How To Write the Future — SF/F Writing Podcast | WFZ
by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published September 14, 2026
Inside Book Coach Sessions with Beth Barany – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 222 *** “Where do you want to take your writing? Where do you want to take your writing career?...
Catharine Bramkamp on creativity, writing life, marketing challenges, and embracing art, purpose, and expression at any stage of life.
How To Write the Future — SF/F Writing Podcast | WFZ
by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published January 6, 2025 · Last modified March 13, 2025
Top 6 Most Popular Episodes in 2024 – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 134 “From planning your writing life to exploring tropes, storytelling, and world-building, these episodes showcase the diverse topics we’ve...
Catharine Bramkamp asks: are afraid of finishing your book; how writing can get lost amongst other priorities; and what to do about it.
How To Write the Future — SF/F Writing Podcast | WFZ
by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published January 30, 2023 · Last modified April 4, 2023
In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Where to Start with the How To Write The Future podcast,” Beth Barany celebrates her 30th podcast episode by featuring listener favorites and which episodes to...
Self care is important for authors to make time for even when it’s difficult to resist the allure of perfectionism and admit you need help.
Yvonne Marchese recently hosted me on her Late Boomer Living Podcast with the episode titled “How to Write the Future” namesake of my podcast, where we discussed my journey to becoming a novelist and...
A reflective article on how procrastination is about fear from writing coach, Beth Barany. *** Picture This: There you are. You want to write, but something stops you. You turn away, do the dishes,...
We, as writers and artists, need to return to reading material that requires a bit more effort than watching cute cat videos. Okay, a lot more effort. Why? I’ll tell you…
From the archives: In August 2014, I was interviewed by Michelle Murrain on my views on world building in fantasy for the monthly Broad Universe podcasts. We discussed the philosophy of world building for fantasy,...
Let’s welcome back monthly columnist Catharine Bramkamp as she shares with us “Selling Out for the Holidays!” Enjoy!
You are probably familiar with the coloring book craze, which as writers we are allowed to view with irony and in some cases, despair. I have avoided even leafing through the coloring books for sale next to the real books filled with words partially because of that irony thing, mostly because I don’t have time to color. I also don’t have the time to meditate , take a yoga class, shop for healthy food or call mom.
I came across a brochure advertising a writing seminar to be led by Cheryl Strand who will forever look like Reese Witherspoon in my head.
In her book Thinking About Memoir, Abigail Thomas reminds us: “Details. Specifics. Eliminate all abstract nouns.” Of course, this rule holds true for writing fiction as much as memoir. Whatever you write, use specific details to craft a full, believable world.
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