How Writers Write by HappyWriter

Welcome to Episode 74 - How Robert Jones Jr Writes

Robert Jones Jr is an author and activist. I first read his debut novel, The Prophets, and just absolutely loved it. And so when the opportunity to i…

Welcome to Episode 73 - How Anjali Enjeti Writes

Anjali Enjeti is an award-winning essayist and novelist. I was so excited to interview her because she has two books about to be published, both fictio…

Welcome to Episode 72 - How Stepanie Dray Writes

This is an interview for all you history buffs out there. Stephanie Dray is a historical novelist who just happens to explore all of the same time peri…

Welcome to Episode 71 - How Christi Daugherty Writes

Welcome my friends to a fantastic episode with Christi Daugherty. Christy is the best selling author of the Night School series, and shares her tho…

Welcome to Episode 70... 70! How Ellie Alexander Writes

This episode is for anyone who loves to bake, write, and read. Ellie Alexander is the best-selling author of multiple mystery series, but what I…

Welcome to Episode 69 - How Catherine Coulter Writes

Interview Catherine Coulter, author of 86 novels, most of them NYT Bestsellers feels a little bit like a "pinch me" moment. In this episode, Cather…

Welcome to Episode 68 - How Lin Anderson Writes

Lin Anderson is a crime and thriller writer based out of Scotland. This interview with Lin is super special. Lin's sharing and generous spirit really hi…

Welcome to Episode 67 - How Tracy Wolff writes

Welcome welcome my friends. I hope everyone is having a great week of writing, and if you aren't, that is okay beause this episode is sure to fill up you…

Welcome to Episode 66 - How Krista Davis Writes

Welcome, my friends, to episode 66. I am so excited for this one. This interview with Krista Davis is so wonderful. Her spirit and wisdom is sure blow y…

Welcome to Monday Motivation - Cha Cha Cha Changes

So, this is an exciting podcast for me. I launched this podcast a year and change ago with just this vague idea of what I wanted it to be, and what a…

Welcome to Episode 65- How Aliette de Bodard writes

Hello, my friends, I hope everyone is having such a good week of writing. Today's episode is with Aliette de Bodard. This is a fun episode with a hu…

Welcome to Episode 64- How Jayne Ann Krentz Writes

Here we are with another interview with an insanely prolific author. Jayne Ann Krentz has over 35 million books in print, which is just an absolutely…

Welcome to Monday Motivation - Tools in the Toolbox

So we just ran one of our amazing and awesome challenges where Libbie Hawker, author of like 40-novels and the bestselling outlining book, "Take Off…

Welcome to episode 63, How JA Jance Writes.

This is another interview where I just pinch myself to make sure I'm actually doing this. To interview someone with other 60 published books with a love for…

Welcome to Episode 62 - How Jason Pinter Writes

Interviewing Jason was so fun because not only is Jason a bestseller author, he is also a publisher as well. This perspective is so wonderful. In this i…

For a lot of you, I know 2020 was an intense year. And, unfortunately, we've kicked off 2021 with a bang. In our world there is political and social instability. So many of you have lost your jobs or…

Welcome to Episode 61 - How Alix Harrow Writes

Episode 61 is a good one, my friends. Alix Harrow has such a wonderful perspective on the writing life.

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Before the pandemic, one of my favorite places in the entire world was the Met. I loved to wander around until my feet hurt. I'm not an art historian and really don't even know that much about it, an…

Welcome to Episode 60 - How Karen M. McManus Writes

This was a fun episode to close out in 2020. It isn't every day that I get to interview a #1 NYT best selling author, and Karen was such a wonderful…