Writing & Editing
By Jennia D'Lima
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Writing and Editing is a podcast about books and language, for people who write, edit, read, or listen. New episodes air on Thursdays. Each episode is approximately twenty-five minutes and will generally be a conversation with a guest who is an expert or practitioner in an editing- or writing-related field. All episodes are freely available in audio wherever you get podcasts. ◘ Host: Jennia D'Lima ◘
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266. The Specificity of Language with Eli Burnstein
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May 16, 2024 |
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265. Event Review: AwesomeCon with Kenton Kilgore and Taylor Gonzales
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May 09, 2024 |
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264. Research Tips for Nonfiction Writers
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May 02, 2024 |
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263. Folklore and Fairy Tales
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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262. What is Urban Fantasy?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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261. What is Fantasy?
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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260. Working with a Co Author
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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259. How Minimalism is Linked to the Creative Process
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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258. Editing Essentials #10: What is a Book Coach?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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257. How Sharing Your Story Can Boost Your Personal and Professional Goals
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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256. How to Create Animal Characters For an Older Audience
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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255. Self-Care for Writers
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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254. Writing About Grief from Losing a Beloved Animal
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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253. Demystifying the Publishing Process
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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252. Using Letters To Enrich Your Family History
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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251. Comics 101
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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250. Editing Essentials 9: Style Sheets and Sample Edits
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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249. All About the Neurodivergent Publishing Conference
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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248. What is Ooligan Press?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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247. Why Is Imposter Syndrome So Common?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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246. Get Signed
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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245. The Rest is History
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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244. I Dread Hearing From You
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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243. Editing Essentials 8: How to Find an Editor and What to Look For
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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242. How to Support the Author in Your Life
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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241. Plotting, Plotting, and More Plotting
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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240. From Screenwriter to Novelist
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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239. Magic Realism and Fabulism
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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238. Irony, Art, and the Art of Irony
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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237. Standardizing Profit and Loss Statements in American Publishing
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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236. Writing and Teaching and Learning about the World
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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235. The Professor, the Curious Podcaster, and the Best Novel Ever Written
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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234. You Can Start It, Write It, and Finish It If ...
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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233. Digitizing a 250-Year-Old Dictionary of English
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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232. Wayne Chats with the Narrator of His Audiobook
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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231. Editing Essentials 7: The Human Side of Editing
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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230. A Frightful Festivity
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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229. To Speculate or Not to Speculate
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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228. Reporting the Facts as You See Them and the Elusive Truth
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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227. Editing Essentials 6: Developmental Editing
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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226. You Have to Write It and Edit It Before You Can Perform It
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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225. A Literary Magazine, a Woke Editor, and the Indigenous Issue
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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224. Teaching and Writing Virtually and in the Classroom
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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223. So, I’ve Published a Book: How Do I Launch and Promote It?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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222. Editing Essentials 5: Editing Agreements between the Editor and the Author
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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221. The Path of a Mystery Writer and Teacher
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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220. Podcasting Requires a Lot of Writing
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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219. Editing Essentials 4: Editing and the Author’s Voice
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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218. Getting Under Your Skin: A Conversation about Horror
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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217. Drawing Conclusions and Not Just Writing Summaries
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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216. Simple Creative Copy, Creative Writing, and Life in General
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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215. Your Website, Front and Back
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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214. How to Copy Edit Fiction the Chicago Way
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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213. In Fiction, Crime Can Pay and Be Funny, Too
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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212. Writing Across Genres in Fiction and Non
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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211. Editing Essentials 3: I’m Sorry, I’ll Need to See Some Proofs First
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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210. Getting Certified as a Book Coach
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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209. Learning to Talk about the Words on the Page
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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208. I’m Sure I Can Finish This without Cleaning the House First, Right?
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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207. The Craft of Writing Children’s Books
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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206. Editing Essentials 2: Why You Need an Editor
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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205. How to Be Better at Freelancing
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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204. On a Mission to Help Struggling and Reluctant Readers
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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203. Editing Essentials 1: Copy Editing and Line/Stylistic Editing
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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202. Creativity, Self-editing, and the Practical Aspects of Just Writing
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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201. “Writing It Down in Pen or Pencil First”: Making and Editing Funny
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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200. Vive la Différence: Teaching and Coaching English Speakers in French
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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199. Reading and Improving Myself
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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198. Making Complicated Things Easy to Understand
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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197. Is It the Story or the Words That Really Count?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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196. After Snorting Crank for Three Days
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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195. My Bonds and Mutual Funds Are Doing Great, but My Stonks Are Way Down
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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194. Prompting You to Keep a Journal
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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193. Foster Parent, Lawyer, and Writer
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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192. Not Just a Lesson, but Fun and Funny Too
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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191. Being in Politics and Writing about Politics
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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190. What Was COVID Anyway?
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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189. An Essential Deliverable from Your Editor: The Editorial Letter
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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188. Caveat Scriptor: Watch Out for Scam Self-Publishers
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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187. The Joy and Stress of Writing and Change
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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186. This Is What I Mean by Literary Fiction
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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185. Writing, Illustrating, and Editing Books for Kids
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May 29, 2023 |
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184. A Few More Words: Deprecate
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May 27, 2023 |
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183. Worse Writing Is Harder to Get Through
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May 25, 2023 |
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182. Enhancing the Oxford English Dictionary
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May 22, 2023 |
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181. A Few More Words: Doomscrolling
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May 20, 2023 |
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180. A New Author Talks about His Disappointment with Hybrid Publisher Friesen Press
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May 18, 2023 |
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179. Two Christians, One Atheist, and No Lyin’
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May 15, 2023 |
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178. A Few More Words: Bad Faith
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May 13, 2023 |
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177. Mental Health, Suicide, and Comedy
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May 11, 2023 |
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176. Writing, Satire, and the Artistic Drive
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May 08, 2023 |
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175. A Few More Words: Empath
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May 06, 2023 |
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174. Avoid Verbal and Narrative Clichés in Your Writing
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May 04, 2023 |
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173. Teaching Elementary School Students How to Write
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May 01, 2023 |
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172. A Few More Words: Paraprosdokian
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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171. Nutritious Love
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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170. Self-Reflection and Staying Calm
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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169. A Few More Words: Metathesis
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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168. Cancer & Musical Theatre: “What Is Happening to Me?”
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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167. Even Social Media Require Manners, Right?
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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166. A Few More Words: Book Banning
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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165. Modern Dating, Relationships, and Apologies
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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164. How Was Your Weekend, Fin de Semaine, or Fine Settimana?
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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163. A Few More Words: “Incent”
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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162. Literary Fiction, Aesthetics, and Me at Midnight
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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161. Editing Articles for Academic Journals
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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160. A Few More Words: “Sensitivity Readings”
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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159. The People Side of Editing
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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158. My Exclusive Interview with ChatGPT
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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157. One More Word: “In Terms Of”
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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156. Bringing Literary Fiction to Readers
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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155. What Is an Editor’s “Style Sheet” and What Is It For?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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154. One More Word: Nice
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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153. Why Do Even Librarians and Executives Like Murder So Much?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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152. Amazon’s Steep Pricing Markup on One Hybrid Publisher’s Books
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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151. One More Word: Abuse
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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150. Always Writing Films
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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149. Genuineness Inside and Outside
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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148. One More Word: Existential Threat
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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147. This Episode Is 0.00159 Scaramuccis Long
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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146. The Basics You Should See in Any Contract You Sign with an Editor
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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145. One More Word: Onomatopoeia
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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144. One Thriller Writer’s Technique: Less Dialogue by Characters, More Dialogue with Book Clubs
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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143. Publishing and All the Self-Publishings
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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142. One More Word: Etymology
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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141. How to Stay Busy: Writing, Coaching, Getting Unstuck, and World Peace
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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140. The Writing and Everything Else of Films for Young People
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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139. The Language of American Mass Shootings
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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138. The Worklady
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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137. Memoir of a Female Doctor and Immigrant to Canada
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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136. The Play and the Audiobook Are the Things
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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135. Editing: Flow in Writing, Getting Clients, and Writing Social Media
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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134. Indie-Publishing Books with Your Own Publisher Imprint
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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133. A New Method for Generating Ideas
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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132. Multimedia from a Gay Love Story to Editing to Slasher Movies
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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131. A Conversation about Conversation, Part 2
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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131. A Conversation about Conversation, Part 1
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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130. Editors Canada
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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129. LGBTQIA+ and Young Adult Fiction
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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128. Taking Photographs and Writing Words
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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127. Full-Service Indie Publishing
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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126. A Toxicology Expert Writes a Sci-Fi Novel with a Twist
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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125. Clutter: The Messy Effects on Your Home and Your Emotions
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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124. The State of the Arts, the State of the World
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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123. Mental Health and Writing Poetry
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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122. Life as a Freelance Editor
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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121. The Big Bang, a Brief Human Stay on Earth, and Space Colonies
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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120. Getting Out of Your Head to Live with Anxiety
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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119. Coding, Happiness, and the Memoir of a Wife’s Death
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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118. Writing and Blogging and Making Sure It Gets Read
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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117. How to Shave
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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116. An Open and Personal Conversation about Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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115. Flawed and Snarky Heroes
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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114. A Memoir of South East London in 1963
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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113. Book Coach on Land, Historian at Sea
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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112. A University Professor and Anesthesiologist Who Writes Medical Thrillers
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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111. The Mess of Overthinking, Anxiety, and Loving Everything
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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110. Intuitive Design and the Future of Work
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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109. Short
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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108. Writing about Depression
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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107. Using Illustrations and Spare, Focused Writing to Tell the History of Healthcare
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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106. Self-Love, Indie Publishing, and Building a Community
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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105. A One-Woman Comedy Show about Infertility
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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104. Of Writing and Vaginas
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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103. The Changing Usage of “Not Necessarily”
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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102. In Memory of Smart Comic Writing
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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101. What a Voiceover Actor Does
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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100. I’ve Been Censored
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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99. The Book I'm Writing
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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98. Editing and Publishing Scams
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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97. Indie Writing, Music, Filmmaking—and Editing
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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96. Media, the State of the World, and Irreverence
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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95. Adult Problems and Children’s Books
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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94. Two Aspects of the Singular They, and How Texting Is Not Destroying Your Kids’ Literacy
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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93. Dictionaries, and Changes and Development in the English Language
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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92. A Book about the Worst Movie Ever Made
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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91. (Hand)writing Analysis
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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90. Clarity and Style in Academic and Creative Writing
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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89. 15 Details Your Proofreader Will Notice but You Won’t
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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88. Differences between Academic Writing and Fiction Writing for a New Novelist
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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87. Philosophy, Comedy, and the World’s Problems
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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86. Monetizing, Branding, and Videorecording Your Podcast
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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85. Increasing Downloads and Monetizing Your Podcast
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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84. The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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83. Friendliness and Meaning in Life
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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82. 10 Things That Will Make Your Novel Better
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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81. God, Love, Sex, and Atheism
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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80. Memoir, Storytelling, and Engaging the Audience
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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79. Donnie Boivin on going from f*cked to focused
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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78. making and teaching film with Jesse Filipko
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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77. Shanti Hershenson: Teen Sci-fi Novelist
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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76. Mark A. Herschberg on the workplace and your career
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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#75 – illustration and design with Wendy Fedan
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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#73 – Erin Ollila: copywriting, SEO, and conversion
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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#74 – Jennifer Westbrook: copywriting and strategic web design
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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#70 – book coaching, 1
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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#71 – book coaching, 2
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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#72 – book coaching, 3
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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#69: running and teaching creative writing
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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#68: censorship and woke cancellation, case 2
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#67: censorship and woke cancellation, case 1
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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#66: what is “comprehensive editing”?
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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#65: helping writers with procrastination
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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#64: literary fiction and genre fiction
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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#63: author interview – Dave Milbrandt, novels and screenwriting
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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#62: author interview – Molly O’Connor, novel (general fiction)
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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#61: author interview – Kirsten Weiss, cozy steampunk mystery
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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#60: author interview – Nancy O’Brien, political satire
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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#59: StoryBilder – helping new writers write their novels
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#58: design, creativity, and the three g’s
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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#57: how audiobooks are voiced and produced
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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#56: editing subversively
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#55: write about your past fast (life-writing, episode iv)
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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#54: writing biography (life-writing, episode iii)
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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#53: the how and why of memoirs (life-writing, episode ii)
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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#52: coaching a memoir writer (life-writing, episode i)
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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#51: writing, rewriting, but not being published
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#50: does your self-published book have the parts in the right order?
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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#49: a funny thing happened on the way to the podcast
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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#48: sex, dystopia, and satire
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May 31, 2022 |
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#47: writing movies and writing fiction
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May 28, 2022 |
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#46: writing concisely and clearly
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May 27, 2022 |
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#45: book coaching
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May 23, 2022 |
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#44: writing fiction about grief (part 2)
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May 18, 2022 |
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#43: writing fiction about grief (part 1)
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May 15, 2022 |
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#42: why you can write even though you think you can’t
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May 13, 2022 |
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#41: the musky stench of Twitter
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May 11, 2022 |
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#40: book indexing
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May 07, 2022 |
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#39: don't edit that
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May 01, 2022 |
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#38: the heartbreak of small-press publishing
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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#37: marketing your book good enough
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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#36: writing funny: an interview with a standup comedian
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#35: the importance of detail in writing
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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#34: how do I start writing?
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#33: telling lies
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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#32: writing and editing porn
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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#31: the language of COVID
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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#30: from the personal micro story to an historical novel
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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#29: tone
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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#28: the five possible fates of any word in the English language
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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#27: writing comedy and getting slapped in the face for it
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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#26: “can we stop writing short stories, please?”
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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#25: the uses and abuses of euphemism
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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#24: the book was way better than the movie
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#23: the most common errors that an editor sees in your writing
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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#22: three ways to improve your writing
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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#21: I receive an email from NATO and the EU
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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#20: writing and lying
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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#19: some reference works a writer should have
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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#18: the different ways to write sex scenes
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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17. Writing Poetry and Writing Non-fiction
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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16. Writing War
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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15. The Importance of Consistency in Editing
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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14. "Accurately rendered"—An Opinion about Great Fiction
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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13. Self-publishing Your Book
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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12. Editing Controversial Subject Matter
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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11. Mixed Metaphors: What’s Wrong with This Picture?
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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10. The Singular They: An Interview with Linguist Dr. Kirby Conrod
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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9. How to Pick an Editor
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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8. The Semi-colon: Punctuation’s Most Endangered Species
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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7. Editing and Not Editing a Writer’s Style
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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6. An Editor’s Eye for Minute Details and for the Whole Structure
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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5. Things in Fiction Reviews That Are Irrelevant
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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4. Good Writing Means Leaving Things Out
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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3. Changes in the Publishing Business
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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2. Four Examples of Good and Bad Writing
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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1. How an Editor Makes Your Writing Better
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Jan 07, 2022 |