{"podcast":{"title":"Kobo Writing Life Podcast","slug":"kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430","podcast_index_feed_id":737430,"rss_url":"https://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://bit.ly/KWLPodcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/3/c/3/73c36abbb999117bd959afa2a1bf1c87/kobo_logo3.png","author":"Kobo Writing Life","episode_count":444,"summary":"The Kobo Writing Life Podcast features exciting interviews with bestselling authors, tips on the craft and business of writing, and advice for a successful self-publishing career. Millions of readers are waiting to discover your book - publish today at www.kobo.com/writinglife.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T04:18:57.250870+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430"},"episode":{"title":"Kobo ReWriting Life - #38 - Writing For Your Narrator with J.R. Ward","slug":"kobo-rewriting-life-38-writing-for-your-narrator-with-j-r-ward","published_at":"2026-06-30T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/kobo-rewriting-life-38-writing-for-your-narrator-with-j-r-ward","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430","url":"https://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/kobo-rewriting-life-38-writing-for-your-narrator-with-jr-ward","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kobowritinglife/Kobo_Re-Writing_Life_-_JR_Ward_June_30_2026.mp3?dest-id=140441","summary":"In this episode, we are joined by Jessica Ward, also known as J. R. Ward . J. R. Ward is the author of the acclaimed series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood . Over 15 million copies of her novels are in print around the world and she has been published in over 25 countries globally! Her latest release as Jessica Ward is The St. Ambrose School for Girls , a coming-of-age novel described as Heathers meets The Secret History . We were so excited to read this book and to hear more from the phenomenal author behind this new title and dozens of others. We have a great conversation about Jessica's writing process, the evolution of her career, her new release, writing an unreliable narrator, having multiple pen names, the inspiration for The St. Ambrose School for Girls , and much, much more! We really enjoyed this conversation and know you will, too.","meta_description":"In this episode, we are joined by Jessica Ward, also known as J. R. Ward . J. R. Ward is the author of the acclaimed series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3828,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/episodes/kobo-rewriting-life-38-writing-for-your-narrator-with-j-r-ward/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/kobo-rewriting-life-38-writing-for-your-narrator-with-j-r-ward.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}