No Excuses Just Write podcast

I get distracted when I’m writing. I have to hide my phone from myself. I can check the word count multiple times as I progress from zero to 300 to 550 to 800 and finally to my 1000-word goal. And every writing session has an ebb and flow, a rise and fall that we can learn to navigate with confidence from the shifting of the seasons.  

Welcome to The Creative Midwife Show! I’m your host, Kerryn Trisha, creative midwife, organiser of ideas, writer, editor, and writing coach. On the show I take you behind the scenes of writing my book and bring you guests to share their experience writing, editing, and publishing their book babies. 

Donate to support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/kerryntrisha

SHOW NOTES:- 

I don’t have a daily writing habit & about that 300 word day...

Episode 68 – How To Come Back To Writing After A Break:https://youtu.be/AY5iSXmfFVE 

Following that first thought to start writing...

Episode 66 – How I Wrote The First 10,000 Words Of My Book:https://youtu.be/7onEoamlmzI 

Look out for Part 2 of this episode...

Episode 71 – What A 1000 Word Writing Session Also Looks Like 

If you found this episode helpful please give it a like. Subscribe to the channel to stay notified of new episodes. You can further support the show by sharing this episode even just with one friend, on your socials, or with your community. If you share on Instagram tag me @kerryn.trisha so I can give spread the love! 

WRITING COACHING 

If you're looking for a writing coach to support you in starting or finishing your writing project including everything from emotional & mindset support to technical structure & habit building as well as support with the actual writing... I'd love to hear from you and learn about your project. 

My coaching packages start at $1000 NZD for one month of coaching support through Whatsapp voice and text messages. 

If that's a little out of your price range, I am putting together a group coaching program with a waitlist coming soon. 

EDITING PACKAGES 

If you're looking for an editor who champions women's stories, honours your creative choices, works to divine timing (not deadlines), and supports your style of working... I'd love to meet you and hear about your project. 

We start with a $500 NZD Editorial Review where I can look at your first 3 chapters to give you feedback and directions on how to develop your book further. The cost of this review can be put towards the price of any of my editing packages. 

A full three pass editing package is $5000 NZD including a structural edit, copy edit, line edit of your formatted-for-publishing manuscript, and full access to me on Whatsapp for coaching and support throughout the editing process. If you don’t want a full three pass edit then we can put together a custom package with one or two editing passes to suit your needs from $1000-2000 per editing pass. 

Email me at[email protected] or DM me Instagram @kerryn.trisha for more information about working together. 

I copied quotes from a reference book into my word count and it felt like cheating. I copied the 7000 word transcript from a podcast episode into my manuscript and it felt like cheating. Why was I valuing the “hard work” of writing new words above quotes that were far more likely to make it into the final draft? Why didn’t it count to add the transcript as first draft content and move on? 

Welcome to The Creative Midwife Show! I’m your host, Kerryn Trisha, creative midwife, organiser of ideas, writer, editor, and writing coach. On the show I take you behind the scenes of writing my book and bring you guests to share their experience writing, editing, and publishing their book babies. 

Donate to support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/kerryntrisha

SHOW NOTES:- 

Episode 66 – How I Wrote The First 1,000 Words Of My Book:https://youtu.be/7onEoamlmzI 

Wild Power by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer & Alexandra Pope:https://amzn.to/4g4C4G9 

Red School on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/red.school/ 

The Podcast Episode I Copy & Pasted... Episode 37 – The purpose of an idea isn’t always the execution:https://youtu.be/G1UaqR4KvYQ 

My LinkedIn Profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrynhewson/ 

Scrivener, Desktop Writing Application:https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview 

On Not Writing Daily... Episode 68 – How To Come Back To Writing After A Break:https://youtu.be/AY5iSXmfFVE 

 Episode 67 – Amanda Petra: Saying Yes Even When You Don’t Know How:https://youtu.be/MIKjYqkxgX0 

If you found this episode helpful please give it a like. Subscribe to the channel to stay notified of new episodes. You can further support the show by sharing this episode even just with one friend, on your socials, or with your community. If you share on Instagram tag me @kerryn.trisha so I can give spread the love! 

WRITING COACHING 

If you're looking for a writing coach to support you in starting or finishing your writing project including everything from emotional & mindset support to technical structure & habit building as well as support with the actual writing... I'd love to hear from you and learn about your project. 

My coaching packages start at $1000 NZD for one month of coaching support through Whatsapp voice and text messages. 

If that's a little out of your price range, I am putting together a group coaching program with a waitlist coming soon. 

EDITING PACKAGES 

If you're looking for an editor who champions women's stories, honours your creative choices, works to divine timing (not deadlines), and supports your style of working... I'd love to meet you and hear about your project. 

We start with a $500 NZD Editorial Review where I can look at your first 3 chapters to give you feedback and directions on how to develop your book further. The cost of this review can be put towards the price of any of my editing packages. 

A full three pass editing package is $5000 NZD including a structural edit, copy edit, line edit of your formatted-for-publishing manuscript, and full access to me on Whatsapp for coaching and support throughout the editing process. If you don’t want a full three pass edit then we can put together a custom package with one or two editing passes to suit your needs from $1000-2000 per editing pass. 

Email me at[email protected] or DM me Instagram @kerryn.trisha for more information about working together. 

Over the past six months of writing 40,000 words in my book I’ve taken several breaks away from writing, both expected and unexpected. I’ve been sick for three weeks, travelled to Europe for two weeks, and then had on-going sickness for two months. When I thought it was going to take me a year to write the first draft I freaked out because it felt so long. Now I expect it to take longer. And I don’t write every day or even every work day. Yet through it all I’ve come back to the writing. Welcome to The Creative Midwife Show! I’m your host, Kerryn Trisha, creative midwife, organiser of ideas, writer, editor, and writing coach. On the show I take you behind the scenes of writing my book and bring you guests to share their experience writing, editing, and publishing their book babies.

Donate to support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/kerryntrishaSHOW NOTES:- Episode 66 - How I Wrote The First 10,000 Words Of My Book: https://youtu.be/7onEoamlmzI Wild Power by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer & Alexandra Pope: https://amzn.to/4g4C4G9 Look out for upcoming episodes: * Episode 69 – It Feels Like Cheating To Copy & Paste Words Into My Book * Episode 70 – What a 1000 Word Writing Session Actually Looks Like (Part One) * Episode 71 – What a 1000 Word Writing Session Also Looks Like (Part Two) If you found this episode helpful please give it a like. Subscribe to the channel to stay notified of new episodes. You can further support the show by sharing this episode even just with one friend, on your socials, or with your community. If you share on Instagram tag me @kerryn.trisha so I can give spread the love! WRITING COACHING If you're looking for a writing coach to support you in starting or finishing your writing project including everything from emotional & mindset support to technical structure & habit building as well as support with the actual writing... I'd love to hear from you and learn about your project. My coaching packages start at $1000 NZD for one month of coaching support through Whatsapp voice and text messages. If that's a little out of your price range, I am putting together a group coaching program with a waitlist coming soon. EDITING PACKAGES If you're looking for an editor who champions women's stories, honours your creative choices, works to divine timing (not deadlines), and supports your style of working... I'd love to meet you and hear about your project. We start with a $500 NZD Editorial Review where I can look at your first 3 chapters to give you feedback and directions on how to develop your book further. The cost of this review can be put towards the price of any of my editing packages. A full three pass editing package is $5000 NZD including a structural edit, copy edit, line edit of your formatted-for-publishing manuscript, and full access to me on Whatsapp for coaching and support throughout the editing process. If you don’t want a full three pass edit then we can put together a custom package with one or two editing passes to suit your needs from $1000-2000 per editing pass. Email me at [email protected] or DM me Instagram @kerryn.trisha for more information about working together.

Amanda was voice messaging her bestie when she got an email inviting her to co-author a book with other women in business sharing their stories. Immediately she knew she had to do it even though she had no idea how she’d do it. The Universe already had her back because that bestie was me, writing coach & editor. She was already so supported she knew it’d all work out. Now she shares how it all unfolded. Welcome to The Creative Midwife Show! I’m your host, Kerryn Trisha, creative midwife, organiser of ideas, writer, editor, and writing coach. On the show I take you behind the scenes of writing my book and bring you guests to share their experience writing, editing, and publishing their book babies.

Donate to support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/kerryntrishaAmanda Petra helps women transform from within and build purpose-driven brands that reflect who they are. She works with women ready for more than surface-level success – they seek growth from the inside out. Amanda guides bold thinkers, or those aspiring to be, to lead with courage, authenticity, and purpose – unlocking the freedom to shape both their business, brand, and lifestyle with intention. Amanda is here to help you thrive – unapologetically. Amanda on Instagram: www.instagram.com/amanda.petra__ Amanda’s Website: www.theuntamedproject.com SHOW NOTES:- * Try And Stop Her, Compiled by Em Gee:https://amzn.to/4eGiRcV * Uncertain to Unstoppably by Em Gee:https://amzn.to/3VaUcWP * Turtle Publishing:https://turtlepublishing.com.au/* Book Sprout:https://booksprout.co/* Jolie Dawn, Collaborative & Solo Authored Books:https://joliedawn.com/books/If you found this episode helpful please give it a like. Subscribe to the channel to stay notified of new episodes. You can further support the show by sharing this episode even just with one friend, on your socials, or with your community. If you share on Instagram tag me @kerryn.trisha so I can give spread the love! WRITING COACHING If you're looking for a writing coach to support you in starting or finishing your writing project including everything from emotional & mindset support to technical structure & habit building as well as support with the actual writing... I'd love to hear from you and learn about your project. My coaching packages start at $1000 NZD for one month of coaching support through Whatsapp voice and text messages. If that's a little out of your price range, I am putting together a group coaching program with a waitlist coming soon. EDITING PACKAGES If you're looking for an editor who champions women's stories, honours your creative choices, works to divine timing (not deadlines), and supports your style of working... I'd love to meet you and hear about your project. We start with a $500 NZD Editorial Review where I can look at your first 3 chapters to give you feedback and directions on how to develop your book further. The cost of this review can be put towards the price of any of my editing packages. A full three pass editing package is $5000 NZD including a structural edit, copy edit, line edit of your formatted-for-publishing manuscript, and full access to me on Whatsapp for coaching and support throughout the editing process. If you don’t want a full three pass edit then we can put together a custom package with one or two editing passes to suit your needs from $1000-2000 per editing pass. Email me at [email protected] or DM me Instagram @kerryn.trisha for more information about working together.

I couldn’t admit to myself that I was writing a book until I’d written 10,000 words. Two pieces of guidance from Julia Cameron got me started writing with a first thought and 1,000 words at a time. When I reviewed those first 10,000 words, I could see the book that was emerging and the structure that was forming.Welcome to The Creative Midwife Show! I’m your host, Kerryn Trisha, creative midwife, organiser of ideas, writer, editor, and writing coach. On the show I take you behind the scenes of writing my book and bring you guests to share their experience writing, editing, and publishing their book babies.

Donate to support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/kerryntrishaSHOW NOTES:- Write for Life by Julia Cameron:https://amzn.to/3Obv3Yi Episode 23 – From side hustle fiction writer to online business:   • 23 - From side hustle fiction writer ...   Past Seasons of the Podcast: Birthing Your Book, Season 3:   • Birthing Your Book - Podcast Season 3   Scrivener, Desktop Writing Application:https://www.literatureandlatte.com/sc...Look out for upcoming episodes:

• Episode 70 – What a 1000 Word Writing Session Actually Looks Like
• Episode 68 – How To Get Back Into Writing After a Break

If you found this episode helpful please give it a like. Subscribe to the channel to stay notified of new episodes. You can further support the show by sharing this episode even just with one friend, on your socials, or with your community. If you share on Instagram tag me @kerryn.trisha so I can give spread the love! WRITING COACHING If you're looking for a writing coach to support you in starting or finishing your writing project including everything from emotional & mindset support to technical structure & habit building as well as support with the actual writing... I'd love to hear from you and learn about your project. My coaching packages start at $1000 NZD for one month of coaching support through Whatsapp voice and text messages. If that's a little out of your price range, I am putting together a group coaching program with a waitlist coming soon. EDITING PACKAGES If you're looking for an editor who champions women's stories, honours your creative choices, works to divine timing (not deadlines), and supports your style of working... I'd love to meet you and hear about your project. We start with a $500 NZD Editorial Review where I can look at your first 3 chapters to give you feedback and directions on how to develop your book further. The cost of this review can be put towards the price of any of my editing packages. A full three pass editing package is $5000 NZD including a structural edit, copy edit, line edit of your formatted-for-publishing manuscript, and full access to me on Whatsapp for coaching and support throughout the editing process. If you don’t want a full three pass edit then we can put together a custom package with one or two editing passes to suit your needs from $1000-2000 per editing pass. Email me at [email protected] or DM me Instagram @kerryn.trisha for more information about working together.

Welcome to The Creative Midwife Show! I’m your host, Kerryn Trisha, creative midwife, organiser of ideas, writer, editor, and writing coach. On the show I take you behind the scenes of writing my book and bring you guests to share their experience writing, editing, and publishing their book babies. 

Welcome! I'm Kerryn Trisha, sharing my experiences and encouraging women to tell their own stories.

Today I'm sharing an article titled, All The Rumours Are True. I was inspired by the writing prompt that Chelsie Diane of Poems & Power shared in her Steve Nicks class... "All the rumours are true."

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 

If you would like to share and support my work I would love for you to tag me ⁠@kerryn.trisha on Instagram⁠ if you’re sharing there. If you’ve thought of someone who would be interested in what you’ve listened to today I’d so appreciate you sharing it with them. 

You can donate to support me, my writing, and the work I do at ⁠www.buymeacoffee.com/kerryntrisha⁠ with as little as $5 NZD ($3 USD / Euros) or more if you feel called. By donating you also get access to my writing classes, a minimum of one class a month and running weekly through April 2024. 

I was asked a question in my last writing class, "How do I write less analytically?" And my answer is to bring in more emotion. For you to share an experience you’ve had that is a real-life example or moment of what we’re analytically speaking about. We can dive deep into how that experience felt to us. 

This is not your classic “show, don’t tell” writing advice. This is going deeper than showing what happened by using all our senses to describe the scene. This is about describing the emotions we felt, what responses were triggered in our nervous system, the thoughts that raced through our mind informed by our past experiences. 

This idea of writing analytically and emotionally reminded me of a quote from Virginia Woolf’s, A Room Of One’s Own. I share the full excerpt in this episode, but this is the main point, although lacking some context. 

“Moreover, a book is not made of sentences laid end to end, but of sentences built, if an image helps, into arcades and domes. And this shape too has been made by men out of their own needs for their own uses. There is no reason to think that the form of the epic or of the poetic play suits a woman any more than the sentence suits her.” 

I discuss and give examples of what a non-fiction book shaped by a woman can look like (How To Think Like A Woman by Regan Penaluna), and what one shaped by a man can look like.  

And so I encourage you to write your experiences, to write what you have to express in however many words you need. You have them all available to you. And to shape them for your own needs and for your own uses. 

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 

If you would like to share and support my work I would love for you to tag me @kerryn.trisha on Instagram if you’re sharing there. If you’ve thought of someone who would be interested in what you’ve listened to today I’d so appreciate you sharing it with them. 

You can donate to support me, my writing, and the work I do at www.buymeacoffee.com/kerryntrisha with as little as $5 NZD ($3 USD / Euros) or more if you feel called. By donating you also get access to my writing classes, a minimum of one class a month and running weekly through April 2024. 

Join me and Rachel Hodgens as we dive deep into a conversation about how it feels and what it means for the astrological new year of Aries Season to coincide with the Autumn Equinox here in the Southern Hemisphere.

We cover so much, including:

• Autumn/Harvest season energy
• Aries energy & how it's expressed during Autumn
• How you can identify these energies in your life & work with them to create forward momentum
• The new cycles we're being invited into as we descend into the dark half of the year
• What the concepts of releasing, digesting, and composting look like in our modern lives
• The importance of celebration after the harvest

Rachel Hodgens is a feminine embodiment and cyclical living mentor who works deeply with all the cycles in our world including the astrological zodiac cycle, the seasons, the moon cycles, and our menstrual cycles in her Soul Weavers membership.

She's also the host of the Weaving the Wild podcast and shares her beautiful grounded seasonal life on Instagram @therachelhodgens.

I'm hosting regular writing classes where you can come to journal or bring any piece of writing to work on. Class is online and donation based. Find out more here.

I recently went live on Instagram with Amanda Petra to talk about her new writing opportunity to co-author a book, how my word for the year (WRITE) is guiding me, and what we have to overcome as women to gain the confidence and courage to share our voices and our stories.

Amanda is a systems expert, freedom creator, and mentor. A multi-passionate Projector in Human Design, she has multiple business in systems, design, and a podcast too.

You can follow her on Instagram @amanda.petra__ .

Since recording I've held the first writing class and it was so fun, delicious, and nourishing. Our next class will be Easter Monday, 1st April at 8.30pm NZDT. You can learn more about them and see future class dates here.