This week Pam reports in from Lille in France with some exciting news about her upcoming release Because You're Mine!

She also chats to debut memoirist Lindsay Bartels about Imogen in Waiting, which follows Lindsay and her husband as they wrestle with whether to use a stored female embryo that carries the BRCA mutation Lindsay has, after Lindsay’s breast cancer diagnosis in her 20s.

Lindsay discusses her path from filmmaking and architecture to writing via blogging, and explains drafting the memoir longhand using a four-notebook, three-act structure, then transcribing, revising, cutting scenes, and deepening interiority with editors at Third Rail Press.

This is a thought-provoking, uplifting conversation for both readers and writers.

00:18 Podcast Welcome And Travel Update

05:56 Host Updates And Subscriber Perks

09:03 Meet The Guest Lindsay

09:41 Lindsay’s Creative Path

15:36 Writing The Memoir Framework

17:58 Notebook One Cancer Diagnosis

19:59 Notebook Two IVF And The Embryo

21:01 Notebook Three Sydney COVID And Legal Hurdles

26:44 Letting Go And The Emotional Toll

27:53 Notebook Four Return Home And Surgery

32:27 Writing to Imogen

33:55 Transcribing and Revising

36:25 Early Readers Feedback

38:21 Querying and Developmental Edit

40:05 Third Rail Press Origin

43:36 Final Revisions and Trust

45:58 The Big Ethical Question

47:56 Family Gene Background

50:31 Keeping the Memoir Human

51:41 Holding the Finished Book

53:08 Events and Writing Community

56:51 Where to Buy and Farewell

 

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Lindsay Bartels

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Pamela Cook

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This episode produced by  Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal country.

 

 

 

This week Pam reports in from Lille in France with some exciting news about her upcoming release Because You're Mine!
She also chats to debut memoirist Lindsay Bartels about Imogen in Waiting, which follows Lindsay and her husband as they wrestle with whether to use a stored female embryo that carries the BRCA mutation Lindsay has, after Lindsay&rsquo;s breast cancer diagnosis in her 20s.
Lindsay discusses her path from filmmaking and architecture to writing via blogging, and explains drafting the memoir longhand using a four-notebook, three-act structure, then transcribing, revising, cutting scenes, and deepening interiority with editors at Third Rail Press.
This is a thought-provoking, uplifting conversation for both readers and writers.
00:18 Podcast Welcome And Travel Update
05:56 Host Updates And Subscriber Perks
09:03 Meet The Guest Lindsay
09:41 Lindsay&rsquo;s Creative Path
15:36 Writing The Memoir Framework
17:58 Notebook One Cancer Diagnosis
19:59 Notebook Two IVF And The Embryo
21:01 Notebook Three Sydney COVID And Legal Hurdles
26:44 Letting Go And The Emotional Toll
27:53 Notebook Four Return Home And Surgery
32:27 Writing to Imogen
33:55 Transcribing and Revising
36:25 Early Readers Feedback
38:21 Querying and Developmental Edit
40:05 Third Rail Press Origin
43:36 Final Revisions and Trust
45:58 The Big Ethical Question
47:56 Family Gene Background
50:31 Keeping the Memoir Human
51:41 Holding the Finished Book
53:08 Events and Writing Community
56:51 Where to Buy and Farewell
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SHOW NOTES:
Writes4Women
<a href="http://www.writes4women.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.writes4women.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614498304853000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsoqHkpPpyoq3HyqGd7t_wqWjIxA">www.writes4women.com</a>
Facebook @writes4women
Instagram @w4wpodcast
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Lindsay Bartels
Website: click <a href="https://www.lindsay-bartels.com/">here</a>
Instagram: click <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lindsaybartels_/#">here</a>
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Pamela Cook
<a href="http://www.pamelacook.com.au/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.pamelacook.com.au/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614498304853000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHX6jiL_wYjUMAktl7S_8rTUNUAEw">www.pamelacook.com.au</a>
Facebook: click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PamelaCookAuthor?ref=hl">here</a>
Twitter: click <a href="https://twitter.com/pamelacookau">here&nbsp;</a>
Instagram: click <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pamelacookwrites/">here</a>
Fiction Feedback @ Writing NSW: click <a href="https://writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/courses/online-feedback-fiction-2/">here</a>
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This episode produced by&nbsp; Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal country.
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Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook, or a special guest host, interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook, or a special guest host, interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com

Celebrating Women's Voices and Supporting Women Writers

Writes4Women

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. In weekly episodes women's fiction author Pamela Cook and an all-star cast of guest hosts talk to women writers about the craft, business and heart of writing, along with a monthly feature on a new release author. If you're a writer you'll love the writing conversation and tips shared by the talented guests and if you're a reader you'll get a great insight into the writing process. Subscribe to the PamelaCook/Writes4Women mailing list via the website and check out the Patreon bonuses while you're there. And don't forget to follow the podcast on your favourite platform or find the audio and video wt writes4women.com

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. In weekly episodes women's fiction author Pamela Cook and an all-star cast of guest hosts talk to women writers about the craft, business and heart of writing, along with a monthly feature on a new release author. If you're a writer you'll love the writing conversation and tips shared by the talented guests and if you're a reader you'll get a great insight into the writing process. Subscribe to the PamelaCook/Writes4Women mailing list via the website and check out the Patreon bonuses while you're there. And don't forget to follow the podcast on your favourite platform or find the audio and video wt writes4women.com

Pam chats to debut memoirist Lindsay Bartels about Imogen in Waiting, which follows Lindsay and her husband as they wrestle with whether to use a stored female embryo that carries the BRCA mutation Lindsay has, after Lindsay’s breast cancer diagnosis in her 20s.