5 Steps to Design Your Pre-Writing Ritual by Kirsten McNeill
Sometimes the hardest part of writing is starting. Kirsten McNeill shares her take on the positive pre-writing ritual to help you get going.
Sometimes the hardest part of writing is starting. Kirsten McNeill shares her take on the positive pre-writing ritual to help you get going.
Rituals and Writing: How Magic Can Support Your Creative Practice explores how ritual can support focus, flow, and creativity.
Discover how writing groups can help you finish your book in this interview with Beth Barany by Iman Llompart for your success.
How To Write the Future — SF/F Writing Podcast | WFZ
by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published January 1, 2024 · Last modified January 2, 2024
How To Plan Your Writing Life – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 78 “So for 2024, what is your big heart goal? If you can have anything that you want, and there...
How To Write the Future — SF/F Writing Podcast | WFZ
by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published January 9, 2023 · Last modified April 4, 2023
In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Fiction Writing Tips: Number One Tip, Worldview and Time Travel,” Beth Barany shares her number one tool for choosing world building details in your story...
How To Write the Future — SF/F Writing Podcast | WFZ
by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published December 12, 2022 · Last modified April 4, 2023
In this How To Write the Future episode, Beth Barany shares 8 Steps to Unlock Your Writing Process and shares information on her one-to-one Writing Assessment Session – on sale now, which will help...
Terri Connellan recently hosted me on her Create Your Story Podcast where we discussed story-telling, empowering women, and discovering your best writing process. Have a listen to the show on Apple Podcasts / Google...
My top 12 favorite writing books, in no particular order… I admit. It’s a somewhat random list, and not all the books are only about writing, but are actually about creativity — that which...
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by Beth Barany · Published July 6, 2018 · Last modified April 30, 2019
A few weeks ago I was a guest on Ryan Perry’s Simple Biz Support Facebook Live show talking about helping writers achieve their writing dreams. We talked about my writer’s journey, how I help writers,...
On Blog to Book: Spiritual Life of A Fiction Writer by Beth Barany… Last month I shared that I was writing a book on the spiritual life of a fiction writer and shared the...
Recently I did an AMA feed, a Q&A service, and received over 30 questions about writing, editing, marketing, coaching writers, and the writers life. Here’s a few of the questions and their answers. If...
I’m working on a book on the spiritual life of a fiction writer. Not in any particular order. You can read my work-in-progress here on this blog. I’m writing this book to explore the...
When most people think of myth — if they think about it at all — conjure up images of Greek gods fighting it out in skimpy clothes.
Consistency has never been my strong point. I’ll say that up front. So the opportunity to write about how I manage to overcome this failing is something of a cathartic exercise for me.
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