Not Too Busy To Write Penny Wincer

Daisy Buchanan is an award winning journalist, author and broadcaster who has had a varied writing career beginning in teen magazines, and now as a novelist. She's also the host of the chart topping podcast You're Booked - one of my favourite podcasts of all time.
We talk about Daisy's move from journalist and non-fiction author to fiction, and how terrifying that was, the joys and challenges of writing about sex and the importance of reading for pleasure when you're a writer. Daisy is also very open about the highs and lows of her publishing career and how not everything has been smooth sailing.
Links
Careering - Daisy Buchanan
Insatiable - Daisy Buchanan
Limelight - Daisy Buchanan (pre-order)
You're Booked Podcast
Peter Hujar's Day - Linda Rosenkrantz
Kick The Latch - Kathryn Scanlan
Daisy Buchanan on Instagram @thedaisybee
Penny Wincer on Instagram @pennywincer

Are you tearing your hair out about social media? Do you want to use it to grow your profile as a writer or shout about your book but it makes you uncomfortable? Nicola Washington is a social media marketer and she is passionate about helping writers get their work out into the world. As she says in this episode, after the immense hard work of writing a book, what a huge waste if nobody hears about it!
This is a hugely practical episode looking at strategy, building genuine relationships and creating community to help you spread your ideas, share your work and create meaningful change through the power of social media.
Links
Nicola on instagram @toomuch_social
Nicola's personal account on instagram @toomuchmotheringinformation
Instagram with Impact Workshop
Work with Nicola

Instagram accounts mentioned
@joanna_wolfarth
@emilyhenrywrites

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Penny's weekly writing newsletter pennywincerwrites.com
Non-fiction Retreat with Penny Wincer - easeretreats.com

Suzy Reading is a chartered psychologist, yoga teacher and coach whose work all centres around giving people the skills to nourish themselves. Her latest book is Rest to Reset: The busy persons guide to pausing with purpose. As well as talking about Suzy's journey from expert to author of 8 books, we talk about what rest actually looks like, the problem with the current conversations around burnout and moving towards the idea of rest as rebalancing, and that is going to look different for everyone. We also talk about relationship building in publishing, saying yes to opportunities and growing your authority as an expert in your field.
Links:
Rest To Reset - Suzy Reading
Self-care Revolution - Suzy Reading
This Book Will (Help) Make You Happy - Suzy Reading

You can find Suzy on Instagram @suzyreading
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Joanna Wolfarth is a cultural historian with a PhD in Southeast Asian art history. Her first book Milk: An intimate history of breastfeeding is a fascinating look at the social, historical and cultural contexts for this very personal of experiences, through art, philosophy, folk wisdom and interviews.
Joanna talks about how needing to make sense of the experience of new motherhood, led to a furious dive into the research between feeds and in tiny snatches of time when her baby slept, how motherhood made her fearless when it came to writing and non-fiction that seeks to ask questions, rather than provide all of the answers.
Links
Milk: An intimate history of breastfeeding
Joanna Wolfarth on Instagram @joanna_wolfarth
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Lucy Werner is a PR expert and founder of The Wern, an agency specialising in PR and branding for creative small businesses. Lucy is not only an expert at book PR but also a published author herself and in this episode Lucy shares what she has learned about book PR and marketing from both sides.
From building your authority and your brand before you publish, to promoting a book that already exists in the world, Lucy is a goldmine of information on how best to spread the word and get people buying your books.
Her infectious enthusiasm and fun approach to an area that many writers find daunting, will have you dipping your toes in the PR waters.
Links
Hype Yourself: A no-nonsense PR toolkit for small businesses - Lucy Werner
Brand Yourself - A non-nonsense brand toolkit for small businesses - Lucy Werner and Hadrian Chatelet
The Wern Agency
Lucy Werner on Instagram @lucywernerpr

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Catherine Newman is a writer with a varied career including two parenting memoirs and a middle grade novel. She had written for the New York Times, O Magazine, The Boston Globe and was a columnist for Real Simple Magazine. Her debut novel We All Want Impossible Things is the story of Ash, whose best friend Edi is dying of cancer. Set over a few weeks in a hospice, this book is filled with laughter and heartbreak. Catherine and I talk about the relief of laughing in the face of death, learning to embrace your natural writing voice and the how years of having to make a living from writing has had a positive impact on Catherine's daily writing habit. We All Want Impossible Things is out now.
Ease Retreat - Non-fiction with Penny Wincer, Wales, April 20-23 2023
We All Want Impossible Things - Catherine Newman
#AmWriting Podcast
Love, Nina - Nina Stibbe
Catherine Newman on instagram - @catherinenewman
Catherine's website - catherinenewmanwriter.com
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