Dear Rach & Soph

Dear Rach & Soph

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Dear Rach & Soph episodes

  • Episode 7: Imposter syndrome (with special guest Amanda Knight)

    When Soph met author Amanda Knight at an event in Sydney for Rach's THE OTHER BRIDGET they chatted about the podcast that Rach and Soph had already started recording, and Soph mentioned that we would love to have questions from listeners. Amanda said that there was a subject she’d be interested in talking about: imposter syndrome. 


    So the three of us did talk about it, at length, on episode 7 of the podcast and even if you don’t have imposter syndrome (although don’t we all at some stage?) we hope you find this episode interesting. Many thanks to Amanda for her honesty and vulnerability. 


    Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.


    Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.


    If you have a question for us, please email [email protected] and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.


    And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.


    For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com

    Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget

    Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)



    For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com

    Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society

    Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)

    For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


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    1 hr 20 min
  • Episode 6: Rules, no rules, and the role of panic

    We're up to episode 6! How did that happen? In this episode Rach and Soph talk about their writing processes; whether they follow rules when they write; what happens in head hopping, Rach's panic about her new manuscript and how Soph has inadvertently become her writing therapist. 


    During the episode Soph mentions Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies quiz and you can find that here.



    Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.


    Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.


    If you have a question for us, please email [email protected] and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.


    And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.


    For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com

    Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget

    Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)



    For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com

    Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society

    Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)


    For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


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    57 min
  • Episode 5: Reading while writing

    In this week's episode bestselling novelists Rachael Johns and Sophie Green answer another listener question, about whether they read other people's books while writing (spoiler alert: they do).They also catch up on what they've been working on since the last episode, talk about whether or not they show their works in progress to anyone, and the fact that they have listener reviews.



    For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com

    Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget


    For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com

    Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society



    For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


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    1 hr
  • Episode 4: We have listener questions!

    In the fourth episode of Dear Rach & Soph, Rachael Johns and Sophie Green answer some listener questions about motivation and getting unstuck. And in the course of doing so Sophie talks about the importance of dancing and there is mention of possibly-maybe posting a playlist. That playlist can be found on Spotify and YouTube.


    The track listing is:

    ‘Nataraja’- The Dum Dum Project

    ‘Im Ninalou’ - Cheb i Sabbah

    ‘Into the Groove’ - Madonna

    ‘Dig’ - Fanny Lumsden

    ‘Abalele’ - Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa ft Ami Faku


    The book mentioned in this podcast is DANCING IN THE STREETS by Barbara Ehrenreich.



    Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.


    Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.


    If you have a question for us, please email [email protected] and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.


    And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.


    For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com

    For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


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    46 min
  • Episode 3: Why we write

    In the third episode of Dear Rach & Soph, Rachael Johns and I talk about her recent book tour for her latest novel, The Other Bridget; my copy edit for my next novel, Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel, and the big question for the episode: why we write. You can watch the YouTube version of the podcast below, or find us on your favourite podcast platforms (some links below).


    We recorded this episode on the day our first episode was released, so we didn't yet have listener questions - we have since had some, and upcoming episodes will cover those! And we'd love to have your questions.


    Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.


    Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.


    If you have a question for us, please email [email protected] and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.


    And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.


    For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com

    Rachael's latest book, The Other Bridget: https://www.rachaeljohns.com/books/the-other-bridget/


    For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com

    Sophie's next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel: https://linktr.ee/arthourattheduchesshotel

    For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


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    51 min
  • Episode 2: A strange thing to have in common

    When bestselling authors Rachael Johns and Sophie Green met in person for the first time - in Sydney, early in February - they discovered that they have something quite unusual in common. Something which, on the face of it, doesn’t seem to have anything to do with their writing … or perhaps it does.


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    This podcast is called ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ for a reason - YOU! We would love to answer your questions.


    Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.


    Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.


    If you have a question for us, please email [email protected] and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.


    And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.


    For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com

    For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


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    57 min
  • Episode 1: The Other Bridget

    For this first episode Rach and Soph talk about The Other Bridget, Rach's latest novel, published in 2024. And they talk about a few other things too, including how they first met, the novels of Curtis Sittenfeld and eating disorders.


    But it’s called ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ for a reason - YOU! We would love to answer your questions.


    Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.


    Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.


    If you have a question for us, please email [email protected] and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.


    And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.


    For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com


    For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com


    For more informationabout Sophie Green: https://sophiegreenauthor.com


    Subscribe on Spotify 

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    57 min

About Dear Rach & Soph

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Bestselling Australian authors Rachael Johns (The Lucky Sisters, The Other Bridget, The Patterson Girls) and Sophie Green (The Frock Shop, Lessons in Love at…

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