Episode 14: Why Your Friends and Family Don't Have to Read Your Work

We all want the people we love to read our work. That validation is something we crave, but what if we stopped putting that pressure on ourselves and the people we love? I'm talking about my own experiences with this struggle and how letting go of the expectation has affected my process. No transcript this week. Sorry, y'all. 
SPECIAL NOTE: In this episode I share the time I asked someone I admire to read my work and they didn't. In no way did I intend to come across as angry that they didn't read my story during the hardship they were experiencing. They truly were very sick during that summer and I completely understand not reading my story during a time when they were trying to recover from such an illness. 
ANNOUNCEMENT: About This Writing Thing will be on hiatus until January 8, 2020. I say January 7 twice at the end of this episode, but that is incorrect. Episode 15 will drop on January 8, 2020 at 8:00 AM ET. 
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Episode 13: Corrections, Editing Updates, and Critique Tips

TO read the blog post about this episode go HERE.
Mentioned in this episode: Swoonworthy Virtual Bookclub. Find the podcast HERE. Check out Krista Harper on Instagram.
My 10 critique guidelines are included in this episode. We all have them. Well, those of us who are actively working with other writers. I'd love to hear yours! Comment below or reach out to me on Twitter: @writingthingpod or @saybeller. You can also find me on Instagram (saybeller).
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Episode 12: Conducting Effective Research

We all have guidelines when researching history. Since I'm eyeball deep in historical data for my WIP, I decided to share with you my top 8 conducting effective research. 
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Episode 10: The Cost of Being A Writer

Transcript available HERE.
Mentioned in this podcast episode:
Jane Friedman
Womens Fiction Writer's Association
The Author's Guild
Editorial Freelancer's Association
North Carolina Writer's Network
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Episode 9: Rejection, Ramblings, and a bit of Grumbling

Some explicit language is included in this episode. 
Disclaimers:
I am now offering LINE EDITING services, not developmental editing services. I don't know why my brain ceases to function when I hit record! 
Also, because I am rambling a bit in this episode I want to clear up a couple of things that may be unclear: 
1) When speaking about social media followers: I think it is important, as writers, for us to build and be a part of a strong and supportive writing community. I love the writing community on Twitter because there are so many wonderfully supportive members who strive to help other writers. On both Twitter and Instagram I follow back writers/authors who follow me. However, I do unfollow those writers who unfollow me. Mostly because we were only connected due to a mutual follow back. I'm not on social media to up my numbers, and I'm certainly not there to up anyone else's. I have 1700 followers on Twitter and most of them are writers. I am so grateful to be connected with every single one.  
2) I do not mean to accuse the unnamed writer of plagiarism. What I meant to say is there are a number of coincidences that seem uncanny. That being said, I think if there was any sort of borrowing from the smaller author it was unintentional. Perhaps the bigger author read the "smaller" author's book because it was the same subject matter and some of those details subconsciously made it into the bigger author's book. As a side note: I think it sucks that the earlier published author is being overshadowed. 
3) When I mention the editor not stopping the repetition in the book I recently started reading, I meant pointing it out and suggesting heavily that the author remove it. Seriously, repetition of this type slows your narrative down and should be avoided. Literary and upmarket writers (hand raised) often use repetition as a stylistic choice, but it isn't to remind the reader how many years (35 times in 10 pages!) the MC has been away from home.
 

Episode 8: When Life Gets In the Way

I've been missing for two weeks! Have I been writing? No. Here's what's up.
Transcript available HERE.
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Episode 5: The Push to be a Planner

The full transcript for this episode is available at https://www.saywordbeller.com/post/episode-5-about-this-writing-thing-the-push-to-be-a-planner-transcript
Are you a plantser or a pantser and feel the constant push for you to be a plotter? Me too. That's why I'm talking about it this week. 
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Episode 4: No more "Aspiring" and other Peeves

Do you refer to yourself as an "aspiring" writer/author? Stop it!
This week I'm talking about a few things that we really need to stop doing in the writing community. First and foremost, stop minimizing what you're doing. If you're writing creative works you are not aspiring, you are writing. Want to write faster? We've all seen those videos and heard the spiel, right? I've got the answer in this episode!
**I say YouTube podcast in this episode. Sometimes my words don't work well. I meant, of course, YouTube video**
Thanks for listening!