S1 Ep10: AUTHORING – pitching and writing a book

The Fearless Writer Podcast with Beth Kempton

In today’s episode we are talking all about writing books. This is going to be a rich and juicy session, and you might want to take notes. This includes:

- What I really want you to know about writing books (five books and more than 45 book deals in, I have a few thoughts!)

- Top tips for pitching your idea to a publisher.

- The four questions you need to answer in your book proposal

Even if you don’t have any clue about what kind of book you might want to write, if you have even the tiniest whisper that you might want to write a book, be sure to tune in – this is gold. Grab yourself a cuppa and settle in for a lovely writerly chat. With inspiration from Rachel Boast and Xavier Rudd.

I hope this podcast will help you write fearlessly, and with joy, and build a writing practice that nourishes you for the rest of your life. I’d love to see what writing it inspires – feel free to share by tagging me @bethkempton #fearlesswriterpodcast

BethXx

PS Please note there is a chunk of silence in this podcast. It is supposed to be there for the weekly writing exercise!

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The theme music for The Fearless Writer Podcast is The River sung by Danni Nicholls, co-written by Danni Nicholls and me, Beth Kempton. Listen on iTunes / Spotify / Youtube and feel free to add it to your Instagram reels! See here for the lyrics and full credits.

***Did you know the audiobook version of The Way of the Fearless Writer includes a full meditation album to help get the words flowing? You can get it here.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton (Piatkus). US/Canada edition HERE.

• Shattered in Void Studies by Rachel Boast (Picador Poetry) p.45

• Follow the Sun by Xavier Rudd – find it here on Spotify / iTunes

Resources for getting published

• The Book Proposal Masterclass (taught by Beth Kempton)

• The Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook / Writer’s Market / Poet’s Market

• thecreativepenn.com (for self-publishing)

• CurtisBrownCreative.com / thenovelry.com

• My agent: Hardman & Swainson

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