Halloween is just around the corner, so what better way to mark the occasion than by celebrating AWC grad Amy Hutton’s latest book – a paranormal romance novel, Ghosted! In this episode, Amy shares her writing process, how she wound up writing paranormal romance, afterworld-building and much more!

00:00 Welcome
06:39 Writing tip: Work with teachers and mentors
10:06 WIN!: Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan
12:29 Word of the week: ‘Bodacious’
13:52 Writer in residence: Amy Hutton
15:09 What her latest book Ghosted is about
16:30 What inspired this topic of paranormal romance?
19:48 Edits to the story
21:05 Amy’s approach to (after) world building
23:13 Pacing the story and unravelling the mystery
24:16 Writing short stories as a writer’s block strategy
28:10 Amy’s first break
29:22 The thing she didn’t know when she started
32:45 The one thing you can control
33:38 Amy’s average writing day and how it has differed over time
37:25 Freaking herself out in her own writing
39:54 Final thoughts

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