The Writing Sparrow

This is it, folks! The final episode of Season 2! To wrap up, Savanah James is here to talk about reader magnets and how to write the perfect one for your mailing list subscribers.

To find out more ab…

This week I had the great pleasure to talk to Tammi Labrecque, Newsletter Ninja and author of, erm, Newsletter Ninja. We had such a great time talking about newsletters that we got cut off, but we've…

Today we're talking about graphic novels and how to create them. Imelda Wei Ding Lo aka FortunusGames joins me for this one with great insight into this path.

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* HEADS UP: we now have a new home on Facebook! I'm deleting the page because I hate how pages work/don't work and have created a group instead. This is our new home: https://www.facebook.com/groups/…

Welcome to the Writing Routines chat of the season! Astrid and I talked about the big questions such as Are you a plotter, pantser, or somewhere in between? ,  Do you write every day? ,  Where does y…

Welcome back, folks, for a chat on what I thought would be historical fiction but instead morphed into a fun discussion about historical fantasy! Katie Hayoz is back for this one with lots of great i…

This week I welcome James Fahy back on my show! James had all of his books published the traditional way. While this podcast mostly talks to self-published authors, it's not the right path for everyo…

Welcome back, folks, for an exciting chat about how to resurrect a dead book (and what that even means, anyway). Cara North joins me for this one!

Got a published book that isn't doing too well, or so…

Welcome back, Sparrows! This week, Jo Holloway joins me for a chat about how we can find new readers on Facebook! Get a notebook ready, friends - Jo has loads of great tips to share.

You probably know…

LET SEASON 2 BEGIN

*throws confetti*

Welcome back, Sparrows, for Season 2 of The Writing Sparrow! In this first episode (or Episode 76, if you're counting the total), Sarah McKnight joins me for the li…

Coming in Season 2:

• How to Write and Publish a Graphic Novel
• A Rant About Editing
• How to Find an Agent and Get Published
• How to Write Historical Fantasy
• Social Media Warnings
• How to Resurrect a Dead Book
• Ho…

The Writing Sparrow will take a break now. It will return, I just don't want to promise a date. This is a good time to subscribe to the show (completely free, if the word puts you off!) or follow the…

Kirsten McNeill joins me again for this week's episode to talk about how we can overcome fear on our writing journey, be that the fear of writing a book, of being read, of our books being disliked, e…

Today I have the great pleasure of welcoming Adriene Arce to my show! Adriene is my narrator for the Blood Wisp trilogy, and it was really great to talk about the process with her. It's a slightly lo…

Once a quarter, I talk to another writer about their writing routine. We answer questions such as Are you a plotter, pantser, or somewhere in between? ,  Do you write every day? ,  Where does your in…

Welcome to my quarterly writing updates, goals, and podcast news! If this isn't why you're here, don't worry - it'll only happen four times a year. Hopefully, my process, goals, and achieved deadline…

Today I'm talking to Aluko Deborah JB about every writer's greatest foe (besides burnout, self-doubt, etc): the rabbit hole of procrastination. Want to know how to beat procrastination and foster con…

This week, I talked to Marisa Mohi about Author Website 101 - what kind of content you should have, how early on your writing path you should create one, your questions from social media, and if you …

Sparrows, we're finally discussing one of my favourite subjects this week! Bekah Berge stopped by to talk about *drumroll* worldbuilding! We specifically discuss things like maps in fantasy novels (h…

Welcome to our second episode on book marketing! This time, Chloe Hodge joins me to discuss this most daunting of author tasks.

And if you missed it, Lyndsey Hall talked us through her strategy a few …