Novel Kickoff Day 4
Today’s trio get into the nuts and bolts of writing. We’re defeating writer’s block, going against career conventions by writing across genre, and figuring out what makes legal fiction work!
The Writing Life
Author, certified book coach, and podcaster Kat Caldwell tackles writer’s block by offering many practical strategies writers can use to move forward.
Craft Talk
Author and certified book coach Amy L. Bernstein shares her experience being a writer who publishes in multiple genres. Amy talks about how to let the story determine the market in which to sell your book.
Genre Focus
Author, certified book coach, and lawyer Stephen Woodfin draws from his legal experience to write and coach legal fiction. Stephen goes into the nuances of stories that incorporate the legal system.
Ways you can thank our guests for their generosity:
follow and thank them on social media (don’t forget to tag them and you can use #novelkickoff to refer to this event)
buy their books or request your library buy them
leave a positive review for their books, podcasts, YouTube channels, etc.
Kat Caldwell
Kat is a fiction writer, an Author Accelerator certified book coach and hostess of the Pencils&Lipstick podcast. Her passion is to help writers write their story through encouragement and honing their storytelling skills. In between conducting interviews for the Pencils&Lipstick podcast and writing her next novel, you can find Kat traveling the world, reading, or volunteering with her church—always with a cup of cold brew close by.
Connect with Kat on her website, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
You can listen to Kat’s Pencils&Lipstick podcast on YouTube and other platforms.
Amy L. Bernstein
Amy L. Bernstein writes stories that let readers feel while making them think. Her novels include The Potrero Complex; the award-winning The Nighthawkers; Dreams of Song Times; and Fran, The Second Time Around. Amy is an award-winning journalist, speechwriter, playwright, and certified nonfiction book coach. She teaches workshops on various aspects of the craft of writing and is a frequent guest on podcasts to discuss writing, publishing, and creativity.
Connect with Amy on her website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter (X), and LinkedIn.
You can find links to all of Amy’s books and writing resources on her LinkTree.
Stephen Woodfin
Stephen Woodfin, the author of twelve legal fiction novels, has practiced law since 1985. Kirkus Reviews named his novel The Warrior with Alzheimer's to its Best Books of the Year list. When he decided to get serious about writing, he hired the renowned, Pulitzer-nominated author Jory Sherman as his book coach, and they worked together for three years. Stephen often says that Jory's coaching gave him permission to write.
Connect with Stephen on his website.
You can learn more about Stephen’s books here, including the recently released Biased Justice that Stephen talked about in his interview.