Writer Craft Podcast
Welcome to the Writer Craft Podcast, a show about creativity and craft. Remember when you told your sister stories in the night, snuggled under the covers of your waterbed? Or read books from the public library that delighted you? And now you've written your own novel.
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- Sep 22, 2026
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Being Creative When You Don't Think of Yourself as an Artist, with Jane Ward (Ep221) (opens the original)
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Hello aligned authors! I'm Valerie Ihsan, and this is Episode 221 of the podcast and it's September 22, 2026 as I record this. Main Topic: Jane Ward (creativity, baking, travel, and how to do anything creative when you don't consider yourself an artist) PATREON: Thank you to my existing patrons for believing in my work offline and here in the podcast. If you are a patron, in either tier, you get all my content, always. You can support me and my dreams and my writing and my aligned author life fo
Why Romance Novels are More Serious Than You Think with Francesca Frost (Ep220) (opens the original)
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Why Romance Novels Are More Serious Than People Think, with Francesca Frost PATREON: Thank you to my existing patrons for believing in my work offline and here in the podcast. If you are a patron, in either tier, you get all my content, always. You can support me and my dreams and my writing and my aligned author life for $11.11 USD, and I will be so so grateful. Truly. Heart to heart. Gratitude for your gifts. If you want coaching too (with TWO LIVE CALLS EACH MONTH, you can BACK me at $55.55/m
Balance and Flow with Steven Puri (Ep219) (opens the original)
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Main Topic: Balance and Flow with Steven Puri PATREON: Thank you to my existing patrons for believing in my work offline and here in the podcast. If you are a patron, in either tier, you get all my content, always. You can support me and my dreams and my writing and my aligned author life for $11.11 USD, and I will be so so grateful. Truly. Heart to heart. Gratitude for your gifts. If you want coaching too (with TWO LIVE CALLS EACH MONTH, you can BACK me at $55.55/mo USD). You will NEVER find co
The Ten of Swords Business Plan: Pivots and Tweaks After One Year of Full-Time Writing with JP Rindfleisch IX (Ep218) (opens the original)
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Main Topic: Pockets of Pivots: Pivoting and Tweaking Your Way Through the First Year as a Full-Time Writer with repeat guest JP Rindfleisch IX PATREON: Thank you to my existing patrons for believing in my work offline and here in the podcast. If you are a patron, in either tier, you get all my content, always. You can support me and my dreams and my writing and my aligned author life for $11.11 USD, and I will be so so grateful. Truly. Heart to heart. Gratitude for your gifts. If you want coachi
Creating a Writing Wheel: Using the Wheel of Life to Analyze Your Writing Life (Ep217) (opens the original)
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(Main Topic): Wheel of Life overview: health, friends/family, significant other, personal growth, fun and leisure, home environment, career, money What is your satisfaction in these areas? Goal: level them out for a smoother ride. It's not to increase all the levels to 10. Ask instead: What # do you want this section to be at? What needs to happen for you to get that # where you want it to be? Wheel of Writing Life: Health (Are you fit enough to sit at a desk and write?); Family/friends (found f
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