E13: Natalie Hibberd

E13: Natalie Hibberd

Welcome to The Buzz, the official Write Hive Podcast! Hosted by Joshua Lee Ronin, we sit down with members of the #WritingCommunity to explore the craft, process, and creative energy behind writing. Our guest today, Natalie Hibberd, discusses confidence and using writing as a means to heal yourself. Meet the Guest: Natalie has wanted to be an author since she was two years old and wrote the first draft of her debut novel - Inside Out - between the ages of twelve and fourteen. Everybody has their challenges and her own have included Cerebral Palsy and Depression. As far as she’s concerned writing is the best medicine and she couldn't live without it. Natalie lives in Hampshire her mum, dad and right-hand dog Cleo. Follow Natalie: twitter.com/NatalieHibberd [https://twitter.com/NatalieHibberd] Meet the Host: Joshua Lee Ronin is an independent science fiction and fantasy writer, martial artist, and military veteran currently residing in Denver, Colorado. He writes dark stories about damaged people learning how to find strength in their struggle. Joshua is working to bring people together in hopes that community, openness, and just a little conversation might make the world a better place. He's also the founder and Executive Coordinator of WriteHive, a free and totally-online writing convention! And he wants you to know you're awesome. Follow Joshua: twitter.com/joshualeeronin [https://twitter.com/joshualeeronin] Find Joshua: joshualeeronin.com [http://joshualeeronin.com/] Follow the Write Hive: twitter.com/Write_Hive [https://twitter.com/Write_Hive] Find the Write Hive: writehive.org [https://www.writehive.org/] Contribute to the Write Hive: patreon.com/WriteHive [https://www.patreon.com/WriteHive] Note from The Buzz Team: We apologize for popping and echoing during the interview. We appreciate your patience as we work through technical difficulties.

E12: Kriti Khare

Welcome to The Buzz, the official Write Hive Podcast! Hosted by Joshua Lee Ronin, we sit down with members of the #WritingCommunity to explore the craft, process, and creative energy behind writing. Our guest today, Kriti Khare, discusses book reviews, being a book reviewer, and the disconnect between authors and reviewers. Meet the Guest: Kriti is an avid reader and learner. She expresses her love for lifelong learning by writing regularly on Armed with A Book about a variety of topics from how-to articles on bullet journalling, teaching, to learning better, though currently she is focused on posting book reviews/thoughts, author interviews. During the work week, she wears the Data Analyst hat and once home, she applies many of the skills she learns in her day job to blogging and life. Follow Kriti: twitter.com/_armedwithabook [https://twitter.com/_armedwithabook] Find Kriti: armedwithabook.com [https://www.armedwithabook.com/] Meet the Host: Joshua Lee Ronin is an independent science fiction and fantasy writer, martial artist, and military veteran currently residing in Denver, Colorado. He writes dark stories about damaged people learning how to find strength in their struggle. Joshua is working to bring people together in hopes that community, openness, and just a little conversation might make the world a better place. He's also the founder and Executive Coordinator of WriteHive, a free and totally-online writing convention! And he wants you to know you're awesome. Follow Joshua: twitter.com/joshualeeronin [https://twitter.com/joshualeeronin] Find Joshua: joshualeeronin.com [http://joshualeeronin.com/] Follow the Write Hive: twitter.com/Write_Hive [https://twitter.com/Write_Hive] Find the Write Hive: writehive.org [https://www.writehive.org/] Contribute to the Write Hive: patreon.com/WriteHive [https://www.patreon.com/WriteHive]

E11: Nav the Poet

Welcome to The Buzz, the official Write Hive Podcast! Hosted by Joshua Lee Ronin, we sit down with members of the #WritingCommunity to explore the craft, process, and creative energy behind writing. Our guest today, Nav the Poet, reveals how to talk about our differences, embrace our similarities, and the process of recording a spoken word album. Meet the Guest: Navpreet Singh is a spoken word artist who has turned his passion into a profession. What began in college as a personal outlet has developed into a platform to make a positive impact on the world. Through the art of poetry, Nav uses his love and talent for storytelling to motivate and help his audiences, and himself, to learn, heal, and grow. Nav encourages everyone to find their voice and share their story because he believes that fear and cynicism cannot thrive once we truly understand one another. He has performed for hundreds of people across a dozen states in the U.S. In April of 2019, he released a poetry album available on all major streaming services. All of his work serves one objective: to break barriers and build bridges so that together we may create a better would. Follow Nav on Twitter: twitter.com/NavThePoet Follow Nav on Instagram: instagram.com/navthepoet Find Nav: soundcloud.com/navthepoet Meet the Host: Joshua Lee Ronin is an independent science fiction and fantasy writer, martial artist, and military veteran currently residing in Denver, Colorado. He writes dark stories about damaged people learning how to find strength in their struggle. Joshua is working to bring people together in hopes that community, openness, and just a little conversation might make the world a better place. He's also the founder and Executive Coordinator of WriteHive, a free and totally-online writing convention! And he wants you to know you're awesome. Follow Joshua: twitter.com/joshualeeronin [https://twitter.com/joshualeeronin] Find Joshua: joshualeeronin.com [http://joshualeeronin.com/] Follow the Write Hive: twitter.com/Write_Hive [https://twitter.com/Write_Hive] Find the Write Hive: writehive.org [https://www.writehive.org/] Contribute to the Write Hive: patreon.com/WriteHive [https://www.patreon.com/WriteHive]

E10: John Adamus

Welcome to The Buzz, the official Write Hive Podcast! Hosted by Joshua Lee Ronin, we sit down with members of the #WritingCommunity to explore the craft, process, and creative energy behind writing. Our guest today, John Adamus, discusses his journey into story coaching and how he helps writers reach their goals. Meet the Guest: Since 1996, John Adamus has in some way or another been The Writer Next Door. Initially a freelance writer and author with no idea what he was doing, he has since become a successful writing coach, editor, and publisher with a career stretching over 2 decades and over 600 projects. He is known for tweeting writing and creative advice @awesome_john and his blog at http://writernextdoor.com is his corner of the internet where he writes weekly how-tos and support for writers of all genres and experience levels. Follow John: twitter.com/awesome_john [https://twitter.com/awesome_john] Find John: writernextdoor.com [http://writernextdoor.com/] Meet the Host: Joshua Lee Ronin is an independent science fiction and fantasy writer, martial artist, and military veteran currently residing in Denver, Colorado. He writes dark stories about damaged people learning how to find strength in their struggle. Joshua is working to bring people together in hopes that community, openness, and just a little conversation might make the world a better place. He's also the founder and Executive Coordinator of WriteHive, a free and totally-online writing convention! And he wants you to know you're awesome. Follow Joshua: twitter.com/joshualeeronin [https://twitter.com/joshualeeronin] Find Joshua: joshualeeronin.com [http://joshualeeronin.com/] Follow the Write Hive: twitter.com/Write_Hive [https://twitter.com/Write_Hive] Find the Write Hive: writehive.org [https://www.writehive.org/] Contribute to the Write Hive: patreon.com/WriteHive [https://www.patreon.com/WriteHive]

E9: EG Deaile & Jessa Kaina

Welcome to The Buzz, the official Write Hive Podcast! Hosted by Joshua Lee Ronin, we sit down with members of the #WritingCommunity to explore the craft, process, and creative energy behind writing. Our guests today, EG Deaile and Jessa Kaina, talk about the psychology of a writer and how digging into the mind of your characters can make your stories come to life. As EG says, it’s a little bit of murder and a little bit of mayhem. Meet the Guests: An unfortunate early age viewing of Silence of the Lambs has set the overall tone for a writing career that focuses on serial murder and psychopaths of many varieties. He enjoys reading and writing in almost all genres from romance to science fiction. E.G. Deaile works in renewable energy, and in past lives has been a safety analyst for missile launchers, electrical operator on nuclear submarines, and even managed fast food stores. E.G. Deaile lives in Liberal, Kansas with his wife, Alison, three kids, two dogs, and a small army of cats. Follow EG: twitter.com/egdeaile_writer [https://twitter.com/egdeaile_writer] Find EG: egdeaile.com [https://www.egdeaile.com/] Jessa Kaina is an introverted Canadian polyglot obsessed with stories in any medium. Her love of stories has always been important in her life, even through an education in science and communication. Now she works as a freelance developmental editor, hosting discussion questions on Twitter @JessaKaina and posting blogs for writers on jessakaina.com. She’s currently working on her first novel. Follow Jessa: twitter.com/JessaKaina [https://twitter.com/JessaKaina] Find Jessa: jessakaina.com [https://jessakaina.com/] Meet the Host: Joshua Lee Ronin is an independent science fiction and fantasy writer, martial artist, and military veteran currently residing in Denver, Colorado. He writes dark stories about damaged people learning how to find strength in their struggle. Joshua is working to bring people together in hopes that community, openness, and just a little conversation might make the world a better place. He's also the founder and Executive Coordinator of WriteHive, a free and totally-online writing convention! And he wants you to know you're awesome. Follow Joshua: twitter.com/joshualeeronin [https://twitter.com/joshualeeronin] Find Joshua: joshualeeronin.com [http://joshualeeronin.com/] Follow the Write Hive: twitter.com/Write_Hive [https://twitter.com/Write_Hive] Find the Write Hive: writehive.org [https://www.writehive.org/] Contribute to the Write Hive: patreon.com/WriteHive [https://www.patreon.com/WriteHive]