Archives: Captivate Podcasts

Sometimes my creator brain gets nervous. It doesn’t want to come out and play in public. Maybe it’s nervous that someone won’t like what it…

In 2016, author Tracy Reed decided to try to write and publish 12 titles in 12 months. She managed 13. This is her story. Tracy…

Coming down off the holidays, I’m saying I’m going to eat better, but I still have some Christmas pecans I need to make. Standing in…

I love new beginnings, and I’m a big fan of hitting the Restart button at any time. But sometimes we wonder if what we’re doing…

Marcy Weydemuller is an editor, writing teacher, and author of books for kids and adults. Today she is talking to us about setting. In many…

I’ve been teaching a class called Going the Distance: Time and Project Management for Writers nearly every year for over a decade. I love it…

I recently listened to a keynote address by Ray Bradbury given in 2001 at The Sixth Annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma…

Today’s guest, Kathleen Damp Wright, shares her stories about how doing in-person research for her novels is more fun and yields more interesting results. It…

The difference between dreams and New Year’s resolutions and goals is all in your head. How much do you believe in the dream? How committed…

In this first Encouraging Words episode, I encourage you not to let yourself get overwhelmed by kids and parents and finances and (un)employment and health…