This Week in Writing

This Week in Writing

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This Week in Writing episodes

  • 2020 Holiday Book Recommendations (SEASON FINALE)

    This Week In Writing, Justin celebrates the first season finale with a panel discussion about books! We discuss the best books of the year and books making the best gifts this holiday season.

    The amazing panel includes:

    • Faith Adiele, author of Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun and a writer of A World of Calm on HBO MAX.
    • Eric Smith, author of Don't Read the Comments and literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency.
    • Gretchen Hardin, librarian at the Bee Cave Public Library and creator of the bookstagram, Eating Reading.

      • All of books mentioned in the episode are available in our expanded show notes at The Writing Cooperative.

      29 min
    • Writing About Politics

      This Week In Writing, Justin discusses writing about political issues, namely equality, with a panel from Our Human Family. The panel includes OHF founder and editorial director, Clay Rivers, and OHF editor for special projects, Sherry Kappel.

      Check out OHF's book, Fieldnotes on Allyship: Achieving Equality Together.

      26 min
    • Distraction Free Writing with Adam Leeb

      This Week In Writing, Justin talks with Adam Leeb who co-founded Astrohaus, makers of the distraction-free writing device, Freewrite. The two discuss writing without distractions, product launches in a pandemic, and developing products for writers. 

      24 min
    • From Medium to Published Novel with Ron Dawson

      This Week In Writing, Justin talks with Ron Dawson about how his book went from serial installments on Medium to traditional publisher. Plus, we get into NaNoWriMo tips to get you ready for this year's challenge.

      Follow Ron on Medium, @RonDawson, check out Ron's book, Dungeons 'n' Durags (don't miss the soundtrack page), and his content marketing company, Blade Ronner Media. 


      28 min
    • Can You Make Money Writing Online?

      This Week In Writing, Justin talks to Benjamin Sledge and Kayt Molina about making money writing online. What's going on with the Medium Partner Program and what does it mean to diversify your writing? Find out with this week's discussion. 

      This week's panel:

      • Visit Benjamin's website and follow him on Medium.
      • Follow Kayt on Medium and check out her YouTube channel, It Came From a Box.
        • 35 min
      • All About Self-Publishing

        This Week In Writing, Justin talks to the panel about self-publishing.

        This week's panel includes Anangsha Alammyan and Sarah Hamilton (website, books, instagram).

        21 min
      • How To Improve As A Writer

        This Week In Writing, Justin discusses how we improve as writers. 

        Discussion Panel:

        • Kathleen (Kat) O'Keefe-Kanavos: Website
        • Mark Ellis: Website, YouTube
        • Nita Sweeney: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube
        • William (Billy) Fraiser: Website, Medium, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube

          • References:

          • Natalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones
          • Cheryl Strayed: Wild
          • Nicolas Cole: The Art and Business of Online Writing (featured on Episode 12 of This Week In Writing)
          • Simon Sinek: Start With Why (book) and TED Talk
            • 29 min
          • Exploring Creativity and Finding Inspiration

            This Week In Writing, Justin discusses how we explore creativity and find inspiration as writers.

            Discussion Panel: 

            • Rowena Roberts: Website, Instagram, and Facebook
            • Michael Shook: Medium

              • References:

              • Phillip Pulman's His Dark Materials trilogy
              • Brenda Ueland: If You Want To Write
              • TED: Do Schools Kill Creativity by Sir Ken Robinson
                • 28 min
              • The Art and Business of Online Writing with Nicolas Cole

                This Week In Writing, Justin talks to Nicolas Cole. Cole is a top writers on Quora and Medium. He leveraged both to start an online writing business helping executives tell their corporate stories. Cole just published a book, The Art and Business of Online Writing, where he shares his story and process so you can learn from his journey.

                Show links: 

                Buy The Art and Business of Online Writing on Amazon.

                Visit Cole's website or follow him on Quora, Medium, Twitter, Instagram, and Substack.

                Subscribe to Justin's Substack.

                Visit The Writing Cooperative.

                35 min
              • ProTips with Bobby Powers
                This Week In Writing, Justin is joined by Bobby Powers, author of our wildly popular ProTips series.
                How does Bobby find time to read 70 books a year and watch every MasterClass on writing? Plus, what is his favorite ProTip of all time? Find out in today's episode.
                Episode Links
                Neil Gailman's Top 13 Writing Tips
                The Art of Writing Fiction by John Gardner
                ProTips by Bobby Powers
                Check out Bobby's website and follow him on Medium.
                15 min

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