Ink in Your Veins
Rachael Herron
Recent Episodes
Lisa Dailey had a sideways entry into writing fiction, and she’s been having a ball ever since. Don’t miss this super fun interview!
Lisa Daily is one of the top nonfiction and self-help book coaches in the US, coaching everyone from first-time writers to 7-figure authors. She's a USA Today bestselling author of more than 15 romance and non-fiction books herself, including HOW TO WRITE A SELF-HELP BOOK in 14 DAYS. She's the founder of Author (dot) coach and the Bestseller Academy, and hosts a popular publishing YouTube channel, Bestselling Author Writing Coach.
Bestselling Author Writing Coach publishing and writing advice on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe36_egPO62qjzjF-cNO44g?sub_confirmation=1
Lisa Daily's book publishing resources: www.author.coach
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Lisa’s contemporary romance: LisaDailyBooks.com
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🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
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This is one of Rachael’s favorite episodes, ever — join Paul as he tells us about Cai Emmons’s new book The Bells.
Paul Calandrino is a playwright, educator, and actor based in Eugene, Oregon, where Cai and he lived until she died. Since she passed, he has been curating her literary legacy with the release of this book, and he is currently collecting her blog content into book form.
Cai Emmons (1951-2023) was the author of seven novels and a story collection, Vanishing. The Bells, is her final novel. She held a BA from Yale University and two MFAs, one from New York University in film and the other from the University of Oregon in fiction. Before turning to fiction, Emmons wrote plays and screenplays. Winner of a Student Academy Award, an Oregon Book Award, and the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize, and finalist for the Narrative, The Missouri Review, and the Sarton awards, she taught at a variety of institutions, most recently in the creative writing program at the University of Oregon. She died in 2023 from Bulbar-onset ALS, a fast-progressing form of the disease that had taken her voice. The Bells, which features a protagonist with ALS, has just been released by Red Hen Press. Her final years are also the focus of an award-winning documentary Vanishing: A Love Story, directed by Sandra Luckow.
✏️ Writing in the Junkyard Online Writing Retreat! Join us! http://rachaelherron.com/retreat
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
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In which we catch up on two months! Sacha’s new goals, her amazing Shopify success, and Rachael’s new book idea (plus a challenge from Sacha).
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I ADORE this episode, in which I talk to Louisa about making things by hand, including books!
Louisa Owen Sonstroem considers garment-making skills to be deeply empowering. Louisa writes and teaches about patternmaking and hand stitching clothing. For most of a decade, she worked in technical design and patternmaking, most recently for Macy's and Eileen Fisher. Previous projects have included a self-published book called Hand Sewing Clothing: A Guide, as well as two seasons of “Patternmaking in Public Places,” an outreach project she started to democratize access to patternmaking skills. This year, Louisa is celebrating the August release of her newest book, The Handsewn Wardrobe: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes, from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches, in collaboration with Storey Publishing.
https://theclothpurpose.substack.com/
✏️ Writing in the Junkyard Online Writing Retreat! Join us! http://rachaelherron.com/retreat
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Samantha Browning Shea is an agent who knows about selling books, and we talk about how it felt when her first book didn’t sell on submission, and how she started again. Also: on the struggle of the middle, on touring, and on how to keep readers reading (hint: it’s about those open loops).
Samantha Browning Shea is an author and the vice president of Georges Borchardt, Inc. literary agency. A graduate of Colgate University, Samantha lives in Connecticut with her husband and their two daughters. Marrow is her debut novel.
🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage
(New perks, like editing!)
📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com
❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026
🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/
Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)
Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.
📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publish
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list):
➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.