Talking with...WB Welch!

08/01/21 • 46 min

I recently had a great discussion with writer WB Welch about novellas, horror writing, poetry, and how writers can fit writing into a busy schedule and effectively use social media. ***** About WB Welch: While she's spent most of her professional career in marketing and customer communications, WB has had many hobbies over the years, including photography and natural skin care and holistic remedies. She studied and became certified in personal training and corrective exercise, and she’s always been an adrenaline junkie. She’s been bungee jumping, skydiving, owned a Yamaha R1 for a time (before it was so woefully stollen), and she was getting pretty decent at staying on top of a skateboard before chronic illness slowed her down a little. She’s currently working as an email developer while writing in her free time. She often focuses on the darker side of human emotions, striving to write honest fiction with texture. Publishing credits include Blood Drops, The Last Letter, and Wet Water, as well as “Baby Muncher” in the 16th edition of Thrice Fiction. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern Methodist University. Links: Website: https://www.wbwelch.com Rose's Gold Pre-Order: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097S7HMLV Mailing list signup: http://eepurl.com/hzWcvb Twitter: @authorwbwelch ***** Email me: [email protected] Twitter: @marisadee13 Instagram: marisadf13 Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I'd really appreciate it if you could rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as it'll help a lot more people find out about this show! I also have a NEW podcast, debuting on August 8! Check out the trailer here: https://anchor.fm/marisa-d96

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“Encore” episode: Quantity v. Quality: What’s a Writer To Do??????

This episode originally aired on September 06, 2020. I think this question is on a lot of writers’ minds, and it applies to many other areas of our lives. ************************************************************************************************************************************************ Email me: [email protected] Twitter: @marisadee13 Instagram: marisadf13 I'd also really appreciate it if you could rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as it'll help a lot more people find out about this show! ************************************************************************************************************************************************** Links to Stuff I Mentioned in This Episode: #PitMad: https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/ JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/ NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month): https://nanowrimo.org/ Here's what I used to estimate how much Stephen King has written since 1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King

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An Intro to Jisei (the Japanese Death Poem)

I discuss some characteristics of the jisei, aka the Japanese death poem, and some reasons this form of poetry is so deeply ingrained in Japanese culture, and provide some insight into what this type of poetry can teach us about life. ***************************************************************************************** Email me: [email protected] Twitter: twitter.com/marisadee13 Instagram: www.instagram.com/marisadf13 Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I'd really appreciate it if you could rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as it'll help a lot more people find out about this show! Also, I recently started a new podcast! You can catch the first episode here: https://anchor.fm/marisa-d96/episodes/A-Brief-History-of-the-Penny-Dreadful-e15jj10 ***************************************************************************************** References: "Death poem." Wikipedia, July 13, 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_poem. Fisher, Martini. "The Honorable Death: Samurai and Seppuku in Feudal Japan." Ancient Origins, July 2, 2020, https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/honorable-death-samurai-and-suicide-feudal-japan-005822. "Haiku and Tanka Poems on Deathbed." Masterpieces of Japanese Culture, https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/japanese-death-poems-by-famous-people. Kincaid, Chris. "Jisei: the Japanese Death Poem." Japan Powered, December 1, 2013, https://www.japanpowered.com/japan-culture/jisei-the-japanse-death-poem. Rose, Gayle Walters. "Jisei, Japanese Death Poems." dVerse, September 24, 2015, https://dversepoets.com/2015/09/24/jisei-japanese-death-poems/. Strusiewicz, Cezary Jan. "Jisei: The Art of Japanese Death Poems." Tokyo Weekender, January 07, 2021, https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2021/01/jisei-japanese-death-poems/.