About this podcast
Hi, I’m Brannan (you can call me B). I help non-writers write books that change themselves, their readers, and the world. And I do it all without asking them to become anything other than the expert, thoughtful, conscious, brilliant humans they already are.
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Episodes
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- Sometimes, You Need to Pause & Process · 13 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. I’m B, midwife of big ideas and book development partner for writers and non-writers alike. And for the next few minutes, you are my author…
- Have You Defined What “Done” Means? · 3 min When you’re working on something that matters, right? Something that you know in your gut could change the world—or at least your corner of it. Something you’re willing to put…
- The Visibility Spectrum: How Authors Shape Experiences around Ideas · 21 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. I’m B, midwife of big ideas and book development partner for writers and non-writers alike. Today, we’re making space for choices. I don’t…
- The Visibility Spectrum: How Your Reader Meets Your Idea · 19 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for empathy. Some of the best concepts and tools I’ve ever learned for writing weren’t for writing at all. They…
- The Visibility Spectrum: How to Shape the Experience of a Book · 12 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for experiences. - Industrial categories don’t do a lot for intuitive processes. - We’re creating experiences, not…
- Creative Safety First—with Novel Atelier · 47 minWhat does it actually take to develop a craft? In this conversation with Alice Sudlow and Kim Kessler of Novel Atelier, we’ll dig into the Renaissance workshop model they follow…
- Purple Books & Writing the World As We See It · 13 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. I’m B, midwife of big ideas and book development partner for writers and non-writers alike. Today, we’re making space for seeing. There is…
- Hadestown and the Epic Hell of Making Art That Matters · 14 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for trying. This past week, my family and I took the opportunity to see the musical Hadestown in movie theaters. If…
- The Ocean Workbook: The Power of You · 8 minWelcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the…
- Should I Use AI to Write My Book? · 15 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for nuance. I am not anti-AI. I am anti-inefficient-use-of-AI. Some of you will be happy to see this. Some of you…
- The Heroism of Writing · 14 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for heroism. We need to talk about writing. We need to talk about what writing really is. We need to talk about the…
- The Ocean Workbook: Diving In · 5 minWelcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the…
- Check Your Posture—Prevent Future Book Pain · 14 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for posture. All posture is much more complex than it seems—in your body and your book. - The mechanics of…
- Finding Words that Belong · 5 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for words that belong. For the past several months, I’ve been working with the incredible Hussein al-Baiaty over at…
- Magenta Books & Stories that Take Up Space · 10 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for connection. You and your experience are worth witnessing. This is a true statement, no matter who you are or…
- The Power of Noticing: An Author's View of His Final Project · 40 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for noticing. Hear directly from my friend and author about the experience of writing his last book, with clips of…
- The Ocean Workbook: Using the Table of Content · 9 minWelcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the…
- The Mess is Where the Magic Happens · 7 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for the mess. Do you remember the old Reese’s candy campaign, “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s”? In…
- Why Books Are Worth All...This · 10 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for the future. In this month’s subscriber update, I said something that might need a bit more explanation. I said…
- The Evolution of Publishing (Isn't What You Think) · 11 minWelcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for publishing. Humans have always told stories. From campfires to city centers, wherever someone would listen (and…
