Beacons Podcast

Fourth up in the series on Nanowrimo, Kat and Leah talk about some issues that may be tripping up writers at the halfway mark from confidence to idea shifts to story management. 

In this third episode in the Nanowrimo series, Kat and Leah talk about potential blocks that marathon writers have in their writing, from inspiration to time to plot. 

In the second episode of a series about Nanowrimo, Kat and Leah talk about Nano writers harnessing that Day One energy so that we all begin as we wish to continue while writing our novels. 

In this first episode of a series of episodes about National Novel Writing Month, endearingly shortened by those in the trenches to Nanowrimo or Nano to save time for writing, Kat and Leah dissect the novel writing process as they prepare to churn out their 50K words in November.

Kat and Leah discuss what they consider when creating interesting and dynamic characters in their writing. 

The Beacons talk about why reading matters to people who want to publish stories and they tell you all about it in this episode about how to approach reading as a writer. 

The Beacons talk about the kinds of expectations writers have for themselves and why letting go of these often hindering ideas make for a better writing life. 

In today's episode, Kat and Leah revisit how they've been using side writing, which is the writing they do while working on a project. 

Kat and Leah talk about the ways writers sabotage their own writing lives and how they course correct their own writing processes. 

Kat and Leah throw open the writerly veil and talk about what their days look like as they try to squeeze writing into their lives. 

Kat and Leah give a brief overview of financial management and what they need to consider as they budget for their lives as writers.

In this episode, the Beacons talk about writing friendships and why they can be an important part of your writing life. 

National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner in November! Kat and Leah love writing marathons and talk a little about what they start to think about as they ready themselves for writing a book during Nano.

When do you cut deep and when do you pull back? Kat and Leah talk about writing the hard subjects that sometimes come from our own histories and experiences and how to handle them as writers.

A writer can struggle to tell their stories, but part of that struggle is writing, writing, writing and then not having anything published to show for all that work. In this episode, the Beacons discuss what it feels like and what to do when publication doesn't happen. 

Sometimes writers know their genre intuitively and others have a winding road to their niche. In this episode, Kat and Leah talk about how they found their genres and offer some tips and tricks to finding yours. 

On today's episode, Kat and Leah talk about how their approaches to time management have shifted as they move into the summer months.

Kat and Leah talk about the books they've been reading the last couple of years and how they decide what books to read. 

Today, Kat and Leah talk about their writing process and how it's changed since their debut episode earlier in the year.

In an episode that, as Kat says, "cuts close to the bone," the Beacons go over the different ways our writing lives are sabotaged.