The Write Mindset with Racquel Henry Racquel Henry

Racquel is back with another solo episode. In this episode, Racquel gets very transparent about comparisonitis and discusses three things she does to reevaluate her mindset. Publishing is going to sting sometimes, but don't let that sting keep you down!



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We’re back with another one of our segments, Write State of Mind, where we interview authors about mindset, their processes, and their journey. This week we have the author Harper Glenn! In this episode we discussed:


Harper’s background in screenwriting
Landing an agent
Starting over with a second agent
The journey of selling a book
Community as a component to mindset
How to cultivate fierce confidence in your work
How Harper takes care of their mind outside of writing
Meditation
Quieting the monsters

Harper Glenn is an author of fiction. In addition to creating literary works that unveil the psychological, sociological, and economic disparities in poverty-stricken regions around the world, they love vintage books, anatomy, and old cemeteries. Though born and raised in Georgia, Harper resides in Washington State.

Harper hangs out on Instagram, Twitter, and their website.

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Vertical video creation for authors

Clubhouse



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We’re back with another one of our segments, Write State of Mind, where we interview authors about mindset, their processes, and their journey. This week we have the author Denise N. Wheatley! In this episode we discussed:




Denise’s background with books
Rejections from literary agents
Putting in the work and staying consistent
Ghostwriting
Self-doubt
The value of a writing community
Cleansing negative people to gain a healthy mindset
Keeping yourself lit
Criticism as leverage
Taking care of both body and mind in order to write all the things
The guilt that comes with being a writer



Denise N. Wheatley is a lover of happily-ever-afters and the art of storytelling. Her first novel, I Wish I Never Met You, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004. She has since written (and ghostwritten) over twenty novels and novellas, including suspense, contemporary, paranormal, and steamy romance. Denise currently writes for Harlequin Intrigue, with her fifth book hitting shelves later this year and four more releasing in the coming months. A few of those suspense titles include Cold Case—True Crime, Bayou Christmas Disappearance, and The Heart-Shaped Murders. Her Tule Publishing novel, Christmas in Full Bloom, has been optioned for film.

Denise earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago, the city where she was born and raised. When she isn’t sitting behind her computer, you can find her in a movie theater, on a tennis court, watching true crime television, or chatting on social media.



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The Writer’s Toolkit by Elizabeth Lyons (Sadly we couldn’t find a link!)

Denise’s class with WA: Writing Riveting Romantic Suspense (Recording available)



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We’re back with another one of our segments, Write State of Mind, where we interview authors about mindset, their processes, and their journey. This week we have the NYT Bestselling Author Kathleen Glasgow! In this episode we discussed:


How Kathleen got started writing
Her journey to getting an agent
Parting ways with an agent and what comes next
The 9-year process of writing her debut
Pantsing novels
Listening to the characters to tell the right story
Reading reviews while writing your second book
Understanding your voice as a writer and staying true to it
How writing other things can be good for your mindset
Kathleen’s message to older writers

About the author:

Kathleen Glasgow is the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces, You'd Be Home Now, How to Make Friends with the Dark, and The Agathas (with Liz Lawson). Her books have been published in more than 24 countries.



Kathleen hangs out on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and her website.

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Racquel in Conversation with Kathleen Glasgow and Jenny Torres Sanchez (Writer’s Atelier + Functionally Literate)



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We’re back with another one of our segments, Write State of Mind, where we interview authors about mindset, their processes, and their journey. This week we have the author Ronni Davis! In this episode we discussed: 


When the writing seed was planted 
The long road to publication 
The desire to write FT 
The process of being on submission 
How Ronni dealt with rejection 
What she did when it hurt to write 
Handling criticism/reviews 
When to step back from publishing 
Writing during a global pandemic 
Getting in your own way 
Writer’s guilt 

Ronni Davis lives in Chicago with her husband Adam and her son Aidan. By day she copy edits everything from TV commercials to billboards, and by night she writes contemporary teen novels about brown girls falling in love.


Her debut novel, WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU, is available now from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and the anthology YOU TOO?, in which she is a contributor, is available now from Inkyard Press. Her next novel, THIS NIGHT IS OURS, will be published Summer 2023 by Little, Brown Books/Poppy. 

Ronni hangs out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and her website. You can also keep up with Ronni and all her latest news via her newsletter.



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From our affiliate account with Bookshop.org:

The Romance Writers Handbook (Sadly we couldn’t find it on Bookshop)

When the Stars Lead to You Giveaway! (Open until 8/31/22!)



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Audio edited by Alli Nesbit. 

Music: Wooden Smile by Ziv Moran

We’re back with another one of our segments, Write State of Mind, where we interview authors about mindset, their processes, and their journey. This week we have Author, Lauren Francis-Sharma! In this episode we discussed:


Changing paths
Getting back up after rejection
Self-rejecting
Lone Writing
Taking chances and finding success
Navigating publishing as a Black writer
Writing the second book
Trusting the timing for each writing project
Writing during a global pandemic
Therapy as an essential tool for writers
Stealing time to write



About Lauren Francis-Sharma:

Lauren, a child of Trinidadian immigrants, has written about the Caribbean in both her best-selling novels, ’Til the Well Runs Dry and Book of the Little Axe. Lauren’s most recent writings can be found in The Lily, Electric Literature, Barrelhouse, Salon, as well as Marita Golden’s anthology, Us Against Alzheimer’s: Stories of Family Love and Faith.

Lauren holds a degree in English Literature with a minor in African-American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. Lauren, the Assistant Director of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference at Middlebury College, is a book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle, a MacDowell Fellow, and the former owner of D.C. Writers Room.

Lauren lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. with her husband and two children and she is always working on another book.



Lauren hangs out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and her website.

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‘Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma



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Find out more about Racquel Henry and her books: www.racquelhenry.com



Audio edited by Ali Nesbit.

Music: Wooden Smile by Ziv Moran