Dan & Jen
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007: Self-promotion for writers: A necessary evil?
Writing can be a very solitary activity and a lot of writers would prefer to keep it that way, but putting yourself out there and spreading the word about your work can be extremely rewarding. Self-promotion is often thought of as a dirty term and something that a lot of writers shy away from. However,…
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004: Building a writing habit
Why is writing consistently so damn hard? Sometimes it feels like life is constantly trying to interfere with getting words on the page. In this episode, we outline of our own creative writing routine and show we are normal human beings; we struggle with building writing habits too. We do have some tips and techniques…
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003: Writing effectively for a set theme or prompt
In episode 003 of the Firewords podcast we discuss the different ways of writing for a theme, either figuratively or literally and how it is possible to write to a theme effectively AND keep your unique writing voice. We start out by reiterating that the theme we set for each issue is optional but discuss…
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001: An introduction to Firewords
This first episode is a brief introduction to who we are, how the Firewords project came about all those years ago and our plans for this new creative writing podcast. In future episodes we’ll be discussing a whole range of topics about writing and getting your work published.