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Novelist Spotlight #171: Opera singer faced the music and became a fiction writer instead

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Episode 171: Novelist Spotlight #171: Opera singer faced the music and became a fiction writer in...

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Episode 170: Novelist Spotlight #170: Remembering the great novelist Paul Auster and his electric...

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Novelist Spotlight #170: Remembering the great novelist Paul Auster and his electric imagination

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Novelist Spotlight #169: From the Department of Homeland Security to thriller writer

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Episode 169: Novelist Spotlight #169: From the Department of Homeland Security to thriller writer

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Novelist Spotlight #168: Edinburg, Scotland psychological thriller writer Rosie Walker

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Episode 168: Novelist Spotlight #168: Edinburg, Scotland psychological thriller writer Rosie Walker

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Novelist Spotlight #167: Media expert Paula Rizzo on the 10 questions every author needs to answer

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Episode 167: Novelist Spotlight #167: Media strategist Paula Rizzo on the 10 questions every auth...

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Novelist Spotlight #166: Hot new Canadian author Deepa Rajagopalan

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Episode 166: Novelist Spotlight #166: Hot new Canadian author Deepa Rajagopalan

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Novelist Spotlight #165: Barbara Kyle, actor turned novelist and book coach

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Episode 165: Novelist Spotlight #165: Barbara Kyle, actor turned novelist and book coach

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Writing for the New York Times while moonlighting is an novelist 

01:29

Taylor Swift and the power of storytelling 

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Novelist Spotlight #164: John Darnton, Pulitzer-winning NYT veteran turned novelist

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Episode 164: Novelist Spotlight #164: John Darnton, Pulitzer-winning NYT veteran turned novelist

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The 10/20/30 rule for PowerPoint presenting 

01:15

The deadly dull panel discussion 

02:03

Self-talk for writers and brain optimization 

01:34

Zappos founder Tony Hsieh discovers storytelling

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Novelist Spotlight #163: Rachel Turow on using self-talk to boost your writing and mental state

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Episode 163: Novelist Spotlight #163: Rachel Turow on using self-talk to optimize your writing an...

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A writer’s antidote for performance anxiety 

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The importance of body language and facial expression while speaking publicly 

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Novelist Spotlight #162: A conversation with the author of “The Fragment from the Shroud”

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Episode 162: Novelist Spotlight #162: A conversation with the author of “The Fragment from the Sh...

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Make sure to put it in writing 

02:27

The power of writing about a single character 

01:38

The advantages of using parallel construction when writing 

01:53

Beating stage fright and performance anxiety 

02:31

Why imagination is required for effective reading and writing 

01:47

The fiction writer’s dilemma: To use or not to use an outline 

02:31

Why reading and writing require a keen imagination 

01:47

The fiction writer’s dilemma: To use or not to use an outline 

01:22

A look back at Joseph Heller and Catch-22 

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Novelist Spotlight #161: Remembering “Catch-22,” the landmark Joseph Heller novel

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Episode 161: Novelist Spotlight #161: Remembering “Catch-22,” the landmark Joseph Heller novel

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A flash-fiction writing lesson 

02:30

Flash fiction #5, an excerpt from “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel”

02:21

Why we need a spiritual revolution

01:18

Love American Style (short stories about men, women, their passions and dysfunctions) 

01:36

The power of a simple presentation structure 

01:49

Might you be a writer who mistrusts your own “voice“

01:28

Ronald Reagan and the power of 3

03:00

What do people say about us after the “but“

02:01

A biographer to the stars

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Novelist Spotlight #160: A conversation with award-winner author Tom Zoellner

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Episode 160: Novelist Spotlight #160: A conversation with award-winner author Tom Zoellner

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Tapping into the wisdom of the ages

01:24

Education comes in written form 

02:18

The 15-minute commencement address everyone still talks about 

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Novelist Spotlight #159: Biographer Laurence Leamer on Capote, Hitchcock, Carson, Warhol and others

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Episode 159: Novelist Spotlight #159: Biographer Laurence Leamer on Capote, Hitchcock, Carson, Wa...

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The addictive power of money 

02:01

Learn to channel and mirror your boss

01:51

What gets power to the people? 

01:28

Love — with and without power 

03:38

The art of “managing up“