The Writing Apothecary Podcast
A podcast about tips, tricks and hacks on all things writing with your host Mandi Kontos - a writer, writing mindset coach and self published author. Each month we tackle a different topic to do with writing and follow it up with a chat with a guest who will put things into perspective and finish off the topic. The Writing Apothecary is the podcast to help you understand the different layers of a novel, one topic at a time.
Episodes
54 episodes
The Writing Process with Peta Hawker
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to another return guest and my bestie Peta Hawker, she was one of the first guests on the podcast and I love any chance I get to chat to her. Her process has changed dramatically from when we f...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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39:15
Brisnova Author Wrap up
Come inside the curtain of Supanova Brisbane - most lovingly knowns as Brisnova - and chat to the plethora of indie authors and a few traditonally published authors there. This was recorded in November 2024. My second supanova and honestly, pro...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:08
The Writing Process with Sarah L Richhelm
Welcome to Writing Apothecary and the next interview as we chat about the writing process.Today's chat is with a return guest, Sarah L Richhelm, who appeared on our Plot interview. It was great to have her back and chat about her proces...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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34:25
The Writing Process with Monique Kostalec
Welcome to Writing Apothecary and the next interview as we chat about the writing process. Today's chat is with fellow creative entrepreneur Monique Kostelec. We chat about her process and how she loves almost every part of the process....
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:12:47
My Writing Process
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast - and a side quest if you must - about Writing Process and the way that every author does it differently. I can't wait for youto dig into this. The same bite sized episodic format is back.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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27:02
Fight Scenes: Interview with Fantasy Author Caroline Logan
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our interview for the topic. Caroline and I dive deep into the all things fight scenes and how to better your writing of them. In today's chat here are some of the things we covered:
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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46:07
Fight Scenes: The Battlefield
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our next lesson on Fight scenes. We're looking at the emotional battlefield and how it can affect your character. We're covering:Depths of Fighting ScenesWhat is neede...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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19:31
Fight Scenes: Emotional Battles
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our next lesson on Fight scenes. We're looking at the emotional battlefield and how it can affect your character. We're covering:Character motivesGoing back to basics<...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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19:10
Welcome to Fight Scenes
Welcome back to a episode and a new topic. The next two months we're exploring Fight Scenes and we have a great guest to top it all off. Fight scenes have always been a challenge for a lot of people, myself included, and we're goin...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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14:24
Creativity and The Muse: Interview with Creativity Mentor Viv Kruckow
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our interview for the topic. Viv and I dive deep into creativity with an amazing chat to get you into the mood to sit your arse down and create. In today's chat here are some of the thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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1:00:09
Creativity and The Muse: Creativity
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our last lesson before our amazing chat with our great guest. I’m so excited to talk about Creativity and I’m going to preface this by saying that the best information that you can find is ...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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24:27
Creativity and the Muse: The History of the Muse
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to a new lesson. Today we're looking at the history of the muse. And it was so much fun to go through and find what information I could about them. The Muses are inspirational goddess of l...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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11:48
Welcome to Creativity and The Muse
Welcome to a new topic! We're going to look at Creativity and the Muse. I make some pretty big statements too, but before that let's take a peek into what will come. It's also the first episode back after the huge year that was! I cover it in t...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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13:10
Writer's Block: Interview with Creativity Coach Amie Mcnee
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and to our interview with the most divine human ever. I got to interview Amie Mcnee who is the perfect most perfect guest for Writer's Block. It's been a challenge to get here! This episode is so d...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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45:18
Writer's Block: Touchstones and How to Heal it
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and to our last theory lesson on Writer's Block. It's a bit late as I had the spicy cough and was pretty exhausted. But we're back into it. Writer’s Block is such a personal thing and I’ve loved he...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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11:38
Writer's Block: Emotional and Environmental Triggers
Welcome back to our second lesson on writer’s block. I hope that you’ve all been productive. I know I have. Or at least I have tried to be. I’ve sent my manuscript to my editor and it’s with BETA readers. It’s making me so nervous but I’m tryin...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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11:16
Welcome to Writer's Block
Welcome back to a new year and a new topic. 2021 is behind us and I can’t believe that we’re in 2022! Wowiiiie. I hope everyone has had some great time off. I spent some of my time off in Adelaide with my mum and basically being a mermaid...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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11:17
Revision: Interview with Suspense Author Jess Faraday
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our interview for revision. Today's guest is published author Jess Faraday and we talk about all things revision. As a traditionally published author she has a different take on revisions and an import...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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23:13
Revision: The Small Things
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary and the last lesson for revision. Last week was a big one and we're following it up with the smaller things. Life has been a bit hectic so this one is a little bit late, but better to be late than ne...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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9:12
Revision: The Big Picture
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our new lesson on revision: the big picture. All of the work we have done to get here has actually been foundational. We’ve looked at what makes up a story and what is so important to a...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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13:24
Welcome to Revision
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and back to another new topic! Cutting down the monthly topic to bimonthly has helped clear space and allow for me to have the mental capacity to work with my creativity instead of against it. I'm ...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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8:04
Genre: Interview with Urban Fantasy Writer Lindsay Elizabeth
Welcome back to another episode of the Writing Apothecary Podcast and today do I have an amazing guest for you this week. As we look at our last lesson on genre we have the most amazing guest on board. Lindsay is such an amazing writer ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:04:50
Genre: Sci-fi, Horror and Thriller
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary and our last lesson for Genre. Today we're looking at sci-fi, horror and thriller. Science fiction or sci-fi as it’s commonly known is another sub-genre of speculative fiction. It typically de...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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10:06
Genre: Fantasy, Romance and Mystery
Welcome back to another lesson of The Writing Apothecary.Today we’re going to look at three different sub-genres: Fantasy, Romance and Mystery. If you’re wondering why these three? Well, fantasy is my jam, I really love everything about...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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10:25