ODBC 045 - Writing for Yourself Instead of Others, Different Revision Styles, and Publishing As You Go

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Feb 22, 2026

The One-Drink Book Club is an informal, (almost) weekly series in which fellow author Emma Lee Jayne joins me and our other creative friends to talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.

Here’s what we talked about in this episode:

• Emma and I are finally back in the groove of writing after a long time away … and what the transition back into flow feels like.

• Working with editors and soliciting feedback … and ultimately, who are you writing for?

• Revising a completed draft and rearranging/adding scenes after the fact … and why the idea of ever doing that gives me (Johnny) chills.

• Plotting intuitively vs. overtly

• Writing and publishing as you go … sort of like what Sean and I did with Fiction Unboxed back in 2014 (on Kickstarter, before author Kickstarters were cool).