About this episode

Leani Lopez interviews author D.W. Brooks about the writing process and the excitement of completing a book.

Author D.W. Brooks joins Leani to discuss wearing lots of hats, the thrills of finishing a book, and pantsing through the creative process. Links: Battle Cry , Leani's Patreon , D.W's Website , D.W.'s Instagram , D.W.'s Facebook , D.W's TiKTok , D.W.'s Bsky Music Credit: "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Leani Lopez

Guest: D.W. Brooks

Topics covered

• writing
• creativity
• book finishing
• author insights
• pantsing

Keywords

• writing process
• D.W. Brooks
• creative process
• pantsing
• book completion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: D.W.'s Website, D.W.'s Instagram, D.W.'s Facebook, D.W's TiKTok, D.W.'s Bsky

Books & works: Battle Cry

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