will get the limited edition sticker and entry to the drawing for the Goody bag that includes a 2024 Passion Planner and coaching with me, along with a couple of other fun things. PLUS, a wall calendar I designed. Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   This podcast is sponsored by our patrons at...

Thanks to current patrons Leah Joy Espinoza and Michelle Coleman who have edited their memberships to one of the new tiers. They will both get the limited edition sticker and entry to the drawing for the Goody bag that includes a 2024 Passion Planner and coaching with me, along with a couple of other fun things. Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the po...

Thanks to new patron Leah Joy Espinoza! Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   This podcast is sponsored by our patrons at Patreon.com/valerieihsan . Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan .   Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre Patron comment: Both were great sessions! Thank you!!!...

Announcements:   EARLY access to the Early Bird registration is now, so if want early access for sold out tickets, become a patron this month. I'm in a new anthology by Tsunami Press with my essay "Eye Contact." You can preorder at http://www.tsunamibooks.org/shop/pre-order-tsunami-press-first-anthology Due out the beginning of October 2023. Preorder of Season of the Shadow up now. (Erick's new ti...

I'M READING : beta read and client work, plus: Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch Indelible by Laurie Buchanan Harness : A Systemic Approach: Guaranteed to Revolutionize Your Coaching by Tess Cope   Up Next: What's a Poor Girl to Do?: Prostitution in Mid-Nineteenth Century America by Elizabeth A. Topping Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the the Early West by Anne Seagraves Frog Music by Emma Donogh...

Announcements:   EARLY access to the Early Bird registration is now, so if want early access for sold out tickets, become a patron this month. I'm in a new anthology by Tsunami Press with my essay "Eye Contact." You can preorder at http://www.tsunamibooks.org/shop/pre-order-tsunami-press-first-anthology Due out the beginning of October 2023. Preorder of Season of the Shadow up now. (Erick's new ti...

PATREON: Thanks to Jo Bartlett for increasing their patronage tier. We so appreciate you. And they've chosen the benefits tier that includes retreat tickets and monthly coaching, so WELCOME. We'll have so much fun. ALSO, Welcome to new patrons Nora Coutis Hanson, Michelle Coleman, and Mason Tufts. And Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.   Th...

Announcements:   Early registration for the 2024 retreat opens November 1 for the public, but EARLY access to the Early Bird registration is Oct 1 (next month) so if want early access for sold out tickets, become a patron this month. I'm in a new anthology by Tsunami Press with my essay "Eye Contact." You can preorder at http://www.tsunamibooks.org/shop/pre-order-tsunami-press-first-anthology Due...

Announcements:   Early registration for the 2024 retreat opens November 1 for the public, but EARLY access to the Early Bird registration is Oct 1 (next month) so if want early access for sold out tickets, become a patron this month. I'm in a new anthology by Tsunami Press with my essay "Eye Contact." You can preorder at http://www.tsunamibooks.org/shop/pre-order-tsunami-press-first-anthology Due...

Announcements:   Group Coaching Sept 12-   $500 for 3-months (works out to $165/mo and my 1:1 weekly coaching is $500, so you can see the price difference there) Go to valerieihsan.com/shopping DISCOUNT: podcast (10% off) Early registration for the 2024 retreat opens November 1 for the public, but EARLY access to the Early Bird registration is Oct 1 (next month) so if want early access for sold ou...

  Announcements:   Group Coaching Sept 12-   $500 for 3-months (works out to $165/mo and my 1:1 weekly coaching is $500, so you can see the price difference there) Go to valerieihsan.com/shopping DISCOUNT: podcast (10% off) Early registration for the 2024 retreat opens November 1 for the public, but EARLY access to the Early Bird registration is Oct 1 (next month) so if want early access for sold...

PATREON: Welcome back, Jo Bartlett! And Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in us and in the podcast.   This podcast is sponsored by our patrons at Patreon.com/valerieihsan . For as low as a $1/mo, you can get a postcard from me, a shout out on the podcast, and we can make announcements for you on air. At other tiers, the benefits increase--free books, accountability Zoom calls, scene...

Announcements:   Shared Lodging ticket [AND a private ticket] just opened up for the retreat for a woman-identified person wanting to share a tipi with two twin beds. $650 for all food and lodging, coaching, instruction, and retreat time. Group Coaching Sept 12- Dec 12 $500 for 3-months (works out to $165/mo and my 1:1 weekly coaching is $500, so you can see the price difference there) Go to valer...

Announcements:   Shared Lodging ticket [AND a private ticket] just opened up for the retreat for a woman-identified person wanting to share a tipi with two twin beds. $650 for all food and lodging, coaching, instruction, and retreat time. Group Coaching Sept 12- Dec 12 $500 for 3-months (works out to $165/mo and my 1:1 weekly coaching is $500, so you can see the price difference there) Go to valer...

Show Notes: Jane's local bookstore: McNally Jackson, Seaport location   May release: On Fire Island On Fire Island Spotify playlist Her first book was translated in ten languages Sold first screenplay (optioned three times; never made the film) Fired from own idea (reworked it 10 times) Eliza Starts A Rumor optioned by NBC (someone else is writing T.V. show) Nine Women One Dress (novels get made i...

Announcements:   Shared Lodging ticket [AND a private ticket] just opened up for the retreat for a woman-identified person wanting to share a tipi with two twin beds. $650 for all food and lodging, coaching, instruction, and retreat time. [$900 for the private ticket.] Group Coaching Sept 12- Dec 12 $500 for 3-months (works out to $165/mo and my 1:1 weekly coaching is $500, so you can see the pric...

Announcements:   Another Shared Lodging ticket just opened up for the retreat for a woman-identified person wanting to share a tipi with two twin beds. $650 for all food and lodging, coaching, instruction, and retreat time. (Alumni offered a scholarship for a retreat ticket -- so if you'd like to apply for the scholarship, please email me and let me know what you are working on and why you'd like...

Show Notes: "reading, writing, and 'rithmitic" read a lot, in different genres, but especially in your own (to capture common tropes, obligatory scenes, and reader expectations) write a lot. Even if no one sees it. Even if it isn't specifically about your project. put in the time, the numbers. developing taste by reading developing voice: word choice, tonality, themes, The Anatomy of a Bestseller...

Find Us: Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Writer Craft Facebook Group Show Notes: Use the advice of editor to improve your writing--not only in the manuscript, but overall (as a writer). Developmental editor (or Story Analysis or Diagnostic)/use when you are new to writing (Books 1-4?) or when started to write in a new gen...

Announcements:   free 7-day trial of my Mary Poppins Fan tier on Patreon. Regularly 15/mo https://patreon.com/valerieihsan .   I've started a new book and will be rolling out the chapters as I write them on Patreon. Early Access; Feedback encouraged. Watch me write a book in real time. shared lodging ticket; $650; Go to valerieihsan.com/shopping Focused Fan $50/mo includes one group mastermind cal...

Announcements:   free 7-day trial of my Mary Poppins Fan tier on Patreon. Regularly 15/mo https://patreon.com/valerieihsan .   I've started a new book and will be rolling out the chapters as I write them on Patreon. Early Access; Feedback encouraged. Watch me write a book in real time. shared lodging ticket; $650; Go to valerieihsan.com/shopping Focused Fan $50/mo includes one group mastermind cal...

Announcements:   free 7-day trial of my Mary Poppins Fan tier on Patreon. Regularly 15/mo https://patreon.com/valerieihsan .   I've started a new book and will be rolling out the chapters as I write them on Patreon. Early Access; Feedback encouraged. Watch me write a book in real time. shared lodging ticket; $650; Go to valerieihsan.com/shopping   UPDATE:   been thinking about my work at home sche...