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Oct. 10, 2023

Ep. 738 – “Insights on Writing & Research From an Award-Winning Journalist” with Amy L. Bernstein (@amylbernstein)

Ep. 738 – “Insights on Writing & Research From an Award-Winning Journalist” with Amy L. Bernstein (@amylbernstein)

"Put love and kindness out into the world and follow your passion." - Amy L. Bernstein

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"Put love and kindness out into the world and follow your passion." - Amy L. Bernstein

Today’s featured fellow Baltimore author is a certified nonfiction book coach, award-winning journalist, executive speech writer, and playwright, Amy L. Bernstein. Amy and I had a fun chat about her books, navigating creativity landmines, and more!!

 

Key Things You’ll Learn:

What helped her to become confident enough to own her title as an author

The Importance of a Nonfiction Book Proposal

How her journalism background makes her books more enjoyable for readers

The importance of research in creating believable and authentic worlds (even in genres like fantasy or sci-fi)

 

Amy’s Site: https://amywrites.live/

Amy’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001K7W94M/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=fbe6c812-618c-4462-b473-2907dd16f783

 

The opening track is titled "Money Trees" by the magnanimous chill-hop master, Marcus D (@marcusd). Be sure to visit his site and support his craft. https://marcusd.net/

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