The Fearless Writer Podcast with Beth Kempton

In today’s episode we are exploring the importance of going with the ebb and flow in a writing life. It includes:-     Embracing seasonal writing-     Why the life lessons we can learn from nature can be a great reliefI 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 #fearlesswriterpodcastBethXxPS Please note there is a chunk of silence in this podcast. It is supposed to be there for the weekly writing exercise!Click here to download the transcriptThe 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. . US/Canada edition HERE.Resources mentioned in this episode:Tending the Heart Fire by Shiva Rea (Sounds True)Of Arcs and Circles by Marc Peter Keane (Stone Bridge Press)Divine Beauty by John O’Donohue (Bantam)How to make a Christmas pudding (plum pudding) with Pen Vogler, the author of Christmas with DickensThe extract from My Father as I Recall Him by Mamie DickensCharles Dickens Museum More at bethkempton.com / dowhatyouloveforlife.com / Instagram 

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 proposalEven 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 #fearlesswriterpodcastBethXxPS Please note there is a chunk of silence in this podcast. It is supposed to be there for the weekly writing exercise!Click here to download the transcriptThe 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 / iTunesResources 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 & SwainsonMore at bethkempton.com / 

In today’s episode we explore why it is important that as writers we are learning, always learning. I hope this gives you the confidence to allow yourself to be a beginner over and over, whilst recognising and honouring all that you do know and have learnt along the way. This episode includes:-       Thoughts on how a writing life is built-       What to do when you don’t know what to write about-       A peek into my journal so you can see exactly how my thought process unfolds and I get to something juicyIn each episode, I will talk for about fifteen to twenty minutes, and then offer you a timed writing exercise at the end to try, for another ten minutes. Grab yourself a cuppa and settle in for a lovely writerly chat. With inspiration from Shunryu Suzuki and Kobayashi IssaI 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 #fearlesswriterpodcastBethXxPS Please note there is a chunk of silence in this podcast. It is supposed to be there for the weekly writing exercise!Click here to download the transcriptThe 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.Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki (Shambhala) The Spring of My Life by Kobayashi Issa, translated by Sam Hamill (Shambhala)  p.144More at bethkempton.com / dowhatyouloveforlife.com / Instagram @bethkempton

In today’s episode we explore how to cultivate the courage to share your words with other people. This episode includes:-       Reasons for sharing (and not sharing) your work with others-       Reasons why rejection can be a good thing-       How to keep going when it’s hardIn each episode, I will talk for about fifteen to twenty minutes, and then offer you a timed writing exercise at the end to try, for another ten minutes. Grab yourself a cuppa and settle in for a lovely writerly chat. With inspiration from Beth Kephart and Pablo Neruda.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 #fearlesswriterpodcastBethXxPS Please note there is a chunk of silence in this podcast. It is supposed to be there for the weekly writing exercise!Click here to download the transcriptThe 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.·      litrejections.com ·      Handling the Truth by Beth Kephart (Gotham)·      I Will Return by Pablo Neruda in Finding The Way Home, edited by Dennis Maloney (White Pine Press)More at bethkempton.com / dowhatyouloveforlife.com / Instagram @bethkempton