The Writing Apothecary Podcast
A podcast about tips, tricks and hacks on all things writing with your host Mandi Kontos - a writer, writing mindset coach and self published author. Each month we tackle a different topic to do with writing and follow it up with a chat with a guest who will put things into perspective and finish off the topic. The Writing Apothecary is the podcast to help you understand the different layers of a novel, one topic at a time.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Writing Process with ML Jewell
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and another Writing Process Podcast. Today we have the lovely ML Jewell, I met Mel at Supanova in 2023 and she has become a permanent fixt…
The Writing Process with Peta Hawker
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to another return guest and my bestie Peta Hawker, she was one of the first guests on the podcast and I love any chance I get to chat to her.
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Brisnova Author Wrap up
Come inside the curtain of Supanova Brisbane - most lovingly knowns as Brisnova - and chat to the plethora of indie authors and a few traditonally published authors there. This was reco…
The Writing Process with Sarah L Richhelm
Welcome to Writing Apothecary and the next interview as we chat about the writing process.
Today's chat is with a return guest, Sarah L Richhelm, who appeared on our Plot interview. It w…
The Writing Process with Monique Kostalec
Welcome to Writing Apothecary and the next interview as we chat about the writing process.
Today's chat is with fellow creative entrepreneur Monique Kostelec. We chat about her process …
My Writing Process
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast - and a side quest if you must - about Writing Process and the way that every author does it differently. I can't wait for youto dig into …
Fight Scenes: Interview with Fantasy Author Caroline Logan
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our interview for the topic. Caroline and I dive deep into the all things fight scenes and how to better your writing of them.
In today's …
Fight Scenes: The Battlefield
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our next lesson on Fight scenes. We're looking at the emotional battlefield and how it can affect your character.
We're covering:
- Depths of Fig…
Fight Scenes: Emotional Battles
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our next lesson on Fight scenes. We're looking at the emotional battlefield and how it can affect your character.
We're covering:
- Character mot…
Welcome to Fight Scenes
Welcome back to a episode and a new topic. The next two months we're exploring Fight Scenes and we have a great guest to top it all off.
Fight scenes have always been a challenge for a …
Creativity and The Muse: Interview with Creativity Mentor Viv Kruckow
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our interview for the topic. Viv and I dive deep into creativity with an amazing chat to get you into the mood to sit your arse down and cr…
Creativity and The Muse: Creativity
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our last lesson before our amazing chat with our great guest.
I’m so excited to talk about Creativity and I’m going to preface this by saying …
Creativity and the Muse: The History of the Muse
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to a new lesson. Today we're looking at the history of the muse. And it was so much fun to go through and find what information I could about …
Welcome to Creativity and The Muse
Welcome to a new topic! We're going to look at Creativity and the Muse. I make some pretty big statements too, but before that let's take a peek into what will come. It's also the first…
Writer's Block: Interview with Creativity Coach Amie Mcnee
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and to our interview with the most divine human ever. I got to interview Amie Mcnee who is the perfect most perfect guest for Writer's Blo…
Writer's Block: Touchstones and How to Heal it
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and to our last theory lesson on Writer's Block. It's a bit late as I had the spicy cough and was pretty exhausted. But we're back into it…
Writer's Block: Emotional and Environmental Triggers
Welcome back to our second lesson on writer’s block. I hope that you’ve all been productive. I know I have. Or at least I have tried to be. I’ve sent my manuscript to my editor and it’s…
Welcome to Writer's Block
Welcome back to a new year and a new topic. 2021 is behind us and I can’t believe that we’re in 2022! Wowiiiie. I hope everyone has had some great time off. I spent some of my time off…
Revision: Interview with Suspense Author Jess Faraday
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our interview for revision. Today's guest is published author Jess Faraday and we talk about all things revision. As a traditionally published…
Revision: The Small Things
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary and the last lesson for revision. Last week was a big one and we're following it up with the smaller things. Life has been a bit hectic so this o…