#badasswriters Kathleen Foxx

In today's episode, Kat talks about Edith Wharton, born on this day in 1862 (who shares a birthday with Kat's grandmother! Happy birthday Grandma!). Then, she chats with returning author Teri M. Brown about her new novel, An Enemy Like Me, which launches today, Jan 24, 2023.


What makes an enemy?
How war changes people and families
The inspiration behind the story
The process behind writing the book
Research for historical authenticity
Book cover design
Advice for those writing more than one POV or timeline
Natural transitions
The importance of WHY
The importance of pre-launch marketing
The editing process with Atmosphere Press
How to ensure each POV character has an arc
What historical fiction she’s working on next

Teri can be found at www.terimbrown.com, on Facebook @TeriMBrownAuthor, Twitter @TeriMBrown1, and IG @TeriMBrown_Author.

Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

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For guest inquiries, listener questions, book recs, or shoutouts to those who've helped on your path to publication, see details on Kat’s website here. Please note interview bookings are now full until October 2023.

Music: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io), Head Up by Sixteen Wheelers, A Sophisticated Affair by Gavin Luke, and Elevated Consciousness by Amaranth Cove (epidemicsound.com).

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Today Kat talks about Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, plus nonfiction novels and character motivations. (CONTENT WARNING: family murders, execution by hanging: skip to 8:21 if needed). Then, I chat with the lovely Ania Ray from Quill and Cup! We discuss:


What Quill and Cup is
Giving yourself permission to create
What a prickle is
How the community can help you avoid procrastinating!
Webinars, educational prickles, a sense of community, accountability
Ania’s own writing journey
The discomfort of first drafts
Her Cromwell Rules series
Writing a damned good book!
Her publishing journey
Her excellent advice to writers about mindset

Ania can be found at www.quillandcup.com, on Instagram @quillandcup, and on YouTube.

Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

Signup for Kat's newsletter here and register for the Query + Synopsis webinar here!

For guest inquiries, questions for the podcast (to be answered in an episode), book recommendations or shoutouts to those who've helped on your path to publication, see details on Kat's website here. Please note interview bookings are now full until October 2023.

Music: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io), The Tall Man, The Collector, and Evil Tendencies, all by Farrell Wooten (epidemicsound.com)

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In today's bonus episode, Kat talks about James Joyce in the #lithist segment; stream of consciousness, how his life events impacted his writing, and book banning. Then I chat with bookseller Shelley Macbeth of Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge, Ontario! We cover:


How she became involved with Blue Heron Books
Winning Best Bookstore awards—twice
What she gets the most joy out of at Blue Heron
Connections and the social side of bookselling
Events they do in support of authors
The Book Drunkard Festival
How Lucy Maud Montgomery fits into it all
Selecting books for the store
The impact of geographical location on a bookstore’s sales
Partnering with other businesses in the community
How TikTok and other social media sites are affecting trends in bookselling
The environmental impacts of paper books vs e-books
And of course, book recommendations!

Blue Heron Books is @BlueHeronBooks on Twitter and @BlueHeronBooks on Instagram.

Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

Signup for my newsletter here and register for the Query + Synopsis webinar here!

For guest inquiries, questions for the podcast (to be answered in an episode), book recommendations or shoutouts to those who've helped on your path to publication, see details on my website here. Please note interview bookings are now full until October 2023.

Music: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io), Head Up by Sixteen Wheelers, Celtic Dream by Trabant 33, Country Soil by View Points, Up in the Hills by Bonnie Grace, and Old Vienna by Leni Leimoti (epidemicsound.com).

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In today's episode, Kat talks about Robert Stone in #lithist who died on this day in 2015. He wrote the novel Dog Soldiers in the 1970s which went on to be adapted for film into Who'll Stop the Rain starring Nick Nolte. She talks about screenplays vs novel writing and then has a great conversation with thriller author and film industry aficionado Mark Grenside! Topics include:


his newest Thriller, Fallout
how filmmaking influences how he writes novels
imagery, dialogue, and entering a scene as late as possible
the three-act paradigm
the fundamental error he made when he first tried to get published
characters who bring out interesting traits in each other
being a member of Crime Writers of Canada
working with Jim Henson
travelling all over the world to film Fraggle Rock
his blog andanotherthing.com
the fearless activities Mark and his wife do and how they serve as writing inspiration

Mark can be found on his website at mngrenside.com, on Twitter @mngrenside, on Instagram @mngrenside, and on Facebook @mgrenside.

Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

Signup for my newsletter here and register for the Query + Synopsis webinar here!

For guest inquiries, questions for the podcast (to be answered in an episode), book recommendations or shoutouts to those who've helped on your path to publication, see details on my website here. Please note interview bookings are now full until September 2023.

Music: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io), Devil's Little Helper by Pip Monday, and Evangelish by Ondalut (epidemicsound.com)

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Today is the first episode of 2023! Hear about Tolkien, who was born on this day in Literary History, then Kat chats with two authors: Marion Lougheed (who's also the EIC at Off Topic Publishing) and Jennifer Mariani. We cover:


Off Topic Publishing—how Marion got started with it
Monthly poetry boxes
Marion's editing processes
What Marion likes about writing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
How poetry can help refine your prose
Pros and cons of being a writer and editor and publisher
Getting feedback on submissions
Writing retreat in Banff, Alberta, Canada in 2023
Jennifer's chapbook, All Forgotten Now
Jennifer reads us her favourite poem, Song of Home
How Jennifer writes her incredible lines
How Jennifer became involved with Off Topic Publishing
What Jennifer's working on next
Writing about extremely personal, difficult topics
Advice to writers in dealing with challenges, acceptance, and burnout

Marion: Twitter: @MarionLougheed & @OffTopicPub. Facebook: @Marion Lougheed's Writing Page & @Off Topic Publishing. IG: @themerryonion & @offtopicpub

Jennifer: Twitter: @zimballerina IG: @zimballerina

Kat: Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial & @moodpitchers. IG @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial & @moodpitchers. Websites: www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com & www.moodpitch.org

Guest inquiries: please fill out this form. Please note interview bookings are now full until September 2023.

To submit a question to be answered on the podcast, please fill out this form.

To recommend a book, or to give a shoutout to someone, record a short voice memo and email it to badasswriters@kathleenfoxx.com, and I'll air it on the pod! More details here.

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Music: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io), Head Up by Sixteen Wheelers, The Great Unknown by Hampus Naeselius, and Allegro Sotto Le Stelle by Trevor Kowalski.

In the last episode of 2022, Kat talks about Mercer Mayer who was born On This Day in Literary History. Then she wraps up the year with book recommendations, books she can't wait to read in 2023, a reflection on two things that every writer should do going forward, and then she chats with author and radio anchor Kathleen Marple Kalb about:


Her recent three-book deal
Querying advice
Launching her debut during the pandemic
Short stories
Writing for radio shows
Pivoting back to fiction
Her various mystery books
How her role in radio inspired some stories
A killer first line
Pen names
Juggling writing two series

You can find Kathleen on her website at www.kathleenmarplekalb.com, on Twitter @KalbMarple and @NikkiKnightVT, and on Instagram @kathleenmarplekalb.  She's also on Facebook @KathleenMarpleKalb and @NikkiKnightAuthor.

Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

For guest inquiries: please fill out this form. Please note interview bookings are now full until Sep 2023.

To submit a question to be answered on the podcast, please fill out this form.

To recommend a book or give a shoutout to someone who helped you on your writing journey, record a short voice memo and email it to badasswriters@kathleenfoxx.com, and I'll air it on the pod! More details here.

Signup for my newsletter here.

Music: Head Up (Sixteen Wheelers), Twenty Eleven (Rocket Jr.), Overtaken by Kids (Mac Taboel) (epidemicsound.com), Bathtime Funk (All Good Folk) (uppbeat.io)