Your Mom Writes Books

Charlie and Caitlyn get annoyed at a children's movie but try to do it in a constructive manner.

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Charlie and Caitlyn tackle more of your questions! In this episode we discuss titles, writing POV, strong prose, and discuss the idea of "strong" female characters.

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Charlie and Caitlyn talk about where they get their story ideas and how you can generate your own!

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On listener request, Charlie and Caitlyn talk about the things that make them HATE (or love) a book.

Books we love:

Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie

Radiance by Grace Draven

Soulless by Gail Carriger

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

Anything by Amy Harmon

Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

A Power Arcane by Caitlyn McFarland

Soul of Smoke by Caitlyn McFarland

When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare

Lord of Secrets by Breanna Teintze

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede

Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko

If you would like to donate to Your Mom Writes Books, please go to charlienholmberg.com/podcast (or check out the link in our Instagram bio @yourmomwritesbooks).

Charlie and Caitlyn hang out with the often-name dropped Tricia Levenseller, whose newest book, BLADE OF SECRETS, releases today (May 4th, 2021)! Listen as Tricia gives us all her secrets for her superpower: writing villainous characters.

If you would like to donate to Your Mom Writes Books, please go to charlienholmberg.com/podcast (or check out the link in our Instagram bio @yourmomwritesbooks).

Charlie and Caitlyn discuss tips and tricks for brainstorming and then workshop some ideas to show how they go about it.

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In this episode, Charlie and Caitlyn discuss how to write the most delicious romantic and sexual tension.

Books we mention in this episode:⁣

⁣•𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵'𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 by Juliet Marillier⁣

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•𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 by Sariah Wilson⁣

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•𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵 by Charlie N. Holmberg  ⁣

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•𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘦 by Tahereh Mafi  ⁣

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•𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 by Karla Sorenson⁣

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•An Ember in the Ashes Series by Sabaa Tahir⁣

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•𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘴 by Breanna Shields⁣

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•𝘛𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 by William Shakespeare⁣

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•𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘵 by William Shakespeare⁣

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•𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 by A. G. Howard⁣

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•𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 by Amy Harmon⁣

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•𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘴 by N.K. Jemisin⁣

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•𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘤 by Jamie Shaw⁣

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•Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid⁣

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•𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 by Nora Roberts⁣

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•Spellbreaker Series by Charlie N. Holmberg⁣

If you would like to donate to Your Mom Writes Books, please go to charlienholmberg.com/podcast (or check out the link in our Instagram bio @yourmomwritesbooks).

“What are we talking about today?” Caitlyn asked.⁣

“Your mom.” Charlie whipped out a nail file and started on her manicure.⁣

Caitlyn swatted it away. “Pay attention!”⁣

Rolling her eyes, Charlie said, “Let’s just talk about this.”⁣

“About what?”⁣

“About talking.”⁣

And so they did.⁣

If you would like to donate to Your Mom Writes Books, please go to charlienholmberg.com/podcast (or check out the link in our Instagram bio @yourmomwritesbooks).

Charlie and Caitlyn talk about standalones vs. series: the difference between writing them, how to plot them, and what to do if your publisher wants you to fit your story into more or fewer books.

If you would like to donate to Your Mom Writes Books, please go to charlienholmberg.com/podcast (or check out the link in our Instagram bio @yourmomwritesbooks).

Charlie and Caitlyn discuss querying! Hear a detailed overview of the entire querying process, learn how to write and format a query, and listen to us read the actual query letters that got us an agent.

Links to a few of the resources we discuss:

Facebook post with queries

Query Tracker

Nathan Bransford's blog post about formatting queries

Manuscript Wishlist site

Manuscript Wishlist podcast (The Manuscript Academy)

If you would like to donate to Your Mom Writes Books, please go to charlienholmberg.com/podcast (or check out the link in our Instagram bio @yourmomwritesbooks).