Collaboration For Fun and Profit: An Interview with Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee

Ep 299B On today's first ever Bonus Episode, Kitty reads her short story, Superhero in Disguise, aloud for your Halloween entertainment. The episode starts with bloopers and includes several authorial asides while she's reading. Superhero in Disguise takes place on Halloween and is the beginning of the Adventures of Lewis and Clarke superhero series. The ebook is available for free everywhere you buy ebooks.If you'd like to send me your story about how perimenopause or menopause affected you as a writer, please email me at kitty AT kittybucholtz DOT com and put MENOPAUSE in the subject line. I'd like to add more stories besides mine to the book I'm writing.Join my Patreon membership for free or at the $5 a month level at Patreon.com/kittybucholtz! Happy Writing!

Ep 298I Today's guests are bestselling authors Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee talking about collaboration. We talk about writing a passion project over years in between other paying work, writing without a contract, and in the end publishing a book so good it garnered multiple starred reviews! https://marcusbrotherton.com/https://toscalee.com/The Long March HomeIf you'd like to send me your story about how perimenopause or menopause affected you as a writer, please email me at kitty AT kittybucholtz DOT com and put MENOPAUSE in the subject line. I'd like to add more stories besides mine to the book I'm writing.Join my Patreon membership for free or at the $5 a month level at https://www.patreon.com/kittybucholtz ! Happy Writing!

Ep 297I -- Listen in as professional coach and author Jeremy Niederman shares about writing his first book and the struggles of how much to share of his own life. A thoughtful look at writing nonfiction that includes your most personal stories.Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn!If you'd like to send me your story about how perimenopause or menopause affected you as a writer, please email me at kitty AT kittybucholtz DOT com and put MENOPAUSE in the subject line. I'd like to add more stories besides mine to the book I'm writing.Join my Patreon membership for free or at the $5 a month level at https://www.patreon.com/kittybucholtz ! Happy Writing!

Ep 296E Is your brain spinning with all your to do list items? Are you spiraling downward with frustrations? Are you moving so fast and accomplishing so much that you don't take time to acknowledge yourself? Maybe it's time to...take a moment.If you'd like to send me your story about how perimenopause or menopause affected you as a writer, please email me at kitty AT kittybucholtz DOT com and put MENOPAUSE in the subject line. I'd like to add more stories besides mine to the book I'm writing.Join my Patreon membership for free or at the $5 a month level at https://www.patreon.com/kittybucholtz ! Happy Writing!

Ep 295I In today's episode, Bill Birchard talks to Kitty about his book, Writing for Impact: 8 Secrets From Science That Will Fire Up Your Readers' Brains. We recorded this on May 23, 2023, but I wasn't able to post it then. I think you're going to find some great tips here!https://billbirchard.com/If you'd like to send me your story about how perimenopause or menopause affected you as a writer, please email me at kitty AT kittybucholtz DOT com and put MENOPAUSE in the subject line. I'd like to add more stories besides mine to the book I'm writing.Join my Patreon membership for free or at the $5 a month level at https://www.patreon.com/kittybucholtz ! Happy Writing!

Ep 294I - Award-winning author Amanda Cox talks with Kitty about her book He Should Have Told the Bees, and discusses character and plot, which comes first for her. Then the conversation turns to intuitive writing. Amanda shares her process and encourages writers to find what works for them.https://amandacoxwrites.com/[This episode was originally recorded on June 28, 2023, and delayed due to Kitty's health issues. Happy to finally air it!]

Kitty Bucholtz and the Write Now Workshop Podcast is back! In this Encouraging Words episode (#293), Kitty explains her absence, chats about upcoming changes, and encourages listeners to think about what they want to start, what they want to stop, and what they want to change in the new year.

Episode 292: In the return of Write Now Workshop Podcast after a too-long sabbatical, Kitty joins Podcasthon (https://www.podcasthon.org/) and over 1000 other podcasters around the world who are highlighting their favorite charity. Today we welcome back Bonnie DePue and CHUM Therapeutic Riding (https://www.chumtherapy.net/), Kitty’s favorite charity!Learn more about CHUM and what they do and how you can support them, and writers will find encouragement and ideas on how to add real-life charities to their stories to increase reader engagement.

Alessandra Torre is our guest today sharing her top 4 take-aways from just the marketing portion of the 2022 Inkers Con writers conference. (Not even her top 4 overall!) If you'd like to sign up for the conference, you can still access the digital version -- and Alessandra kindly gave us a $50 off coupon! Enter the code WNWPODCAST at Inkers Con to get your discount! Download the Author Assessment Worksheet today! A gift from Alessandra!

EPISODE 290TPodcast favorite Susan May Warren, author of the new novel Sundown, shares how she manages her time as she creates a book series. Research, plotting, writing, she's got a time block for each piece. Listen to her process so you can figure out how to hone your own. Learn more about Susie May and all of her books, including nonfiction books for writers, at https://www.susanmaywarren.com/Watch Kitty's free Masterclass series on writing at https://www.youtube.com/kittybucholtz for help on how to write more with less stress and more peace and joy. Available through December 31, 2022. Get $400 off the six-month Finish Your Book Group Coaching Program by using the coupon code "2022" through January 1, 2023! A great gift for yourself or another writer you love!