Write Where It Hurts

Write Where It Hurts

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Write Where It Hurts episodes

  • Fear of Success

    On this Bonus episode that we couldn't post until Eva's book deal was announced, we're going back to November when Eva and Katryn discussed the flip side to failure--success. We all want it, but it can be a double-edged sword that makes us both yearn for and fear it. Eva discusses her HUGE life-changing news, and Katryn would rather not be perceived, thank you very much.

    Sources

    • Link to Eva’s deal announcement!
    • And Katryn’s recent book news about Drew!
    • Eva’s weekly book recommendation, Henry Hamlet’s Heart
    • The Civil War of Amos Abernathy (a FANTASTIC queer MG book)
    • Out and About Mobile Bookshop in the East Bay Area!

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      1 hr 13 min
    • EVA GOT A BOOK DEAL

      Surprise! This week, on a very special episode of (not Blossom, but) Write Where it Hurts, Eva talks about the daily process of navigating offers for HER DEBUT BOOK DEAL!!!! Recorded back when it happened, Katryn interviews Eva about ALL the feels and all the details that come along with this process--from acquisitions to accepting an offer and everything in between.

      Sources:

      • Eva’s deal announcement on Publisher’s Weekly!
      • Add Eva’s debut, I WISH YOU WOULD, on Goodreads!
      • Check out the Instagram celebration after Eva announces to the world!

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        48 min
      • Ask Us Anything Season Finale!

        In the final episode of Season One, Eva and Katryn do an Instagram Live “AMA” answering your burning questions like will there be a season 2? And which season of Below Deck is the best to start? Join us for lots of laughs, including Eva’s realization that she is, indeed, Edward Cullen, and Katryn realizing that being an introvert means that she could easily be framed for murder. To watch our IG Live visit HERE (part 1) and HERE (part 2). We had a few technical difficulties mid-show, hence the two parter. See you next season!

        Sources:

        You want MERCH? You got it!

        Winston Bishop is the greatest

        Kate’s favorite Eva line includes the very dashing Count Chocula

        The infamous Twilight quiz

        Eva’s tactics for writerly success

        *We’d love to hear from you! Fill out our feedback form HERE to let us know your opinions on topics and format for season 2.

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        1 hr 4 min
      • Craft Talk: Characters

        NOTE: JOIN US FOR OUR SEASON FINALE Instagram Live  AMA THIS Wednesday, Dec 14th at 5:30PST @writewhereithurtspod !

        Eva and Katryn talk about characters and craft in their penultimate episode of season one—everything from navigating your protagonist’s mental health to managing the generational gap when you write for kids. Eva talks about “prodding” your creative spirit and Katryn somehow finds a way to connect it all to the 1996 film, Multiplicity. 

        *Content warnings: Discussion about ableist phrases, mental health, trauma

        Sources

        • In case you’re curious about Eva’s craniosacral therapy discussion
        • You can thank Katryn later if this is your first time listening to the brass
        • Jungian theory of personality
        • Michael Keaton’s clone being type A about foil

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          1 hr 5 min
        • Choosing The Right Genre

          Eva and Katryn discuss everything genre--from its distinction from age category, to market fluctuations and saturation. Eva speaks with rapturous enthusiasm about the joys of being a teen (& as always pays homage to our queen, Judy Blume), while Katryn talks herself into ‘yeti romance’ as a lucrative genre.

          *Content warnings: True crime, sexual assault (no details, only in reference). Also, as a self-callout note, Katryn refers to women at times when “women and nonbinary/non-gender conforming folks” would be more accurate. Working towards being better and more consistent at this!

          Sources

          • Eva talks a lot about the ludicrous stigma surrounding romance as a genre
          • Turns out Katryn was not the first person to think of yeti romance.
          • Eva and Katryn talk about the finer points of YA and New Adult
          • The ultimate contemporary/coming of age angst song (and yes, there are muppets)

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            1 hr 7 min
          • The Lonely Life of an Author

            In this week’s episode, Eva and Katryn discuss the loneliness that authors can face, from our solitary workspaces to the fact that few industry outsiders truly get the ins and outs of this business. Eva does a pitch perfect teenager voice, and Katryn is enraged by motivational listicles.

            Sources

            • Katryn’s sister made this  inspired meme about the potential death of Twitter.
            • In case you missed it, be sure to check out the book Eva is now raving about, Zachary Levi’s Radical Love
            • Katryn walks into Twitter like this
            • The Wisdom of Anxiety
            • Eva asks, “can you gaslight yourself?” Yes, yes you can.

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              1 hr 19 min
            • Failure Is An F-Word

              This week’s episode of Write Where it Hurts is centered around that horrible F-word: FAILURE--how to face it, how to frame it, and how to help others move through it. Eva and Katryn gush about K-dramas, reveal their true feelings about Jasper from Twilight, and discuss using pure unadulterated spite to turn failure into a success.

              *Content warnings: Discussion of sexual assault (not graphic) in the introduction re: The Luckiest Girl Alive.

              Sources

              • F1 racer Daniel Ricciardo’s baller statement that has become a point of inspiration for Eva.
              • Katryn’s childhood hero
              • Toxic positivity
              • Wings: still culturally relevant? You tell me.

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                1 hr 15 min
              • The Fear of Being ONE Book

                This week, Eva and Katryn discuss the fear of being one book--from that panic after you finish your first ever book and wonder how you can repeat it, to the dread before you start a new draft. Eva gives us all the gift of reading from her 1990’s third grade story journal, and Katryn reveals that she wrote a mayonnaise jingle around the same age.

                *Content warnings: Severe childhood illness, the sound of a dot matrix printer, princess murder

                Sources

                • Goblin. So much staring. So much meat. (spoilers, probably)
                • On Writing by Stephen King
                • Writing With the Soul came up again this week, for all you alums!
                • Jean Ralphio. End of speech.
                • A dot matrix printer in action (please see content warning)

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                  1 hr 4 min
                • Hurry Up And Wait

                  This week, Eva and Katryn talk about the hardest part of publishing--the seemingly never ending wait! Publishing is all about hurry up and wait, but why can’t we have a little more of the former and less of the latter? Eva is once again prone to wax rhapsodic about K-dramas, and Katryn has real talk for people who tell her to “just work on something else!” during a Big Wait.

                  Sources

                  • Need a distraction? Take a tip from Eva and watch Formula 1 racing!
                  • Kate talks about Sound of Music, and I’m sorry but any excuse to share this McSweeney’s piece.
                  • Meg Cabot talks a lot about honoring her rejections before she made it.

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                    1 hr 10 min
                  • Trauma Brings The Drama

                    HAPPY HALLOWEEN! For this (sort of) Halloween episode of Write Where it Hurts, Eva and Katryn discuss the super fun and light topic of  writing and confronting trauma in our fiction. Eva hops on the sexual orientation train just for Mr. Darcy, and Katryn takes life lessons from Ice-T.

                    *Content warnings: Trauma, PTSD, fear of abandonment, fatphobia

                    Sources

                    • Vulture discusses the infamous cheesesteak scene that became one of Katryn’s many sexual orientations.
                    • Re: Mr. Darcy--that hand flex tho!!!!
                    • An article that digs into toxic stress, that annoying stress that is often the root of long term trauma.
                    • Another Psychology Today article that talks about the classic “Fight, flight, freeze, or fawn”
                    • Eva’s amazing playlist of songs mentioned on the pod!

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                      1 hr 16 min

                    About Write Where It Hurts

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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…