The Care and Feeding of Beta Readers
In which Laura explains why it truly does take a village to write a book.
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What I Want People to Say When They Read My Book
In which Laura shares her hopes for her book.
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If I Quit Writing This Book
In which Laura contemplates giving up on finishing this book because it’s just too hard.
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Listening to the Sound of My Own Voice
In which Laura learns the ins and outs of evaluating her own performance.
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What is a Presale Campaign and Why Does It Matter?
In which Laura launches her pre-sale campaign and learns more about marketing a book than she ever wanted to know.
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The Dog Next Door
In which Laura discovers that she cannot control everything when it comes to recording her audiobook.
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Muffling the Gongs and Sending the Puppy Away: The Burning Light of Two Stars Audiobook
In which Laura learns the secrets of moistening her vocal folds and performing a book live in two states at the same time.
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You’re Doing What with That Closet? The Burning Light of Two Stars Audiobook
In which Laura is faced with the challenge of building a makeshift sound booth at home during the pandemic.
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The Rich, Luxurious Sound of the Human Voice: The Burning Light of Two Stars Audiobook
In which Laura faces the difficult question of whether or not to narrate her own audiobook.
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It’s All in a Name
In which Laura describes how hard it was to give up her working title and embrace a new name for her book.
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The Best Tool for Getting at the Deepest Raw Material
In which Laura describes her secret weapon as a writer and writing teacher.
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Nothing is Ever Wasted
In which Laura describes one of the truths about the creative process and writing: writing a book requires writing WAY more words that you will ever anticipate.
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A Story in Letters
In which Laura describes the second failed iteration of the story that eventually became The Burning Light of Two Stars.
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Before it was a Memoir, it was a Play
In which Laura describes one of the first failed iterations of the story that eventually became The Burning Light of Two Stars.
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The Work I Am Not at Liberty to Quit
In which Laura bares her soul and reveals how incredibly hard it is to be a writer and how many times she’s almost quit.
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