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You can't please everyone, but your readers should be able to relate to some of your fictional babies. But how do you do that? Well, that's what we're discussing this week.

In this episode, we cover:

• What "relatable characters" mean
• How to develop your characters in a relatable way
• Keeping track of your characters

Related Episode - How Do You Create Character Profiles?

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Do you handwrite any of your novel? Maybe the outline? How about the notes? Do you do any handwriting, outside perhaps the odd birthday card? Well, in today's episode, we discuss why it might be a good idea to write by hand more often.

In this episode, we cover:

• What the science says
• Our thoughts on the growth of technology (yes, we went on tangents)
• Suggestions for things to handwrite
• Accessibility acknowledgement
• and more

Source

• Frontiers
• National Library of Medicine
• Springer Nature
• BBC

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This week, we're back with another author interview! Liz Shipton, a speculative fiction author, joins us to discuss her work.

In this episode, we cover:

• Liz's creative process
• Themes she covers in her books
• How she sells her books direct
• and more!

As always, thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below, give the podcast a follow, and share our content!

ABOUT LIZ SHIPTON

Liz Shipton is a writer a fully off-grid liveaboard sailor. She's currently sailing around the world with her partner and her dog, turning her real-life adventures into speculative fiction. She's also known for her viral comedy videos on Booktok and Bookstagram.

Website | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Threads

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Today, we are looking at keeping consistent within our manuscripts, which is why we are all about Style Sheets

In this episode, we cover:

• What is a style sheet?
• Why is it used?
• What can you add to your style sheet?
• and more!

As always, thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below, give the podcast a follow, and share our content!

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We all need to procrastinate on our writing once in a while, so why not create fun aesthetics for your WIP? This week, we discuss cool things for you to make that your readers will most likely enjoy, too!

In this episode, we cover:

• Types of aesthetics you can make
• How you can make them
• How (and where) you can use them

As always, thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below, give the podcast a follow, and share our content!

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Sometimes, even the most prolific writers feel themselves struggling with inspiration and ideas. So what can we do when our creative well runneth dry?

In this episode, we cover:

• What is the creative well
• What depletes the creative well
• Some methods for refilling the well
• and more!

As always, thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below, give the podcast a follow, and share our content!

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This week, we interview author LB Carter on her and her work. She talks about her many works, themes in her books, and more.

In this episode, we cover:

• LB's start with writing
• Her writing process and routine
• Advice on promoting your work
• and more!

As always, thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below, give the podcast a follow, and share our content!

ABOUT LB Carter

L.B. Carter is a multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling author, dancer, scientist with a PhD in volcanoes, and cat-mom who loves hot chocolate, fairy lights, foxes, and morally gray characters. She writes a mix of haunting paranormal urban fantasy, gripping suspense, chilling mystery, and dark humor with a dash of light romance. Expect unique magical realism with lore twists told by quirky anti-heroes.

Website | Amazon | Goodreads | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | Check out Body Snatcher

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We're back with another mini writing challenge. We've all heard the advice about the importance of writing daily. So, we decided we would take 30 days and writing every day.

In this episode, we cover:

• How we had thought it would go
• Discussing weeks 1-5
• What we learnt from this challenge

As always, thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below, give the podcast a follow, and share our content!

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Special Thanks

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CREDITS

Hosts

Ari Meghlen & Rachel Poli

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Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of https://incompetech.com/ | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0