We listen to them, we appear on them, and some of us create them: Podcasts, 2024. How can your writing career benefit from them? In this episode, we’ll explore some of our favorite writing podcasts, how to become a guest on them and a behind-the-scenes look at our own podcast creation journey.
SHOW NOTES:
Some of our favorite podcasts to listen to, as writers:
The Storytellers, host Grace Sammon
TufFish, host Jen Milius
Write the Damn Book Already, host Elizabeth Lyons
The Shit No one Tells You about Writing, hosts Bianca Marais, Carly Watters, CeCe Lyra
The Best of Women’s Fiction, Lainey Cameron & Ashley Hasty
How to become a guest on a podcast?
Follow them if you don’t already
Listen to their episodes to see if their podcast would be a good fit for you and your book
Check their websites for forms or email them (create a query-type email to send)
Write up a list of topics you’d like to cover
Follow their guidelines
Be professional
Promote to highlight not only you and your book but the podcast too
A behind-the-scenes look at our own journey into podcasting:
The inspiration
Brainstorming and establishing a mission
The nuts and bolts of starting a podcast
Establishing roles
Creating content and keeping it fresh
SOURCES:
“11 Simple Rules of Podcast Guest Etiquette” https://double-forte.com/11-simple-rules-of-podcast-guest-etiquette/
Mary Helen Sheriff https://maryhelensheriff.com/marketing/
DO NOW:
Start listening to podcasts. Make a list of the features you enjoy about the various shows. Keep a list of podcasts you’d like to appear on. And, remember to take a nugget or more away from the shows you listen to that will enhance your own writing.
Authors Talking Bookish https://www.authorstalkingbookish.com Hope Gibbs, author of Where the Grass Grows Blue https://www.authorhopegibbs.com/Donna Norman-Carbone, author of All That is Sacred https://www.donnanormancarbone.com
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