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Gracewriters Podcast

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Listen, rate, and subscribe to the Gracewriters Podcast on your favourite podcast player.

Find it on Apple Podcasts here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/gracewriters-podcast/id1519376330

Or listen to or watch each episode, read transcripts and check out useful links and resources we mention, right here on the blog:

Gracewriters philosophy

  • Episode 1: What is Gracewriting?
  • Episode 2: Tackling Imposter Syndrome
  • Episode 3: Am I Called to Write?
  • Episode 4: Procrastination – Causes and Cures
  • Episode 5: Should Christian Writing Be This Hard?
  • Episode 6: How to Decide What to Write
  • Episode 7: Learning to be a Better Writer
  • Episode 8: Finding Time to Write
  • Episode 9: Meeting Publishing Deadlines
  • Episode 11: Tackling Disappointment
  • Episode 12: Earning Income as a Writer

Feedback and Editing series

  • Episode 16: Getting Feedback on our Writing
  • Episode 17: Self-Editing for Writers
  • Episode 18: Editors and Editing

Publishing series

  • Episode 33: Publishing – Self-publishing vs traditional
  • Episode 34: Publishing – Why we chose self-publishing
  • Episode 35: Publishing – How self-publishing has changed
  • Episode 36: Publishing – Different uses for self-publishing
  • Episode 37: Publishing – Three basics of self-publishing
  • Episode 38: Publishing: Knowing Who to Trust in Self-Publishing

Seasonal

  • Episode 14: Writing on Christmas Themes
  • Episode 39: Elana Johnson (Liz Isaacson) on Writing Christmas Romance
  • Episode 15: New Year, New Writing Goals
  • Episode 40: Writing Coach Elaine Fraser on Planning Your New Writing Year

Author Platform series

  • Episode 19: Help! What is an Author Platform?
  • Episode 20: Author Platform: Do I need a website?
  • Episode 21: Author Platform: Email lists – why do they matter?
  • Episode 22: Author Platform: Problem-solving our email lists
  • Episode 23: Author Platform: Email lists – what content should I send?
  • Episode 25: Author Platform: Do authors need to blog?
  • Episode 26: Author Platform: Problem-solving our blogging
  • Episode 27: Author Platform: How to make our blogs discoverable
  • Episode 29: Author Platform: How does social media work?
  • Episode 30: Author Platform: How do we feel about social media?
  • Episode 31: Author Platform: Designing a social media strategy

Interviews

  • Episode 10: Bill Brockmeier and Hearts Need Art
  • Episode 13: Adam Ryan, Pastor and Scriptwriter
  • Episode 24: Children’s Author Kara-Glenn Bolger
  • Episode 28: Romance Author Kristen M. Fraser
  • Episode 32: Author and writing coach Amanda Viviers
  • Episode 41: Author, Speaker, Physician, and Photographer Dr Ernest Crocker
  • Episode 42: Kristen Young on Writing Young Adult Christian Fantasy and Non-Fiction
  • Episode 43: Children’s Singer/Songwriter Colin Buchanan on Finding Inspiration and Making a Difference
  • Episode 44: Nikki Florence Thompson on Anxiety and Faith in Life and Publishing
  • Episode 45: Donita Bundy on Writing Multi-POV Christian Urban Fantasy

We’d love your feedback, questions and suggestions for the content of our Gracewriters Podcast.

  • What topics would you like us to cover?
  • What questions bother you in your own writing practice as a Gracewriter?
  • Which Christian writers would you like us to interview, and what would you like us to ask them?

Please comment below, or if you prefer, send us a private message.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Tracy Said says

    February 3, 2022 at 9:42 pm

    Thanks everyone, I have been listening to all the podcasts and I know you are my People!. My tribe!. I can resonate with everything you share. I am an unpublished author, who had a conversation with the Lord in 2009 about ‘Grace Notes’, although I didn’t use that term. My pen name is Tracy Chapman Woods. I hope to bring God’s love into peoples lives through fiction. I’m so glad I’ve found you.

    Reply
    • Belinda Pollard says

      February 4, 2022 at 2:02 pm

      Thank you so much, Tracy, for your words of encouragement. And welcome aboard to the Gracewriters tribe! (bit of a mixed metaphor there, but, well, you know 🙂 ) Looking forward to hearing more about your writing.

      Reply
  2. Raelene Purtill says

    August 28, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    Thanks girls for another lovely conversation. I’m a bit like Belinda. I find ideas come thick and fast like I’m standing at a buffet. I have always journaled and have discovered creative journaling too which allows for images and decorations on the page. I started with poetry. (Aren’t we all poets through our teenage years?). I’ve always loved words but it’s only been recently that I’ve learned about story. Blogging did not stick for me. I now find short forms are my favourite. Flash and short stories, despite the desire to have a novel written. What I’m thinking to explore is a mosaic type story – lots of short pieces relating to the same world but different characters in each intertwined some how. I am surrounded by ideas. Too many and not enough time to write them all!!

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    • Belinda Pollard says

      August 28, 2020 at 3:01 pm

      I like the sound of that mosaic type thing, Raelene. Will be interesting to see how it develops for you. Thanks for your comment. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Jodie McCarthy says

    June 26, 2020 at 4:22 pm

    Hi Belinda, I just got a chance to listen today and I thoroughly enjoyed the easy conversational tone. What I particularly loved about this podcast is what Bill touched on above, “how faith rubs up against our writing”. I loved the conversation about prayer and the questions you asked each other around this.

    So I’d be interested in you all investigating this further in conversation. Questions like, “How do we deal with disappointment when we feel God has called us to something?” Questions that show that real intersection of faith and our calling. Rubber hits the road type questions.

    I love the idea of interviews. I think fortnightly or monthly would be a good rotation, and I like that you’ve deliberately kept the episode short. I love that you end with a prayer.

    Thanks and I will look out for the next episode.

    Reply
    • Belinda Pollard says

      June 26, 2020 at 5:30 pm

      Thank you so much, Jodie. Those are great suggestions and we’ll add them to the list. Episode 2 will be up next Friday – we’ve decided to go fortnightly initially and see how it pans out.

      Reply
  4. Susan Lambert says

    June 20, 2020 at 3:35 am

    This podcast was wonderfully authentic and very encouraging for Christians who view writing as a calling. The intersection of our faith and our writing is always going to present unique challenges and this community offers a much needed space to share and learn from others who are on a similar journey.
    Thank you so much Belinda for your warm and inclusive interviewing approach and also to the authors interviewed for their willingness to share with others. Donita and Alison were both real and transparent with their writing journey and this created a personal connection with the audience.
    Personally, I believe the more writers we can interact with, the more we can learn from each other and podcasts are a really effective and powerful way to connect.
    Thank you for the time and energy needed to create this podcast and I am looking forward to the next one!

    Reply
    • Belinda Pollard says

      June 20, 2020 at 4:03 am

      Thanks so much, Sue. Your words are so encouraging. I get the feeling there’s a move of God afoot…

      Reply
  5. Susan J Bruce says

    June 19, 2020 at 11:52 pm

    Congratulations ladies. What a fantastic idea. I love the term ‘gracenotes’ because that’s what I’ve been trying to infuse into my work. And you are right – I want to write for the mainstream but tend to think it’s not as important as overtly ‘Christian’ stuff. So thank you for giving me a definition for what I’ve been wanting to do. Will look forward to future podcasts be they fortnightly or monthly :).

    Reply
    • Belinda Pollard says

      June 20, 2020 at 4:02 am

      Thanks Susan. I had a hunch I wasn’t alone in that feeling.

      Reply
  6. Glennis Paine says

    June 19, 2020 at 11:35 pm

    Congratulations on the first podcast. It was great to hear from you three and your experiences in writing as Christians. It would be nice to have one per fortnight, but once a month at least. I think a variety of topics would be of interest, not just the craft, or interviews, or self-publishing but a mix – something for everyone. When I listen to podcasters interviewing authors with their new releases, I enjoy it when they share a short reading or two from the novel. Also, as a yet-to-be-published author, topics such as setting up a website, to blog or not to blog, etc interest me.

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    • Belinda Pollard says

      June 19, 2020 at 11:38 pm

      Thanks so much, Glennis. We really appreciate your suggestions, too. Hope your writing is going well.

      Reply
  7. Raelene Purtill says

    June 19, 2020 at 8:23 pm

    Enjoyed the podcast very much. Warm, friendly and without frills which is good and it kept the Christian focus too, rather than being side tracked by the writing thing. There are plenty of writing podcasts to go to, so that point of difference was nice. While a regular podcast would be ideal, I know they can be a lot of work. Perhaps once a month to begin. Interviews with authors like Jessica Kate who has an American agent and two published titles; Carolyn Miller – Regency romance. Theologian and writer, Anne Hamilton. Perhaps interview some experts on topics within our stories too. So thankful for this community and I hope this podcast just gets better and better.

    Reply
    • Belinda Pollard says

      June 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm

      Thank you so much, Raelene. Those are excellent suggestions. What type of topics within our stories would you like covered?

      Reply
  8. Bill Brockmeier says

    June 19, 2020 at 8:18 pm

    In thinking about what topics to write about—
    What about occasionally tackling a specific writing problem/issue one of us writers has faced, concerning specifically, how our faith “rubs up against” our writing, and how we “solved” it? I know I could certainly learn from others, and may even have my own anecdotes to pass along.
    Also, what about more ways some of us have discovered (or yet hope) that God has or will be able to use our writing? You touched on this briefly in the first podcast, but I’d like to hear more.

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    • Belinda Pollard says

      June 19, 2020 at 9:43 pm

      Also, would love to hear some of those anecdotes about how your faith has connected with your writing, in either positive or uncomfortable ways. Perhaps we can share some of those on the Gracewriters Community?

      Reply
  9. Bill Brockmeier says

    June 19, 2020 at 8:09 pm

    If this first podcast is any indication of what we can expect in future efforts, I say why wait two weeks?—let’s go for one a week! I know, I know, you all have a life outside of Gracewriters, and these things certainly take some effort to plan and execute. But I gained MUCH from this discussion between Belinda, Alison, and Donita. If nothing else, it is simply powerful to know that there are sisters (and brothers) out there, who are walking some of the same path as myself (even though we’re on opposite sides of the globe). This is living evidence to me of the unity of the Spirit, in the Body and Bride of Christ.

    Reply
    • Belinda Pollard says

      June 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

      Thank you so much, Bill. It was intimidating to create our first podcast, but also a great sense of excitement, and that God might have some plans for it. Thrilled to know that it has encouraged you.

      Reply

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