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Ink in Your Veins
How 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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Episodes
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 347: Eleanor Shearer on the Power of 500 Words a Day
Eleanor Shearer is a mixed-race writer living in London, where she works as a Researcher at a think tank called the Institute for Government. She is Jeanette…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 346: Grant Faulkner on The Art of Brevity
Grant Faulkner is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. He recently published The Art of…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 345: May-lee Chai on Short Story Magic
May-lee Chai is the author of the American Book Award–winning story collection Useful Phrases for Immigrants and ten other books. Her prize-winning short prose…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 344: Violet De Luna on How to Believe You’re a Worthy Writer
Violet De Luna is a recovering – sometimes – attorney in Miami, FL. She prefers storytelling to legalese, as well as an open heart over the analytical mind…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 343: The Black Herron 06
In this exciting episode, Sacha reveals her pen name to Rachael (gasp!) and they plot world domination for next year, along with their Great Plan for Learning…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 342: Peggy Orenstein on How to Start Writing Where You Can
Peggy Orenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including Boys & Sex, Girls & Sex, and Cinderella Ate My Daughter. Her newly-released…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 341: AM Mason on the Life-Changing Magic of A Good Outline
A.M. Mason is an American writer living in South Korea with her husband and cat. Growing up first outside of Chicago and then in Phoenix, she loves to explore…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 340: Nat Connors on Why Crime Pays In Most Books
Nat Connors is a romantic comedy writer, medical scientist and dance teacher, and creator of the Kindletrends newsletter for genre fiction authors…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 339: The Annual MONEY Episode! What Did I Make and How?
In this annual episode, Rachael reveals what she made and how in 2022. From book sales (self and trad) to teaching and Patreon, all the details are here…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 338: The Black Herron Ep 5
You're gonna love this one! Sacha and Rachael talking about HOW TO FAIL by Elizabeth Day and their new project - the Book of Do! How Do You Write Podcast…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 337: Jasmine Guillory on How No One Will De if You Give Yourself a Break
Jasmine Guillory is a New York Times bestselling author; her novels include The Wedding Date, the Reese's Book Club selection The Proposal, and By The Book…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 336: Thien-Kim Lam on What You Need to Survive Criticism
Thien-Kim Lam writes stories about Vietnamese characters who smash stereotypes and find their happy endings. A recovering Type-Asian, she guzzles cà phê sữa…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 335: Should You Use (or Lose?) the Newest Apps
In this bonus episode, Rachael talks about how to use (or not use!) TikTok and Shopify, as well as sharing an email that made her heart grow three sizes. How…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 334: Natalia Molina on How to Rest as a Writer
Natalia Molina is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is currently…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 333: What Do You Do if Your Book Isn’t Selling?
This is a hard thing to talk about, writers. What if your beautiful book isn’t selling? What do you do next? How do you keep going? In this bonus episode…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 332: The Black Herron Episode 4
You're going to love this one! Sacha and Rachael talk about Elizabeth Day's book, How to Fail, and their own new project, the Book of Do! How Do You Write…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 331: Ellen Joy on How to Succeed With Series
Ellen Joy is an Amazon Best Selling author. She lives in a small New England town, between the Atlantic Ocean and the White Mountains. She lives with her…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 330: Sangu Mandanna on How to Harness ADHD as a Writing Superpower
Sangu Mandanna was four years old when an elephant chased her down a forest road and she decided to write her first story about it. Seventeen years and many…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 329: What Does a Traditional Publisher Want YOU To Do For Your Book?
In this mini-episode, Rachael talks about what a traditional publisher will expect you to do for your book’s promotion, as well as how to organize multiple…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 328: Kelly Sokol on How to Expose What’s Hidden In Your Writing
Kelly Sokol is the author of Breach and The Unprotected, which was featured on NPR and named one of Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Books of Pregnancy, Childbirth…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 327: The Black Herron Episode 3
Please enjoy this chat between Rachael Herron and Sacha Black (of The Rebel Author Podcast). Irreverent, cheeky, business-focused and always honest, you’re…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 326: Annabel Monaghan on What If You’re Sick of Your Book?
Annabel Monaghan is the author of two Young Adult novels: A Girl Named Digit, optioned by The Disney Channel, and the sequel Double Digit. She is also the…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 325: Elizabeth Miki Brina on How to Know When to Go Deep
Elizabeth Miki Brina is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Bread Loaf Scholarship and a New York State Summer Writers Institute Scholarship. She currently lives and…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 324: Jalynn Harris on How to Use Revision in Our Real Lives
Jalynn Harris is a poet, educator, editor, and press founder from Baltimore, MD. She founded SoftSavagePress for the sole purpose of promoting visual and…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 323: Jess Montgomery on the Troll Dolls Stuck in Your Writing Couch
Jess Montgomery is the author of the Kinship Historical Mysteries, set in 1920s Appalachian Ohio and inspired by Ohio’s true first female sheriff. Under her…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 322: The Black Herron Episode 2
Please enjoy this chat between Rachael Herron and Sacha Black (of The Rebel Author Podcast). Irreverent, cheeky, business-focused and always honest, you’re…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 321: Bonus Episode - How to Write a Blurb that Hooks Your Reader
In this special bonus episode, Rachael talks about how to write a blurb that hooks a reader, how to write a twist that shocks, how to trust your gut, and when…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 320: Juno Dawson on How Love Can Change Everything
The page-turning first installment in an epic fantasy trilogy, HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN follows a group of childhood friends who are also witches—and members…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 319: Alana Quintana Albertson on How a Writer Gets a TV Deal
Alana Quintana Albertson has written thirty romance novels, rescued five-hundred death-row shelter dogs, and danced one thousand rumbas. She lives with her…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 318: Tara T. Green on How to Claim Space for Your Work
Tara T. Green (she/her) is professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina where she teaches literature and…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 317: The Black Herron Episode 1 (Bonus Episode!)
Please enjoy the very first chat that Rachael Herron and Sacha Black (of The Rebel Author Podcast) have together. Irreverent, cheeky, and always honest, you’re…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 316: Sarah McCraw Crow on How to Deal with Shiny Object Syndrome
Sarah McCraw Crow is the author of the novel The Wrong Kind of Woman (Mira/HarperCollins). Her short fiction has run in Calyx, Crab Orchard Review, Good…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 315: Nigel Bartlett on Indie vs Traditional Publishing
In this episode, Rachael talks about setting boundaries in order to be a kinder writer to ourselves, and then she and Nigel talk about indie vs trad…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 314: Vanessa Hua on Moving the Body as Writing Practice
Vanessa Hua is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of the novel A River of Stars and a story collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 313: Erin La Rosa on How to Use Notecards to Supercharge Your Characters
Erin La Rosa has written many highly engaging... tweets, as a social media manager. But on her way to writing romance, she's also published two humorous…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 312: Sascha Rothchild on How to Write Distinct Voices
Sascha Rothchild is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter, who has written and produced lauded shows such as GLOW, The Bold Type, The Baby-Sitters Club, and The…
Ink in Your VeinsEp: 311: How to Stick With a Project (Long Enough to Finish It)
In this bonus episode, Rachael Herron talks about staying enthralled with your work (even when you’re bored), how to approach a major revision, how to write a…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 310: Maddie Dawson on How Many Years it Takes to Be An Overnight Success
Maddie Dawson is the author of nine novels, including the bestselling Matchmaking for Beginners, and three non-fiction humor books about parenting, from when…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 309: Sarra Cannon on How to Follow Your Own (Productive) Road
Sarra Cannon is the indie author of more than twenty-five Young Adult contemporary fantasy novels, including her bestselling Shadow Demons Saga. Her novels…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 308: Should a Straight Person Write a Gay Main Character?
In this bonus mini-episode, Rachael Herron talks about when you should or shouldn’t write outside your own lived experience, about how to read carefully to…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 307: Deonna Kelli Sayed on How To Silence Mental Lamentation (Bonus: Bonus: Why to Be Wary of Hybrid Publishers!)
(Bonus: Bonus: Why to Be Wary of Hybrid Publishers!) Deonna Kelli Sayed is an author, TEDx speaker, and performer based in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 306: AK Mulford - From BookTok to 7-Figures!
A.K. Mulford is a bestselling fantasy author and former wildlife biologist who swapped rehabilitating monkeys for writing novels. She/they are inspired to…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 305: Why Am I Even Writing? (Bonus mini episode!)
What’s the difference between rewriting and revising? And what do you do when the existential monster of WHY AM I EVEN DOING THIS rears its ugly head? Join…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 304: Catherine Prendergast on How Every Writer Lies (For Truth)
Catherine Prendergast is a Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fulbright Scholar. Interviewed by…
Ink in Your VeinsEp, 303: Josephine Smith on How to Launch Your Writing Career Fast with Four Books in a Year
Rachael talks to Josephine Smith about how to launch a career, fast, and answers some bonus questions about indie publishing! Josephine Smith is a cozy mystery…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 302: Rudy Ruiz on How to Open Yourself to Edits
Rudy Ruiz is a writer of literary fiction. A native of the U.S.-Mexico border, his earliest works were published at Harvard, where he studied literature…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 301: Isabel Cañas on The Magic of a Reading Journal
Isabel Cañas is a Mexican-American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, and Turkey, among other places, she has settled…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 300: Amy S. Peele on How to Keep Your Writing Top of Mind
In this, the three-hundredth episode of How Do You Write, Rachael talks about how happy she is to be here, and shares how she turned her own writing around…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 299: What’s the Difference Between a Premise and a Hook?
In this bonus episode, Rachael talks about the difference between a premise and a hook, and also talks about the three legs of the stool that props up our…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 298: Seressia Glass on Bringing Out the Inner Geek
Seressia Glass is an award-winning author of romance and urban fantasy. She lives south of Atlanta with her husband, son, two attack poodles, and a bulldozer…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 297: John R. Rickford on the Gift of a Stroke
John R. Rickford is the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics, emeritus, at Stanford University. He received his BA with highest honors in…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 296: Ashanti Anderson on Writing Multiple Genres
In this episode, Ashanti Anderson talks about how as writers we’ll always be affected by our peers and how to use different genres to feed our own, unique…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 295: How Do You Know When Your Book is Ready?
In this bonus mini-episode brought to you by her patrons, Rachael answers questions about how to know when you’ve outgrown your editor, how do you know when…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 294: Eliza Nellums on Adding Ticking Clocks to Up Your Tension
Eliza and Rachael talk about birds, maybe a bit too much, in both their writing and this podcast! Listen as they talk about upping the tension in their writing…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 293: Sacha Black on Finding Your Book’s G-Spot
Sacha Black is an author, rebel podcaster, and speaker. She has five obsessions: words, expensive shoes, conspiracy theories, self-improvement, and breaking…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 292: What if My Agent Can’t Sell My Book? Bonus Episode
Join Rachael as she reports from the battle lines of Revisionlandia - fresh from getting her OWN revision letter, she talks about how to handle the emotions…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 291: Kerri Maher on How to Find Your Own Community
On this fabulous episode, Kerri Maher talks about the way we all need community (and how to find it). She is the author of The Girl in White Gloves, The…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 290: Farah Jasmine Griffin on How to Write Your Full Self Into Your Work
Farah Jasmine Griffin is the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where she also served as the inaugural…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 289: Kit Mayquist on How to Work Backward from the Dark Moment
Kit Mayquist uses a technique not often talked about: working backward, not from the end, but from the dark moment, and it's everything. A fan of everything…
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 288: Sabrina Benaim on Telling the Fearless Truth
Sabrina Benaim is a poet, storyteller, and workshop facilitator. She is one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time: her videos have reached more than…