Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards

Helen Parasel is a Londoner who has lived in Hamburg, Germany over 25 years. She is married, has an adult daughter and rescue dog. Her debut novel, A Mother's War, set in Norway, came out in May 2023…

Continuing with the Writing Reboot, this week is steps 3 and 4, all about habits, triggers and responses. You might also find it useful to listen in to Episode 41, which is about Habit Stacking, to g…

Araminta Hall has worked as a writer, journalist and teacher. Her first novel, Everything & Nothing, was published in 2011 and became a Richard & Judy read that year. Her second, Dot, was published i…

Ever sabotaged something that in your heart you really want? If you answered no to that question, you're a very rare beast! Because sabotage is something we all do. It's a form of protection for us. …

Debi Alper is an author with 5 novels published in the Nirvana series, a freelance editor, creative writing tutor and fearless slayer of Doubt Demons. She runs Jericho Writers’ Self-Edit Your Novel c…

Every now and again we could all do with a writing reboot, and over the next 4 weeks I will take you through a series of episodes that introduce you to the Write, Damn It! writing mindset formula tha…

Much of the inspiration for Neil Alexander's debut novel, 'The Vanishing of Margaret Small', came directly from the voices of people with a learning disability, and the incredibly moving first person…

We end 2023 with a reboot that will help your writing - rebooting your writing reboot. In this episode I give you a couple of simple techniques to help you change the way you think about your writing…

This is my first conversation with 2 authors at the same time, and it's fascinating - we get to hear a comparison between 2 people's approaches to their writing, which is really interesting.


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In this episode I reflect on the last year and share the 5 things that made a huge difference to my writing - and one of the 5 things is my writing mindset system, Write, Damn It! which is what gave …

After forty-one years at the chalkface, Gill retired from English teaching to write full time and is now the author of four historical fiction novels, all set in and around World War Two. She has rec…

I have a set of questions I use that help me think about my editing process, and in this episode I share them with you. Because I want to publish a few novels, I'm keen to have systems I can replicat…

Saz Vora is an author of East African Asian origin who migrated with her family to England in the ‘60s to Coventry, West Midlands, where she grew up straddling British and Gujarati culture. Before sh…

The results are in - if we want our books to sell, we have to get involved in the marketing of them. Even when we have a publicist. In this episode I take you through the mini campaign I did for my c…

Alison Irving lives in a village in Northern Ireland with her husband, 2 children and a spoiled cat called Hamish. She works as a physiotherapist in a hospice in Belfast and Casual Cruelties is her f…

We each have a motivation preference - some of us are motivate towards something, others are motivated away from something. And what motivates us (to or from) can change depending on our circumstance…

Laura Pearson lives in Leicestershire with her husband and their two children. She is the author of four novels, the most recent of which are The Last List of Mabel Beaumont and I Wanted You To Know.…

This week's update on my publishing journey is a reality check - things are not all wonderful and hunky dory, and this final part of my edit is really tough. Listen in to find out what I think the nu…

This is a fascinating conversation with Sarah around the inspiration and background to her novel, The Treatment. We got into talking about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and psychopathy, amongst other t…

It's tough at times being a writer - even for those of us who use writing as a form or escape or therapy. So when times do feel tough, such as when you're querying or out on submission to commissioni…