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The Tea GranniesTea BreakToday we’re here for our final episode of season three, and the topic is…a little bit of everything. It’s hard to believe this is our last episode of season three, but here we are. Please leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts and don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. Thank you so much for listening, we can’t wait to get started on season four. Until then, happy writing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-10-2149 minThe Tea GranniesSurviving Self PublishingToday we’re here with author Kate McWiliams to chat about self publishing, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. We’ll see you next time for our final episode of season two. Happy writing!Links:Follow Kate Online! Kate’s Author WebsiteGoodreadsTikTokInstagramFacebookTwitterBookbubKate’s Bo...2022-10-0757 minThe Tea GranniesDeep Dive into Self PublishingWe’re here with a deep dive into self publishing, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. We’ll see you next time for a chat with indie romance author, Kate McWilliams. Happy writing!Links:ISBNS for Canadians:Library and Archives Canada website (for ISBNs)Cover Designs:The Book Cover Designer (There are tons of designers on this site, so...2022-09-2353 minThe Tea GranniesTraditional Publishing Q&A with Rob SambornToday we’re here for a Q&A about traditional publishing with Rob Samborn, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. Happy writing!Rob Samborn Links:Rob SambornEmail Rob at author@robsamborn.comThe Prisoner of Paradise on GoodreadsThe Prisoner of Paradise on The StoryGraphResource Links:Absolute WriteNet GalleyC...2022-09-0955 minThe Tea GranniesAgent Capture with Author Maja HampsonToday we’re joined by our friend and fellow author Maja Hampson, to chat about what happens when you finally land an agent! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. Happy writing!LINKS:Maja on Instagram: @maja_is_writingMaja on Twitter: @maja_hampsonAlexa Dunn: Questions for THE CALL! What to ask a literary agentContext Literary Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-08-1942 minThe Tea GranniesAgent HuntingToday we’re here to chat about finding an agent, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. We’ll see you next time for our episode on what happens when you get an agent, featuring a special guest. Happy writing!Links:Query Tracker: https://querytracker.net/ Manuscript Wish List: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Twitter #MSWL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/MSWL?src=hashtag_click ...2022-08-051h 01The Tea GranniesSynopsis SufferingToday we’re here to chat about writing a synopsis, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. We’ll see you next time for our episode on agent hunting. Happy writing!Links:Story Structures: https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/ Synopsis Writing Guide: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-a-novel-synopsis-step-by-step-guide#3-essential-parts-of-a-novel-synopsis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-07-2241 minThe Tea GranniesQuery Letter CritiquesToday we’re here to critique some query letters, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. We’ll see you next time for our episode on synopses. Happy writing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-07-0856 minThe Tea GranniesQuery QuestionsToday we’re here to talk about query letters, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. We’ll see you next time for our query letter critique episode, dedicated to providing feedback on query letters submitted by our wonderful listeners! Elise and I will also include our own queries that received requests, and we have a query submission from a listener that landed an agent. Happy writing!Links:Que...2022-06-2455 min
The Tea GranniesPrep & PolishToday we’re here to talk about prepping and polishing your manuscript, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies to stay up to date on episodes, book reviews and more. See you next time for our episode on query letters! Happy writing. Links:Elise’s Editing Services: https://elisevolkman.com/editingElise’s LinkedIn Portfolio: https://linkedin.com/in/elisevolkmaneditingThe Tea Grannies’ Twitter Edito...2022-06-1051 min
The Tea GranniesTea Break for Season 2Today we’re here for a little bonus episode, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! If you’ve enjoyed our show, please rate and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. You can follow us on social media for updates on season 3! Happy Writing!Links:An Enchantment of RavensGet a Life, Chloe BrownThrone of GlassHook, Line and SinkerInstagram: @theteagranniespodcast Twitter: @theteagrannies Email: theteagrannies@gmail.com Hosted on Acast...2022-04-0126 minThe Tea GranniesStory BuildingToday we’re here to chat about story building, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started.This is our last episode of Season 2! Thank you so much to our listeners and submitters, as well as Miraya's wonderful friend Michael who provided the music for our show. If you want to hear more from him, follow him on Instagram @michael.fabro! To keep up to date with our plans for Season 3, follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast and on Twitter @theteagrannies. Happy Writing!LINKS:The Hero...2022-03-1857 minThe Tea GranniesCharacter BuildingToday we’re here to chat about character building, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started.You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast. If you'd like to hear us critique your first page of your work-in-progress, upload instructions will be posted on our Instagram page when we open for submissions for Season 3. We may not get to all submissions and writers will remain anonymous, but we can't wait to read your work! Happy writing!Links:The Hunger Game...2022-03-0447 minThe Tea GranniesWine & WorldbuildingToday we’re here to chat about worldbuilding. So pour yourself a glass of wine and let’s get started!You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast. If you'd like to hear us critique your first page of your work-in-progress, upload instructions will be posted on our Instagram page when we open for submissions for Season 3. We may not get to all submissions and writers will remain anonymous, but we can't wait to read your work! Happy writing!Links:The Way of King...2022-02-1856 minThe Tea GranniesPOV and PreferencesToday we’re here to chat about point of view and the impact it will have on your story. But first, we have some pages to critique, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started!You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast. If you'd like to hear us critique your first page of your work-in-progress, upload instructions are included in the episode and on our Instagram page. We had such a blast doing our first pages episode that we decided we should keep it u...2022-02-0446 minThe Tea GranniesBattles and Baddies with Eileen CookToday we’re here to talk about battles and baddies with bestselling young adult author, Eileen Cook! So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started.You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast. Happy writing!LinksThe Creative AcademyBooks by Eileen CookBarbara Poelle's book about publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-211h 11The Tea GranniesRomance for BeginnersToday we’re here to chat about romance for beginners. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started!You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast. Happy writing!LinksTiktok handle we love: @atomicapplepieJoin Elise on Goodreads!The Creative AcademyBooks by Eileen Cook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-01-0758 minThe Tea GranniesFirst PagesToday we’re here to chat about how to nail your first page. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! This episode includes submissions from 8 anonymous authors. A HUGE thank-you to everyone who submitted! It was an honour and a privilege to read your work.You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast.Happy writing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-12-101h 20The Tea GranniesNaNoWriMo and Writing BurnoutToday we’re here to chat about our Nanowrimo progress and how to deal with writing burnout. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! This episode was recorded on November 19, right before the last full week of NaNo.You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast.Happy writing!Helpful links:NaNoWriMo (add us as writing buddies! miraya_e and elisebbv)NaNoWriMo Time Management Quiz (find more NaNo prep tools here: https://nanowrimo.org/nano...2021-11-2637 minThe Tea GranniesNaNo in the TrenchesWe’re here to chat about our NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) progress. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! Full disclosure: this episode was recorded on November 5, at the end of the first week of NaNo. Happy writing!You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast.Helpful links:NaNoWriMo (add us as writing buddies! miraya_e and elisebbv)NaNoWriMo Time Management Quiz (find more NaNo prep tools here: https://nanowrimo.org/nano-prep-101) Host...2021-11-1244 minThe Tea GranniesPrepping for NaNoWriMoWe're here to talk about prepping for National Novel Writing Month, so pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @theteagrannies podcast. See you in the next episode for Nano in the Trenches! Happy Writing.Helpful links:NaNoWriMo (add us as writing buddies! miraya_e and elisebbv)NaNoWriMo 2020 PrizesThe Creative AcademyScrivenerDabbleProWritingAid Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...2021-10-2535 minThe Tea GranniesTraditional vs. Self-PublishingWe’re here to talk about the differences between traditional versus self publishing! Neither of us are traditionally published (yet), and Elise has self-published. Since we have made it to the traditional query process together, we've done our best to sum up the benefits and drawbacks of these two types of publishing. All links are available below and you can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or follow us @theteagranniespodcast on Instagram. Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts. This is the last episode of Season 1! Join us in October for our fi...2021-09-1732 minThe Tea GranniesPublishing: Where Do You Start?This episode will focus on preparing what you need for traditional publishing.All links are available below and you can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or follow us @theteagranniespodcast on Instagram. Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.Links:QueryTracker: https://querytracker.net/Manuscript Wishlist: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/Publishers Marketplace: https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/Writer’s Digest: https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published How to write a brief synopsis: https://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-to-write-brief-synopsis.htmlEric Smi...2021-09-0347 minThe Tea GranniesApproaching Your EditToday we’re here to talk about how to approach your edit. This episode will focus on some different editing strategies and organization. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started!You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or follow us @theteagranniespodcast on Instagram. Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Happy writing! Links:Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview)The Creative Academy (https://creativeacademyforwriters.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...2021-08-2042 minThe Tea GranniesThe Basics of EditingToday we’re here to talk about the basics of editing. This episode will focus on the different types of editing and what is right for your project. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or follow us @theteagranniespodcast on Instagram. Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Happy Writing!Helpful Link:Visit https://elisevolkman.com/services to download a copy of a free guide on the stages of editing! Hosted on Acast. See acas...2021-08-0646 minThe Tea GranniesStory ScrapyardsToday we’re here to talk about story scrapyards. This episode will focus on killing your darlings and what happens when you think you just can’t. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started!You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or follow us @theteagranniespodcast on Instagram. Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Happy writing!Links:The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser UniversityScrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview)Nanowrimo (https://nanowrimo.org/)The Cr...2021-07-2334 minThe Tea GranniesImposter Syndrome and the Lottery ProblemToday we’re here to talk about imposter syndrome, the lottery problem, and some of the other hurdles you’ll encounter on your writing journey. This episode will focus on how to work through these problems and stay motivated. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started!You can reach us anytime at theteagrannies@gmail.com or follow us @theteagranniespodcast on Instagram. Please rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Happy writing!Links:Nanowrimo (https://nanowrimo.org/)The Creative Academy (https://creativeacademyforwriters.com/)2021-07-0937 minThe Tea GranniesRoots of Blood Book LaunchToday we’re here to talk about Elise’s new book, Roots of Blood! It’s officially available on Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books — essentially, wherever you get your e-books. Pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started!You can purchase a copy of Roots of Blood at your preferred eBook store! Sign up for Elise's newsletter or follow her on Instagram @elise_is_writing for updates on her Nymph Keepers series. If you read her awesome book, please rate and review on Goodreads and wherever you purchased your copy. Reviews are incredibly important for indie...2021-07-0225 minThe Tea GranniesWorkshop GroupsToday we’re here to talk about workshop groups. This episode will focus on how to find a writing group and what happens once you do. A huge, huge thank you goes to Michael Fabro (https://www.michaelfabro.com/music and @michaelfabro) for the music in this episode. Check him out for more gorgeous, easy-listening tunes.Resources mentioned in this episode:The Creative Academy (https://creativeacademyforwriters.com/)The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser UniversityJitsi Meet (https://meet.jit.si/)Google Meet (https://meet.google.com/)Li...2021-06-2537 minThe Tea GranniesGoal SettingWe’re here to talk about setting writing goals. This episode will focus on how to create tangible goals and a roadmap on how to get there. A huge, huge thank you goes to Michael Fabro (https://www.michaelfabro.com/music and @michaelfabro) for the music in this episode. Check him out for more gorgeous, easy-listening tunes.A few of our favourite organization apps:Google Task (you can sync it with Google Calendar if you use that regularly)Toggl (for time trackingForest (an app to minimize distractions — plant cute litt...2021-06-1133 minThe Tea GranniesFirst DraftsThis episode will focus on first drafts and their challenges. So pour yourself a cup of tea and let’s get started! A huge, huge thank you goes to Michael Fabro (https://www.michaelfabro.com/music and @michaelfabro) for the music in this episode. Check him out for more gorgeous, easy-listening tunes.Topics and resources covered in this episode:Nanowrimo (https://nanowrimo.org/)The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-2844 minThe Tea GranniesGetting StartedThis episode will focus on giving direction to new and veteran writers who are either just starting out, or looking for new ways to help keep them on track. A huge, huge thank you goes to Michael Fabro (https://www.michaelfabro.com/music) for the music in this episode. Check him out for more gorgeous, easy-listening tunes.Topics and resources covered in this episode:Nanowrimo and Camp NaNo (https://nanowrimo.org/)The Creative Academy (https://creativeacademyforwriters.com/)The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser UniversityEditing Certificate at Simon...2021-05-1436 minThe Tea GranniesTrailerThe Tea Grannies will be launching on Friday, May 14th and you can subscribe anywhere you get your podcasts. You can follow us on Instagram @theteagranniespodcast. See you soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-05-0200 min