This week I chat with Lisa Heidke (writing as Lisa Darcy) about her experience writing multiple novels, changing publisher, updating her platform, how she approaches writing and so much more!!

To find out more about Lisa (and buy her books!) click here:

https://www.newauthorscollective.com/site/lisa_darcy

And follow her on social media here:

https://www.facebook.com/lisa.darcy.author/

https://www.instagram.com/lisadarcyauthor/

https://twitter.com/lisadarcyauthor

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This week we're talking about the different ways to plan a writerly life that feels good. Emma, Nina and Anjanette chat about how to go from pantsing to plotting your writing career and what some of the possible income streams might be outside of keeping writing as a part time job or side-hustle-only concept!

If you'd like to find out more about the panelists on today's ep, check out their websites here:

https://www.emmagrey.com.au

https://www.ninadcampbell.com.au

https://www.anjanettefennell.com

Have comments or questions? Email anjanette (at) storyaslife.com

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In this week's Writers Talking, we introduce a new format - 1:1 chat with a multi-published author about their process and what their writerly life looks like on a daily basis.

Sara Foster is the bestselling author of six psychological suspense novels: You Don’t Know Me, The Hidden Hours, All That is Lost Between Us, Shallow Breath, Beneath the Shadows and Come Back to Me. Her seventh novel, The Hush, a near-future thriller, was published by HarperCollins (Australia) and Blackstone (US) in November 2021. Sara lives in Western Australia with her husband and two young daughters, and is a doctoral candidate at Curtin University.

Find out more at https://www.sarafoster.com.au

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Celebrating our 10th episode!!

This week we have two writers whose commonalities include historical fiction and writing under different names! We dive into interesting convos about historical research, writing in multiple genres, how to manage social media as multi-genre writers, sharing outside of lived experience and so. much. more.

Find out more about each of our writers with these links: https://www.alisonstuart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AlisonStuartWriter

https://www.sonyaspreenbates.com/

Listeners can also find Sonya on Facebook and Instagram as ‘Sonya Spreen Bates’.

The live round of Anjanette's course and membership starts next week! You can learn more at https://www.anjanettefennell.com/writers-flow-2021

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This week we talk about prepping for NaNoWriMo, writerly process, writing support software (like Scrivenor, Dabble, Bibisco,Plottr, etc.) and more. The writers shared their success (or challenge) with touch-typing, voice dictation and how they've experienced shifts in their own writing practice. Such a FUN convo!!

You can find out more about each of this ep's writers via their website links below:

https://www.emmagrey.com.au

https://www.ninadcampbell.com.au

https://www.rachaelsmorgan.com

https://www.anjanettefennell.com

Music: Why Don’t We (Instrumental Version) by BLAEKER via Epidemic Sound

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Are you bouncing between fiction and nonfiction projects (or want to be)? Join the convo today between two authors who have experience writing both fiction and nonfiction books, Emma Grey and Anita East.

We chatted about the different processes for each (if there is a difference), the challenge of working on multiple projects within traditional publishing and so much more!

Check out more info about each of our fab authors here:

https://www.emmagrey.com.au/

https://www.anitaeast.com/

And if YOU are looking for support with your writing, join us for my upcoming FREE 5-day Your Path to the Page challenge here:

https://www.anjanettefennell.com/5daychallenge

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This week on Writers Talking, I had an amazing convo with Denise Picton and Monique Mulligan about approaching hard topics by using younger protagonists in adult fiction, managing surprising reader responses and handling editorial feedback (especially when focussed on generational norms)...it was SO good!

Check out more details and order their fabulous books here:

Denise Piction - https://denisepictonauthor.com.au/

Monique Mulligan - https://moniquemulligan.com/

And if you're a writer who's keen to make the most of your writing time in what remains of 2022, join me for a FREE 5-day challenge Your Path to the Page https://www.anjanettefennell.com/5daychallenge

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Anjanette meets again with Emma Grey, Nina D. Campbell and Rachael S. Morgan, this time to talk about how to keep your creative connection even if life is chaotic!

We’d love to chat after you listen to the convo, so come and find us on Instagram @writers_talking_podcast. And, if you like the convos, we’d love it if you left us a 5-star review and shared the podcast with your writerly community! You can find out more about each of this ep's writers via their website links below:

https://www.emmagrey.com.au

https://www.ninadcampbell.com.au

https://www.rachaelsmorgan.com

https://www.anjanettefennell.com

Music: Why Don’t We (Instrumental Version) by BLAEKER via Epidemic Sound

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Wondering about how and why writers make the choice between traditional publishing, self-publishing or split publishing? Join in on the chat today with some amazing writers who have different experiences with each option and more!

Find out more about each of our writers with these links:

https://www.alisonstuart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AlisonStuartWriter

https://www.beverleyoakley.com

https://www.bgnettelton.com https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBeverleyOakley/ https://www.facebook.com/BGNettelton

https://www.lexigreene.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/lexi.greene.75 https://www.instagram.com/lovelexigreene

And the 4 Tendencies quiz mentioned can be found here: https://gretchenrubin.com/take-the-quiz

https://www.anjanettefennell.com

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In this episode we dive straight into chatting about writerly confidence and how to really *own* the title of writer...does it ever get easier?

Check out more details on each of our writers at the following links:

https://www.victoriapurman.com/

https://www.emmagrey.com.au

https://www.ninadcampbell.com.au

https://www.anjanettefennell.com

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