Stop Writing Alone: A Chat With Writer and #WriteStuff Community Leader Tamara Woods

A Chat With Writer and #WriteStuff Community Leader Tamara Woods

Mar 7, 2019

Tamara Woods is a poet, fiction writer, leader of the #WriteStuff Twitter Chat and Facebook community for writers, and she has a vlog on YouTube devoted to all things writing. Nicole Rivera, host of Stop Writing Alone, talks to Tamara about her writing craft as well as all the ways she’s found community, created community and continues to connect with writers both near her home in Hawaii, and around the world.

Mentioned in this episode:

*Any links to Amazon are affiliate links. Using any of these links to make any purchase on Amazon will support STOP WRITING ALONE.*

Buy Nicole a coffee (AKA support the podcast!) https://ko-fi.com/stopwritingalone
Tamara Woods website (*don’t forget! This is where you can sign up for Tamara’a newsletter to get a free copy of her new cozy mystery WIPED OUT!) https://tamarawoodsauthor.com/
Tamara’s Twitter handle https://twitter.com/penpaperpad?lang=en
Link to the #writestuff conversation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23writestuff&src=typd&lang=en
#writestuff FB Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/writestuffchat/
Tamara’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCUt-YGmeMSHZfXQQe4XF0g/%20sub_confirmation=1
Nicole’s Wattpad page https://www.wattpad.com/user/NicoleRivera319
CampNaNoWriMo https://campnanowrimo.org/sign_in
Amazon link for NEWSLETTER NINJA by Tammi Labrecque (the first book covered in Tamara’s Writing Workshop on YouTube) https://amzn.to/2TD8IrG
Amazon Link for WRITE TO MARKET by Chris Fox (book that will be discussed on the last Saturday of March 2019 in Tamara’s Writing Workshop) https://amzn.to/2XJavuS
Amazon Link for Tamara’s book BLOOD ROSES & HONEYSUCKLES https://amzn.to/2SNgdI4
Amazon Link for Tamara’s poetry book THE SHAPING OF AN “ANGRY” BLACK WOMAN https://amzn.to/2NNw9t5
Amazon Link for ON WRITING by Stephen King https://amzn.to/2EzCzYw
Amazon Link for WRITING DOWN THE BONES by Natalie Goldberg https://amzn.to/2XIB2Z9
Amazon Link for BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott https://amzn.to/2VJrifn
Scribbler FB Page https://www.facebook.com/goScribbler/
Scribblers FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScribblersChat/
Meetup.com (search for Shut & Up Write!) https://www.meetup.com/
NaNoWriMo Monthly Meetup Groups https://www.meetup.com/topics/nanomonthly/
The Numberblocks on YouTube (the brilliant British show Nicole’s son is in love with) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlwvN0w4qFSP1FllALB92w
Music for coffee break from freesound by lemoncreme https://freesound.org/people/Lemoncreme/sounds/186942/

Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:

Stop Writing Alone FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/stopwritingalone/
Join the Stop Writing Alone with Nicole Rivera FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205774733034348/
Stop Writing Alone website: https://stopwritingalone.com/
Join the Stop Writing Alone email list: https://mailchi.mp/fcbe414431f5/tawgiveaway
Nicole’s Instagram (be prepared for lots of #momlife exposure!): https://www.instagram.com/nv_rivera/
Nicole’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/nv_rivera
The Stop Writing Alone voice number (call to introduce yourself!): (646) 907-9607

The EVERYONE CAN PODCAST crew. Here’s a list of podcasts made by my classmates coming out of Cathy Heller’s ECP course. This is one inspiring, creative, and informative bunch:

And our teacher…

Don’t Keep Your Day Job https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-keep-your-day-job/id1191831035?mt=2