Dear Rach & Soph Sophie Hamley

In this episode Rachael Johns and Sophie Green talk about the parts of writing that we may or may not find tricky: no, not the existential stuff like 'I feel like I'm ripping my soul out of my body' (NB: we don't) but the technical stuff ... showing vs telling, action tags and dialogue tags, keeping track of timelines, whether or not we describe our characters' appearances, and other subjects of that ilk.
We also catch up on our news, which includes Soph writing a Farmer Wants a Wife recap for Rach, and generally enjoy chatting to each other, as always.
For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget
Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)

For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com
Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)


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In this episode Rach and Soph talk about their Farmer Wants a Wife viewing, Rach asks Soph if she'd ever write a country music novel and we have a special guest: rural fiction author Renae Black. Renae had some questions about literary agents and Sophie used to be one, so we talk about the reasons for having one or not and, if you want one, how you’d choose one.
Rach also asks Soph if she has a tattoo - and she wants to know if any of you have a literary-themed tattoo …
We recorded this one before last week’s episode, so you’ll hear Rach saying it’s her first time introducing the episode … even though she introduced last week’s. This is our prerogative, to change order! 
Visit Renae Black's website: https://renaeblack.com/
Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.
Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.
If you have a question for us, please email sophie@sophie-green-author.com and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.
And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.
For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget
Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)

For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com
Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)


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This week bestselling authors Rachael Johns and Sophie Green answer a couple of listener questions - one from a writer we’ll call Mindy, as she wishes to remain anonymous, and another from Ike Levick.
In the course of answering their questions Rach and Soph talk about why they write, how they define success, and how they move past blocks in their writing and get out of their own way.
If you have a question for Rach and Soph, you can email it to sophie@sophie-green-author.com
For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget
Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)

For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com
Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)


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Rachael Johns decided to scale back her presence on social media for a little while - not leaving it entirely but restricting how much time she spent on it. With two books to write this year, it's no surprise she needed the time. The surprise came when around the same time as she made that decision she discovered that fellow Western Australian and international bestselling author Natasha Lester made a similar decision, and so did so did Jack Heath, prolific author of books for children and adults.
So Rach suggested that we invite Natasha and Jack come on the podcast to discuss this with us, and a lively and highly interesting discussion ensued. Whether you're an author wondering if you need to build a social media presence or scale back the one you have, or just generally wondering about it, we hope you'll find what we have to say thought-provoking. 
Books mentioned:
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget
Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)
For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com
Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)

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The editorial process is something every published author goes through but which time and repetition tends not to ameliorate … alas! 
In this episode bestselling novelists Rachael Johns and Sophie Green talk about the different stages of the editorial process, both the ones we go through before turning in a manuscript and what happens as a manuscript is turned into a book. Hopefully it’s interesting for writers who haven’t experienced it yet and for published authors it may be cathartic to listen to! We certainly liked chatting to each other about it and hope you enjoy listening in.
Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.
Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.
If you have a question for us, please email sophie@sophie-green-author.com and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.
And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.
For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget
Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)

For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com
Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)

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When Soph met author Amanda Knight at an event in Sydney for Rach's THE OTHER BRIDGET they chatted about the podcast that Rach and Soph had already started recording, and Soph mentioned that we would love to have questions from listeners. Amanda said that there was a subject she’d be interested in talking about: imposter syndrome. 
So the three of us did talk about it, at length, on episode 7 of the podcast and even if you don’t have imposter syndrome (although don’t we all at some stage?) we hope you find this episode interesting. Many thanks to Amanda for her honesty and vulnerability. 
Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony aunts.
Readers - we would love to hear from you too! You can ask us questions about our books … and we’d also be happy to be YOUR agony aunts. We may not have professional qualifications but we sort out problems for our characters all the time, so if you’d like to get something off your chest/ask for some input/just see what we think about something, let us know.
If you have a question for us, please email sophie@sophie-green-author.com and put ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ in the subject line.
And if you’d like to actually be in the podcast with us while we answer your question, please let us know in the email.
For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
Rachael's latest book is The Other Bridget
Her next book is The Work Wife (to be published in January 2025)

For more about Sophie Green: https://sophie-green-author.com
Sophie's latest book is Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
Her next book is Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (to be published in August 2024)

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