S02E14-052 Create Time to Write with Angela Hughes

Guest Bio

Historical & Paranormal fantasy author Angela R. Hughes believes in the power of storytelling. Her ambition to write stories that grip and inspire readers has led her to study Celtic Mythology  and live for a time in Ireland, where she fell in love with the history and landscapes of the ‘Emerald Isle,’ Wales, Scotland and England. When she isn’t traveling or researching Arthurian legend, she is chatting with fellow fantasy nerds over coffee or spending time with her family at home in Waco, Texas.

Links

Contact Angela

Website: https://angelarhughes.com

Instagram: @angela.r.hughes

TikTok: @Angela.r.hughes

Things you can enter

WHATS IN THE CHEST

From Angela: 2x Ebooks for 2 winners (both books each)

Elanor and the song of the bard and The golden dragon awakens.

From Jessie: Access to her Book Blurb Magic Course. From BCP: $25 Voucher

Treasure chest Give-away 2: (open 17/06/2025 closes 19/07/2025)

 https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/treasure-chest

Otherworldly emergence Novella: (Open 05/07/2025 Closes 07/07/2025) https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/emergence

Contact the Team

Finding Elara Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FindingElara

Discord : https://discord.gg/Ap8EWpPn

BCP Website: www.bcpcreative.com.au

BCP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcp.creative/

BCP Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bcpcreative

Contact Dianna

Website: www.dlnix.com

Facebook: (DL Nix) https://www.facebook.com/Faepatriantales

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingelara/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@findingelarapodcast

Sponsor Info

Book Reality https://bookreality.com/

Shadow Lair: https://ko-fi.com/findingelara

Show Notes

• Started with Artistry in the 80s’ didn’t see writing as her career
• Thought that other writers were smarter than her.
• Toyed with the first book idea for years before a friend suggested it was her story to write.
• Worked with a book coach for the first book
• Started writing adventure in her 40s
• Started with self publishing before finding a trad publisher
• Lore and legacy is a something she has started with a friend this year.
• https://loreandlegacypress.com/
• More than enough room at the table for all of us.
• Created time to write on her schedule – you have to get past the ‘I don’t wanna'
• Needed to learn to be good at saying noDon’t wait for space to feel like it
• Social media mindset – given permission to be there. Be you x12
• Schedules change with life – you need to reanalyse from time to time.
• Advice: Make a mess with your first draft.
• Free yourself from what others think at first
• Motivation: Learning from edits and making cleaner work.
• Understand the difference between someone being critical and Critique
• Go into writing teachable and humble.
• Difference between reader critiques and writer critiques.

Quotes By Angela

There’s more than enough room at the table

Be you x12

Break through the ‘I don’t wanna’

Fast Fire Questions

1. Would you rather be a table or a chair? Table
2. Are you a cat or a dog person? Dog
3. Who is your favourite Superhero? Superman, or Thor or the flash
4. If you had a magical power what would you want it to be? Transport like Jumper
5. What would you do with a huge lotto win? European Vacation and then invest in books.

Buffy Night

Merlin TV Series (BBC Version)vLoves the aspect of brotherhood. Teaches that there is a cost to any calling. 100% recommended!