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Women In WW2: A Novel Experience with Anna Parker-Naples

By: Anna Parker-Naples
  • Summary

  • Women in WW2 at home in Britain had their lives turned upside down. Anna Parker-Naples shares her research and creative writing process as she creates her first novel based on events that happened in her home town Leighton Buzzard, Q-Central and nearby Bletchley Park. From the factory girls at Gossards who made the parachutes for Spitfires, to the Land Girls who fell in love with POW's and the WAAF's and WRN's billeted in the town alongside thousands of East End evacuees, Anna's intention is to share the bits that inspire her work, but may not get included in the final manuscript. As a writer on the prestigious Faber Academy writers course, Anna will share the journey from idea, to first draft, revisions, the search for an agent and traditional book publishing deal, and beyond. With interviews with fellow writers and established authors, and with historians who specialise in the Second World War. If you would like to follow this journey, go to www.annapn.co/ww2
    © 2022 Anna Parker-Naples
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Episodes
  • 012 Submission Pressures
    Aug 22 2022

    One of the good things about my experience at the Faber academy is that we get to turn in submissions from our drafts for agents and publishers to look at. It really pushes me to challenge myself, and see just how much my writing career is progressing. In today’s episode, I’ll be taking you through the various submissions I have to make, and I’ll be talking about the pressures I feel as the deadlines approach.

    What You Will Learn in This Episode:

    • The pressure that comes with finishing up my synopsis and how I handle it
    • The most challenging part of meeting my first submission deadline at Faber Academy
    • My plans for how to successfully get selected to read on stage at the upcoming New York Festival

    As much as I’m feeling the pressure of meeting these deadlines, I’m eager to demonstrate how far I’ve come in my learning process through these submissions. I’m willing to put my work out there, because I trust in my writing and I believe my work is good enough.

    Resources:

    • Find me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/annaparnap
    • Influential Audio https://www.instagram.com/influentialaudio_/ 
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaParkerNaplesCoach/ 
    • LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/annaparkernaples 
    • Website:  https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/
    • Listen to my podcast 'Entrepreneurs Get Visible' https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/podcast
    • Find my Book 'Get Visible: How to Have More Impact, Influence and Income'  https://www.annaparkernaples.co.uk/book 
    • Find my Book 'Podcast with Impact: How to Launch Your Podcast Properly' https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/book-podcast-with-impact/ 
    • Check out The Podcast Agency http://www.thepodcastagency.com

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    10 mins
  • 011 Claiming Myself as a Writer
    Aug 15 2022

    Since I began to write about the women in WW2, I’ve had this urge to claim myself as a writer on my social media accounts. In today’s episode, I’ll share with you some of the steps I’ve taken to let the world know there’s more to me than just audio and podcasting. I’ll be sharing the thoughts and feelings I had behind the scenes when taking this bold step in my writing journey.

    What You Will Learn in This Episode:

    • What triggered my decision to make positive changes to my social media content
    • The steps I took in claiming myself as a writer 
    • How you can use keywords to make a big difference to your visibility 

    If you want people to be interested in what you do, you need to be sure of the information you’re putting out there for the world to see. You need to market yourself in a way that people get to look you up and immediately figure out what kind of services you provide. When you’re intentional about your branding, you become much more visible to your target audience as they begin to trust your work and refer you to others.

    Resources:

    - Find me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/annaparnap

    - Influential Audio https://www.instagram.com/influentialaudio_/ 

    - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaParkerNaplesCoach/ 

    - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/annaparkernaples 

    - Website:  https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/

    - Listen to my podcast 'Entrepreneurs Get Visible' https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/podcast

    - Find my Book 'Get Visible: How to Have More Impact, Influence and Income'  https://www.annaparkernaples.co.uk/book 

    - Find my Book 'Podcast with Impact: How to Launch Your Podcast Properly' https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/book-podcast-with-impact/ 

    - Check out The Podcast Agency http://www.thepodcastagency.com

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    11 mins
  • 10 New Beginnings
    Aug 8 2022

    Making a decision to achieve your biggest goal in life can only become a reality when you back it up with the right action. This is why I’ve decided to follow up my writing journey with commitment and a strategy. Join me in today’s episode as I fill you in on what my writing journey has been like so far, and also talk about the determined steps I’ll be taking to finish my novel on time.

    What You Will Learn in This Episode:

    • My strategy on how I intend to fulfil my desire to write every day 
    • The pressure that came with applying to publishing agents and how I overcame it
    • My writing perspective at the start of my book vs right now

    When I started to make my draft zero, I was determined to write every day but a lot of things have hindered me from doing this. I’ve realised just how taxing it can be to take on a lot of things at once. This is why I’ll advise writers to make a plan that has carefully considered all your activities in a day, so you don’t get overwhelmed and discouraged on your path to creating a masterpiece.

    Resources: 

    • My website: https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/ 
    • Find my Book 'Get Visible: How to Have More Impact, Influence and Income'  https://www.annaparkernaples.co.uk/book 
    • Find my Book 'Podcast with Impact: How to Launch Your Podcast Properly' https://annaparkernaples.co.uk/book-podcast-with-impact/
    • Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annaparkernaples/ 
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaParkerNaplesCoach/ 
    • LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/annaparkernaples

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    11 mins

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