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2025.17 Trap: We Never Pay Speakers

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. The book is in technical review, which always feels like I met a big milestone. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for May 23, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute […]

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2025.17 Trap: You Pay for the Infomercial

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I am in technical review. That’s the part of the book writing process that tells me if I messed anything up. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for May 16, 2025, where I read

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2025.16: Are You a “Best-Kept” Secret?

Because I am finally over my cold and I fixed my website, I managed to write and record a podcast this week! What a pleasure for me. And I hope for you. The podcast is from the Effective Public Speaking book. The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna

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2025.15: Skip the Jokes

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I’m partway through the reorganization and threading of more specific ideas for writers and consultants. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for April 18, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute

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2025.12: Recognize All Your Expertise

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Yes, I’m rewriting the introduction to make it more relevant. I suspect I will also find a new chapter title when I’m done writing. Again, this is totally normal for me and how I write books. The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds

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2025.11: Effective Public Speaking: Introduction

My podcast this week is from Effective Public Speaking. He said the book was good as it was (it helped the ideal reader, etc.). However, it didn’t specifically speak to my intended audience: writers and consultants who realize they are entrepreneurs. Face palm!! So I’m cycling back through the book and threading those ideas into

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2025.09: Practice Your Delivery Twice

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. My editor is almost done with his first pass. That’s the pass that offers feedback on the book’s organization. Then, I get to fix everything. Then, he’ll copyedit the manuscript and I can finish. Getting closer! As for the tags here and the previous

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2025.08 Fiction: Historical Mystery

Because I’m trying very hard to avoid starting another book before I finish Effective Public Speaking, my podcast this week is from a fiction story: historical mystery, to be precise. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for February 28, 2025, where I read an

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2025.07 Fiction: A Fine Hand

My podcast this week is the opening of a historical short story. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for February 21, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from a short story titled “A

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