#AmWriting
Episodes
Write Now with Sarah Rhea Werner
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a bonus this week, we’re sharing “The Bulletproof Writer” from the Write Now Podcast—because this past few weeks have NOT been a perfect ti...
But Everything is so SHINY: Episode 319, Coaching journalist Alison Myers on restarting a writing career.
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to start. It’s hard to finish. It’s hard to choose. Sometimes writers (especially those who have had to step back from a professional ...
Yes You Can Write In More Than One Genre. Here's how: Episode 318 flips the shelves.
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oh yeah we’ve been there. Heck, we are there. Pigeonholed. Safe in our little bunker. Maybe just a tiny bit typecast. Jumping genres can be exciting...
How Writing Middle Grade is Different, and How It's Not: Episode 317 with Jamie Sumner
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t think we’ve ever talked about middle grade on #AmWriting, which was why I was so delighted to talk to Jamie Sumner, author of Roll With It...
Living with Writer Envy. Episode 316: We wanted to call this conquering it but we can't.
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some of us, which might be all of us, have spent a decent amount of time writhing in the throes of writer envy lately. Can’t IMAGINE what we’re ta...
When Your Agent Doesn't Like Your Idea as Much as You Do: Episode 315 with Kristen Green
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jess here. On this week’s episode, I talk with New York Times bestselling author Kristen Green about her first book, Something Must Be Done About Pr...
How to Write a Cozy Mystery (the rules are changing): Episode 314 with Mia Manansala
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shownotes up front—but scroll down, there’s an announcement!Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is a writer and book coach from Chicago who loves books, ba...
One Man's Quest to Find the Next Big Book Idea: Episode 313 with A.J. Jacobs
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jess here. A.J. Jacobs has long been my inspiration for both writing and writerly mentorship, so I was thrilled when his forthcoming book, The Puzzler...
Essays that start light, then hit hard: Episode 312 with Mary Laura Philpott
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fave return guest alert! We talked to Mary Laura Philpott in episode 71–#YouandYourBookstore, back when she was a Parnassus Books guru. And then in ...
Where Should Your Energy Go NOW? Episode 311--everything evolves with Jess and KJ
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Where should your energy go? KJ here, and in this episode Jess and I catch up on what’s worth it and what isn’t when it comes to travel, the impor...
Jodi Kantor Chases the Truth: Episode 310 is a Primer on Investigative Journalism
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assaults in 2017 and harassment a...
Nonfiction Masterclass: Combining Narrative Structure, Lived Experience and Geopolitics in Episode 309 with Scott Carney and Jason Miklian.
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like all great stories, The Vortex: A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation was born out of writerly curiosity...
How to Love Writing What You Can Sell: Episode 308 with Seressia Glass
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Urban fantasy. Paranormal romance. Historicals. Plus the occasional billionaire, and now a rom-com, complete with a cute graphic cover that tells you ...
How to Be on Bookstagram Episode 307 with #bookmarkedbya
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abby Kincer is a reader and a bookstagrammer, a fun person, an enthusiastic consumer of bookish socks and t-shirts, a user of filters, a wearer of gla...
Does Your Author Website Answer the Right Questions? Episode 306 with Anne Le Tissier
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Crew, Anne Le Tissier is a listener with a question: What should I have on my website—and how can I get there without breaking the bank? She’s als...
But what if my old boss is pissed? Episode 305: Workplace Memoir with Cate Doty
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Y’all, it’s an uber-informative, down in the trenches episode about writing memoir when it feels like your topic is on the lighter side—but of c...
Sometimes You Can't Go with the Flow: Hacking Writing Energies in Episode 304 with Jess and KJ
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s the deal: Jess and I (KJ here) have been rolling with different energies lately. She’s letting the spirit move her. Being inspired. Putting...
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Episode 303 with Sarina, Jess and KJ
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your first book, we’ve all found, is usually something you’ve been mulling for a while. You second might be the same—so the question, how do you...
Writer De-Snobbification: Episode 302 with Katherine Center
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s Katherine Center, author of soon-to-be 9 bittersweet comic novels that have been described as “the best medicine for human souls,” on her...
Do Morning Pages Work? Episode 301: Is this, or is it not, the Artist's Way?
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
KJ here. Sarina wanted to try Morning Pages, the most famous ritual from Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way—a book that, tbh, has never, ever floa...
BONUS: Listen to The Book Dreams Podcast with Guest Kathryn Schulz
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey writers—KJ here, and we have a treat for you this week. A bonus episode, filled with all the writer-y advice and details and aspirational riffs ...
ALWAYS WIPS Episode 300--Podcast #Goals, Translating Earnings, Talking $$ and Craft and Interview Skillz
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
300 is a lot of episodes, and we have recorded them. Things we’ve learned—the most famous guests aren’t necessarily the one that have the most t...
How to Sell Any Book to Any Publisher-- Episode 299: More Info Than You Ever Thought Possible with Multi-genre author and teacher extraordinaire Sue Shapiro
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How, HOW has it taken us this long to bring you the amazing Sue Shapiro? Sue teaches what is unquestionably THE class on publishing personal essays—...
How to Travel for Research (even before you sell the book)--Episode 298 with Sarah Stewart Taylor
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Just a little jaunt to Ireland to research my next book.” If that sounds like a dream to you, we asked Sarah Stewart Taylor—author of The Mount...
How to Build a Platform in a Zillion (Not) Easy Steps: Episode 297, A coaching call with Alison Zak
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Zak has just been “jolted from being a writer to being an author” with the interest in her non-fiction book proposals—but with that inter...
[announcer yells] GOALS: Episode 296
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Words of the Year from 2021/New words for 2022Jess: 2021: Organize 2022: EvaluateKJ: 2021: Flow 2022: PlaySarina: 2021 Generous 2022: TBDLinks from t...
Heck of a Year: Episode 295 is 2021 in review
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What did we notice evolving in the industry? What worked and what didn’t in our own writing lives? Here’s our take. We’d love to hear yours—ch...
Butter Up Your Writing: Episode 294 Using Universal Fantasy to Write Better and Sell More with Theodora Taylor
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who doesn’t want a craft book that’s fun to read and will help you plan your fiction (or memoir), write that fiction, revise that fiction and then...
How to Build a Literary Life: Episode 293 with Zibby Owens
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ever want to know “how she did it”? This episode is our little version of How I Built This, in which we ask Zibby Owens—whose name you surely kn...
A Busload of Books: Illustrator Robbi Behr and Writer Matthew Swanson Take Their Work and Their Family on the Road in Episode 292.
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can a marriage survive nearly a quarter century of co-writing? I (Jess) present exhibit A on the side of yes, absolutely: illustrator Robbi Behr and w...
How Do You Write a Non-Fiction Book in less than a Year? Episode 291: Coaching Call with Emily Edlynn
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on this episode has a problem—a good problem, yes. An enviable problem even. One that she herself is delighted to have: she’s sold a non...
What Not to Do, Self-Pub Edition Episode 290 with Cate Frazier-Neely
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi all! Jess here. I met performer and voice educator Cate Frazier-Neely through a mutual friend earlier this year, at a Sungazer concert. I was at th...
Why Can't I Finish My Novel? Episode 289: A Coaching Call with Ophir Lehavy
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why can’t I finish my novel?KJ here, and when I saw that heartfelt cry in our Facebook Group, I knew we had to answer. Because finishing is hard, y’...
Non-Toxic Feedback: Building workshops and writing groups. Episode 288 with Joni Cole
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I find a writing group and what if they’re mean? That’s a question we get asked a lot, and we always encourage writers to reach out in our ...
I Have This Idea...Structuring Non-fiction and Memoir: Episode 287 Coaching Call with Emily Henderson
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The hardest part about writing a book is … all of it. Or, arguably, whichever part you’re doing. For our guest on this episode, listener Emily Hen...
Breaking into Television Writing: Episode 286 with Will Morey
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! Jess here. I had the chance to interview one of my former students, Will Morey, about his career as a writer. He has always been tale...
When Agents Ask You to "Revise and Resubmit": Episode 285 with Mindy Carlson
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Querying and submitting is a jungle, campers—and yet if it’s done right, it can not only work out happily in the end, but seem as if it were meant...
When Inner Dialogue Isn't "Telling" and When It Is in Memoir and Fiction: Episode 284 with Jess, KJ and Sarina
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The whole “am I showing, or am I telling” inner debate can be tough in every part of a novel, memoir or nonfiction-with-elements-of-memoir draft. ...
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Episode 283: Turning situations into books with Heather Chavez
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to what I think we’ll designate as a fresh new season of #AmWriting! We are mixing it up a bit this fall. It’s KJ here, and I’ll be doin...
Episode 282: 40 Years of Procrastination with Joy Imboden Overstreet
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The author I’m interviewing today, Joy Imboden Overstreet, holds the distinction of having procrastinated on writing her first book longer than any ...
Episode 281: Writing with the Door Open (Stephen King May Be Wrong)
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen King says: Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. In this episode, we dare to ask if maybe that’s not always the case. Do...
Episode 280: Book Launching Fun with Jess
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By popular request, it’s the 2021 The Addiction Inoculation Launch Story! Jess fills us in on the weirdness and craziness that was a mid-pandemic no...
Episode 279: Collaborating, Revising and Proposing--What We Did On Our Summer Vacations
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jess and Sarina are back! After a hard-working summer and an August of anxiety (don’t tell us you didn’t feel that too), we talk about how we got ...
Episode 278: Editing
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For that moment when you’ve hit the finish line—and now you’re going back to the beginning and starting all over again in a different hat.In our...
Episode 277: Writer Comfort Reads
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you just need to spend a few hours with someone who really gets you—without actually having to talk to anyone. In our new summer series, T...
Episode 276: When You Don't Know Why You're Doing This
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you find yourself asking—over a draft, or a failed draft, or a sagging outline or just during a really long drive—why exactly you do thi...
Episode 275: Writing While White (or otherwise part of the historically dominant paradigm)
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody, no matter what box we check or refuse to check on the census, sees life most easily from our own perspective while knowing there are many, ...
Episode 274: Getting Published
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you just want to make that thing happen.In our new summer series, The Working Bookshelf, KJ and guest host Jennie Nash pull their favorite w...
Episode 273: #Writing Books for When You're Stuck
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes writing is hard, y’all. Well, mostly it’s hard (and it’s a fun job and we enjoy it)—but sometimes you’re just really stuck and you...
Episode 272: Sometimes Writers Need to Up Our Game
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
KJ and Jennie truly go head-to-head in this one, because KJ loves a book Jennie loathes. Can she talk her around?In our new summer series, The Working...
Episode 271: #Productivity: Write More Better Faster Yes Please
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who doesn’t want to write more faster and better? And who doesn’t get stuck spinning the old wheels once in a while? In our new summer series, The...
Episode 270: #Plotting Your Heart (and Book) Out
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You CAN write a book without a plot (check out Anne Tyler’s Redhead By the Side of the Road if you doubt me, I swear to you that the most plotty thi...
Episode 269: Finding #Inspiration on the Writer's Bookshelf
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cage match! KJ’s favorite book on finding writerly inspiration versus Jennie Nash’s favorite of same. In our new summer series, The Working Booksh...
Episode 268 #SummerReading: Whose List Looks Like Your List?
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whose summer #TBR looks like yours? Call it a game, a competition or just an excuse to talk about books: this week we’re doing something new. Each o...
Episode 267 #Summer Writing Plans
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summer is… here? Nigh? Here and nigh? The sun is frequently shining, the end-of-year festivities are doing their kinda-post-pandemic-kinda-not thing...
Episode 266 #Sensitivity Readers with Jordan Shapiro and Jazz
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey all, Jess here. When I agreed to read and blurb Jordan Shapiro’s new book, Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad, I was struck by the attentio...
Episode 265 Everybody Suffers, Not Everybody Can #Write About it with Stacy Kim
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stacy Kim is a freelance writer who’s beginning to see some real success in her career, with bylines in Real Simple, The Washington Post, Wired and ...
Episode 264 Being #Edited (is a Very Good Thing)
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We love being edited. We love editors. But truth: sometimes being edited is hard. Sometimes you need to interpret things differently, ask questions or...
Episode 263: No, Really, It's #Fiction: Writing novels that reflect (but differ dramatically from) your life with Emma Gannon
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Gannon is a best-selling author, a podcaster, a journalist, writer of fiction and non-fiction and just general woman-about-town, as known for her...
Episode 262: #Breaking into Food Writing and Redefining Success with Reem Kassis
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is a wildly successful food writer who’s fresh off an appearance on Fresh Air—and who never “should” have written a cookbook a...
Episode 261 Really #Funny, Real and Funny: Rom-Coms, plotting and finding characters with Mhairi McFarlane
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Plotting and pantsing, loving your genre, voice, self-doubt… what didn’t we talk about with Mhairi McFarlane? And she has such a lovely Scottish a...
Episode 260 #Writing Without Knowing Where You're Going with Kristin Van Ogtrop
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Working on an essay collection? Dreaming of becoming a literary agent? We were all over the map with Kristin Van Ogtrop, agent at InkWell Management, ...
Episode 259: More Q, More A: Organizing research, handling would-be writer friends, finding great editors and writing classes and the kicker: How Do You Become Liz Gilbert?
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We love answering your questions! If we missed yours, head over to the Facebook group or reply to this episode and we’ll try to get there next time....
Episode 258 Writing While #Broken: Talking Depression, Anxiety and Writer's Block with Jenny Lawson
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writing is hard. In this episode, we talk imposter syndrome, editing, the right headspace for reading your own stuff, why you might need a “nice” ...
Episode 257 Become a #Better Faster Stronger Writer with Becca Syme
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who wouldn’t want to write better and faster? I can’t even imagine. Our guest this week is Becca Syme, creator of the Better Faster Academy, autho...
Episode 256 Your Q's, A'd: Stealing ideas, asking for blurbs and the elusive "platform"
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s part one of… who knows? As we answer questions from our email and our Facebook group (if you’re not part of that, jump in HERE). We answere...
Episode 255 The Power of Writing as Play with Nalini Singh
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nalini Singh is a romance writer. Or, she was a romance writer until she decided she wanted to write a thriller. Jess and Sarina had so much fun talki...
Episode 254 How to Prep a NonFiction Launch the Jess Way
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jess’s new book, The Addiction Inoculation, launches April 6th, and we talk about all the things she’s done to set herself up for feeling like she...
Ep 253 From Breakout Article to Book: Writing about #Nothing and Everything with Olga Mecking
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest, Olga Mecking, is a freelance journalist who’s enjoyed exactly the version of success many freelancers dream about. She went from publ...
Episode 252 How to Write a Post-Covid Romance with Alisha Rai
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alisha Rai writes fun, joyful contemporary romances about smart, mature people who still struggle to find love. And by mature, we don’t mean old—...
Episode 251 How to give your fun read a solid, poke-in-the-gut point with Anna North
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a freewheeling conversation about writing fiction that tells a great story—and makes you think about the world beyond the story, with January...
Episode 250: Growing Thick Skin: Handling #Haters, Commenters and Bad Reviews
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does this ever get easier? That’s the question we’re often asked by newer writers in the process of putting themselves out there and worried about...
Episode 249: Turning Data into #Narrative with Ron Lieber
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we go seriously pro, talking to Ron Lieber, the Your Money columnist for the New York Times and the author of The Price You Pay for C...
Episode 248 Mental #Chatter with Ethan Kross: Harnessing the voices in our heads for good
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today, Ethan Kross, is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. His new book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head,...
Episode 247: #Writing All Over the Map with Jacob Sager Weinstein
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jess talks to Jacob Sager Weinstein, a writer who has done just about everything. He started out with highbrow aspirations, as he learned hi...
Episode 246: Historical #Fiction the Only Way I Know How with Beverly Jenkins
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beverly Jenkins is best-selling, award-winning, and still having fun with all she does—in other words, all the things we writers aspire to when we s...
Episode 245: #Pitching with Passion with Lisa Levenstein
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey kids, we’re getting back to basics this week with a down-n-dirty episode on pitching, focused on opinion pages everywhere. We’re talking to Li...
Episode 244: Setting Writer #Goals for 2021
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last year’s words: Abundance. Practice. Magic. This year? Generous, Organize, Flow. It’s only now, writing these shownotes, that I see a pretty pa...
Episode 243: #Fact-based Fiction and Fiction from Facts with Mark Olshaker
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A little #AmWriting behind the scenes: as we headed into this recording, Jess texted KJ:Here’s the lowdown on Mark: I have been a fan of Mark Olshak...
Episode 242 Finding All the Voices: Writing Reflective #Nonfiction with Julie Lythcott-Haims
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Writing nonfiction outside the memoir space usually means finding sources and stories that are not your own. Narrative, self-help, history, economics,...
Episode 241: Big #Booklaunch Day
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Whew! This week, Sarina and KJ (that’s me writing as it usually is) both launched books—Sarina came out with Loverboy, second in KJ’d favorite S...
Episode 240 #Editing for the Best Version of Your Vision with Tiffany Yates Martin
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who wouldn’t want a step-by-step process for revision? In her book Intuitive Editing, this week’s guest, developmental editor Tiffany Yates Martin...
BONUS EPISODE--Shiny Thing Syndrome: KJ & Jennie Nash discuss career goals, side gigs and distractions
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gang, it’s a #AmWriting Bonus episode that I think you’re going to love: Shiny Thing Syndrome. Jennie Nash and I I originally planned to get toget...
Episode 239 #Writer Gift Extravaganza
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the gifts episode! Here are the links you’re looking for: KJ: Redbubble ❄️ Stamp blocks ❄️ Stamp blanks and stencils ❄️ Frixion P...
Episode 238 Turning #Romance on Its Head with Lyssa Kay Adams
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every writer craves that high concept idea that leads to the breakout book, or in this case breakout series. For Lyssa Kay Adams, it came from that jo...
Episode 237: #Reporting from the Economic Trenches with Lauren Sandler
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a new #AmWriting episode!There’s a style of creative nonfiction in which a gifted writer tells someone else’s story. The story of a house b...
Episode 236 #Shipping Your Creative Work with Seth Godin (Take Two)
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MADNESS! We don’t know how, but somehow this went live without audio at midnight. So here it is again for you subscribers, with —the actual podcas...
Episode 235: Writer #Tech We Love
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Campers, this week we’re talking about a topic near and dear to all our hearts, but most particularly Sarina, whose productivity levels are epic and...
Episode 234: #Storybuilding with Jacob Wright from Dabble Writing Software
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever, while banging out a document of any kind in Word or Pages or whatever, thought to yourself “Dang, this would be so much easier if ___...
Episode 233: #TruthsAndMisdemeanors, Lacy Crawford on the gauntlet of legal & fact-checking
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When I (Jess here) interviewed Lacy Crawford about her new memoir Notes on a Silencing, we discussed the complex and often contradictory goals of publ...
Episode 232 Smart, #Versatile and Writing all the Things with Morgan Jerkins
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A book of essays. A memoir that’s truly a family history and an American history. And—soon—a novel. Morgan Jerkins talks starting a writing care...
Minisode: When There's No Muse, Keep Going
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s KJ, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that about 99 percent of the time when I sit down at my laptop, I seem to be doing it solo...
Episode 231: #FindYourReaders with Dara Kurtz
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an age-old question: how do you build a platform big enough so publishers take notice? This week we interview Dara Kurtz, author of one self-pu...
Episode 230: So You Wanna Be a #Bookcoach with Jennie Nash
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s—a podcast episode! With Jennie Nash, so you already know you’re going to love it and I don’t need to say any more. Sarina and I had a gre...
Episode 229 #Interviewing with NPR's Celeste Headlee
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a madcap, free-ranging episode where we go from figuring out how to get your important work done (and quit doom-scrolling through your phone) t...
Episode 228 #Embedded with Jeff Selingo
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Not everybody wants an author hanging around their office all day.Our guest is a best-selling education writer Jeff Selingo, already an expert on coll...
Episode 227 The Joy of #Self-Promotion: promoting yourself and your work
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the topic every author seems to love to hate: self-promotion. Sharing our work on social media, pitching ourselves to podcasts and reaching out...
Episode 226 Writing #ownvoices while respecting others, with Lauren Ho
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Ho is the author of the debut novel Last Tang Standing, which is getting HUGE buzz. It’s been called Bridget Jones meets Crazy Rich Asians, a...
Episode 225 Get #ComfortablewithWeird How visualization and imagery help writers connect with readers, with Julie Berry
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is children’s fiction and YA author Julie Berry, and here’s why: she gave a talk at a conference about visualizing and imagery...
Episode 224 From Mr. Rogers to #RealityTVJournalism with Andy Dehnart
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve got a great interview for you today with a freelance journalist who does a different kind of work than any of us ever have—out in the field ...