The Writers’ Gym Podcast

Dr Rachel Knightley
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Build creative confidence and beat the inspiration addiction with Dr Rachel Knightley. Every episode, we’ll discuss key writing topics while exploring the goals, exercises, tools and techniques to discover what you really want from your writing — and what your writing really needs from you.

  1. 3d ago

    Caroline Sharples in conversation with Dr Rachel Knightley

    Dr Caroline Sharples, author and historian  Dr Rachel Knightley is joined at the Writers' Gym by non-fiction author and senior lecturer, Dr Caroline Sharples. Dr Caroline Sharples is a historian of modern Germany, with longstanding research interests in memories of National Socialism and representations of the Holocaust. She has held the post of Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Roehampton in 2017. Caroline is the author of West Germans and the Nazi Legacy (Routledge, 2012) and Postwar Germany and the Holocaust (Bloomsbury, 2016); and co-editor, alongside Olaf Jensen, of Britain and the Holocaust: Remembering and Representing War and Genocide (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). She has a particular fascination in the post-execution fate of Holocaust perpetrators, writing several essays on Allied policymaking regarding the Nazi corpse and perpetrator burials, commemoration and exhumation. It is against this background that she turned her attention to the much-mythologised fate of Adolf Hitler himself, seeking to explore just why the demise of the Nazi dictator has fascinated public audiences for so many decades. The resulting book, The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History constitutes the first cultural history approach to this topic. Caroline is passionate about public engagement and finding new ways to talk about her research. She has penned blogs for ‘History Matters’ (a site run by the University of Sheffield to explore the historical context behind contemporary news headlines or significant anniversaries) ; and magazine articles for History Today and Aspects of History. Most recently, she was commissioned to write features for both The Big Issue and The Daily Telegraph in connection with her Long Death of Adolf Hitler book and has featured on several leading podcasts, including BBC History Extra and the New Books Network. Instagram: @carol1ne_louise If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our website at www.writersgym.com and follow us on Instagram: @jointhewritersgym

  2. Aug 10

    Once Upon a Fear —the stories our anxiety writes: InkCouragement with Dr Rachel Knightley

    Rachel explores the link between creativity and anxiety: how the fears we write in our own minds can be used to propel us towards the things we want to create. Meaning we can learn not just more about what we can handle, but what are characters are capable of too.   If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our websites at www.writersgym.com, www.rachelknightleycoaching.com, and follow us on instagram: @jointhewritersgym @rachelknightleycoaching

  3. Aug 3

    Dr Kim Fleet in conversation with Dr Rachel Knightley

    Dr Kim Fleet, prize-winning author and Writers’ Gym member   Dr Rachel Knightley’s guest at the Writers’ Gym is prize-winning published author, developmental editor and book coach, Kim Fleet.   Dr Kim Fleet's work in indigenous land rights in Australia inspired her first two novels, Sacred Site and Featherfoot. She then turned to crime closer to home, and wrote the series of novels Paternoster, Holy Blood and Devil's Chimney set in Cheltenham and featuring feisty private investigator Eden Grey. Over eighty of her short stories have appeared in magazines in the UK and Australia, including People's Friend, Woman's Weekly, Take a Break and That's Life Fast Fiction. She has won or been shortlisted in over twenty literary competitions, including the Asham Award. She's written twenty-four articles on social history, genealogy and well-being for magazines including Discover Your Ancestors, Family Tree Magazine and Planet Mindful. She also wrote two monologues for the End of the Line podcast about women who choose not to have children. Kim has an MA and PhD in Anthropology, and MAs in English Literature and Screenwriting. She enjoys gardening, patchwork, exploring old buildings and reading historical true crime. Instagram: @KimFleet Substack: Outpacktopaperback.substack.com  Website: drkimfleet.co.uk If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our website at www.writersgym.com and follow us on instagram: @jointhewritersgym

  4. Jul 26

    From Vision to Visibility: InkCouragement with Dr Rachel Knightley

    Showing up in the public sphere can feel overwhelming, but by noticing the messaging inside our heads, we start to enjoy showing up one authentic thing at a time. If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our websites at www.writersgym.com, www.rachelknightleycoaching.com, and follow us on instagram: @jointhewritersgym @rachelknightleycoaching

  5. Jul 20

    Graham Bartlett in conversation with Dr Rachel Knightley

    Graham Bartlett, bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Dr Rachel Knightley is joined at the Writers' Gym by ex homicide detective, crime writing mentor and bestselling crime author GrahamBartlett.   After thirty years of policing, whereby Graham Bartlett became Brighton and Hove police's chief superintendent, a senior homicide detective and a public order and firearms commander, he is now a best-selling crime fiction and non-fiction author, and police and crime advisor. His debut non-fiction, Death Comes Knocking, written with Peter James, was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, and Peter and Grahamfollowed this up with the critically acclaimed Babes in the Wood. Since then, Graham has had three solo crime novels published; Bad for Good (Sunday Times Top Ten Best Seller, Winner of Crime Fiction Lover Editors' Choice Award 2022 and Nominated for Specsavers Debut of the Year 2022), Force of Hate, and City on Fire. As a police procedure and crime advisor, Graham works with over 200 authors and TV writers (including Peter James, William Shaw, Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, Ruth Ware, Mark Billingham and the BBC), helping them inject authenticity into their work. He is a crime writing mentor with Jericho Writers, runs live and online crime writing courses is a regular speaker at crime writing festivals and appears in many true crime TV documentaries. Learn more about Graham Bartlett here: https://policeadvisor.co.uk, https://linktr.ee/grahambartlett Instagram: @gbpoliceadvisor If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our website at www.writersgym.com and follow us on instagram: @jointhewritersgym

  6. Jul 13

    That Treasure you Found on Your Parents’ Bookshelf: InkCouragement with Dr Rachel Knightley

    Rachel shares her experience of rejection, and how to move through it by acknowledging this is the middle of a story, not the end, encouraging us to create the next chapter.    If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our websites at www.writersgym.com, www.rachelknightleycoaching.com, and follow us on instagram: @jointhewritersgym @rachelknightleycoaching

  7. Jul 6

    Victoria Dowd in conversation with Dr Rachel Knightley

    Victoria Dowd, bestselling crime writer and Vice Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association Dr Rachel Knightley is joined at the Writers' Gym by prize and award-winning author, Victoria Dowd.   Victoria is the award-winning author of the bestselling Smart Woman’s Mystery series and has been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger. Her novel, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder, won The People’s Book Prize for fiction and was In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel’s Book of the Year. Her novel Murder Most Cold won the Grand Puzzly award. Victoria was awarded the Gothic Fiction prize for her short fiction and The Syke House International Film Silken Noose Award. Victoria is the Vice Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and before becoming a writer was a criminal defence barrister for many years. Her historical crime novel, Death in the Aviary, was released this year and is the first book in a new series. Her standalone novel, The New Rules of Murder, will be published by Sphere in April next year. Learn more about Victoria Dowd here: https://victoriadowd.com/ Instagram: @dowdvictoria If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our website at www.writersgym.com and follow us on instagram: @jointhewritersgym

  8. Jun 29

    The Worst Writing Advice I Ever Received: InkCouragement with Dr Rachel Knightley

    What’s the most damaging advice you’ve ever received as a writer? Dr Rachel Knightley reflects on what the wrong and right ‘shoulds’ can do to our ability to make time for our writing and ourselves, and how to take control of our reactions to the messaging we receive. Rachel provides a creative confidence and writing ‘Think On The Page’ Writers’ Gym exercise to create the time and writing that works for you. If you enjoyed listening to the Writers' Gym Podcast, head to our website at www.writersgym.com and follow us on instagram: @jointhewritersgym

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Build creative confidence and beat the inspiration addiction with Dr Rachel Knightley. Every episode, we’ll discuss key writing topics while exploring the goals, exercises, tools and techniques to discover what you really want from your writing — and what your writing really needs from you.

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  • Creator
    Dr Rachel Knightley
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    116
  • Rating
    Clean
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    The Writers’ Gym Podcast