WriteCast - Between the Pages
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 61
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
Episode 10: Perdita and Honor Cargill
Honor Cargill began writing when she was about sixteen, co-authoring the funny teen series, Waiting for Callback (Simon & Schuster). Honor read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford and…
Episode 9: Sophie Cleverly
Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She studied for a BA in Creative Writing and an MA in Writing For Young People. Her book series Scarlet and Ivy and The Violet Veil Mysteries are published b…
Episode 8: Catherine Emmett
Catherine Emmett grew up in Newcastle and was an avid reader from a young age. She spent 14 years working in an office in the City, before deciding to follow her passion and write picture books. Cath…
Episode 7: Naomi Gibson
Naomi grew up in Cheshire, UK, and is now based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her childhood was spent with her nose in a book and her hands on a sketchpad, constantly in search of adventure and new worlds. E…
The Rejection Diaries - The Season Finale
Stuart reviews the season so far and discusses his current and future direction and where rejection might sit for him in the future.
Here is a link to sign up and be a guest for an episode on season 2…
The Rejection Diaries - Process, not Outcome
- How to measure your worth and progress in a healthy way
- Focussing purely on processes and letting the outcomes take care of themselves
Often our dreams as writers are VERY outcome based. We dream of pu…
The Rejection Diaries - Love
I sometimes view writing as a relationship:
- flings - those passionate, lusty opening 5ks that never got finished
- young love - oh yes, a first foray into writing a story - perhaps you did a course -…
The Rejection Diaries - Overcoming You
Who is your biggest obstacle, and why is it you?
Good advice - don’t compare yourself to others - your output, success, or skill. The only person you’re in competition with is yourself. Can you be the…
Episode 6: Maisie Chan
Maisie Chan is a British-born Chinese author. She has written early reader books for Hachette and Collins, and a collection of fairy tales, myths and legends in Stories From Around the World for Scho…
The Rejection Diaries: Despair to Hope
Is there any hope?
- There is always hope - the only way there is no hope is if you give up forever. Otherwise hope persists.
- “Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you see it, you'll neve…
The Rejection Diaries: Bouncing Back
Bouncing Back
- So, you’ve had that first rejection - it hurts! What next?
- And what to do when all hope is lost - how to bounce back and write that next book.
The Rejection Diaries: Emotional Resilience
Emotional Resilience
"Emotional resilience refers to one’s ability to adapt to stressful situations or crises. More resilient people are able to "roll with the punches" and adapt to adversity without …
Episode 5: Dave Rudden
Dave Rudden has been a writer, performance poet and actor in Dublin’s arts scene since 2008. Graduating with first class honours from the University College Dublin Creative Writing Masters in 2013, h…
The Rejection Diaries: Introduction
You're listening to The Rejection Diaries.
My name is Stuart White, struggling writer, biology teacher and dad of two.
This is a podcast that has been started to explore and share the journey of an unp…
Episode 4: Louise Gooding
Louise Gooding is the author of Just Like Me; 40 neurologically and physically diverse people who broke stereotypes.
She lives in Switzerland with her husband, three kids, Mina the Dog and Coraline t…
Episode 3: Emma Read
Episode 3 - Emma Read
Emma Read is the author of Milton the Mighty, and it’s sequel Milton the Megastar, published by Chicken House books. She was shortlisted for the Bath Children’s Novel Award and i…
Summer Programme Special - Hints/Tips and FAQs
All your important questions answered!
Information on the summer programme can be found here: https://write-mentor.com/2021-writementor-summer-programme/
Our mentor list is here: https://write-mentor.c…
Episode 2: Clare Helen Welsh
WriteCast – between the pages
Our podcast will focus less on the WHAT, and more on the HOW and WHY of writing a book.
Of course, we will still focus on WHAT our guests write, and discuss books, but we…