Story seeds. Craft insights. Books that grow.

Books in Bloom is a practical, encouraging podcast for writers who want to create stories for children, teens, and young adults—from picture books to new adult fiction.

Think:

▪︎ Story ideas and how to grow them into strong concepts

▪︎ Creating characters young readers care about

▪︎ Building conflict, structure, and voice

▪︎ Writing habits, mindset, and the messy magic of first drafts

Along the way, you’ll learn the foundations of story craft for youth fiction and gain practical exercises you can try in your own writing. Perfect for writers at the beginning of a new idea, deep in a draft, or dreaming about the book they want to write next.

Need help growing your story?
If you’d like support developing your manuscript, shaping your idea, or strengthening your story, you can book a coaching session or manuscript assessment with me at Wildflower Editorial.

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episodes

Episode One

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Episode Two

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Episode Three

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Meet Your Host

Rachel Vine is a developmental editor, story coach, and former children’s librarian based in Boorloo (Perth, WA). With postgraduate study in Editing, Publishing, and Children’s Literature, she blends craft and heart to help authors of children’s, YA, and NA fiction strengthen their stories.

Through Wildflower Editorial and her podcasts Likely Stories and Books in Bloom, Rachel supports writers in shaping manuscripts that resonate with young readers and reflect their unique voice.

She believes in the quiet power of words, the wonder of a well-told tale, and guiding writers to bring their stories to full bloom.

Rachel works from a light-filled office shared with three distractingly handsome cats, a stack of half-drunk French Earl Grey teas, and an ever-growing book collection arranged in rainbow order.