Your Write Life Coach | Motivation and Momentum for Heart-Led Authors
Your Write Life Coach is a podcast for heart-led authors of non-fiction, fiction, and memoir who feel stuck and overwhelmed. Host Alice Crider, a book editor, author coach, and certified life coach with 30 years of experience, shares real stories, hard-won lessons, and secrets from bestselling authors. The show helps listeners avoid costly mistakes and move forward with clarity and confidence, shifting from confusion and burnout to purpose and momentum. Alice emphasizes that book publishing success doesn't have to mean selling your soul.
Episodes
From a Calling to a 40-Year Writing Career - Janet McHenry Interview Part 1 | Ep22
What happens when you sit on a rock at a women’s retreat, half-rolling your eyes at the assignment, and hear God say, “I want you to write for me”? For Janet McHenry, it became a writing life that has now spanned four decades and 24 books, including the bestselling PrayerWalk and The Complete Guide to the Prayers of Jesus.In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Janet and I talk about how that cal
The Myth of More Time: Why Energy, Not Time, Is Your Best Writing Resource | Ep21
I tackle a belief that quietly sabotages a lot of writers: that the real obstacle to getting words on the page is a lack of time. Using a recent, honest example from my own life — sitting down to write this very episode and hitting nothing but brain fog — I make the case that energy, not time, is usually the real bottleneck. I share three practical shifts for working with your natural energy inste
Beyond the Bestseller: Paula Scott on Finding Readers, Growing as a Writer, and Writing With Purpose (Part 2) | Ep20
In Part 2 of my conversation with bestselling indie author Paula Scott, I turn to the practical side of the writing life: marketing, readers, and growth. Paula shares the surreal story of an unsolicited Publishers Weekly review, why she keeps her books mostly off her personal marketing efforts and lets them find readers on their own, and where she believes real readers actually spend their time. P
The MUSE Behind the Story: How Paula Scott Learned to Trust Her Creative Gift (Part 1) | Ep19
I sit down with longtime friend and bestselling self-published author Paula Scott for the first half of a wide-ranging conversation about the writing life. Paula traces her path from newspaper reporter to novelist — including two early manuscripts that almost sold, a Hollywood movie option that never became a film, and nearly a decade away from writing while raising her family. Paula and I dig int
Dancing with Your Inner Critic | Ep18
That voice that shouts “you're crazy” in the middle of a rough draft, or calls you names the second you catch a mistake — it's not going anywhere. Not through willpower, not through positive thinking, not through gritted-teeth persistence.This episode is a follow-up to Episode 17. I draw a sharp line between everyday self-doubt and the much louder, much crueler voice of the inner critic —
Rethinking Imposter Syndrome for Writers: Why You're Not a Fraud | Ep17
You may have already called yourself a fraud at least once this week. Not out loud, but just that quiet voice that shows up right before you hit send, right before you speak up, right before you finally share the thing you've been working on.We've been told for almost fifty years that this feeling has a name — imposter syndrome — and a cause rooted in self-doubt. In this episode, I — autho
What Actually Moves a Writing Career Forward - Laurie Davies Interview Part 2 | Ep16
In Part 1, Laurie Davies got honest about the decade of inner work — and self-rejection — behind her debut book, Emotional Hoarding: Letting Go of the Stuff That Keeps You Stuck. In this second half of the conversation, Laurie and I turn to what actually moves a writing career forward: staying authentic instead of chasing platform tactics, why writers' conferences matter more for relationships
The Inner Work of Becoming a Published Writer - Laurie Davies Interview Part 1 | Ep15
In this first half of a two-part conversation, I sit down with author, speaker, and lay counselor Laurie Davies to talk about the long road to her debut book, Emotional Hoarding: Letting Go of the Stuff That Keeps You Stuck. Laurie and I met ten years ago at the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, and in this episode Laurie gets honest about what it actually took to get from "rising st
Why Are You Writing? Your Reason May Not Be What You First Think It Is | Ep14
Most of us never actually stop to ask why we write. We assume we know — and often, we're wrong. In this episode, I take listeners back to my own teenage assumption that being good at English meant I was meant to be a writer, and the adult detour that followed: chasing the idea of making money as an author, before realizing that wasn't my real why after all. That realization led me to editi
From Unpublished to Multi-Published: Angela Ruth Strong on Rejection, Resilience, and Writing Rom-Com at 35,000 Feet | Ep13
I sit down with author Angela Ruth Strong — flight attendant, breast cancer survivor, and multi-published, award-winning writer of Christian romantic comedy — for a candid conversation about the real road from unpublished to multi-published. Angela shares her “victim ladder” framework for processing rejection, the moment a rejection nearly broke her, how she kept writing through chemo brain, and w
Just Say Next — Seven More Ways to Navigate a "No" | Ep12
Before Chicken Soup for the Soul became a bestselling franchise, the original manuscript was rejected 144 times. Jack Canfield's advice for handling a pile of no's? "Reject rejection. If someone says no, just say NEXT!"Last episode, I talked about why rejection hurts and how to hold it as information instead of a verdict. This week, I'm back with seven more ways to actually w
Why Rejection Hurts (and What It's Really Teaching You) | Ep11
That email. That phone call. "Thank you for your submission, but it's not a fit for our list right now." If you've ever felt your whole identity as a writer wobble after reading one of those, this episode is for you.This week, I'm unpacking why rejection cuts so deep — and why it doesn't mean what you think it means. I'm sharing the story of an author I coached throug
What Horses Can Teach Writers About Winning Readers' Hearts | Ep10
Readers don’t connect with your vocabulary — they connect with who you’re being on the page. In this episode, I break down three practical ways to help readers experience your writing instead of just understanding it: writing scenes instead of summaries, using concrete sensory detail, and letting vulnerability do the trust-building work that polish can’t. (There’s also a horse named Nugget involve
Build Writing Momentum Without Burnout | Ep09
From the outside, momentum looks like nothing's happening — until suddenly it is. In this episode, I take us back to my childhood, riding shotgun in my uncle's twin-engine Cessna, to unpack a truth every heart-led author needs to hear: the writers who actually finish their books aren't the ones waiting for a lightning bolt of inspiration. They're the ones who learned how to taxi —
The Myth of Multitasking | Ep08
You've been told your whole life that multitasking is a skill — maybe even a superpower. You put it on your resume. You wear your ability to juggle everything as a badge of honor.But what if it's been costing you more than it's giving you?In this episode, I share why multitasking is actually a myth, what it's doing to your writing, and the simple shift that can unlock more focus, m
You Either Win or You Learn: Long-Term Thinking for Heart-Led Authors | Ep07
What if the pressure you feel to make it happen right now is the very thing standing between you and a lasting publishing career? In this episode, I share one of the most powerful — and most overlooked — strategies in publishing: the shift from short-term thinking to long-term thinking. Through two contrasting author stories, a Nelson Mandela quote that reframes rejection entirely, and three quali
Keep the Flame - You Don’t Have to Choose Between Your Life and Your Calling | Ep06
You’ve probably said it. Maybe you’ve said it this week: “I just don’t have time to write.” In this episode, I lovingly, firmly push back on that story — because what looks like a time problem is almost always something deeper.Drawing on my own experience building an online course in the margins of a very full life, and honoring the legacy of my friend Beverly — a writer who published four books w
Faith It ’Til You Make It: The Blind Spot Between You and Your Calling | Ep05
What if the wall between you and the work you were made to do isn’t your writing, your marketing, or your platform at all — but something much closer to home?In this episode, I get honest about what this show is not about (writing tips, marketing hacks, the usual strategies) and what it’s really for: calling you up to your highest self-expression. I share my story of chasing my dream of becoming a
What Readers Actually Want From You (Hint: It’s Not Perfection)| Ep04
You’ve poured yourself into your writing. You’ve revised, wrestled, and stayed up too late getting it right. And still — crickets. Polite nods. A readership that doesn’t quite connect the way you hoped.Here’s what I’ve noticed after working with writers and manuscripts for years: most of the time, the gap isn’t about the quality of the writing. It’s about whether the writing is speaking to what th
I Almost Got Fired — And the 3 Authenticity Shifts That Changed My Life | Ep03
Have you ever felt so harshly judged that you stopped being yourself just to survive? In this deeply personal episode, I share the story I don't tell lightly — the time I almost lost my dream job, and what happened when desperation finally pushed me toward the most important discovery of my career: the power of becoming my real self.This one is for every heart-led author who's been perform
The Hidden Cost of Hustling for Attention | Ep02
Have you ever found yourself posting, promoting, and showing up everywhere online — and still feeling invisible? Or worse, like you've somehow lost the thread back to why you started writing in the first place?In this episode, I get honest about the hidden cost of hustling for attention — and it's not just your time. It's your voice. Drawing on stories from my coaching and editing work
Why “Build a Platform” Is Unhelpful Advice for Writers | Ep01
If you’ve ever Googled “how do I get more readers” and gotten back “build your platform” — this episode is for you.In this episode, I share the story of an unlikely author: a rocket scientist who never set out to write a book, had zero social media presence, and ended up with a six-book deal with a traditional publisher. His secret? He followed his heart and stayed open to creative ideas about how
Introducing: Your Write Life Coach
If you're a heart-centered author of non-fiction, fiction, or memoir who is done with confusion and ready for clarity — done with hustle and ready to rise — you're in the right place.Welcome to Your Write Life Coach!I'm Alice Crider, your write life coach. As a book editor and certified life coach with almost 30 years inside the publishing world, I've worked with hundreds of author
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