Ep79: Planning Your Creative Path

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Hello Writers and Crafters!

I'm Valerie Ihsan, And I'm Erick Mertz, and this is Episode 79 of the podcast and it's August 10, 2022 as we record this.

Main Topic: Planning Your Creative Path

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I'M READING: The Dude and the Zen Master (The Many Daughters of Afong Moy)
Up Next: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Just finished: (Newsletter Ninja 2)
Erick's Reading: Summer Night by Jim Butcher
The Strange Bird by Jeff Vandermeer
Next episode: crowd-funding (kickstarter, indie go-go, Patreon)
Announcements:

I'll be reading selections from the new memoir, along with Dante Zuniga-West, Rick Levine, and Jorah LaFluer on Sunday, August 14^th at 4:00 p.m. at Tsunami Books in Eugene, OR.

Comments: Fantastic Discussion. It's very nice to know that the feelings, thinking and experiences I have as a writer are shared by accomplished authors! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences! (Re: Erick Mertz, part one)

Show Notes:

Resources:

Productivity for Creative People: How to Get Creative Work Done in an "Always on" World by Mark McGuiness

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

The Anatomy of a Bestseller by Sacha Black

And the Kicker Is

Writing Scenes.: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/three-story-method-writing-scenes

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