{"podcast":{"title":"Writer's Routine","slug":"writer-s-routine-435324","podcast_index_feed_id":435324,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/8dbb4cae-1b0e-4001-b986-bd956560c6b9","website_url":"http://www.writersroutine.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60ef0dd059ecdb1bc24de1e1/show-cover.jpg","author":"Dan Simpson","episode_count":412,"summary":"How do the best writers get to work? In every episode, we'll chat to an author about their writing day. Where do they work? What time do they start? How do they plan their time and maximise their creativity, in order to plot and publish a bestseller? Some are frantic night-owls, others roll out of bed into their desks, and a few lock themselves away in the woods - but none have a regular 9 to 5, and we'll find out how they've managed it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T10:19:51.726280+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writer-s-routine-435324"},"episode":{"title":"Julie Owen Moylan, author of 'Elizabeth and Marilyn' - Historical fiction writer discusses thorough research, her path to publication, and remembering you've done the hard stuff before","slug":"julie-owen-moylan-author-of-elizabeth-and-marilyn-historical-fiction-writer-discusses-thorough-research-her-path-to-publication-and-remembering-you-ve-done-the-hard-stuff-before","published_at":"2026-07-02T23:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writer-s-routine-435324/julie-owen-moylan-author-of-elizabeth-and-marilyn-historical-fiction-writer-discusses-thorough-research-her-path-to-publication-and-remembering-you-ve-done-the-hard-stuff-before","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writer-s-routine-435324","url":"https://shows.acast.com/writersroutine/episodes/julie-owen-moylan-author-of-elizabeth-and-marilyn-historical","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/writersroutine/e/6a46a58c04fac73b2454b6e2/media.mp3","summary":"Julie Owen Moylan's debut novel, 'That Green Eyed Girl', was a Waterstones' Welsh Book of the Month and a runner up for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize. She followed that up with '73 Dove Street' and 'Circus of Mirrors'. Her short film, 'Baby Cakes', won the Celtic Media Award and won at the Swansea Film Festival. She's inspired by finding the fiction in history, thoroughly researching a time, so she can dive right in and create her own world. Her new novel is 'Elizabeth and Marilyn', which takes us back to the summer of 1956. It looks at the intertwining lives of Queen Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe, two of the 20th Century's biggest icons, and why for a brief moment they were neighbours. We discuss how art inspires her writing, and reminds her she's done the hard stuff before. You can hear why she doesn't believe in writers' block, why the idea came from, and how she has figured out her best writing process. Get a copy at uk.bookshop.org/shop/writersroutine Support the show - patreon.com/writersroutine ko-fi.com/writersroutine @writerspod writersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Julie Owen Moylan's debut novel, 'That Green Eyed Girl', was a Waterstones' Welsh Book of the Month and a runner up for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize. Sh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2471,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/writer-s-routine-435324/episodes/julie-owen-moylan-author-of-elizabeth-and-marilyn-historical-fiction-writer-discusses-thorough-research-her-path-to-publication-and-remembering-you-ve-done-the-hard-stuff-before/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writer-s-routine-435324/julie-owen-moylan-author-of-elizabeth-and-marilyn-historical-fiction-writer-discusses-thorough-research-her-path-to-publication-and-remembering-you-ve-done-the-hard-stuff-before.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}