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Kimberly Grymes is a Young Adult Speculative Fiction author. You can find her on Instagram at @KGrymes.Writes
A motivational show for all the creatives out there with an inner rebel. Listen for interviews, industry news, tips, tricks and tools to help you take your creative business to the next level.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- Planning systems
- How to plan effectively
- Planning for the unknown
- Balancing family and career
- Mindset shifts
This week’s question is: what have you learned about yourself this year?
Recommendation of the week is: High School Rocket Science: For Extraterrestrial Use Only by Patron Stanley B Trice
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Rebel of the Week is: Bair Klos
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
No new patrons this week, but a big thank you to all of my existing patrons. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
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Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- Giving yourself permission
- Changing your mindset around writing
- How to start writing
- How to keep writing fun
- Quitting vs Sticking vs Pivoting
This week’s question is: What should you be doing, that you aren't?
Recommendation of the week is: Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
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Rebel of the Week is: Marc Lewis
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
1 new patron this week, welcome and thank you to Deb Schwabe. Thank you to Erica Lott for upping their pledge and a big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- Japan
- The most common writer fears
- How to become fearless
- Approaches to perfectionism
- Approaches to failure
This week’s question is: What country is top of your bucket list?
Recommendation of the week is: Quit by Annie Duke
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The Way of the Fearless Writer
Rebel of the Week is: Jackson Hollingsworth
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
No new patrons this week, but a big thank you to my existing patrons. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- Advice for working full-time and trying to write
- Balancing caring duties and writing
- Boundaries, how to have them and hold them
- Mindset shifts
This week’s question is: Do you struggle to make time for all the things in life?
Recommendation of the week is: How to Fail by Elizabeth Day
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Rebel of the Week is: Eden
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
4 new patrons this week, welcome and thank you to Tove Sama, Ronnie Ledesma, Robi Francis and Farica Woods. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Hello Rebels and welcome to fireside chat number three between Rachael Herron and I. This is The Black Herron Episode three. Don't forget, Patrons get early access to these episode an entire month early and then we air them on the podcast feeds the following month. If you’d like to hear them early you can join me on Patreon from as little as $2 right here.
To find out more about Rachael, you can listen to her show “How Do You Write” or visit her website.
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If you haven’t read The Anatomy of a Best Seller, what are you waiting for? Grab my latest craft book and start deconstructing so you can write your own best seller today.
Books we mentioned: How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day
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Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- What elements make urban fantasy
- Crafting the urban fantasy voice
- Marketing urban fantasy
- Urban fantasy tropes
This week’s question is: how do you approach editing?
Recommendation of the week is: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
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Rebel of the Week is: Sharon
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
1 new patron, welcome and thank you to Danielle Brigante. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- What NaNo is and how to participate
- The community of NaNo
- Tips and tricks for setting yourself up for NaNo
- Methods for keeping going
- NaNo Mindset
This week’s question is: Have you ever done NaNo? or will you do NaNo this year?
Recommendation of the week is: Darkest Night by Alessa Thorn
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Rebel of the Week is: April Jones's husband's friend
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
1 new patron this week, welcome and thank you to Paul Worthington. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY KOBO WRITING LIFE
Visit Kobo Writing Life here, read the Kobo Writing Life blog here, and listen to their podcast here.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- The psychology of cozy mysteries
- Cozy tropes
- Mistakes to avoid
- Craft advice for writing cozy mysteries
- Marketing for introverts
This week’s question is: What would you like for Christmas?
Recommendation of the week is: A Lair of Bones by Helen Scheuerer
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Rebel of the Week is: Jennie Krypton (TikTok @jennie_krypton)
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
1 new patron this week, welcome and thank you to Cianne McKinnon. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Episode Show Notes
In this episode we cover:
- Mistakes to avoid when outlining or trying to write fast
- The 9 critical story beats
- What to do when you veer off your outline
- The pillars of writing fast
This week’s question is: What and when was the last bit of self care you did?
Recommendation of the week is: A Glasgow Kiss by Sophie Gravia
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Rebel of the Week is: Eden’s Nan
If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to rebelauthorpodcast@gmail.com
2 new patrons this week, welcome and thank you to Barbra Campbell and Tara Brinkley. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack
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Saturday Oct 01, 2022
Saturday Oct 01, 2022
Hello Rebels and welcome to fireside chat number two between Rachael Herron and I. This is The Black Herron Episode two. Don't forget, Patrons get early access to these episode an entire month early and then we air them on the podcast feeds the following month. If you’d like to hear them early you can join me on Patreon from as little as $2 right here.
To find out more about Rachael, you can listen to her show “How Do You Write” or visit her website.
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If you haven’t read The Anatomy of a Best Seller, what are you waiting for? Grab my latest craft book and start deconstructing so you can write your own best seller today.
Books we mentioned: Stop Making Others Rich: How Authors Can Make Bank By Selling Direct by Morgana S. Best
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