Ink in Your Veins

Rachael Herron
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Oct 6, 2022 • 38min

Ep. 323: Jess Montgomery on the Troll Dolls Stuck in Your Writing Couch

Jess Montgomery is the author of the Kinship Historical Mysteries, set in 1920s Appalachian Ohio and inspired by Ohio’s true first female sheriff. Under her given name, she writes the “Level Up Your (Writing) Life” column for Writer’s Digest. She is a three-time recipient of the Individual Excellence Award in Literary Arts from Ohio Arts Council, a two-time recipient of the Montgomery County (Ohio) Arts & Cultural District (MCAD) Artist Opportunity Grant, and has been a John E. Nance Writer in Residence at Thurber House (Columbus, Ohio). When not writing, Jess of course loves reading, but also spending time with family and friends, crocheting, watching film and television, swimming, spoiling her cats, baking, and occasionally hiking and fishing. Reach Jess via her website, www.jessmontgomeryauthor.com or her Facebook Author Page, @JessMontgomeryAuthorHow Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 1, 2022 • 58min

Ep. 322: The Black Herron Episode 2

Please enjoy this chat between Rachael Herron and Sacha Black (of The Rebel Author Podcast). Irreverent, cheeky, business-focused and always honest, you’re going to love this. Get access to their chats a whole month early on Patreon! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 29, 2022 • 26min

Ep. 321: Bonus Episode - How to Write a Blurb that Hooks Your Reader

In this special bonus episode, Rachael talks about how to write a blurb that hooks a reader, how to write a twist that shocks, how to trust your gut, and when to consider foreign translations! This episode supported by Rachael’s patrons! THANK YOU! Rachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show for just $5/month! http://patreon.com/rachael How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 16, 2022 • 29min

Ep. 320: Juno Dawson on How Love Can Change Everything

The page-turning first installment in an epic fantasy trilogy, HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN follows a group of childhood friends who are also witches—and members of a covert government department protecting the world from supernatural forces.  Juno Dawson is a bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. Juno’s books include the global bestsellers, This Book is Gay and Clean. She also writes for television and has multiple shows in development both in the UK and US. An occasional actress and model, Juno appeared on HBO’s I May Destroy You. This is her adult debut.How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 8, 2022 • 40min

Ep. 319: Alana Quintana Albertson on How a Writer Gets a TV Deal

Alana Quintana Albertson has written thirty romance novels, rescued five-hundred death-row shelter dogs, and danced one thousand rumbas. She lives with her husband in sunny San Diego with her two sons and too many pets. Most days, she can be found writing her next heart book in a beachfront café while sipping an oat-milk Mexican mocha or gardening with her children in their backyard orchard and snacking on a juicy blood orange. RAMÓN AND JULIETA is her most recent release. How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 1, 2022 • 28min

Ep. 318: Tara T. Green on How to Claim Space for Your Work

Tara T. Green (she/her) is professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina where she teaches literature and gender studies courses. She is the author of Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson (Bloomsbury 2022), See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era (Rutgers UP, 2022), Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song, (Ohio State UP, 2018) A Fatherless Child: Autobiographical Perspectives of African American Men (University of Missouri Press, 2009). For more information, see drtaratgreen.com.How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 1, 2022 • 47min

Ep. 317: The Black Herron Episode 1 (Bonus Episode!)

Please enjoy the very first chat that Rachael Herron and Sacha Black (of The Rebel Author Podcast) have together. Irreverent, cheeky, and always honest, you’re going to love this. Get access to their chats a whole month early on Patreon! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 25, 2022 • 40min

Ep. 316: Sarah McCraw Crow on How to Deal with Shiny Object Syndrome

Sarah McCraw Crow is the author of the novel The Wrong Kind of Woman (Mira/HarperCollins). Her short fiction has run in Calyx, Crab Orchard Review, Good Housekeeping, and Stanford Alumni Magazine, and she’s a regular book reviewer for BookPage. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA), and she lives with her family on an old farm in New Hampshire.How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 17, 2022 • 1h 10min

Ep. 315: Nigel Bartlett on Indie vs Traditional Publishing

In this episode, Rachael talks about setting boundaries in order to be a kinder writer to ourselves, and then she and Nigel talk about indie vs trad publishing, masterminds, and how to choose what to write next! Nigel Bartlett is a freelance writer and editor who has worked for many of the best-known magazines in Australia. He lives in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern. Talking about King of the Road’s main character, David Kingsgrove, he says, ‘In many ways David is who I'd like to be — physically fit, a loving uncle and a good friend, although he does have flaws. He doubts himself and lacks confidence, but he discovers his strength by being pushed to his most extreme limits.’How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 5, 2022 • 28min

Ep. 314: Vanessa Hua on Moving the Body as Writing Practice

Vanessa Hua is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of the novel A River of Stars and a story collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities. A National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, she has also received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing, as well as awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, among others. She has filed stories from China, Burma, South Korea, and elsewhere, and her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. She has taught most recently at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. Forbidden City is her newest novel. How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she’ll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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