The After Hours Authors podcast is off to a cracking start!

The first 5 episodes are now live, with more in the bank. Check these out below or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Every episode is short and sweet to save you time and get you inspired fast!

Episodes available now 🎧

Episode 1: How to get inspired as a writer (part 1) (listen)
Episode 2: How to get inspired as a writer (part 2) (listen)

This 2-part series provides ideas to help you break out of moments of writers block.

Episode 3: Let your first draft suck (what writers need to know) (listen)

Inspired by a session at the Newcastle Writers’ Festival, this episode focuses on what first drafts are like – usually pretty scrappy! This episode is about embracing that and using first drafts as a the launching pad to an even better draft.

Episode 4: Believe in yourself & your work (a pep talk for writers & creatives) (listen)
This is all about encouragement! Writers are such anxious people, and we need to believe that what we’re writing is brilliant, and that we are capable of writing great things. Listen to this is you need inspiration and some self-belief energy!

Episode 5: How to write better dialogue (listen)

Dialogue is a tricky thing and it’s easy for it to fall flat (atleast, mine does!). I pulled together some tips to help make dialogue that has dynamic and adds to your story well.

Up next – Episode 6: the best first sentences of books (& what makes them great). Stay tuned for this episode this weekend!