Author TalksKim Groshek: The Pause Power Movement and Taking 15 Minutes a Day to Unplug
Kim Groshek joins Author Talks to discuss the Pause Power Movement, a year off her phone, and her framework of pausing, time-boxing, and agreement.
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Author Talks
Career StoryFrom Trader Joe’s to Zombie Apocalypses: The Born to Write Interview | With Azul Terronez
The September 11, 2019 Born to Write interview: celebrity ghostwriters versus the credibility mid-market, the wrestler predecessor and the Afghani client's escape from a prison of 15,000 skeletons, vomit-on-the-page drafting from 4:30 a.m., three promotion hours in every eight, BookBub…
Book CoachingA Book From Start to Finish: The Farewell Masterclass | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 261
The May 21, 2019 farewell hour: category research, pantsers versus plotters, 5,000-word days in walk-broken sprints, professional editors and specific beta readers, AutoCrit far superior to Grammarly for fiction, the category-one launch push, the yes-yes hypnosis of webinar traps, consignment…
Author BusinessIs Fear Fiction or Nonfiction? Confidence, Cold Calls, and the Dancer Who Almost Quit | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 242
The December 18, 2018 hour on confidence: publish the imperfect first book, the freelancer as salesperson, approaching agents through conversation, Richard Branson's accept-and-figure-it-out, fear as fiction, the pretend-no-savings mind game, Bonnie's 80,000 words at 78, the pop-and-lock dancer nobody clapped…
Author TalksCheryl Merz: A Prolific Ghostwriter on Productivity, Lists, and Owning Your Platform
Prolific ghostwriter Cheryl Merz joins Author Talks to discuss collaborative ghostwriting, email lists, networking, and owning your platform.
Author BusinessWrite First, Edit Later: The Professional Writing Session | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 205
Part two with Sage the Poet, broadcast as a nor'easter closed in: why writing and editing at the same time causes writer's block, the scheduled professional day, 12,000-word workdays via dictation, light outlining with story and character arcs, daily promotion,…