#badasswriters

#badasswriters

Kathleen Foxx

#badasswriters

Welcome to the #badasswriters podcast! You'll find writing tips and how-to's to take your writing from good to great. There are interviews with fabulous guest authors and industry professionals to help writers in the community build their confidence and go from brand new to badass! All kinds of writing topics are covered, there are Q&As with agents and other professionals, plus pitch critiques, listener questions, recorded listeners' book recommendations, and recorded shoutouts from authors. Please reach out on Twitter @_badasswriters and on my website at kathleenfoxx.com/badasswriters-podcast

S6E8 | Author Carley Fortune

S6E8 | Author Carley Fortune

In today's episode, Kat chats with Carley Fortune, author of Every Summer After and Meet Me at the Lake (which is out TODAY, May 2!) about using a real location in a novel, her path to publication, her newest novel, MEET ME AT THE LAKE, the inspiration behind her novels, creating her characters, how she got her agent and book deal, how she had input on her book covers, her pivot from journalism...

S6 BONUS AskAgent with Lori Galvin

S6 BONUS AskAgent with Lori Galvin

Today's bonus episode features a Q&A with Aevitas Creative Management literary agent Lori Galvin! Kat and Lori chat about how she got involved in and her favourite parts of agenting, what she’s currently looking for, a shoutout for The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast, how agents get paid, earning out advances, qualities that make an agent request pages, getting feedback, the...

S6E7 Author Michael Decter

S6E7 Author Michael Decter

In today's episode, Kat chats with Canadian author Michael Decter about his first novel, Shadow Life, where the inspiration came from, his experiences as a juror in a double homicide trial, his family history and how the Titanic could have changed everything, travelling to international locations and using those experiences, how he made Georgian Bay a character in the novel, research on...

S6 BONUS Rachel Carson || Writing Conferences || Killer Nashville Founder Clay Stafford

S6 BONUS Rachel Carson || Writing Conferences || Killer Nashville Founder Clay Stafford

In today's episode, hear how scientist and biologist Rachel Carson used writing to convey a super important message to the masses, which started the environmental movement in the 1950s and 60s. Then, a little bit about writing conferences before Kat dives into a thrilling conversation with founder of the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference, Clay Stafford. Topics covered include the...

S6E6 D.E.A.R. Day || Action/Adventure Thriller Author Avanti Centrae

S6E6 D.E.A.R. Day || Action/Adventure Thriller Author Avanti Centrae

I'm back with more literary history! Today: D.E.A.R. Day and Beverly Cleary! Then, I chat with adventure thriller author Avanti Centrae about her newest novel, Cleopatra’s Vendetta, her Van Ops series, how her ideas formulate, what archeoastronomy is, authors she draws inspiration from, reading while drafting, her outlining process, having family as early readers, her various publishing...

S6E5 | Genres | Author John Kennedy

S6E5 | Genres | Author John Kennedy

In today’s episode, Kat chats with author John Kennedy about his crime books, The Trauma Pool and The Kill Chain; gender inequality, treatment of mental health issues, and racism in the 1980s and 90s—especially on a police force; researching detective facts and details; using microfiche for research, reaching out to a professional for research; how things were done in the 80s and 90s vs now;...

S6E4 #AskAgent with Emmy Nordstrom Higdon

S6E4 #AskAgent with Emmy Nordstrom Higdon

In today’s special #AskAgent episode, Kat chats with Westwood Creative Artists literary agent Emmy Nordstrom Higdon about how and why they got involved in agenting, what’s grabbing their attention right now, how to navigate the ever-changing landscape of publishing, what they like to see in a query letter, grammar in query letters and sample pages, their desert island books (see below for...

S6E3 Ancestry and Adventure Writing | Judith Turner Yamamoto | Meghan J. Ward

S6E3 Ancestry and Adventure Writing | Judith Turner Yamamoto | Meghan J. Ward

In today's episode Kat covers two interviews. The first is with Judith Turner Yamamoto, author of Loving the Dead and Gone, covering how reader’s own experiences are brought into the story, how she became an ‘accidental’ historical novelist, her research and drafting process, finding a treasure trove of 19th century ancestral ‘stuff’ to help with research, winning the Petrichor Prize, publishing...

S6E2 Announcement || Pitch Critique | Author Amy Tector

S6E2 Announcement || Pitch Critique | Author Amy Tector

In today's episode, Kat has a special announcement! Then, a pitch critique for a lister. After, she chats with returning guest Amy Tector, author of SPEAK FOR THE DEAD, out today! Kat talks with Amy about her Dominion Archive series, publishing three books in one year, going to her sister for research on a coroner’s career, incorporating authorial voice into stories and layering in character...

S6E1 || Sherlock Holmes || Crime Clubs || Author Julie Carrick Dalton

S6E1 || Sherlock Holmes || Crime Clubs || Author Julie Carrick Dalton

In today's episode, hear about how Sherlock Holmes came to live and the Crimes Club that Arthur Conan Doyle started. Then, Kat chats with Julie Carrick Dalton, author of Waiting for the Night Song and The Last Beekeeper (out today!). They cover what climate fiction is, how themes come into writing, the impacts of climate change and how it simmers in her mind and becomes her stories, the nostalgic...