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Welcome to Book Journey, the podcast where we learn how writers become authors. I’m Heather Lazare, founder and director of Northern California Writers’ Retreat, a juried fiction retreat held four times a year in Carmel Valley. norcalwritersretreat.substack.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Book Journey, the podcast where we learn how writers become authors. I’m Heather Lazare, founder and director of Northern California Writers’ Retreat, a juried fiction retreat held four times a year in Carmel Valley.
Book Journey is hosted by Northern California Writers' Retreat. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Book Journey with Martha Conway" (3 June 2026, 32 minutes), "Book Journey with Lina Patton" (11 May 2026, 34 minutes), and "Book Journey with Cheri Radke" (14 April 2026, 38 minutes).
Book Journey publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for Book Journey is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Book Journey requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Book Journey's contact route on record: verified email.
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Northern California Writers' Retreat hosts Book Journey, an arts podcast with 16 episodes published.
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<p>I have been a fan of Martha Conway’s writing for years. We first met at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference in 2014, when I read the opening pages of what would become her novel, The Underground River. She had met...
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<p>When Lina Patton finished college, she did what every responsible adult (who secretly wants to be a writer) should do: she went into advertising to make money. For years, she fought the idea of being a writer—it was...
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<p>When Cheri Radke joined us for our first ever Quail Retreat this past fall, she was already gearing up for the publication of her debut novel, An Accident of Dragons, which publishes April 28th from Erewhon Books...
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<p>Sometimes, your third novel is your debut. I met Caro Claire Burke in 2017 when she was fresh out of college, taking her writing seriously for the first time. She was dabbling in fiction, playing around with pages...
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<p>This month, I spoke to our 2025 alum, Pamela Pan, about her writing journey--from her newly published poetry to her novel currently out on submission!</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to...
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<p>I got a chance to speak to our 2019 alum, Joanne Morgyn White, who writes at J. Morgyn White, and was so impressed by how prolific and tenacious she is! We talked about the many books she’s written (17!) and how...
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<p>Sometimes novels are twenty years in the making. For our 2025 alum Elizabeth Kemp, something she witnessed on a cruise decades ago needled in her memory and after years of scribbling ideas on receipts, she sat down...
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<p>The publishing world is small and in the same way that writers rely on word-of-mouth for their book recommendations to pass from one reader to the next, so does our retreat. So I’m going to tell you a little story...
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<p>In 2019, we were so lucky to have Aja Gabel join us for Northern California Writers’ Retreat! Pre-pandemic, we were located in the Santa Cruz mountains, and Aja and her Literary Agent, Andrea Morrison from Writers...
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<p></p><p>I really like knowing my neighbors, and this particular neighbor I met in 2016. Alka and I share a fence line, and in May, I can pick the most delicious plums from her tree, which overhangs into our...
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<p>Enjoy the conversation with our 2020 Author-in-Residence, Jasmine Guillory! Jasmine is a New York Times bestselling author of nine novels including The Wedding Date, the Reese's Book Club selection The Proposal, and...
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