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Dear Rach & Soph

Bestselling Australian authors Rachael Johns (The Other Bridget, The Patterson Girls) and Sophie Green (Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society, The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle) talk about writing and books and all sorts of things - and they welcome questions from other writers and readers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 11 - All about agents (with special guest...

Dear Rach & Soph ·

2024/05/04

In this episode Rach and Soph talk about their Farmer Wants a Wife viewing, Rach asks Soph if she'd ever write a country music novel and we have a special guest: rural fiction author Renae Black. Renae had some questions about literary agents and Sophie used to be one, so we talk about the reasons for having one or not and, if you want one, how you’d choose one.Rach also asks Soph if she has a tattoo - and she wants to know if any of you have a literary-themed tattoo …We recorded this one before

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Episode 10 - Listener questions!

Dear Rach & Soph ·

2024/04/28

This week bestselling authors Rachael Johns and Sophie Green answer a couple of listener questions - one from a writer we’ll call Mindy, as she wishes to remain anonymous, and another from Ike Levick. In the course of answering their questions Rach and Soph talk about why they write, how they define success, and how they move past blocks in their writing and get out of their own way.If you have a question for Rach and Soph, you can email it to sophie@sophie-green-author.comFor more about Rachael

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Episode 9: Authors and social media (with special...

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2024/04/20

Rachael Johns decided to scale back her presence on social media for a little while - not leaving it entirely but restricting how much time she spent on it. With two books to write this year, it's no surprise she needed the time. The surprise came when around the same time as she made that decision she discovered that fellow Western Australian and international bestselling author Natasha Lester made a similar decision, and so did so did Jack Heath, prolific author of books for children and adults.So

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Episode 8: Rejections, submissions, and the editorial...

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2024/04/13

The editorial process is something every published author goes through but which time and repetition tends not to ameliorate … alas!In this episode bestselling novelists Rachael Johns and Sophie Green talk about the different stages of the editorial process, both the ones we go through before turning in a manuscript and what happens as a manuscript is turned into a book. Hopefully it’s interesting for writers who haven’t experienced it yet and for published authors it may be cathartic to listen to

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Episode 7: Imposter syndrome

Dear Rach & Soph ·

2024/04/07

When Soph met author Amanda Knight at an event in Sydney for Rach's THE OTHER BRIDGET they chatted about the podcast that Rach and Soph had already started recording, and Soph mentioned that we would love to have questions from listeners. Amanda said that there was a subject she’d be interested in talking about: imposter syndrome.So the three of us did talk about it, at length, on episode 7 of the podcast and even if you don’t have imposter syndrome (although don’t we all at some stage?) we hope you

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Episode 6: Rules, no rules, and the role of panic

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2024/03/30

We're up to episode 6! How did that happen? In this episode Rach and Soph talk about their writing processes; whether they follow rules when they write; what happens in head hopping, Rach's panic about her new manuscript and how Soph has inadvertently become her writing therapist.During the episode Soph mentions Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies quiz and you can find that here.Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do

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59:11

Episode 5: Reading while writing

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2024/03/23

In this week's episode bestselling novelists Rachael Johns and Sophie Green answer another listener question, about whether they read other people's books while writing (spoiler alert: they do).They also catch up on what they've been working on since the last episode, talk about whether or not they show their works in progress to anyone, and the fact that they have listener reviews.For more about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.comRachael's latest book is The Other BridgetFor more about

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Episode 4: We have listener questions!

Dear Rach & Soph ·

2024/03/16

In the fourth episode of Dear Rach & Soph, Rachael Johns and Sophie Green answer some listener questions about motivation and getting unstuck. And in the course of doing so Sophie talks about the importance of dancing and there is mention of possibly-maybe posting a playlist. That playlist can be found on Spotify and YouTube.The track listing is:‘Nataraja’- The Dum Dum Project‘Im Ninalou’ - Cheb i Sabbah‘Into the Groove’ - Madonna‘Dig’ - Fanny Lumsden‘Abalele’ - Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa ft

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Episode 3: Why we write

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2024/03/09

In the third episode of Dear Rach & Soph, Rachael Johns and I talk about her recent book tour for her latest novel, The Other Bridget; my copy edit for my next novel, Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel, and the big question for the episode: why we write. You can watch the YouTube version of the podcast below, or find us on your favourite podcast platforms (some links below).We recorded this episode on the day our first episode was released, so we didn't yet have listener questions - we have since had

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Episode 2: A strange thing to have in common

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2024/03/02

When bestselling authors Rachael Johns and Sophie Green met in person for the first time - in Sydney, early in February - they discovered that they have something quite unusual in common. Something which, on the face of it, doesn’t seem to have anything to do with their writing … or perhaps it does.***This podcast is called ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ for a reason - YOU! We would love to answer your questions.Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started,

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Episode 1: The Other Bridget

Dear Rach & Soph ·

2024/02/25

For this first episode Rach and Soph talk about The Other Bridget, Rach's latest novel, published in 2024. And they talk about a few other things too, including how they first met, the novels of Curtis Sittenfeld and eating disorders.But it’s called ‘Dear Rach & Soph’ for a reason - YOU! We would love to answer your questions.Writers - do you have a challenge or conundrum, or a question about process, how to get started, or anything at all to do with writing? We’d love to be your writing agony

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