HeyJaredThe Writing Coach
Author and writing coach Kevin T. Johns interviews the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.
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- Sep 13, 2026
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Writing Transgressive Fiction: Ron Black on Bleu and the Character No One Has to Like – The Writing Coach Ep. 237 (opens the original)
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Ron Black's debut novel Bleu: A Transgressive Tale takes a hard look at addiction, the art world, and domestic violence — with the abuse running in a direction fiction rarely shows. Here's how a night-shift prompt became a book, and why an unlikable character just needs to be an understandable one.
Marketing Your Book Without Losing the Time to Write It: Marvin Wey of AuthorScale on AI, TikTok, and Selling More Books – The Writing Coach Ep. 236 (opens the original)
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Marvin Wey, co-founder of AuthorScale, on the two proven social media formats selling books right now, how to find the scenes in your own manuscript worth promoting, and why he thinks marketing and writing should stay two different jobs.
The Spiritual Side of Beating Writer’s Burnout: Charlotte Donlon on Rituals, Rest, and Writing – The Writing Coach Ep. 235 (opens the original)
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Spiritual director Charlotte Donlon on the rituals, permission, and belonging that keep writers out of burnout and the two-minute practice she uses daily.
Murder, Wormholes, and A.I.s in Your Head: Talking Sci‑Fi with J.E. Sheasby – The Writing Coach Ep. 234 (opens the original)
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J.E. Sheasby joins The Writing Coach to explore AI, sentience, futuristic crime, worldbuilding, and the decade-long journey behind his ambitious sci-fi series.
For Once in My Life: Rob Cole on the Biography of Arlinda Willis – The Writing Coach Ep. 233 (opens the original)
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After thirty years and 140 rejected literary agents, Rob Cole self-published the authorized biography of Arlinda Willis, a story of Jim Crow Alabama, Cleveland's Black entertainment scene, and the medical racism that shaped her final years.
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