No one is willing to tell or accept the truth of the Gospel. Christians are waging war with evil which include the mainstream media, government, culture and society. Here we will get our hands dirty to the point!
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On the Pencils&Lipstick podcast Kat talks to authors, editors and other professionals in the writing and publishing field to learn more about the craft of writing. If you're a writer or just love listening to author interviews about writing, Pencils&Lipstick is about to be your newest favorite podcast.
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A series of interviews with California Fig lovers – from growers to chefs to retailers to dietitians – celebrating the quality, nutrients, and benefits of California grown figs. This series covers everything from sustainable growing practices and health benefits of California Figs to the many uses of California Figs, including many great snack and meal ideas. After listening, you will be hungry and informed!
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Talking to Mod with the The Magic Mod each week we go live Musicians, Athletes, Actors and everyone in-between to get a better inside into what makes them tick and why they do what they do!
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Today I talk with Kevin Hall about all the things he had learned in marketing his books. He has put all of his ideas, what works and what doesn't, into a book just for indie authors. You can find out more about Kevin at http://www.kevin-hall.com Ines Johnson has a Kickstarted up for her Page Turner Planning. She describes it as a guidebook, a plann…
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Today I have a wonderful conversation with author RL Baxter. We talk about writing fantasy, writing for YA and adults, finding your path as an indie author, how Ricky Baxter got starter and where he is going. You should follow him and check out his books. Links below! https://rickybaxter.wordpress.com/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ricky-Baxter/aut…
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Today we are talking to Plottr creator Cameron Sutter. Plottr has loads of templates that make crafting a satisfying ending for any genre so painless that you’ll want to tell all your friends about it. You can check it out here: https://katcaldwell.com/plottr You can also find out more about Story Snap here: https://katcaldwell.com/storysnap (These…
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Former journalist Nancy Hastings, the daughter of missionary parents, is the author of “Mission Possible.” Nancy’s 30 plus years of experience as a journalist and freelancer gives her the ability to make her characters shine. Nancy lives and works out of her home base of Lexington, IN and spends her summers hiking and camping with her husband, thre…
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Welcome back, everyone! It's the seventh season of Pencils&Lipstick! I want to take a moment to reflect on the summer, encourage you to keep writing (possibly look at thing a little differently), talk o you about audiobooks and remember that this is all a numbers game, so keep adding to your numbers! Links from the show: Spoken.press https://www.sp…
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Author and Stronger Girl Coffee founder Stacy Smith Rogers discovered the power of community in a unique story of entrepreneurship, grief and encouraging others to embrace their stories with strength, faith and boldness. Her former business, The Paddock Coffee + Eats + Gatherings, earned the 2021 Tourism Business of the Year award, just two years a…
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Joan Schoettler has surrounded herself with children’s literature, sharing it with her sons when they were young, inviting children she taught to step into the world of stories, and teaching children’s literature at California State University in Fresno. In addition to spending time with family and friends, she enjoys reading, gardening, and travel…
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Hannah grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia but wound up in South Jersey after falling in love with her complete opposite. She's got all the degrees of a "serious" fiction writer but only smiles when she's writing romance. She lives with her husband and two daughters in a picturesque town outside of Philadelphia where she enjoys reading …
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Get signed up for the Book Sales School Summit here: https://katcaldwell.com/booksalessummit2025 If you're a fiction teacher or coach you might be interested in the Fiction Teachers Summit. Sign up here:https://katcaldwell.com/fiction-teachers-summit Rhonda Douglas is starting her Book Finishers Bootcamp July 18th. It's a ver good way to get ahead …
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Page Turner Awards is an inclusive writing and book awards with one goal – to change the lives of as many writers as possible. The team at Page Turner Awards passionately believes that talented writers can be from any background, age, race, religion, or interest. To find out more and enter the awards go to https://bit.ly/Kat-Caldwell-2025 If you de…
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Want to read the book? Head here to buy from me: https://katcaldwell.com/books Head here for Amazon: https://katcaldwell.com/english-channel Want o make your own audiobooks? Go to https://spoken.press and use the code word PENCILS to make an account! Let me know what you think! @author_katcaldwell on Instagram and @katcaldwell.author on TikTok…
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Esther thought of herself as a reluctant reader until she read John Irving’s, The World According to Garp in her teens. From that day on, she discovered that she loves books! These days, she mostly listens to audiobooks. Esther’s writing career grew from the stories she told her children. Book after book poured out of her as she began to put the wo…
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This week I'm so excited to bring an interview with Spoken to you! They are truly changing the audiobook industry and I want you to be part of it! I've always wanted to have audiobooks, but it's been so far out of reach due to price for me, but not any more! Spoken Studio is the first purpose-built workflow empowering authors breaking the sound bar…
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Today I'm talking with Melissa Burnham from Embers Igniting. Melissa is a writer herself and sees editing as a partnership, walking beside writers through the editing process, encouraging growth while respecting their unique style and explaining the “why” behind her suggestions. Melissa is offering a 2000 word sample edit for Pencils&Lipstick liste…
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This week I am talking with author Nancy Christie. She got her start in journalism and has written nonfiction, short stories and novels. Nancy's fiction and nonfiction books explore the subject of change — the challenges in transitioning (physically or emotionally) from one place to another, the sense of loss that develops when the landscape of lif…
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Today I'm talking with Greg Keogh from Curios. Curios is a self publishing platform for digital content that puts the creator and their audience first. On Curios the creator of the content keeps 100% of any revenue they earn. Additionally, with the audience's permission, creators can access their fans' contact information, and any IP stays with the…
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Launch My Book, Inc. was founded in 2013 by Joel Pitney. A writer by training with a background in digital marketing, he helped launch his first book onto the New York Times Bestseller list, and soon began working with a wide range of authors to help bring their books to the world. Since then, Launch My Book has grown in scope to help support autho…
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Today we are talking all about blurbs! After this episode I'm betting you'll feel more confident in your abilities to understand them, as well as write them. Let's go!! Jessie Cunniffe is a professional blurb writer and book blurb coach from Sydney, Australia. A passionate advocate of the indie author community, Jessie has dedicated herself to taki…
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Want to be an ARC reader for my historical romance? Click and share the link: https://katcaldwell.com/ARC-historical-romance Check out curios.com, Check out Manuscript Report https://katcaldwell.com/manuscript-report and use code KAT5 for $5 off. Like Substack? Find me at Lessons In Story. https://lessonsinstory.substack.com Sign up for my writers'…
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Rebecca Pickens is a certified book coach, editor, and host of Self-Editing Essentials, a group coaching program for writers with finished or almost finished manuscripts, who want to learn more about the editing process. She works with writers at all stages of the creative journey to help them start, finish, and get their stories into the hands of …
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Lynn Bohart is a mystery writer that probably has the BEST author newsletter for crime and mystery writers that exists, but she has switched to YA. Why? Let's find out in this episode! Get her latest book, Case of the Missing Will: A Teen Mystery Adventure, here: https://www.lynnbohart-author.com/books Find out more about Lynn and sign up for her a…
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We are talking about email, newsletters and email marketing today. And we're starting with the basics. My course with more details is here:https://writeyourstory.thrivecart.com/start-your-author-newsletter All of the companies I name in the episode are linked below. A few are affiliate links. Mailerlite (affiliate) https://katcaldwell.com/mailerlit…
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Let's review the key scenes that each novel needs and how to get started on writing a novel. Like Substack? Find me at Lessons In Story. https://lessonsinstory.substack.com Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. htt…
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Today I'm chatting with C.C. Tyler about the misconceptions of an "almost perfect" draft, another way to look at getting feedback and her unique approach to editing that was inspired by her collegiate swimming years. You aren't going to want to miss this! You can find out more about C.C. Tyler, her books and her coaching, at https://www.authorcctyl…
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Roland Denzel is bringing his health and habits coaching expertise to his writing and his teaching us how we can too! we chat about the Pomodoro effect, the REVERSE Pomodoro effect, Brain Fog and more. Is Writing Block read? Come find out! You can find out more about Roland, get on his newsletter and be part of his ARC team for The Author Brain her…
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Editing is an essential process to writing a book. Contrary to what a lot of authors think, there might be several rounds of edits before a book hits the shelves. Today I'm talking with Stacy Juba to get more information about that as well as editing tips for authors, both indie and traditionally published. You can find Stacy Juba's Book Editing Bl…
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Sometimes we buck so much against the system (in publishing and writing) that we can end up throwing everything out, the bad and the good. Today Janice and I talk about why a premise will help you write your story, how to find the premise and how Janice has use it to not only finish her books but land agents for her traditionally published books. F…
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Today I want to encourage you to embrace the interruptions in your life. And to make an interruption if you don't have one coming! I explain a little more in the intro. I also want to introduce you to J. Gabriel Gates who is an author of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi books, including the Luck Gods Series, The Lamplighters, The Sleepwalkers, and Blood…
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My guest today, MT Solomon, talks about her latest book, Liar Queen, and what it's like to be both traditionally and indie published at the same time. You can find out more about MT and order Liar Queen at https://themtsolomon.com/works/liar-queen/ Bended Love is out!! https://books.katcaldwell.com/bended-love Get the prequel, Bended Dream, here: h…
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Is your goal for 2025 to finish your book? Are you having a hard time finding "the story", the climax or the ending? Today's episode is going to help you get past these blocks (which are pretty typical so you aren't alone!) so that you can finish your book this YEAR! Get the prequel, Bended Dream, here: https://books.katcaldwell.com/bended-prequel …
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Happy New Year! Time to get those resolutions going, but perhaps we should do them differently this year? After years of feeling like I should do what the productivity gurus told me (and failing), I have tweaked my goals and resolutions. If you want to join me, come listen! Bended Love is out!! https://books.katcaldwell.com/bended-love Get the preq…
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It's the end of 2024! We're talking a few things on the show today. First, if you can't write these next few weeks and why that's okay. And then we're talking about Show, don't Tell to understand the concept in a way that is helpful to writing our stories. Looking for the Looks and Gazes guide from Stacy Juba? It's here: https://kat_caldwell--short…
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Let's talk about how to get those words written down. To get that manuscript DONE! Because in the end, an editor can only edit what is written, right? A reader can only read what is put on the page. Your dream can come true if you get that book finished! Want to support me and my work? Find me at Lessons In Story. https://lessonsinstory.substack.co…
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Need a Christmas book? Check out Jaime P Bradley’s book: WAIT. Get it here: https://jaimepbradley.com Author Newsletter workshop discount code: PENCILS2024. Get the workshop here https://writeyourstory.thrivecart.com/start-your-author-newsletter/?coupon=PENCILS2024 My favorite newsletter software is SendFox.com and Mailerlite.com. Check out the art…
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We are talking a new way to plan and organize your novel and all that goes into writing a novel today with Seralynn Lewis. Seralynn is a Christian contemporary romance writer who writes full-time and has managed to get out 14 books in 4 years because of her organizational skills (and writing talent!) You can find more about Seralynn and join her ne…
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Escalation in tension is important for your novel. The lack of tension by the middle is why many people put a book down and never pick it up again. It might also be why you're stuck in the muddy middle trying to figure out what to write next. But on this episode I'm not just going to tell you why you need escalating tension, I'm going to tell you a…
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Sara Gentry is a Math Ph.D. turned Author Accelerator certified book coach for fiction, memoir, and nonfiction book writers. She uses her analytical and logical superpowers to help writers structure their ideas into a cohesive and compelling narrative that resonates with their audience. Sara is the host of KidLit Summer Camp and Novel Kickoff, and …
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As a Certified Author Accelerator Book Coach, Deborah can pass on what she has learned, to help you with your writing, whether you are: at the beginning, finding the shape of your story; trudging through the writing but stuck halfway through; deep in revision with a full manuscript; or ready to complete and publish your book. Deborah doesn't offer …
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This week I'm talking with Rebecca A. Dolence about writing scary stories for kids. Because it's almost Halloween! Come join the fun. Rebecca A. Dolence is a Certified Author Accelerator Book Coach, writer, and member of the SCBWI. Her passion lies in serving fiction writers who are serious about investing in their writing success. With a proven tr…
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Rejection comes with writing, unfortunately. This week I talked with Rhonda Douglas about rejection. We swapped stories in which we have experienced it, Rhonda tells us what it's like to be the one rejecting stories and poems (eek!) and then we talk about some different perspectives in order to get through rejection. To find out more about Rhonda g…
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I talk with Monica Hay today about something she helps writers with everyday: procrastination and perfectionism. Do you struggle with either of those? Me, too! Join us in today's talk! Find out more about Monica Hay and get into the Overcoming Resistance Bootcamp here (affiliate link): https://katcaldwell.com/monica-hay Join me at the Escape the Pl…
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My interview today is with debut novelist, Ben Hawken. We chat about creative energy, a life of finding creative outlets and, ultimately, how he took on book writing. You can find out more about Ben on his website at https://www.benhawken.com/ You can buy Chandelier here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFNXQSKZ Join me at the Escape the Plot Forest Su…
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Should we write backstory? Should we not? How much backstory should we include? Where and how should we include it? We tackle these questions today with three simple tips that will help you navigate backstory and make the decisions that are right for your story. PODCAST SUMMARY Bended Loyalty is out!! https://books.katcaldwell.com/loyalty Want to b…
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Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer is an indie author who writes historical fiction that features authentic American Indian characters. Sign up for her newsletter here: https://www.subscribepage.com/sarahelisabethwrites And get signed up for the Dictation bootcamp (I will be there (this link is an affiliate)) here: https://www.fictioncourses.com/dictationbootc…
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The other day, I heard Mark Hurwitz say that "the beginning of the book (exposition is the literary term) is a bit like a social contract between the reader and the writer. This got me thinking about the different critique groups and contests that we have that focus solely on the beginning phrases of our books. Are they helpful? I’m of the opinion …
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Paulette Perhach’s writing has been published in the New York Times, Vox, Elle, The Washington Post, Slate, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Marie Claire, Yoga Journal, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Hobart, and Vice. She’s the author of two million-reader viral essays. Her book, Welcome to the Writer's Life, was published in 2018 by Sasquatch Books, part o…
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Bended Loyalty is up for PREORDER! https://books.katcaldwell.com/loyalty Get Bended Dream here: https://books.katcaldwell.com/bended-prequel Like Substack? Find me at Lessons In Story. https://lessonsinstory.substack.com Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get e…
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Talking To Mod - The Magic Mod with Russell Hastings
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51:13This week on Talking to Mod we are joined again by Russell Hastings singer, songwriter, guitarist and front man with Bruce Foxton in From The Jam returns for another chat, Russell collects Rickenbackers and when not on dry land can be found on his boat! you can find Russell here - https://twitter.com/russellhastings If you liked what you heard plea…
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Talking To Mod - The Magic Mod with Ricky Maymi
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49:49This week on Talking to Mod we are joined by Ricky Rene Maymi an American Rock musician, best known as a member of the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Ricky was a founding member and original drummer with the band he then switched to guitar and finally on to bass before leaving the band in 1993. He joined as a 12 string guitaris…
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Talking To Mod - The Magic Mod with Simeon McLean & James Mayer
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46:26This week on Talking to Mod we are joined by not one but two the very Simeon McLean & James Mayer former members of Manchester Ska Fusion band Kid British. Simeon and James talk past, present and future. you can find Kevin Iverson here - https://www.instagram.com/simeonseen/ If you liked what you heard please follow, like and share. you can find us…
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