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S4 BONUS || Phil M Williams

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We cover so much in today's #badass bonus interview with multi-genre author Phil M. Williams!

  • why people keep turning pages
  • relatability with the good, bad, and ugly in people
  • inspiration behind his thrillers
  • running a permaculture farm and writing a children’s book about it
  • teaching children through books
  • the benefits of gardening for writers
  • writing authentic sociopathic characters
  • the one trait that all sociopaths share
  • the book that can help a writer understand how a sociopath operates
  • using personal experience to enhance the realism of fiction
  • having empathy for where you’re drawing story inspiration from
  • the hero archetype and how to get it right
  • his drafting process
  • the publishing process
  • marketing as an author
  • using Kindle Vella
  • Stanley Milgram experiments and how they inspired one of his books
  • his new thrillers coming out
  • advice to writers re: one genre or multi-genres

    • Follow Phil on Twitter @PhilWBooks, Instagram @philwilliamsauthor, and his website at www.philwbooks.com. The book he mentions that's an excellent resource for learning how sociopaths operate is The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout.

    Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

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    #badasswritersBy Kathleen Foxx