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Being on social media is one way to connect with your audience and potential readers, but how do you build up that elusive "following" that we are all chasing after?  We break down our tips for doing just that! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

Hey, everyone! Welcome to episode 042 where we discuss how to overcome roadblocks when writing your novels. Thanks to Marty Vee for suggesting this topic. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the conversation in the comments or on Twitter using the hashtag, #TheMerryWriterPodcast. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy it.  Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

We have officially said goodbye (and good riddance) to 2020 and are jumping straight into 2021 with enthusiam and motivation.  We over here at The Merry Writer Podcast do this by creating Yearly Goals.  Check out today's episode where we share some of our main goals for this coming year.  Don't forget to let us know any of your Yearly Goals. Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

2020 is coming to an end. We've had a lot of fun with this podcast and the support has been amazing! For something a little different, we've compiled our favorite bloopers from our episodes recorded this year. Enjoy and thanks as always for listening. :) Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

Since we are only 2 days from Christmas, we decided to so something a little different.  Welcome to our Christmas Tag Edition where we ask several Christmas-y questions.  We've love it if you joined in, answer these questions and post your answers in the comments section or over on Twitter using #TheMerryWriterPodcast. Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

Do you know your way around the book marketing world? This week, we discuss how marketing is always changing and in order to become a guru, you need to always learn and adapt to social media, etc. Thanks for listening and let us know your thoughts in the comments! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

What part of your novel gets you excited to write?  Do you love fight scenes or love scenes? What about landscape descriptions or inner monologues?  Today's episode we discuss our favourite parts to write and why. As always, do let us know what your favourite parts to write are, we love to hear from you. Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Hey, everyone! How do you go about writing your novels? Do you type on the computer or a typewriter? Do you write in a notebook or do speech to text? This week we're discussing various methods to write and which ones are our favorite. Enjoy and thanks for listening! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Do you sometimes get gripped with the fear of failure?  Does it stop you in your tracks?  You aren't the only one!  Today's episode, we discuss why that fear takes hold and what you can do to let it go. Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES In this week's episode, we're honoring "International Men's Day" (which is November 19th) by discussing how to write male characters. Listen in to our questions and answers and share your own in the comments! Thanks for listening! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Have you ever experienced Creative Constipation - otherwise known as Writers' Block? Almost every writer get's hit back that crushing block at one time or another and so we choose this as our topic for today's question of how you overcome writers block. Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music: Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES In this week's episode of The Merry Writer Podcast, we are joined by our good friend and fellow author, Ian Gough, to discuss writing advice. Enjoy! About our Guest: Ian Gough is a UK based author who mainly writes a mixture of fantasy, comedy, horror or a combination of the three, but will happily tackle any story that his imagination conjures up. He took up writing back in 2016 and published the first of his fantasy Core Lands novels, Lotan the Librarian later that year. Since then he’s released two more fantasy novels and had both fantasy and horror short stories published. With so many ideas struggling to break free, he’s planning on releasing more into the wild in 2021 and beyond. Website: Iangauthor.comAmazon Author Page www.amazon.co.uk/Ian-Gough/e/B075RDKFBHTwitter - @LotanB1  Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Do you often feel overwhelmed with story ideas?  Are you sometimes caught with indecision as to which one to write first?  Don't worry, you're not alone, we know that feeling and that's why today we decided to tackle the question of how to choose which story to actually write first. Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES In this week's episode we did something different! We played a fun round of "Would You Rather?" Listen in to our questions and answers and share your own in the comments! Thanks for listening! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES This week's episode we decided to discuss Productivity, specifically the method of "Blocking".  Listen in to our thoughts about how productivity blocking is and share your own in the comments! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES In this week's episode of The Merry Writer Podcast, we are joined by Rachel's sister, Kristen Poli, to discuss all things about NaNoWriMo. Enjoy! About our Guest: Kristen Poli is a writer specializing mainly in the fantasy genre and is passionate about creativity, gaming, dogs, and chocolate. You can find her on Medium and her newsletter, A Positive Spin. Medium: Medium.com/@krispy215Newsletter: PositiveSpin.substack.com Resources: NaNoWriMo Website: https://nanowrimo.org/ Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Welcome back everyone, on today's podcast we decided to discuss other writing careers you can pursue while you are writing your novel or even if you just want to do your fiction writing as a hobby.  If you haven't already, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast, click the like button and ask us any questions! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Hey, everyone! This week, we're discussing all things about author bios - why they're important, where you should put them, and what you should include in them. Check it out and remember to subscribe to our podcast, click the like button and ask us any questions! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES As we hit our 25th episode, we decided to tackle the questions we, as writers, hate to get.  Do any of these make your list?  Check out the episode and remember to subscribe to our podcast, click the like button and ask us any questions... just not THESE questions :D Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Welcome back! In this week's episode, we talk about authors writing in multiple genres vs. sticking to a single category. Check it out and remember to subscribe to our podcast, click the like button and ask us any questions! Support the Podcast: PatreonWant to support our show and show our little podcast some extra love, then please consider popping over to our Patreon Page and snap up some goodies for as little as $1 a month! ShareIf you enjoy our podcast, please share episodes on social media to spread the word about our show. Music:Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0