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Write Where It Hurts Eva Des Lauriers
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Join Eva and Katryn as they laugh (and sometimes cry) about writing, publishing, and the courage it takes to live your story. Tune in for a safe space in which two writers frankly discuss the mental health issues that can come up when navigating everything from querying, to submission, to publishing for the first time. Katryn and Eva offer laughs and real-talk inspiration for writers at each stage of their journey. Join in the conversation with Write Where it Hurts and remember: it’s not just you!
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S3 Ep 5 Are We all Plantsers?
This week, Eva and Katryn dive deeper into plotters and pantsers, discussing what tools and tricks to best to tame your arcs, plot, and more during the drafting process. Eva regales us all with tales of her launch, and Katryn breaks down all of her drafts in the style of romance tropes.
Note: Katryn was having trouble with her mic (mostly, speaking into it properly) and some segments are unusually quiet. This should be fixed by episode 7!
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Check out the Masterclass on finding out which kind of writer you are!
Jane Friedman has a great article on plotters and pantsers!
Pacific northwesters, come see Eva at her final tour stop for a while in Seattle with Rachel Griffin!
Subscribe to Wiser Than Me, Julie Louis-Dreyfus’s wonderful podcast
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S3 EP 4 Debut Anxiety
It’s a Write Where it Hurts Super Special! This week, Eva and Katryn discuss debut anxiety-- everything from the wounds it opens, to self-imposed stress, to developing early expectations around the “nebulous cloud that is publishing.” Eva discusses cutting herself off from reading reviews, and Katryn acts out a whole scene from Harry and the Hendersons and it somehow works as a metaphor.
NOTE: We are taking a break for Eva's debut (out on 5/21)! We'll be back in June!
*Content warnings: This week, we talk a lot about mental addictions. These are real and toxic to our mental health, but we mention them in no way to compare or dismiss physical and substance addiction--only to speak to our experiences with this kind of psychological addiction.
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Bookseller survey finds that over half of authors reported that debut authors said the experience negatively impacted their mental health
What is a Super Special, you ask? THIS
Listen to our Seducing the Creative Spirit playlist!
Watch this Harry & the Hendersons clip and WEEP
Pre-order I Wish You Would (Eva) and We Are Not Alone (Katryn) -
S3 Ep 3 Character Flaws
This week, the topic on Write Where it Hurts is ‘writing flawed characters,’ and the craft talk gets real. Eva deftly connects The Tortured Poet’s Department to the theme, and talks giving all of her characters the full enneagram-meyers-briggs workup, while Katryn gets very salty about manic pixie dream girls (but not in the way you think). NOTE: If the audio sounds a bit choppy and Katryn’s voice sounds like sad, parched smacking, this is because our heroic Eva was forced to edit out roughly 79,000 coughs. Thanks, Spring!
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Give your character a free enneagram test!
I sued Masterclass’s site as a baseline in framing some of my own questions and thoughts!
Pre-Order I Wish You Would and keep an eye on Eva’s IG or subscribe to her newsletter for upcoming tour info!
Request Katryn’s next book, We Are Not Alone, on NetGalley and Edelweiss! -
S3 Ep2 Writing Groups
This week, Eva and Katryn delve into managing your time in writing groups - from getting in (yay!) to knowing when to back off. Eva talks disappearing Homer-style into a bush when overwhelmed, and Katryn discusses getting back into the IRL social fold.
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Lots of people out there talking about how Slack and apps like it can cause stress, anxiety and a lack of work life balance
Pre-Order I Wish You Would and keep an eye on Eva’s IG or subscribe to her newsletter for upcoming tour info!
Request Katryn’s next book, We Are Not Alone, on NetGalley and Edelweiss! -
S3 Ep 1 Writing Under Contract
To kick off season 3 of Write Where it Hurts, Eva and Katryn discuss writing on contract--from the reality of deadlines after you’ve sold a book, to the creative process around pitching books after the book deal. Kate and Eva can’t stop/won’t stop talking about minotaur erotica.
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Pre-order I Wish You Would now!
Also, for Bay Area folks, please come out to Eva’s launch in conversation with the great YA Author Kristin Dwyer at Mrs. Dalloway’s Books
Check out the gorgeous cover of Katryn’s upcoming book, We Are Not Alone, if you missed the reveal!
Stop everything you’re doing right now and read the summary (and some of the reviews!) for Morning Glory Milking Farm -
BONUS: Growing As Artists
In this bonus episode, Eva and Katryn discuss their evolution as artists & authors--from making peace with the revision process and finding your best critique balance, to the hurdles they’ve faced as artists. Katryn grieves lost pop-culture references and Eva kinda-accidentally makes her husband sound like a cannibal.
CONTENT CLARIFICATION: Hi, all! Kate here. I just wanted to clarify that, in the segment where I talk about feeling like I have the right to educate myself, I realized I was being super vague. I wanted to clarify that I was talking about bad publishing and writing advice. I realized that, bookended with my mini-rant about Barbie, it might have sounded like I was deliberately vaguepodding about something else. Did I just make up a new word? I think I did!
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Pre-order I Wish You Would now!
Also, for Bay Area folks, please come out to Eva’s launch in conversation with the great YA Author Kristin Dwyer at Mrs. Dalloway’s Books
Check out the gorgeous cover of Katryn’s upcoming book, We Are Not Alone, if you missed the reveal!