Archive for the 'Podcast' Category

My Writing Niche- Episode #48: Getting Organized for the New Year

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. Today I’ll talk about getting organized for the new year using tools such as Duotrope, as well as mention a fun exercise from Writer’s Digest.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Have a lovely week.

**image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

***Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #47: The End (of Nanowrimo) is in sight!

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I give a short pep talk to those novelling toward the finish line, as well as talk about what to do once November is over.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Have a lovely week.

**image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

***Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #46: Nanowrimo Week Four!

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

 

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I’m once again talking about tips and strategies for writing a novel in 30 days, as well as focusing on Week Four of the challenge.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about Nanowrimo. Until then, have a lovely week.

**image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

***Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #45: Nanowrimo Week Three!

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I’m once again talking about tips and strategies for writing a novel in 30 days, as well as focusing on Week Three of the challenge. Also included are a couple book recommendations to help you along the way.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about Nanowrimo. Until then, have a lovely week.

**image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

***Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #44: Nanowrimo Highs & Lows

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I’m once again talking about tips and strategies for writing a novel in 30 days, as well as focusing on the highs of Week One and the lows of Week Two.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about Nanowrimo. Until then, have a lovely week.


**image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

***Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #43: Are you ready for November?

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I’m once again talking about tips and strategies for writing a novel in 30 days. During this particular episode, I interview a young writer participating in the Young Writers Program- Nanowrimo for writers below the age of 18.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about the first week of Nanowrimo. Until then, have a lovely week.

*Common sense warning: Though I didn’t mention it in the podcast, children should not be allowed to play on the internet unsupervised.

**image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

***Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #42: Young Writers Program & Nanowrimo!

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I’m once again talking about tips and strategies for writing a novel in 30 days. During this particular episode, I focus on the Young Writers Program- Nanowrimo for writers below the age of 18.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about preparing for Nanowrimo. Until then, have a lovely week.

*Common sense warning: Though I didn’t mention it in the podcast, children should not be allowed to play on the internet unsupervised.

**image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

***Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #41: Nanowrimo Strategies & Practice

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I’m once again talking about tips and strategies for writing a novel in 30 days.

In today’s podcast I mention some things that might be helpful to you as you write your rough draft novel, including an episode of the podcast Writing Excuses that talks about Hollywood Formula, as well as the podcast I Should Be Writing and past episodes of the Nanowrimo Podcast. I also talk about things you can do for practice to get those creative juices flowing, such as participating in #FridayFlash and  #SpokenSunday.

Some listeners might also benefit from checking out Chuck Wendig‘s blog post, 25 things you should know about Nanowrimo, for his reflections on November’s madness. Others might care to flex their fingers at freetypinggame.net for some constructive play.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about preparing for Nanowrimo. Until then, have a lovely week.

-

*image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

**Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #40: Non-technical tools for Nanowrimo!

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. In honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month, I’m once again talking about tips and strategies for writing a novel in 30 days.

In today’s podcast I mention some things that might be helpful to you as you write your rough draft novel, including Moleskine notebooks and Sharpie Liquid Pencils, as well as the importance of incentives and writing buddies.

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about preparing for Nanowrimo. Until then, have a lovely week.

-

*image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

**Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

My Writing Niche- Episode #39: Getting Ready for Nanowrimo!

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

Play or download episode *here*

Welcome to My Writing Niche, a podcast for new writers. I debuted My Writing Niche one year ago, on October 1st, in honor of Nanowrimo- National Novel Writing Month. Since then, I’ve picked up some new listeners who might benefit from the suggestions in this podcast, some things have changed since my original podcast, and also my audio quality has improved. If you are already familiar with some of the suggestions, this may be a reminder, and if not- hopefully you’ll find this helpful.

In today’s podcast I will discuss tools you can use to prepare for National Novel Writing Month; such as  downloadable apps like HiFiCorder, My Writing Spot, and the Google Docs app***; online word-processors like Think Free Office and Google Docs,  and word-processors like Open Office. I also talk about motivational tools such as Cris Baty’s book, No Plot! No Problem!

Thank you, as always, for your time. Polite feedback is both welcomed and appreciated. Next week I’ll be talking more about non technical tools for Nanowrimo. Until then, Have a lovely week.

-

*image courtesy of hiddedevries via Flicker.

**Slow Burn from the album Blues Sampler courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons Attribution license. More of his music can be found at FreeMusicArchive.org or at http://incompetech.com.

***I mistakenly called the Google Docs app, Documents to Go. While I do have this app on my phone, the one I spoke about using for syncing with Google Docs was the Google Docs app in the shownotes. My apologies.