{"podcast":{"title":"Authors Who Lead - Learn to write a book from bestselling authors and leaders","slug":"authors-who-lead-learn-to-write-a-book-from-bestselling-authors-and-leaders-879773","podcast_index_feed_id":879773,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1914897.rss","website_url":"https://authorswholead.com/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/94nmwswov47gm4kv7kbx0nathomg?.jpg","author":"Azul Terronez - Author, TEDx Speaker, Coach","episode_count":392,"summary":"If you want to know how bestselling authors find the time to write their books, the methods they use to be productive and how they find their ideas you will love this podcast. Writing coach Azul Terronez shares interviews with clients such as Pat Flynn, of the Smart Passive Income, Jon Vroman, of the Front Row Factor, and Dana Malstaff of Boss-Mom, Jadah Sellner of Simple Green Smoothies. Learn from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling authors. Want to get behind-the-scenes insights about how first-time authors overcame their fears and found the courage to write? Are you curious about how successful bestselling authors write or learn how to publish and market a book? Have you thought, \"I'd like to write a book,\" but I don't know where to start? I explore authors' journeys, how they craft their stories, become published, and share their art of writing books with the world. You are meant to write the book now and be inspired by those who have done it.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T14:21:52.346592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-who-lead-learn-to-write-a-book-from-bestselling-authors-and-leaders-879773"},"episode":{"title":"Why Writing Your Book Feels Like a Battle with Julia Packwood","slug":"why-writing-your-book-feels-like-a-battle-with-julia-packwood","published_at":"2025-12-22T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-who-lead-learn-to-write-a-book-from-bestselling-authors-and-leaders-879773/why-writing-your-book-feels-like-a-battle-with-julia-packwood","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-who-lead-learn-to-write-a-book-from-bestselling-authors-and-leaders-879773","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1914897/episodes/18397628-why-writing-your-book-feels-like-a-battle-with-julia-packwood.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1914897/episodes/18397628-why-writing-your-book-feels-like-a-battle-with-julia-packwood.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail Julia Packwood has the idea. She feels the call. She even has deadlines and bylines. Yet when she sits down to write, it feels like a battle. In this episode, Azul reframes that struggle: the hard feeling is not a problem to be fixed, but rather a rite of passage. Then the conversation turns practical, moving the writing practice out of the office and into nature, separating drafting from editing, and measuring progress by words, not time. A warm, honest episode for anyone tr...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail Julia Packwood has the idea. She feels the call. She even has deadlines and bylines. Yet when she sits down to write, it feels like a bat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2824,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/authors-who-lead-learn-to-write-a-book-from-bestselling-authors-and-leaders-879773/episodes/why-writing-your-book-feels-like-a-battle-with-julia-packwood/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-who-lead-learn-to-write-a-book-from-bestselling-authors-and-leaders-879773/why-writing-your-book-feels-like-a-battle-with-julia-packwood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}