How to Know if Your Story Idea Has Legs, plus Reflecting on 2023 and Looking at 2024

How to Know if Your Story Idea Has Legs, plus Reflecting on 2023 and Looking at 2024

Announcements:

  • Early Bird registration is open for the 2024 Writer Craft Writing Retreat. At this point, there is only four private tickets left and three shared tickets. We'll likely sell out again. ValerieIhsan.com/retreat for more info.

  • I'm in a new anthology by Tsunami Press with my essay "Eye Contact." It's in stores now;  order wherever books are sold.

  • Season of the Shadow up now! (Erick's new title.)

  • UPDATE:

  • Valerie:

  • meeting with co-writers in Jan

  • follow the feeling; Aligned Action are my 2024 buzz words.

  • reflection

  • Erick:

  • new series work: mapped out first three books

  • written reader magnet for new series

Just finished:

I'M READINGWhat's a Poor Girl to Do?: Prostitution in Mid-Nineteenth Century America by Elizabeth A. Topping and Ma and Me by Putsana Reang

Praying with Jane Eyre by Vanessa Zoltan

The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo

Up Next:

Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the the Early West by Anne Seagraves

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue

Harness: A Systemic Approach: Guaranteed to Revolutionize Your Coaching by Tess Cope

  • Erick's Reading:

Nejishiki Yoshiharu

  • Show Notes:

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Valerie’s Author Site: https://valerieihsanauthor.com

Valerie’s Facebook Page and Instagram account

Erick’s Services: https://erickmertzwriting.com

Erick’s free book on Ghostwriting: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cexki4kp5n

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2023 Books We've Mentioned on the Podcast

2023 Books We've Mentioned on the Podcast

Mining Your Life for Story with Lynne Golodner

Mining Your Life for Story with Lynne Golodner