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6:04 / Writers on Writing / Sarah Smith talks Tech Tools January 29, 2025
Coming in this episode is a wealth of technology resources which only someone with a tech background can provide. Sarah Smith presents a powerpoint packed with resources. From assists in idea generation and organization, to plot and structure, formatting manuscripts and crafting covers, book descriptions, and audiobook development (so necessary in today’s marketplace), Sarah explains […]
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6:03 / John Connor Talks Writing & Publishing January 22, 2025
Two fountain pens and specific paper to encourage creativity. Computer systems like Linux as best tools. In a wide-ranging interview with everything from fonts to covers, John Connor with the UK press Murderous Ink shares it all. A connectivity glitch smack in the middle of the interview didn’t derail Connor. We continued on, with manuscript […]
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6:02 / Writers = Scott Ellis Talks the Narration Biz January 15, 2025
In this episode we have All Things Narration ~ clearly, concisely, professionally ~ explained by the award-winning narrator / producer Scott Ellis of Scott Ellis Reads. From the various unseen and unheard jobs of the narrator before beginning, through major job of recording sessions and re-recording and the pick-ups after, to making the many files […]
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6:01 / Writers on Writing / Marie Still January 8, 2025
Welcome to Writers on Writing, interviews with active writers to inspire us all for our great start to 2025. In this week’s episode, our focus is Marie Still, an award-winning thriller and horror author. She’s a marketer turned writer in the coronacoaster year. She took the giant step upon the urging of a friend. Marie […]
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6:00 / Writers on Writing / Introduction from host M.A. Lee December 11, 2024
Start 2025 with information about tech tools, productivity, and process as well as a few snippets on craft, all from active writers ... and narrators and publishers. Zoom interviews give us this opportunity. Write on!
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5:49 / Fall into Poetry / Journey with TSEliot December 4, 2024
Our poem for the Christmas holidays has two lessons for all writers. It comes from T.S. Eliot. My introduction to TSE came in college, either a survey course in modern poetry or as part of a literature survey. Professor C. Hines Edwards, dry and erudite, was one of two that I admired for his knowledge […]
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5:48 / Celebrate Thanksgiving November 27, 2024
The Write Focus wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving week ~ full of rich holiday food, joyous time with people we love, awkward encounters with other people, and a money blast on Black Friday—which usually extends to Cyber Monday. This episode doesn’t fit with our Fall into Poetry series ~ although it does gift you with […]
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5:47 / Fall into Poetry / Prepare for 6 Lessons November 20, 2024
We’re a week to Thanksgiving here in the USofA, and we have not one or two but three poems of gratitude to examine, giving us 6 lessons of Advice for All Writers. These three poems have quirky ways of matching to the holiday, thanks-giving and gratitude. The gratitude doesn’t take the gushing that usually fills […]
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5:46 / Fall into Poetry / Writing Dark and Bright November 13, 2024
When we live our life in the present, being in the moment, we can develop a love-hate relationship with people and things we encounter daily. We don’t “love to hate” these; we love them at some times while at other times we hate them. We may happily encounter and deal with them, then on a […]
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5:45 / Fall into Poetry / Writing Public vs. Private November 6, 2024
“Share your innermost life,” marketing gurus advise writers, “with your readers, your newsletter folks, with everyone. Make it all public Make it pop-ular.” That’s a certain way to burn out most of your audience, who just want the knowledge you have or just want to be entertained. “Open the window. Let them see into part […]
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