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The Merry Writer Podcast Episode List
2023 Episodes
152 – What Terms Should You Know In The Writing Industry?
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151 – Why Do We Fail At Making Writing A Habit?
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150 – How Can Writers Get Podcast Interviews?
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149 – Why Do Some Writers Procrastinate?
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148 – Should You Include A Prologue Or Epilogue?
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147 – Should You Take A Break From Social Media?
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146 – What Are The Stages Of Writing A Book?
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145 – How Do You Deal With Sagging Middle Syndrome?
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2022 Episodes
144 – 2022 Bloopers
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143 – How Important Is Pacing In A Novel?
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142 – Where Can You Write Book Reviews?
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141 – Would You Rather? (Movie Edition)
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140 – How Can You Use The Fice Senses In Writing?
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139 – What Are Some Good Gifts For Writers?
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138 – How Do You Audit Your Writing?
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137 – What Writing Programs Do We Use?
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136 – How Do You Write A Query Letter? [Guest: Brandon J. Greer] Podbean | YouTube | Pod Link
135 – What Is The Best Time To Write?
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134 – How Can You Hook Readers In The First Chapter?
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133 – What Should You Include In Your Writing Space?
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132 – How Do You Become An Audiobook Narrator? [Guest: Rachel V. White] Podbean | YouTube | Pod Link
131 – How Do You Cope With Stress As A Writer?
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130 – How Should You Budget For Your Novel?
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129 – How Can You Protect Your Writing Time?
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128 – How Do You Talk About Your Writing To People? [Guest: Chris Tullbane] Podbean | YouTube | Pod Link
127 – How Can You Fall In Love With Writing Again?
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126 – How Can You Write Through Tough Mental Health Days?
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125 – What Do You Do With Old Story Ideas?
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124 – How Do You Figure Out Your Target Audience?
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123 – How Do You Collaborate With Other Authors?
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122 – How Do You Write A Good Author Bio?
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121 – What Are Some Good Marketing Strategies?
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120 – What Do You Need To Know About Self-Publishing Companies?
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119 – How Do You Plan A Series? (Guest Helen Scheuerer)
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118 – What Does A Book Publicist Do?
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117 – How Do You Identify Your Ideal Reader?
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116 – How Do You Approach Writing Black Historical Fiction? (Guest Yecheilyah Ysrayl)
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115 – Do Writers Really Need Beta Readers?
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114 – How Do You Approach Writing Fantasy? (Guest I.L. Cruz)
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113 – Should You Add Pictures Into Your Book?
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112 – How Can You Creatively Get Rid Of Characters?
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111 – Should You Let Family And Friends Read Your Manuscript?
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110 – What Are Some Tips For Writing Craft Books? (Guest Sacha Black)
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109 – Should You Offer Your Books For Free?
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108 – Should You Have A Writing Buddy?
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107 – How Do You Deal With Decision Fatigue?
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106 – What Are Some Tips For Writing A Series? (Guest KM Allan)
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105 – What Should You Include At The Front Of Your Book?
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104 – How Do You Deal With Writing Distractions?
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103 – Should You Give Your Chapters Titles?
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102 – How Do You Set Writing Deadlines?
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101 – Do You Need To Include Trigger Warnings In Your Books?
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100 – Podcast Tag Questions
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99 – What Are The Best Tips For Writing Dialogue?
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98 – What Are The Best Tips For Writing Description?
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97 – Should You Participate In Writing Contests? (Guest Paula Sheridan)
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96 – What Some Writing Advice From Big Authors?
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95 – Should You Share Your Writing Journey?
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94 – What Are Some Tips For Launching A Debut Book? (Guest Cassie Sanchez)
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93 – What Are Our Goals For 2022?
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2021 Episodes
92 – 2021 Bloopers
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91 – Would You Rather? (Christmas Edition)
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90 – Who Is Ari Meghlen?
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89 – Who Is Rachel Poli?
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88 – What Elements Should You Include In Your Sci-Fi Novel? (Guest Dal Cecil Runo)
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87 – How Do You Avoid Creating Mary Sue Characters?
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86 – Do Writing Challenges Really Help Writers?
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85 – Should You Create A World Book For Your Novel?
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84 – How Do You Approach Worldbuilding? (Guest Tobias Salem)
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83 – How Do You Deal With Imposter Syndrome?
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82 – How Can You Do Research For Your Novels?
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81 – How Important Is Character Motivation?
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80 – How Do You Approach Writing Science Fiction? (Guest R.J. Sorrento)
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79 – Do You Need A Business Plan For Your Writing?
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78 – What Can You Include In Your Author Newsletter?
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77 – How Do You Write A Story With Multiple Main Characters?
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76 – How Can You Organize Your Books With Trello?
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75 – What Are The Benefits Of Using Wattpad? (Guest Chris Harvey)
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74 – How Do You Edit Your First Draft?
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73 – Do You Have An Author Mindset?
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72 – What Types Of Characters Should You Include In Your Novel?
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71 – How Do You Approach Writing Historical Fiction? (Guest Anne Clare)
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70 – Would You Rather? (Reader’s Edition)
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69 – How Do You Write Effectively While Working From Home?
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68 – What Are The Different Types Of Editing?
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67 – What Are The Best Marketing Tactics For Writers?
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66 – How Do You Stay Motivated To Write?
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65 – How Do You Deal With Criticism?
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64 – Should You Compare Yourself To Other Writers?
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63 – Are You A Hobby Writer Or A Professional Writer?
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62 – What’s The Process Of Creating And Publishing An Audiobook? (Guest Victoria Zigler)
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61 – Do You Need A Dedicated Writing Space?
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60 – What Are Some Good Self-Care Tips For Writers?
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59 – Do You Review Books You Read?
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58 – How Do You Deal With 1-Star Reviews? (Guest Wilmar Luna)
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57 – What’s Your Favorite Childhood Book?
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56 – When And How Did You Begin Writing?
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55 – How Important Are Book Covers?
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54 – How Many Drafts Or Rounds Of Edits Do You Typically Do? (Guest Kim Golden)
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53 – How Do You Write Female Characters?
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52 – How Do You Create Character Profiles?
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51 – What’s One Thing You Wish You Were Better At As A Writer? (Guest Mark Elderac)
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50 – How Did The Merry Writer Start?
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49 – What Are Some Tips For Running An Anthology? (Guest Mikki Noble)
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48 – Which Social Media Platforms Are The Best For Writers?
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47 – Where Do You Start When Writing Your Novel?
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46 – Cupid’s Book Lover Valentine’s Tag Questions
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45 – How Do You Come Up With Your Character Names And Book Titles?
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44 – What Has Inspired Your Writing?
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43 – How Do You Build A Following On Social Media?
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42 – What Should You Do When You Hit A Roadblock In Your Novel?
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41 – Writing And Podcasting Goals For 2021
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2020 Episodes
40 – 2020 Bloopers
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39 – Christmas Tag Questions
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38 – Are You A Marketing Newbie Or Guru?
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37 – What Is Your Favorite Part To Write?
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36 – Which Method Of Writing Do You Prefer?
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35 – How Do You Deal With The Fear Of Failure?
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34 – How Do You Write Male Characters?
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33 – How Do You Overcome Writer’s Block?
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32 – What’s The Best And Worst Writing Advice You’ve Received? (Guest Lotan Brown)
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31 – How Do You Choose Which Story To Write?
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30 – Would You Rather? (Writer’s Edition)
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29 – Does “Blocking” Help With Your Writing?
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28 – Do You Participate In NaNoWriMo? (Guest Kristen Poli)
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27 – What Other Writing Careers Can You Pursue?
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26 – What Should You Include In Your Author Bio?
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25 – What Questions Do Writers Hate?
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24 – Should Writers Be Free To Write In Multiple Genres or Stick To One?
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23 – When Did You Realize You Wanted To Be A Writer? (Guest Andrew McDowell)
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22 – Where Can You Share Your Creative Writing?
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21 – Why Do You Need To Market Your Book Before It’s Published?
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20 – What Do You Wish You Knew Before You Started Writing?
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19 – How Do You Manage Your Time As A Full-Time Writer? (Guest Devon Ellington)
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18 – Do You Use Writing Prompts?
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17 – How Do You Keep Up With Your Writing Goals?
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16 – When Should Writers Be Present Online?
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15 – What Have We Learned From Running A Podcast?
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14 – Do You Write Your Novels Linearly Or Jump Around? (Guest Julie Valerie)
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13 – Do You Add Yourself To Your Writing?
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12 – Do Authors Need A Website?
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11 – What Are Your Thoughts On Pen Names?
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10 – What Is The Best And Worst Thing About Writing? (Guest Kerri Davidson)
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9 – What’s Your Worst Data Loss?
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8 – What’s Your Go-To Snack And Drink When Writing?
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7 – Do You Prefer Paperback, Hardcover, Audiobooks, Or eBooks?
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6 – Do You Love Or Hate Editing?
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5 – Does Music Inspire Your Writing?
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4 – What Is Your Typical Writing Routine?
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3 – Do You Prefer To Write Series Or Standalone books?
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2 – Are You A Planner, Pantser, Or Plantser?
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1 – Are You A Secret Writer Or Loud And Proud?
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0 (Trailer) – Introduction To The Merry Writer Podcast
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