Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode #108 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with fiction editor Lori Puma.

Lori previously appeared on episode 72 the show. Lori helps authors write novels readers can’t put down. She works with writers who dream of making a living writing novels in popular genres like fantasy, romance, thriller, science fiction, mystery, and young adult. As an editor, she specializes in teaching authors how to plan and revise their plots so readers stay hooked.

During our discussion, Lori describes:

* Why she loves working with genre fiction authors* Her life-long love of comedy writing* Why she frequently uses examples in her teaching* How writers can get free advice on their story ideas via the author support series on her website* And much more!

Listen to the full podcast episode:

Watch the unedited video of the conversation:

The Writing Coach Episode #108 Show Notes

Check out Lori’s website at loripuma.com and join her email list for more fiction-writing resources.

Submit your story for a chance to get free feedback from Lori on your work-in-progress.

Check out previous author feedback posts at loripuma.com/blog.

Episode Transcript

Today on the podcast, I’ve got Lori Puma. Lori, welcome back to The Writing Coach.

Thanks Kevin. I’m so excited to be here and have a chance to chat with a regular human again.

Right. It’s been such a weird year just before we hit record. We were talking about someone said they knew you from hearing you talk on videos and podcasts and things that you were saying how funny that is given you haven’t done any interviews in like the last year to a certain extent.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely.

How has the pandemic impacted you and your business?

Well, for me, it’s actually been great. Cause I have a brain injury and it’s just made the world so much quieter, which has made my life a lot easier. And then it’s also been great because a lot of times you know, my clients have other things in their lives other than doing the work that they, I assigned to them and now they all are doing their work on time and they’re so excited to see me and it’s just been it’s just been really fun.

It’s a similar thing in that when the pandemic first happened, I lost several clients. A lot of people were worried about jobs and worries just about life itself, writing just wasn’t a priority. And then, you know, as we went deeper and deeper into it and the fall came and winter came, I was just like overloaded with clients, people with more time people re-engaged, I’m ready to go back to some form of regular life. And even if that isn’t going outside or interacted with people, writing is something so many of us have always found pleasure and joy in ...