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Since my last post about using your voice to build a relationship with your readers, several of my readers have asked questions about podcasts. What is a podcast? How do I make a podcast? How much does it cost?

What is a podcast?

A podcast is an audio file delivered via subscription. Instead of having to download a file to their computer, your audience can get the file automatically sent to their portable media device (iPod or other player) or to their computer. Then they can listen to your message whenever and wherever they want.

Media players have become a very popular way to make downtime productive.

This has also been called “time shifting”. The idea started with taping television programs to watch later. Portable media players have taken this idea to a whole new level.

How much does it cost?

Apple’s iTunes is to podcasting what Ezine Articles is to article directories. iTunes distributes free as well as paid content. It’s free and easy to set up a podcast. It’s great to tell your audience to “catch me on iTunes!” Of course there are other podcast directories as well. Put your message in as many places as possible.

How do I make a Podcast?

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January has slipped away (or almost, depending on your time zone). Are you on track with your writing goals? Have you totally given up on your new year’s resolutions? Do you feel as if you are totally underwater and swimming against the current?

By January 15^th, most new year resolutions are history. Don’t let this happen to you.

While working with a client today, I heard stress in her voice. She said that she was feeling overwhelmed about all that she had to get done. The more she talked, the more frantic her voice became and the more her sense of overwhelm came through.

I gave her a series of steps to help her break things up into manageable chunks and think about all of them at once.

Here are the steps I took her through.

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We are

starting the last week in January. By this time a lot of people have abandoned the goals they set for the new year. Have you made any progress on your writing goals for 2009?

If you’ve fallen behind, don’t beat yourself up about it. Start where you are now to get back on track.

Author Diana Duncan sent me this quote recently. I’d never heard it, but it struck a chord with me.

Annie Dillard: Writing a book is like taming a lion – every day you stay out of the cage, it’s more dangerous to step inside.

It’s really true that writing can be like taming lions. The longer you are away from it, the harder it is to sit down and put your hands on the keyboard.

Here are a few ways to get back on track and make writing a daily habit.

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