Podcast
Episode #66 – How to Use Deadlines Effectively to Get Your Book Written
Deadlines work. Whether they’re self-imposed or external, they push us to get things done. We can use the power of deadlines to make sure we hit the finish line of the BIG project. setting deadlines, or specific goals or dates by which we want to finish a project can actually be quite helpful, as long…
Read MoreEpisode #65: Finding Your Voice with Short Form Writing with Shailaja V
Sometimes writing “short” can feel SO much harder than writing a much longer piece, like a novel. I have no idea WHY this happens, but it does. In this episode Shailaja V, a long time blogger and social media pro, shares her tips for consistently creating short form writing. If consistently blogging or micro-blogging (which…
Read MoreEpisode #64: How to Write Diverse Characters with Caitlin Berve
We live in a diverse nation, a diverse world, but often the characters in our fiction don’t reflect that diversity. With all that’s going on currently in the world surrounding race, as writers we can feel pressure to be inclusive in our writing, but we want to avoid writing in a way that’s offensive or…
Read MoreEpisode #63 – New Name, New Focus
Big announcement – we’ve changed the name a bit and narrowed in the focus of this podcast to…writing and even more specifically, writing novels and memoirs. The Dear Creativity, Let’s Write Podcast is for both brand new writers who are just beginning to get their story out of their heads and onto the page and…
Read MoreEpisode #62 – Finding Your Creative Flow with Kerry Lee, The Alchemical Artist
Today’s guest on the dear Creativity Let’s Play podcast is Kerry Lee, The Alchemical Artist. She’s a visual artist, who went through a massive decades-long bout of what so many of us have gone through – creative constipation and blockage that she finally broke through in mid-life. How’d she do it? She shares her story as…
Read MoreEpisode #61 – Re-vision: how to approach revising to get to your best book
If you break the word revision in half, you get re-vision, like a new vision of something. And that, in a nutshell, is what we need to do when we revise our books. The question is how do you do it so you can write your best book? Here’s what I discuss in this solo…
Read MoreEpisode #60 – Breaking Through Perfectionism with Margaret Ghielmetti, author of Brave(ish)
My guest this week, Margaret Ghielmetti, always dreamed of being a writer, but before she could actually write that book she’d always dreamed of, she had to learn to take off her halo and being the perfect person she thought everyone wanted her to be. It’s a journey many women have had to take, and…
Read MoreEpisode #59: Nurturing Creativity in Our Children with Nina Meehan
Over the past year, with schools and daycares closed, parents and kiddos have spent far more time together than they might normally. And while this has been challenging, Nina Meehan who works with families on developing a creative mindset has viewed it as an opportunity. In this conversation Nina shares what that mindset is, how…
Read MoreEpisode #58 – What is Voice in Writing?
If you’re a writer, you’ve heard of “voice.” Normally, we think of voice as something that’s showcased on shows like American Idol. But that’s not the only place it’s important. It’s also really important for writing an interesting piece of writing that people actually want to read. So what is it? How do you develop…
Read MoreEpisode #57 – Reconnecting to Creativity through Motherhood with Singer/Songwriter Mara Measor
Regardless of how old we are when we become parents, it’s a life-changing experience. Happily, becoming a mother reconnected singer/songwriter Mara Measor with her music and her voice. She’s also looking for submissions from artists and creatives of all kinds to submit work on how their journey as a parent has impacted their creative work.…
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