Write Where It Hurts

Write Where It Hurts

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Write Where It Hurts episodes

  • S2 Ep 20 Ask Us Anything Season Finale!

    Eva and Katryn celebrate the last episode of Write Where it Hurts Season 2 with a very special episode (VSE™): and Instagram Live. They discuss the ups and downs of the year, answer your craft, publishing and podcast questions, and reveal what lies in store for season 3!

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    • Pre-order Eva’s debut I WISH YOU WOULD out 5/21/24 and add it on Goodreads

    • Please buy Katryn’s books and also add her next book WE ARE NOT ALONE on Goodreads.

      • Check out our pod’s Linktree and remember to follow us on IG!

      1 hr 2 min
    • S2 EP 19 Writing Through Tough Times

      JOIN US ON FRIDAY 9/8 for our IG LIVE SEASON FINALE @writewhereithurtspod

      In the penultimate episode of season 2, Eva and Katryn discuss navigating writing and publishing during tough times—from using story to process trauma, to dealing with deadlines when you’ve got a case of the mean reds. Eva exalts the glory of TSA precheck and Katryn pays homage to the healing powers of Olivia Benson. 

      *Content warnings: Grief, trauma, mental illness, pandemic. CLARIFYING NOTE: Katryn talks about the type of mental illness that feels like a “choice”- this is in reference to a level of illness that affords the agency to control symptoms with therapy and/or medicine.

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      • Did Eva convince you to look at TSA Precheck? Look here for details!

      • Glimmers and Triggers were a big focus of today’s episode

      • Check out this article that discusses how the concept of “pushing through” can disrupt the healing process

      • While this word wasn’t used, Eva and Katryn both discuss the healing power of stories (including their own) in a concept one book refers to as “bibliotherapy”

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        1 hr 8 min
      • S2 EP 17 Our Favorite Books

        Writers are readers first! In this episode of Write Where it Hurts, Eva and Katryn spill the tea about their ALL-TIME favorite reads from every genre and age category. Eva may or may not do a reading in a British accent, while Katryn shares a favorite reading spot that will have listeners scratching their heads. Keep your notes app open or grab a pen and paper because your TBR will be full after this episode!

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        • It’s So Nice to Have A Wolf Around the House

        • Cinderella

        • Eva’s pick for fancy eats for East Bay people, Snailbar!

          • Katryn’s bizarre swimming spot

          1 hr 23 min
        • S2 Ep 16 Pace Perfect

          Eva and Katryn discuss the “...HOW?” of pacing, from pacing between genres, to keeping the characterization authentic in a faster pace, to earning your endings. Eva encourages writers to kill the cat (disclaimer: no cats were harmed in the making of this podcast) and Katryn won’t ever, ever watch the Fast & Furious franchise.

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          • Katryn apologizes for her Simpsons gaffe, but then doubles down after a disastrous apology tour.

          • Check out our Write Where It Hurts Instagram account to see pictures of our memes! 

          • An interesting take on “white spaces” on the page and readability from a screenwriter’s perspective.
            Book Riot’s take on what makes a slow burn romance burn

            • 1 hr 13 min
          • S2 EP 15 Author Branding

            This week on Write Where it Hurts, Eva and Katryn discuss curating your author brand--everything from visuals (like fonts and color palettes) to boiling your books down to a consistent pitch that reveals who you are as a writer and as a person. Eva talks being the ultimate Mastermind (yes, that was a T-Swift reference) and Katryn compares Nerdfighters and the BTS Army.

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            • Check out Eva’s website for an idea of her palette!

            • THIS is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps

            • Eva and Katryn talked about authors whose brands speak to them, like Emily Henry, Meg Cabot, Rachel Lynn Solomon, Rachel Griffin, Jennifer Dugan, and Adrienne Young

              • Katryn talked about evolving her website to be broader--right now it’s very Drew!

              1 hr 20 min
            • S2 Ep 14 Letting Your Story Go

              This week, Eva and Katryn discuss the challenges of letting your story go, from working with editorial agents, to edits after a book deal--and when to push back when the edits don’t feel right. Eva basks in the glow of full Vanderpump completion and Katryn outlines the five stages of grief getting an edit letter.

              Sources

              • This Simpsons song tells the truth

              • Katryn’s article in Salon

                • 1 hr 17 min
              • S2 Ep 13 Toxic Positivity

                This week, Eva and Katryn discuss toxic positivity, its impact on their mental health as writers, and offer tips to break the cycle from both sides. Eva confesses to being a lifelong pickle slut, while Katryn gets salty about libraries and inspirational tube tops.

                *Content warnings: Queerphobia, illness, depression, discussion of hate speech

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                • Get an overview of the concept of toxic positivity from Psychology Today

                • Also, why “good vibes only” can be bad

                • Just NO to this

                • Stop bossing me around, inspirational memes!

                • Eva and Katryn didn’t quite line up on their new shtick but both examples are good! Eva shared a great example with this Daria scene while Katryn talked about a most hated example of toxic positivity with this horrific crime of fashion.  

                  • Listen to the outtake, and then watch this and replace the word “snow,”
                    • 1 hr 31 min
                  • S2 EP 12: New Kid on the Block

                    This week, Write Where it Hurts covers the challenges of feeling “new” at every step of publishing, and how to combat the anxieties and triggers that come up with it. Eva reinforces her newfound role in the BTS Army and Katryn gets philosophical (and, dare we say, cross-stitchable?) about the pressure to push down sensitivity.

                    *Content warnings: Anxiety, depression, and please note a trigger warning for queerphobia (Katryn discusses an incident with far-right protesters at drag queen story hour and how it impacted her and her family)

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                    • Katryn is on a full-sail fangirl ship for Elijah Wood’s character in Yellowjackets with Christina Ricci’s psychopathic Misty

                    • Eva was right about Joey, but there also IS a Jonathan in New Kids on the Block! Go down the rabbit hole on this kinda meh boy band.

                    • Eva’s brilliant inspirational quotation this week from Adventure TimeKatryn talks about her run-in with far-right phobic protesters on Instagram

                      • We talk a lot about the broad experiences of self-publishing, and how it can be very easy to start with little effort (i.e. you can post a book on Kindle with far less effort than trad. publishing) but is extraordinarily time consuming and VERY hard to do well. If you’re considering self-pub, check out the major success story of Andy Weir for inspiration!

                      1 hr 21 min
                    • S2 EP 11: Story Inspiration

                      Eva and Katryn reunite and host their giddiest episode to date! This week, Write Where it Hurts returns from hiatus with a craft episode all about inspiration--from a mind-body perspective to self-care. Eva obsesses about Vanderpump Rules and Sister Act 2, while Katryn questions Thomas Edison and quotes The X-Files’ Jose Chung.

                      Sources

                      • Watch the first episode of The Plagues of Our Lives
                      • Thomas Edison was not the first person to talk about inspiration vs. perspiration. Is anything real?
                      • Read Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli, and The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver! Also, check out Undercover Latina by Aya DeLeon
                      • Sister Act 2 brings the ULTIMATE inspirational speech
                      • Rachel Griffin talks about anchor songs. Check out her books here!
                        • 1 hr 30 min

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                      Join Eva and Katryn as they laugh (and sometimes cry) about writing, publishing, and the courage it takes to live your story. Tune in for a safe space in which two writers frankly discuss the mental…