About this episode

Rachel White interviews Renee Puvvada about the opportunities for storytelling in the Fire Horse Year and her journey as a writer.

In this second episode of Season 11 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Renee Puvvada (of Smoking Hot Books) about the writerly window of opportunity being presented by the unique and dynamic Fire Horse Year: a year that welcomes, supports and celebrates unique voices, authentic storytelling and independent publishing. Renee Puvvada failed at four books, lost $20k, and then sold 10,283 copies in a single year with 183 Instagram followers. Now, as ...

People in this episode

Host: Rachel White

Guest: Renee Puvvada

Topics covered

• storytelling
• independent publishing
• authentic voices
• Fire Horse Year
• writing success

Keywords

• storytelling
• Fire Horse Year
• independent publishing
• writing
• Renee Puvvada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TOTEM Readings, Smoking Hot Books

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