Award winning author and writing coach Sherry Peters joined us this week to fire off the first pod of the year! She tells us all about her Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf series, winning a Writers Digest award, what it was like living in Northern Ireland, what being a writing coach is all about, and more!

News:

• Tor.com is changing its name to Reactor
• Barnes & Noble to open more stores!
• Library Audiobook lends up 23% last year!
• January 1st was Public Domain day
• What can authors learn from Wattpad's reader research?

A.I. News:

• An A.I. novel won 2nd place in a competition in China
• The New York Times has raised a suit agains OpenAI & Microsoft

Writer Tools:

• ReMarkable

Creatives on Fire:

• A 2nd path to achieving my dreams
• The 2 paths - Trad or Indie