Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
Zoe Richards
Welcome to Write, Damn It!, interviews with authors and writing mindset for writers who need a nudge or a good old shove to get the writing done, along with inspiration and motivation to help the words flow. Listening to Write, Damn It! helps you to become your own book coach with a combination of interviews, panels and mindset memos.
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Episode 33 In Conversation with Philippa East
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
08/08/23 • 67 min
Philippa East grew up in Scotland and originally studied Psychology and Philosophy before training as a Clinical Psychologist. She writes psychological thrillers / psychological suspense novels, and her debut Little White Lies was longlisted for the Guardian's "Not-The-Booker" prize and shortlisted for the CWA Dagger for best debut of 2020. Her further novels include Safe and Sound, I’ll Never Tell, and A Guilty Secret. Philippa lives in Lincolnshire with her spouse and cat, and continues to work as a psychologist and therapist.
What you can expect in this episode:
11:00 - failing as a writer, even when we do everything right
18:00 - Writing on brand, building a reputation and a profile as a writer
21:00 - Here's where we get into editing
26:40 - A first draft of a manuscript on paper can look exactly the same as a completely finalised manuscript
30:00 - Structural edits
43:00 - The editorial letter with the editors thoughts on your novel
47:00 - Tech tip: be sure to save the original document with a new name to work on with your edits
53:00 - It's a collaboration - your editor has your best interests at heart
1:00:30 - Failing better and the rungs on the ladder
Philippa's books
Little White Lies (Feb 2020)
Safe and Sound (Feb 2021)
I’ll Never Tell (Jan 2023)
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 32 What We Can Do About Our Self-Sabotage When Writing
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
08/04/23 • 12 min
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 31 In Conversation with Angela Kirwin
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
08/01/23 • 42 min
The one where we get into talking about ADHD and neuro-diversity. This is a fascinating conversation with non-fiction author, Angela Kirwin, who has known she has ADHD from her late teens.
After working for years in social care in prison, Angela left to write 'Criminal - How Our Prisons Are Failing Us All' which was published in 2022 with Orion Trapeze - the paperback came out in May 2023. She is now away on her new book which is all about ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and how the condition has both helped and hindered her life. Angela blogs about the subject on Substack under the name Hyperactive Living.
In this episode of the podcast we cover a raft of subjects linked to ADHD:
At 15:20 - keeping the chaos contained so that the creativity can come
At 21:00 - how non-fiction is a story your invested and interested in, that just happens to have facts and data to back up the stories of people
At 26:00 - using the voices in our head in our writing
At 29:00 - finding peace in the writing process
At 32:00 - vulnerability and Brené Brown, and doing the work on ourselves
You can find Angela here:
AngelaKirwin.com
Twitter
Instagram
Hyperactive Living on Instagram
Substack
Angela's book Criminal is available here:
Criminal
People Angela mentioned to follow on Twitter:
Harriet Tyce
Books Angela mentioned
Rick Rubin : The Creative Act
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 30 8 Traps Writers Fall Into
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
07/28/23 • 11 min
We can all be affected by traps, fears and patterns of behaviour that don't necessarily help us. In this episode you can find out about some of the common traps, fears and patters, and learn a simple technique for starting to change things to help your writing. There's the over-achiever, the positive feedback addict and the course addict to name just a few - and if you find yourself caught out by any of the 8 traps covered here, you can apply the simple solution I share to help you change.
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 29 Using the STARR Technique in Your Writing
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
07/25/23 • 18 min
Have you ever come across STARR? Or maybe you know it as STAR? It's an interview technique - yes, I know, this is a writing podcast, but bear with me here. Even though this is a technique to use in interviews, it's based on telling stories - and what is our writing about? Telling stories. Listen in to find out more about STARR, and how you can use it in your writing to free up your thinking.
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 28 Who Am I and Why Does That Matter To My Writing?
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
07/20/23 • 14 min
When it comes to our writing, to querying, to doing any publicity as a writer, we need to be able to answer the question 'who am I?' But that's not the only way this question can be helpful - we can also use it when we are thinking about our characters, and for our readers too. Listen in to find out how you can delve deeper into your answer to the question 'who am I?'
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 27 In Conversation with Sarah Hilary
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
07/18/23 • 61 min
Sarah Hilary is the guest I chat with on this week's episode - and forgive me for it being a longer than usual episode, but I couldn't bring myself to delete any of our conversation. Sarah is such an interesting person to talk with, and I'm sure we could have carried on talking for a while. Amongst a raft of interesting stuff, here are some highlights to look out for:
- At 16:15 Learn about the importance of the thin skin we have
- At 20:10 We get into responding to feedback
- At 23:00 Sarah talks about focusing on what we have influence over as a writer
- At 27:00 Sarah quotes Iris Murdoch - 'a novel is a great idea ruined'
- At 29:00 I share Amie Kaufman's wise words about adventures
- At 34:05 We get into being true to our characters and our readers
- At 39:49 Sarah says about the darkest stories that we can tell can illuminate people's lives and comfort them
- At 45:00 Sarah talks of the benefits of community as a writer
- At 52:20 We're reminded of the need to be social as an introverted writer
Sarah's books
Someone Else's Skin
Black Thorn
The people Sarah mentioned to follow on Twitter
Megan Abbot and Jane Casey on Twitter
Red Hot Chilli Writers Podcast
Sarah's social media and web links
https://sarahhilary.com
https://twitter.com/sarah_hilary
https://facebook.com/sarah.hilary.author
http://instagram.com/sarah_hilary999
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 26 How Writing is Like Problem Solving
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
07/14/23 • 11 min
I used to do bouldering - climbing without ropes. And it's all about learning from the basics, and problem solving. In this episode I look at how we as writers can benefit from seeing ourselves as problem solvers, too.
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 25 Dealing with Overwhelm and Feeling Stuck
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
07/11/23 • 19 min
Would some useful coaching questions help you get over your overwhelm and stop you feeling stuck with your writing? Get a pen and paper for this episode, and jot down the questions - if you want to go straight to the questions, start at 11:00 minutes into the episode.
We get into how Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs comes into our writing, and how we can use it to help us as a writer, along with those coaching questions that work in the context of the hierarchy.
Here's a link to each of the things I mention in the episode
Description of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
A book I get lost in: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
Episode 4 of Write, Damn It! - Writing With the Seasons of Life
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
Episode 126 Mindset Memo Writers' Reality Check
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards
10/18/24 • 14 min
Ever doubt yourself as a writer or author because things are not happening for you the way that they are for others? In October's Mindset Memo, the first of this new series of the Monthly Mindset Memo, I share some reality checks that will help you experience the world of writing and publishing in a more realistic way. I cover writing what we know, first drafts, six figure book deals, making money as a writer, and fairy dust (yes, fairy dust!), and get into the truth about the world of writing and being published.
Join me on Substack - here - for more insights into writing and being published, as well as mindset tips and tools. You can subscribe to get access to much more from me, including workshops and coaching.
If you would like to show your love for the podcast, please consider buying me a coffee through BuyMeACoffee.com. This gives you an opportunity to make a small, one-off donation - you are not committed to regular payments. Making the podcast earns me no money, and in fact costs me a fair bit, but I do it for the love, and because I have such fun talking with wonderful authors.
Even if you can't afford to buy me a coffee, simply letting me know that you love the podcast means a lot to me. Please take a moment to leave a star rating, write a review, or share the episode with others you know who will benefit from listening in, or you can tag me in social media when you share an episode that you love with your followers.
My website is http://www.zoerichards.co.uk where you can discover how you can work with me, and you can find me on TwiX and Instagram as @zoerichardsuk
And finally my debut novel, Garden of Her Heart, is out now and you can buy your copy here.
Happy writing, and may the wo...
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How many episodes does Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards have?
Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards currently has 130 episodes available.
What topics does Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards cover?
The podcast is about Mindset, Writing, Podcasts, Books, Self-Improvement, Education, Arts, Book Writing and Creative Writing.
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The episode title 'Ep 34 My Publishing Journey So Far: It Take a Writing Village To Get A Publishing Deal' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards?
The average episode length on Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards is 34 minutes.
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Episodes of Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards are typically released every 3 days, 23 hours.
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The first episode of Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards was released on Apr 14, 2023.
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