The Resilient Writers Radio Show
Welcome to the Resilient Writers Radio Show! This is the podcast for writers who want to create and sustain a writing life they love. It's for writers who love books, and everything that goes into the making of them. For writers who wanna learn and grow in their craft, and improve their writing skills. Writers who want to finish their books, and get them out into the world so their ideal readers can enjoy them, writers who wanna spend more time in that flow state, writers who want to connect with other writers to celebrate and be in community in this crazy roller coaster ride we call “the writing life.”
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Finishers Series: Why Your Book Matters
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There are times when we wonder if it's all worth it, if our intention to finish a book and get it out into the world really matters. Join m…
Finishers Series: How to Manage a Book-Length Project
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As we start work on our book and the idea starts to take shape, the amount of work a book-length project takes can feel overwhelming. You’r…
Finishers Series: How to Fit Finishing Into Your Busy Life
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Here's a truth: no one really has time to write a book, especially a first book. Yet we can still manage to get them written and out into t…
Finishers Series: The 6 Phases of Finishing a Book
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In today’s episode, I’ll walk you through the six phases of writing a book, which will not only make the overall book-writing process easie…
The Hidden Life of Ellen Baker
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Writing a book and getting it published is a wonderful, fulfilling process… and it’s also very intimidating, especially for first-time auth…
How to Approach Research
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Doing research may be the highlight of the writing process for you, or it might be the part you put off as long as possible. Either way, re…
The Courage to Share
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Writer, have you ever been afraid of sharing your work? Finding the courage to do so can set you down a new path in your writing life, perh…
Strategies to Get to the Page
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Life has a wonderful habit of getting in the way of our writing time. But if we want to finish our books, we can't stand by and let it happ…
Three Writing Myths and How to Spot Them
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As writers, we may sometimes write myths - but we can also be affected by them. I’m not talking about fantastical stories in this case, tho…
Facing the Discomfort of Memoir
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As writers, we can be avoidant when it comes to sharing our writing. It can be an uncomfortable experience, especially with something as in…
Keeping a Book Afloat Over Several Years
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Kimberly Ward knew she wanted to write a book about her experience taking her family sailing around the Caribbean. She came to my Book Fini…
How to Get Into Flow
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Achieving a state of flow in your writing life may sound difficult, or even like an impossible dream. But there are concrete ways that you …
A Long and Satisfying Journey to Publication
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I'm so pleased to welcome my friend Mari Ruddy to the show today. Mari is an alumna of my First Book Finish program, and her new book is ju…
Season 3 is here for you!
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Welcome Resilient Writer! We're here for you with another Season of The Resilient Writers Radio Show. Inspired by your feedback and the tho…
Simple Rules for Writing, with Gary Barwin
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Our identities, experiences, and connections all play into our writing. They’re convenient sources of inspiration, and they allow us to wri…
Keep Coming Back! Thoughts on Persistence
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This is it, writer: we’ve reached the end of The Resilient Writers Radio Show, Season 2. Tune in to this episode for a brief recap of what’…
Getting Ready to FINISH Your Book
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As writers, we have a lot of feelings about finishing our books. But whether we feel excited or apprehensive at the idea, we can’t finish o…
The Path Through Biography, with Merilyn Simonds
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When Merilyn Simonds was asked by a friend to be the author of her biography, Merilyn agreed. The problem Merilyn then ran into was that sh…
But what about Second Book? With Jane Baird Warren
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Part of the writing process is learning, though that may mean learning things besides new skills. This was the case for author Jane Baird W…
How to Find More Time to Write
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A long writing session may sound tantalising, like the “perfect” time for writing. But there is no perfect time to write, and the very idea…