Summary

In this episode, hosts Cara Clare and James Blatch introduce themselves and the purpose of the podcast. They discuss their backgrounds as authors and their experiences in the publishing industry. They also explain how listeners can get involved in the podcast through the Discord server and Facebook group. The hosts emphasize that the podcast will cover a wide range of topics related to writing, including craft, marketing, and mental wellbeing. 

Keywords

Indie authors, podcast, introduction, publishing industry, writing craft, marketing, mental wellbeing.

Takeaways

• The Indie Writers Club podcast is a platform for indie authors and anyone interested in writing.
• The hosts, Cara Clare and James Blatch, have backgrounds in writing and publishing.
• Listeners can get involved in the podcast through the Discord server and Facebook group.
• The podcast will cover various topics related to writing, including craft, marketing, and mental wellbeing.

Titles

• Introducing the Indie Writers Club Podcast
• Covering a Wide Range of Writing Topics on the Podcast

Sound Bites

• "Hello, welcome to the Indie Writers Club."
• "I had this one novel, which I'd done a NaNoWriMo to get it going and had, I think I had something like 106,000 words a bit, but it was a complete mess."
• "Writing a novel is a strange thing. It's a complicated thing, writing novels."

Chapters

00:00 Introducing the Indie Writers Club Podcast

01:41 Writing Journeys: From NaNoWriMo to Published Novels

03:03 The Complicated Process of Writing Novels

08:06 Cara Clare's Journey into Writing and Self-Publishing

09:47 The Democratization of Publishing and Indie Authors

13:52 Exploring Various Writing Topics on the Podcast

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