This month, Alicia, Janet, Lon and Marianne join JP for another book club, this time reading Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they w

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The High Priestess to guide their discussion. They talk about how they use the layering of secrets to write a

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Magician to guide their discussion. They talk about what tools and resources they use to determine the sc

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys decide to try something new and guide their question using tarot, making this episode 0 in The Author’s Tarot Journey: The Fool. They use this card to analyze how t

In this week’s episode, Crys and JP rant about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and offer alternatives to use in character creation. Question of the week:  How do you develop your characters in terms of wa

This month, Janet and Lon join JP and Crys for another book club, this time reading Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate th

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their conversation from last week about finding your theme. They discuss how to go about digging into existing work to figure out what themes you have incl

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys discuss different ways to figure out the theme/armature of your book.  Question of the week: Tell us about your themes! Share your answer here. Show Notes Everythin

In this week’s episode, Crys and JP talk about all things co-writing. They discuss the pros of co-writing, how to find a co-writer, contracts, how to split up work, how to split royalties, and more.  

This month, Crys is joined by Janet, Marianne, and J Thorn for another book club, this time reading How To Write Funny Characters by Scott Dikkers. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they