Stay ConnectedHow writers actually write! You might need to be a writer, but you don’t need to struggle so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write)
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What’s the question that’s most useful to Ashley Herring Blake as she sets up her characters? Who hurt you? And why? And how? Follow along!
Ashley Herring Blake (she/they) is an award-winning author. She loves coffee, cats, melancholy songs, and happy books. She is the author of six novels for young adult and middle grade readers, as well as the Bright Falls adult romance novels, the holiday romance Make the Season Bright, and the Clover Lake adult romance novels. She lives on a very tiny island off the coast of Georgia with her family. Get Over It, April Evans is her most recent release. www.ashleyherringblake.com
✏️ Writing in the Junkyard, April 18 & 19: http://rachaelherron.com/junkyard
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
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❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
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➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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In which we talk about being intentional!
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
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➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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What do you do when your first book dies on sub? You write the most fun thing you can imagine, just for yourself. Maria J. Morillo tells us how! (And Rachael shares a hard story of recent publishing woes.)
Maria J. Morillo is a born and raised Venezuelan ESL teacher, translator, and author of love stories featuring Venezuelan women getting absolutely everything they've always wanted. When she's not writing, you can find her leading the choir at her local church. She currently lives in Maturin, Venezuela, with her family. The Ex-Perimento is her debut release.
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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You’ll adore this episode where the Pens to Paycheck Authors wax lyrically and hilariously about all things writing, business, and mindset!
Samantha B. Cummings writes gripping young adult fantasy novels and atmospheric dark academia mysteries for teens.
Matilda Swift writes culinary cozy mysteries that are quintessentially British. Her books offer more twists than a country road, pairing them with quirky characters who feel like old friends.
The Pen to Paycheck Authors Podcast
is hosted by Sam & Matilda, two indie authors with over a dozen books between them, but still working towards the ‘quit the day job’ dream. They're documenting all the steps they're taking to reach success, and pulling back the curtain on indie publishing.
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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Lauren Novak wrote the book she needed to read, and in this episode we talk about how to uncover your next book (or how to wait for it!) as well as asking for help and dropping your reader into the middle of action!
Lauren Novak is an award-winning Australian journalist whose work has been published in News Corp newspapers, magazines and websites for the past two decades. Lauren specialises in coverage of child safety, gender and family violence and is a three-time winner of the South Australian Press Club’s journalist of the year award. She lives on Kaurna (Gar-nah) land, in Adelaide, with her partner and their two lively kids, born less than two years apart during a global pandemic. Meltdown: Why motherhood makes us angry and what to do about it is her first book, out now from HarperCollins Publishers.
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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Rachael and Sacha are planning for the new year! And Sacha's had her most stressful month ever. IMAGINE. 🤯
✏️ 90 Days to Done NOW OPEN! http://rachaelherron.com/90daystodone
✏️ 90 Day Revision NOW OPEN! http://rachaelherron.com/revision
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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Sure, you can drive the whole way there in the beam of just the headlight, but what IS that headlight, anyway? Virginia knows!
New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra is the author of almost thirty novels. She is married to her college sweetheart, a coffee shop owner who keeps her well supplied with caffeine and material. They make their home in North Carolina, where they raised three (mostly adult) children. She is a firm believer in the strength of family, the importance of storytelling, and the power of love. Anne of a Different Island is her most recent novel.
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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Jacque Gorelick looks at life like a pie chart — what’s going to fit, and what won’t? Don’t miss this fabulous conversation on how to rely on yourself as a writer!
Jacque Gorelick’s essays about family, motherhood, estrangement, education, and health have appeared or are forthcoming in The New York Times, Salon, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Kenyon Review, Pithead Chapel, X-R-A-Y, Healthy Women, The Washington Post, HuffPost and more. Map of a Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Finding the Way Home is her debut memoir. A California native, Jacque has lived all over the West Coast from Santa Barbara to Alaska. Now firmly rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area, she lives beside a creek under redwood trees with her husband, two boys, and a mélange of rescues. To find out more about Jacque and her work visit her website at www.jacquegorelick.com
Cold Turkey Writer: https://getcoldturkey.com/writer/
Map of a Heart: https://amzn.to/4arXT1b
The Byline Bible, Susan Shapiro https://amzn.to/4arXT1b
Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/husband-newborn-hike-stopped-breathing-cpr-11514533
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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Don't look away - if you keep looking at those hard questions, the answers come. Listen as we chat about this today!
Diana Hongcha is a Chinese American author whose debut thriller, If You Don’t Go, earned a silver medal at the Global Book Awards and reached Amazon Bestseller status. Born and raised in China, Diana emigrated to the United States as a teenager. A frequent traveler to China and a self-appointed culture attaché, she aims to write compelling stories that bridge the gap between the China she knows and the one depicted in the headlines. Diana dreams of one day splitting her time between Chengdu and Bozeman, Montana. For now, she’s happily immersed in family life and the next story waiting to be told. Find out more at www.dianahongcha.com
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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In which Sacha and Rachael share their words of 2026, and their thoughts about their wins and losses from 2025, and where 2026 is taking them! Hint: Sacha’s world dominating, and Rachael’s waking up from a nap.
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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