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Your Invitation to Book Alchemy

Our cozy reading and writing room to hide away in together

Nov 29, 2023 •

Caroline Donahue

My TEDx talk: The power of literature

Why writing is anything but self-indulgent.

Oct 21, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Footnotes:: April

The enchantment of new adventures

Apr 28 •

Caroline Donahue

April Book Alchemy Members Live

Updates on the future of the Secret Library Podcast and new adventures for Book Alchemy...

Apr 26 •

Caroline Donahue

35:45

From Cooking to Cold Water with Anna Brones

Season 11, Episode Five

Apr 24 •

Caroline Donahue

and

44:12

Most Popular

Please write your ideas down!

Sep 16, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

What your eyes can't see

Oct 15, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

Why I don't track word count

Dec 18, 2023 • Caroline Donahue

The things we control

Jan 17, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

Join us in the library & get inspired to write your book!

SLP Season 11

44:12

From Cooking to Cold Water with Anna Brones

Season 11, Episode Five

Apr 24 •

Caroline Donahue

and

39:08

The Novel Journey with Emma Gannon

Season 11, Episode Four

Apr 10 •

Caroline Donahue

39:14

Tiny Experiments in Writing with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Season 11, Episode Three

Mar 13 •

Caroline Donahue

and

Anne-Laure Le Cunff

43:41

Is a Good Story Worth Paying for? with JP Watson

Season 11, Episode Two

Feb 27 •

Caroline Donahue

and

🗝️ Member Resources 📚

35:45

April Book Alchemy Members Live

Updates on the future of the Secret Library Podcast and new adventures for Book Alchemy...

Apr 26 •

Caroline Donahue

April Accountibility

What will you write this April?

Apr 8 •

Caroline Donahue

58:00

Making Manageable Writing Goals

Workshop Replay

Mar 30 •

Caroline Donahue

26:02

When words become sand

Today's post morphed into a live

Mar 17 •

Caroline Donahue

✨ Free to Read 🫶

Footnotes:: April

The enchantment of new adventures

Apr 28 •

Caroline Donahue

What does our reading tell us?

The secrets revealed by what we're reading (or aren't)

Apr 21 •

Caroline Donahue

Footnotes:: March

Attention and the quandary of where we direct it

Mar 31 •

Caroline Donahue

How to lose a book

Why we must stand up for libraries

Mar 24 •

Caroline Donahue

Guest Interviews

Resources

Writing Courses

Literary Tarot Readings

Individual Writing Coaching

Craft + Process

A Tale of Two Chicken Restaurants

Are you fighting for the wrong thing?

Apr 14 •

Caroline Donahue

Craft as Carpentry

Letting go of genius envy

Mar 3 •

Caroline Donahue

The Creative Decision Matrix

How to decide if something is worth your energy

Jan 13 •

Caroline Donahue

Hibernating your writing

How to pause mindfully

Dec 9, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Prose that sings

5 steps to sharpen your writing, in lessons from my strange professional past.

Dec 2, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

The power of sentences

Commonplace books as collections of sparks

Nov 11, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Please write your ideas down!

The tools I use to keep them from leaking out of my brain. Here's a sad story of losing an idea when I didn't use them. Learn from my mistake!

Sep 16, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Portals to story

Light a match and see what you find...perhaps you'll see the heart of your story.

Aug 26, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

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