Writes4Women Podcast

Welcome to the first rewind episode for July 2021. It's an episode that has been previously. released - my chat with Perth author Tess Woods.

Tess is the three novels, Love at First Flight (2015), Beautiful, Messy Love (2017) and Love and Other Battles (2019). In addition to being an author Tess is a physiotherapist, a mentor and a writing teacher. She has two children, and manages to fir so much into her very busy life.

Grab a cuppa and join us on The Convo Couch for Lightbulb Moments.

Welcome to the June Heart of Writing Episode featuring Bella Mahaya Carter

Bella is an author, creative writing teacher, empowerment coach, and speaker, who helps writers (and others) experience greater freedom, joy, and peace of mind.

In this episode Pam chats to Bella about her inspiration, facing the fear and the various aspects of the writing life she covers in the book. Sit back, grab a cuppa and join Pam and Bella on The Convo Couch.

She believes in the power of writing to heal and transform lives and I view publishing as an opportunity to deepen self-awareness, nourish meaningful connections, and delight in peak experiences while being of service.

In this special edition of Writes4Women Pam hosts the launch of Digging Up Dirt by best-selling author Pamela Hart recorded at Berkelouw's Leichhardt on June 10.

Pamela has written across many genres, as Pamela Freeman and Pamela Hart, including biography, epic fantasy, children’s, poetry, crime fiction, historical and now cozy mystery. Digging Up Dirt is a change of genre for Pamela but there are many common threads with her previous books, in particular a protagonist who refuses to go down without a fight.

The launch is in the second half of the podcast, after Pam's writing news and new release round up. As the launch was recorded live there are a few sound glitches but nothing that should impede your enjoyment of this fabulous event.

Kelly Rimmer is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and worldwide best-selling author of contemporary and historical fiction, including The Secret Daughter, The Things We Cannot Say and Truths I Never Told You.

In this Craft of Writing episode, Kelly joins Pam on The Convo Couch to discuss turning fact into fiction in The Warsaw Orphan, a gripping - gruelling at times - but compelling read.

Jennifer Scoullar joins Pam on The Convo Couch.

Jennifer is a well-loved Australian author and founder of Pilyara Press, a trail-blazing group of Australian writers who have come together to form the publishing cooperative Pilyara Press, a multi-skilled team to galvanise a new vision of how publishing can be done. It’s a wonderful example of authors taking control, of their publishing careers.

And a podcast and writing update from Pam, including writing software recommendations, giveaway news and more.

My guest today on The Convo Couch for this month's Heart of Writing episode is Amal Awad. Amal is a journalist, author, screenwriter, and performer.

Amal's new book In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra is a work of non-fiction that delves into the world of new age self-help and spirituality. She's also writing her next novel, The Things We See In The Light, due for release this year, and she has produced a deck of cards, The Creative Compass to inspire and motivate creatives.

It's Amal's obvious passion for and dedication to her writing and life in general that prompted me to invite her to be a guest on this Heart of Writing episode.

Today’s guest on the convo couch is Lisa Hall-Wilson. Lisa is an award-winning author and mentor.

Lisa runs fabulous online classes on writing in Deep POV which is where Pam first came across Lisa a few years back.She is an amazing and generous mentor and her teaching and feedback helped Pam write the deep level of pov she managed to achieve in her 2019 novel Cross My Heart.

Welcome to this week's Business of Writing episode.

Today's guest is Michelle Barraclough.

Michelle's double degree in business and arts, majoring in literature and marketing, led her not only down the writing path, but she has also run her own business, written a long-running blog on parenting and is now the marketing manager for Storyfest, a fabulous writers festival on the New South Wales South Coast.

Michelle also designs websites, specialising in authors at Fresh Web Design - and also designed the Writes4women website. In this episode Pam and Michelle do a deep dive into websites for authors.

In this Craft of Writing Episode Pam talks to best-selling Australian author Rachael Johns about transforming her initial ideas into a first draft.

Pam and Rachael have a shared mania for stocking their shelves with books on writing craft and, having compared notes about their respective writing processes, pretty much agree they don’t know what they are! All this prompted Pam to invite Rachael onto the podcast to try and pin down what her process is for getting from that first seed of an idea to the end of a first draft.

So listen in while Rachael and Pam compare notes on The Convo Couch.

Welcome to the March New Release Author episode featuring Alli Sinclair.

Alli’s books explore history, culture, love and grief, and relationships between family, friends and lovers. She captures the romance and thrill of discovering old and new worlds, and loves taking readers on a journey of discovery. Her most recent books include Burning Fields, The Cinema at Starlight Creek and her brand new release The Codebreakers which we’ll be chatting about today.

In this ep Pam also chats about what she's been reading and share some great new releases for the month of April.

To listen to more of Pam's chat with Alli and hear Alli's answer to the Four Curly Questions join the Writes4Women Patreon Community and receive the monthly extended editions.

A bumper edition Heart, Craft and Business of Writing episode featuring Sophie Hannah.

Sophie is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of crime fiction published in 49 languages and 51 territories. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide.

She's also the founder of Dream Author a transformative coaching program for writers, which is where Pam first discovered Sophie and her many talents. In this episode Sophie talks about literary diagnostics, writing a gnocchi draft, creating a mindset for success and being your own advocate in the world of publishing.

Sophie's latest novel is Haven't They Grown, a psychological thriller with a seemingly impossible mystery at its heart.

This week’s Heart of Writing guest is Deborah Rodriguez, author of the international bestseller The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul.

Her new book, The Moroccan Daughter, is a modern story of forbidden love, secrets and family told across four different women and takes readers from the alleyways of the ancient medina in Fès to a marriage festival in the Atlas Mountains.

In this episode Pam chats to Deb about The Moroccan daughter, her life as an author and the people and projects that provide her inspiration.