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Genre Gossip: RP Winters

Kelli and Zara interview fellow AuthorTuber RP Winters. He’s Kelli’s coauthor on a fantasy series and though his main genre is horror, he also dabbles in erotica.   RP Winters: https://www.youtube.com/c/RPWinters_Author   TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of childhood abuse   https://ko-fi.com/writeish

Genre Gossip: On Erotica

Kelli and Zara sit down to talk about the spicier (and often controversial) cousin of romance—erotica! TRIGGER WARNING: mention of books that feature sexual assault https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36835812  https://fictionedit.com/marketing-your-romance-novel-sex-sells-but/ Bree Buonomo's video about A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7HiVAcnZ2I I Give You My Body: https://amzn.to/3MfMnZP  On Writing Romance: https://amzn.to/3CaTUoo  - https://ko-fi.com/writeish 

25 Years, 25 Questions for Zara

Zara’s turning 25 in 5 days! To celebrate here at Write-Ish, we’re giving our audience a chance to get to know her better with this Q&A episode! https://ko-fi.com/zara/shop (get signed copies of her books) Welcome to Write-Ish: https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-write-ish/  AuthorTubers React: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpsfeHra2c - https://ko-fi.com/writeish 

Genre Gossip: Sarah Sutton

Kelli and Zara interview fellow AuthorTuber Sarah Sutton, indie romance author of the Love in Fenton County series, Christmas As We Know It, and many more stories to come. https://linktr.ee/sarahmaesutton Sarah explains her choice to self-publish: https://youtu.be/Wo1W3hAAjb0  Clean and wholesome diagram: https://thewritinggals.com/michelles-clean-and-wholesome-category-content-diagram/  - https://ko-fi.com/writeish   * This episode was recorded months prior to the incident between Lance Tsotie & Chelsea Hart *

25 Years, 25 Questions for Kelli

Kelli’s turning 25 tomorrow! To celebrate here at Write-Ish, we’re giving our audience a chance to get to know her better with this Q&A episode! Real-life inspiration for The Colorful Legacy of Elara Everwolf: https://youtu.be/GlfCEYdHrvw https://authorkelliwright.wixsite.com/home https://ko-fi.com/kelliwright https://instagram.com/author_kelliwright - https://ko-fi.com/writeish 

Genre Gossip: Jessi Elliott

Kelli and Zara interview fellow AuthorTuber Jessi Elliott, an indie romance author of NA and YA paranormal romance and urban fantasy plus some reverse harem stuff under a pen name. She is the creator of the Wander Writers Retreat and was Zara’s first introduction to AuthorTube back in 2017, even though they first came in contact in 2014 when Zara was beta reading for the then-YA The Devil’s Waltz. https://jessielliott.com Buy her books: https://amzn.to/3HH9kCw  - https://ko-fi.com/writeish  

Genre Gossip: On Romance

Kelli and Zara sit down to talk about the cash cow of publishing: the romance genre! Romance has grown 50% in 2021: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXPAACpvHjD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (3rd slide) Cinema Therapy on the Twilight Saga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgpY9nCo43k&list=PLRO9q005b62XxX2DCfE-KnOUMrt9hg3Hw  Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes: - https://ko-fi.com/writeish

Marketing Master: Lauren Hesse

Kelli and Zara interview Zara’s advanced social media marketing professor from the NYU MS in Publishing Program, Lauren Hesse, who is the Social Media Director for Little Brown Books to talk about what authors should—and shouldn’t—do online. https://www.instagram.com/lauren.hesse/ https://twitter.com/laurenlhesse - https://ko-fi.com/writeish  

Genre Gossip: DP Lyle

Zara interviews cardiologist, thriller writer, and medical TV consultant D.P. Lyle about his career and asked audience questions on how to best maim and kill your characters. *Kelli isn’t in this episode due to the recording time but her questions are in there! - D.P. Lyle, MD (#dplyle) is the award-winning Author of the Jake Longly and Cain/Harper Thriller Series Website: http://www.dplylemd.com Criminal Mischief Podcasts: http://www.dplylemd.com/criminal-mischief.html https://twitter.com/dplyle https://instagram.com/dplylemd  - https://ko-fi.com/writeish 

Craft Chat: Under vs Over-Writers

Kelli and Zara sit down to discuss the differences, benefits, and challenges of being an under-writer vs an over-writer. Which one are you? https://ko-fi.com/writeish

Writing As Therapy: Cathartic or Problematic?

Kelli and Zara sit down to discuss the stereotype that writers (and all creators) are tortured souls who put their pain into their work. Is it true? Is it healthy? Listen to find out what they have to say.   TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of traumatic experiences - You can find out more about Kelli’s WIPs at https://authorkelliwright.wixsite.com/projects Link to Zara’s (forthcoming) video about trigger warnings Kelli explains her DID & its connection to  Project Cursebreaker: https://youtu.be/GlfCEYdHrvw Know Your Characters (S1E3): https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/know-your-characters/   Link to NerdCon: Nerdfighteria Mental Health panel: https://youtu.be/WCgP_SD4Fy0  Welcome to Write-Ish (discussion about imposter syndrome): https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-write-ish - https://ko-fi.com/writeish

Craft Chat: Is Age Just a Number?

Kelli and Zara sit down to discuss age categories in publishing: from children’s books to MG, to YA, to the murky New Adult category, up through Adult. TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of childhood trauma - US & Canada can buy signed paperbacks. International people can buy name plates or join her VIP Club Tier to get a signed paperback in their 4th month. Her books are also always available as eBooks. Kelli explains her DID: https://youtu.be/GlfCEYdHrvw  You can find out more about Kelli’s WIPs at https://authorkelliwright.wixsite.com/projects AuthorTubers React where Zara took part in a conversation about the YA/NA division (on Vixen of Fiction’s YouTube channel): https://youtu.be/lFrTXkTyKiM?t=2776  The YA rating scandal: https://www.themarysue.com/yabooksratings-emails-authors/ Two Kinds of Us by Sarah Sutton Article written by Writer’s Relief that encapsulates the themes of NA vs YA (scroll down to find it—it’s not the first part of the post). - https://ko-fi.com/writeish  

Goal Setting for Writers

Kelli & Zara sit down to discuss healthy goal setting for the new year. Best Writing Advice: https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-best-writing-advice-we-ve-heard/  Worst Writing Advice: https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-worst-writing-advice-we-ve-heard/  Kelli described her first NaNo in the NaNoWriMo 2021 episode: https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/nanowrimo-2021/   Kate’s Milwordy announcement: https://youtu.be/H_DBH37U-K4  Zara’s Milwordy video: https://youtu.be/hdZv5f8MmZ8  The Milwordy Kick-Off livestream where Zara was Kate’s cohost (she still can’t believe she was asked): https://youtu.be/gN_3gcikwQA  Zara will make you a customized writing tracker for a full 12 months: https://ko-fi.com/zara/commissions  Bullet Journaling for Writers: https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/bullet-journaling-for-writers/ - Support us at https://ko-fi.com/writeish  Monthly supporters (for as little as $1) get access to the first 5 minutes of new episodes early each Sunday before they drop on Tuesday!

Season 1 Finale!

Happy Finale! We talk about our favorite moments, & how we got it all together in order to share what has been the start of a wonderful adventure with you all. And thank you for 700 downloads within our first 3 months! - Kelli's favorite episodes: https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/trailer-1622322953/ & https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/preptober-plans/  Zara's favorite episodes: https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-write-ish/ & https://thewriteishpodcast.podbean.com/e/know-your-characters/  - https://ko-fi.com/writeish Zara’s mic: https://amzn.to/3mwQ81Z Kelli’s mic: https://amzn.to/3yXOtXY We record with https://zencastr.com Start your own Podcast with Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/writeish (unlimited plan—what we have now) or https://www.podbean.com/pro/writeish (pro plan—maybe one day)

Bullet Journaling for Writers

Today we dive into a nifty little tool that could change the way you organize forever. And our banter is top notch entertainment. Enjoy. #sorrynotsorry for the Once Upon A Time tangent at the end. Ryder's video: https://youtu.be/o4kueYhGEc8  Some Bullet Journals to check out: Plant Based Bride (actual art): https://www.youtube.com/plantbasedbride  Amanda Rach Lee (doodles): https://www.youtube.com/amandarachlee Caitlin's Corner (very functional): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSm9WJDmpZDM_m6YvkACuxg  https://ko-fi.com/writeish  

The Worst Writing Advice We‘ve Heard

Bad writing advice... we've all heard some before, today we share our opinions on what we think is the WORST writing advice. https://ko-fi.com/writeish