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Respect Your Secondary Characters! Here's why and how.

Hosts: - Beth McMullen - Lisa Schmid Theme: The importance of secondary characters in storytelling. Key Discussion Points: - Secondary characters add depth, complexity, and enrich the narrative. - They contribute to the world...

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April 22, 2024

Respect Your Secondary Characters! Here's why and how.

Hosts: - Beth McMullen - Lisa Schmid Theme: The importance of secondary characters in storytelling. Key Discussion Points: - Secondary characters add depth, complexity, and enrich the narrative. - They contribute to the world...

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April 15, 2024

From Teacher to Bestselling Author, Matt Eicheldinger is telling the …

Hosts: Beth McMullen and Lisa Schmid Theme: Writer Resilience, Success Key Discussion Points: Matt Eicheldinger's Background: Transition from childhood interests to writing. Teaching career and its role in storytelling. Path ...

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April 8, 2024

The Write Mindset: Kick Imposter Syndrome to the Curb!

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April 1, 2024

Words Matter. Just ask picture book author Lisa Riddiough

Hosts: Beth McMullen Lisa Schmid Themes: Exploring the nuances of writing rhyming picture books with guest Lisa Riddiough , a Northern California based writer and author of the newly released picture book, Pie-rats . Key Disc...

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March 25, 2024

The 17-minute pep talk you NEED right now!

Season 3, Episode 13 - Embracing Rejection and Failure in Your Writing Journey Hosts: Beth McMullen and Lisa Schmid Episode Theme: Navigating Failure and Rejection in Writing Key Discussion Points: 1. Personal Experience with...

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March 18, 2024

Editing Unveiled: Sara Schonfeld Tells You What You NEED To Know

(PLEASE NOTE: All comments and opinions in this podcast are strictly Sara's own.) In the latest episode of Writers with Wrinkles, we're thrilled to host Sara Schonfeld , an editor at HarperCollins, specializing in middle gra...

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Respect Your Secondary Characters! Here’s why and how.

Welcome to the heart of narrative depth – the world of secondary characters. Our latest episode is dedicated to these vital players in the storytelling arena. Here, we explore why and how secondary characters are indispensable to the stories w…

From Teacher to Bestselling Author, Matt Eicheldinger is telling stories kids want to read

Welcome back! Today we follow the odyssey of Matt Eicheldinger, from a soccer-playing, comic-reading child to a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author. A Portrait of Perseverance Matt's journey wasn't crafted overnight. Spending his child…

The Write Mindset: Kick Imposter Syndrome to the Curb!

Coping with Imposter Syndrome as a Writer: Finding Confidence on the Page As authors, the path to publishing can often feel like walking a tightrope between pride in our work and a daunting abyss of self-doubt. It's a balancing act fami…

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Beth McMullen

Author

Beth McMullen is the author of the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series , the Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter series, and The Secret of the Storm series (Aladdin/S&S).

She is also the author of the Spy Mom series (Hyperion).

Beth lives in Northern California with her husband, kids, and very grumpy cats. She's obsessed with podcasts and might give up writing in order to have more time to listen. Could happen.

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Lisa Schmid

Author

Lisa is the author of OLLIE OXLEY AND THE GHOST—Out Now and HART & SOULS coming 7/23/24.

When not scaring up ghostly adventures, she visits schools and libraries to discuss writing and books. She lives in Northern California with her husband, son, two dogs, and one very sneaky hamster.