Project Seed Money
Project Seed Money
Podcast Description
Welcome to the Project Seed Money Podcast, where we empower and inspire women writers to bring their stories to life. Each episode features in-depth interviews with accomplished female authors, editors, and industry professionals who share their journeys, challenges, and successes. Our mission is to provide education, resources, and connections to help women secure funding and navigate the publishing world. Join us as we explore the diverse voices and experiences that enrich the literary landscape, offering insights and encouragement to both emerging and established writers. Whether you're seeking practical advice, inspiration, or a supportive community, the Project Seed Money Podcast is here to support your writing journey.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of personal growth, creative exploration, and the challenges faced by women in writing and publishing. Episodes cover topics such as overcoming self-doubt, balancing life and writing, and the healing power of storytelling, with specific examples including Alexa Bigwarfe discussing writer's block and Paula Banks sharing her experiences in starting her writing career later in life.
Welcome to the Project Seed Money Podcast, where we empower and inspire women writers to bring their stories to life. Each episode features in-depth interviews with accomplished female authors, editors, and industry professionals who share their journeys, challenges, and successes. Our mission is to provide education, resources, and connections to help women secure funding and navigate the publishing world. Join us as we explore the diverse voices and experiences that enrich the literary landscape, offering insights and encouragement to both emerging and established writers. Whether you’re seeking practical advice, inspiration, or a supportive community, the Project Seed Money Podcast is here to support your writing journey.
In this episode of Project Seed Money, host Sharissa Bradley sits down with author Tricia Copeland to talk about how her writing career began in an unexpected way.
Tricia shares how she didn’t enjoy writing in school and never planned to become an author. It wasn’t until her thirties—while reflecting on her experience with anorexia as a young adult—that she began writing a fictionalized story inspired by her own journey. What began as something to do while staying home with young children eventually became a four-book series and the start of a long writing career.
During the conversation, Tricia discusses writing her first 160,000-word manuscript, spending years editing it, querying traditional publishers, and ultimately deciding to publish independently. She also shares the vulnerability of releasing such personal work, how she manages self-doubt, and the marketing systems she developed over time as she continued publishing more books.
More than twenty novels later, Tricia reflects on what she has learned about writing, publishing, and encouraging new authors to simply start telling their stories.
Show Notes
In this episode, author Tricia Copeland discusses:
- Discovering writing later in life
- Writing a story inspired by her personal experience with anorexia
- Turning her first manuscript into a four-book series
- Querying traditional publishers and receiving industry feedback
- Choosing the independent publishing path
- Facing vulnerability when sharing personal stories
- Managing reviews and reader feedback
- Creating a launch checklist for publishing new books
- The importance of community and author networks
- Advice for women who want to write their first book
Contact Guest:
Website
www.triciacopeland.com
https://www.instagram.com/authortriciacopeland/
www.facebook.com/TriciaCopelandAuthor
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@triciacopelandauthor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciacopelandbrzostowicz/
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