Darken The Page: Conversations About The Creative Process

Dave Booda’s wife joins the show to talk about poetry. This is an episode about letting go, going deeper and finding the truth within through writing. Paula’s Blog Want to see the design contest I ran on 99 Designs to create the Darken the Page Logo? Visit darkenthepage.com/99designs to see all the logos I didn’t choose.

“God will not have his work made manifest by cowards”. Copywriting is all about influence, making people feel something. Obi shares the moment he knew he was a writer, how Kombucha was involved and the short story that changed his life. Dude Panel Radio – A Podcast with Dave Booda and Obi Obi’s Blog The […]

Daniel didn’t intend to write his book, but he knew he loved writing. Hear his story about how he wrote his latest book on a steak over Christmas and his journey to being picked up by a major publisher. Energy Equation by Daniel Browne Episode 25 with Ron Wilder Elizabeth Gilbert TED Talk on Creativity […]

How long should a book be? Have you ever felt guilty about not writing a long enough book? Long enough article? Long enough story? Lindsey Smith, author of six books joins to talk about her journey writing books of all different sizes and how that was perfect. Lindsey’s website foodmoodgirl.com The War of Art by Steven […]

Do you have a mentor? Someone who’s been where you’ve been and can help you learn from their mistakes? I don’t, and I’m glad I met Geoff Woods, because I saw that I was missing out. This is a different episode of Darken the Page because Geoff isn’t a writer, he’s someone who helps connect people […]

Laura is an inspiring blogger who shares her journey of going from posting once in a while to being a full time writer and making her living off not only writing but getting paid to be her. We talk about being a full time writer for Thought Catalog, writing her new book and how she deals […]

What if writing a book was as simple as painting a room? Hear how Ron Wilder wrote his first book through seeing writing as blue-collar work, and how he went from a book about CEO effectiveness to a fiction thriller. Ron shares his best advice for writers as well as how he’s writing his new […]

Meet Drew Gerald, he vomits out of his fingertips. In fact, he took 4 months just to write and came out with 192,000 words. I’m amazed. Not only that, but Drew plans on writing four volumes of the first book he’s writing, and the first book looks like it will be over 700 pages. thepolyman.com […]

This is a really fascinating interview with ghostwriter Emma Harrison-Clark. She writes thrillers for best-selling authors and cranks out 3,000 words a day. She talks about her process, the joys of ghostwriting (not using your own name) and what she loves about fiction writing. Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Want to see the design contest […]

Overall I felt like this retreat was a huge success, I got a lot of good work done and I was relaxed the whole time (really). Another unexpected outcome was I learned a lot about myself as a writer, which in the end I think was more valuable than anything I wrote. Want to see […]

I had a huge realization today, and it related to the coaching I got from Amir before I arrived. If you haven’t heard that, definitely listen to it! You can find it here. I’ve been beating myself up for having a busy mind and today I realized that’s totally ok. Maybe that sounds stupid but […]

Day two was magical. So many realizations and insights and I felt like the day was really a success. There was even a point where I realized if I wrote nothing the whole week this would be a total success. Want to see the design contest I ran on 99 Designs to create the Darken the […]

Welcome to a special week of Darken the Page. Dave created a writing retreat for himself at the beach in Bali (tough life, right?). Every day there will be a short audio on his notes about what he’s learned, what worked and what was frustrating. Want to see the design contest I ran on 99 […]

In this special episode, Dave is preparing for a week long writing retreat and talks with his friend and writing coach Amir Karkouti (from episode 003). We talk about not going in with any expectations, and how insights can come in any state of mind. This was a great conversation and I’m excited to share it, […]

How would you like to experience ecstatic writing? What if writing were as connected and wonderful as love making? Margot Anand joins the show to talk about her writing process, what it was like being under the wing of a big publisher and what it’s like now being on her own. We talk about her […]

“The beginning of art is when you resist the mold”. Welcome to the wonderful world of poetry in the bard tradition! This is a fascinating look at how two poets, Brooking Caldwell and Henry Jack, create and perform poetry. We talk about un-commodifying yourself as a writer, how they write what scares them and what writers and […]

I’m so in love with journaling after this episode! Molly is an inspiring writer, coach and dancer, she talks about writing her first book, how she left the “perfect” life to pursue her passions and her life long love affair with journaling and how it inspires her book writing and her life. Molly’s Website The […]

What happens to us after we write something that others consider successful? How do we return to that magical space where what got written came from? Caroline Southwell joins the show to talk about her daily routines, highs and lows and books she loves. Caroline’s Blog & Website 4 Keys to Responding Instead of Reacting […]

This episode is all about the art of writing songs. Laura Marie has written a song a week for the last three years and has many stories to tell about what worked, what fell short and how she’s still writing and loving it. We talk about why John Mayer is brilliant, how she became a […]

There is no one I know that has more courage when it comes to sharing vulnerably than Monique Darling. She has built an extremely loyal following on Facebook by continually being willing to face her fears and allow others to fully see her, in all her strengths and her weaknesses. She has just finished a […]