Good Moms on Paper
Episodes
Nicole Graev Lipson, author of MOTHERS & OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS |
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Ellen talk to Nicole Graev Lipson, author of MOTHERS & OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERSNICOLE GRAEV LIPSON is the author of the memoir-in-essa...
Nicole Cuffy, author of O Sinners!
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Annie and Tessa chat with Nicole Cuffy, author of O Sinners! Nicole Cuffy is the author of Dances,longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction ...
Listener Question: Should I use AI to edit my book?
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A listener writes in with a question about whether AI could help edit her novel. And later, Annie asked listeners a super important and relatable que...
Shelby Van Pelt and How Her Three-Year-Old Helped with the Octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All three good moms were SO LUCKY to talk to Shelby Van Pelt, who is a total star and lovely human being, about writing, parenting, research, her next...
100 Days of Writing, Sticker Charts, & Jakob Kerr, author of DEAD MONEY
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Good Moms talk about the 100 days of writing project, sticker charts, and then with Jakob Kerr, the author of debut novel DEAD MONEY. “With Dea...
The Good Moms & Tidy Dad (AKA Tyler Moore, author of *Tidy Up Your Life* )
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa & Annie talk to Tyler Moore, author of the new book "Tidy Up Your Life," about mental health, writing a book, deadlines, growing h...
If It Was True Love I Could Have It: On Popsicles and Book Revision
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Tessa & Ellen gab about what's going on with their kids and discuss a listener question about Book Revision.
Season 4!! Annie's new book, writing camp debrief, and who is the boss of your house?
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back!! Really this time!! Exciting guests coming up this season and updates on Annie's new book The Road to Tender Hearts!! (please pr...
Announcing: FALL WRITING CAMP! Nov 7 - 11 in New Hampshire!
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Annie talk the details of Fall Writing camp -- 5 days and 4 nights of writing time, campfires, readings, craft talks, agent chats... but pro...
Ellen and Annie reunite to shoot the s&^%
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen and Annie reunite after many months and we talk about the cutest baby and Ellen reveals a secret we've kept from listeners. We talk discipl...
FREE* upcoming novel/memoir classes & How to write with a newborn
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! Hoping to start more regular programming... For free admission to the Novel & Memoir classes, preorder Tessa's novel The Red...
Good Moms with LUCAS MANN, quadruple threat: author, bookstore owner, professor, dad
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Annie and Tessa got to hang with Lucas Mann, the author of the forthcoming essay collection ATTACHMENTS (May, 2024) and the new co-owner of the bookst...
Season 3! Tessa and Annie talk traveling with a toddler, THE RED GROVE, and getting YOUR NAME tattooed
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! We missed you! In this casual return episode, we talked about Tessa's great adventures spending a few months in Portugal with a ...
Sara Peterson, author of MOMFLUENCED: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen & Annie got to talk with Sara Peterson, author of Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture. We h...
Yael Goldstein-Love, author of The Possibilities, on writing as Meaning Making
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Annie got the chance to talk to Yael Goldstein-Love, author of The Possibilities, about postpartum anxiety and writing as a meaning making p...
Szilvia Molnar, author of THE NURSERY, on uncomfortable literature and rethinking what happens after birth
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends -- Tessa and Ellen chatted with Szilvia Molnar and she had wonderful things to say about her new book, The Nursery, literature that makes y...
Disha Bose, author of GMA pick DIRTY LAUNDRY on ambition, potential, and writing in the dark
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends -- Tessa and Annie connected with Disha Bose, author of the April Good Morning America Bookclub pick Dirty Laundry. She talks about writing...
Julia Fine, author of Maddalena and the Dark, on writing gothic fairy tales & teenage girls
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Ellen caught up with our friend Julia Fine -- we talked writing schedules, her new novel Maddalena and the Dark, finding a book that fits ...
Accountability Workshops with Annie and Tessa -- A Deep Dive!
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends -- We've gotten so many great members for the accountability groups who are listeners of the podcast, but when people join they always...
M.M. de Voe, author of Book & Baby and Founder of Pen Parentis
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends! In this episode, Ellen and Tessa interviewed M.M. de Voe, author of A Flash of Darkness, Book & Baby, and Founder of Pen Parentis, a...
Krys Malcom Belc, transmasculine essayist/dad/teacher/baker and author of The Natural Mother of the Child
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi pals! In this episode, Annie and Ellen talk about being together IN REAL LIFE at the Boston marathon and how fast (and kissable! and heroic!) Ellen...
Bees, Kids, and Lighting your Hair on Fire with Julie Carrick Dalton, author of The Last Beekeeper
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends!Today we talked with Julie Carrick Dalton about raising bees, raising kids, climate anxiety, hope for the future, and a fiery message from ...
Jennifer De Leon, author of Borderless: "We can be both, a writer and a mother"
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends -- Tessa and Annie talked with Jennifer De Leon, author of the novels Borderless and Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, and the essay c...
S2E10: The Good Moms read FIGHT NIGHT by Miriam Toews
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, In this episode, we catch up a bit on life stuff, talk about this incredible Maggie Smith essay: My Marriage Was Never the Same After That...
Marisa Crane, author of I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF, on their new book, queer community, and the OG gay couple
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends -- It's been a month since we last spoke, but we've recorded some great episodes! Ellen and Tessa spoke with Marisa Crane, author...
S2E8: The Power of Checking in with Friends with Christie Tate, author of BFF
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends -- This week, we were lucky to be joined by the writer and NYT bestseller Christie Tate. Christie talks about writing success after having ...
S2E7: How can I find a writing community when I have a toddler?
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, Today on the podcast, we discussed a great listener question: How can I find/build a writing community when I’m the primary caregiver fo...
S2E6: Diksha Basu on the joys of motherhood and why you should get tattoos after having kids
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, This week we're back with Diksha Basu, the author of internationally bestselling novels Destination Wedding and The Windfall.Articles...
S2E5: Good Moms on Paper Bookclub! SPARE us, Prince Harry
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friends, We've always wanted to be part of a bookclub (where we mostly drink and brag about our kids), so we started our own! We read SPARE by...
S2E4: L'Oreal Thompton Payton on perfectionism, jealousy, and rest as resistance
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hi dear friends--This week, we talked about Leora's Moana costume and also Halloween (even though, yes, it's January....) and then we had a ...
S2E3: New podcast name & listener questions!
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back this week with a new podcast name -- Good Moms on Paper! We hope you love it, we spent *a lot* of time texting about it. This week, we res...
S2E2: RUFI THORPE on the cost of motherhood, stubbornness, & writing without fear
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your hosts Ellen Annie & Tessa talk with Rufi Thorpe on the cost (and gift) of motherhood, stubbornness, f*&k you energy, and being a fearless...
Season 2! Holiday Madness & New Years Writing Goals
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Catching up with your hosts, Ellen Annie & Tessa, about various holiday plagues and new years writing plans. Plus, bumpkins! Send your questions ...
#20: KATIE RUNDE, author of The Shore
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen and Annie and Katie Runde talk acknowledgements, Fleabag, prologues, freelance editors, and not quitting on your book. Katie's book is here...
#19: VANESSA A. BEE, author of Home Bound
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Annie talk accountability groups (find out more at anniehartnett.com/workshops and then chat with Vanessa A. Bee, author of HOME BOUND, out ...
#18: JOSEPH SCAPELLATO author of the The Made-Up Man
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen and Tessa and our guest Joe Scapellato talk writing 2 books at once, writing for middle grade audiences, and how parenting can enrich your writi...
#17: Nancy Reddy and Emily Pérez, editors of The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen and Annie talk agents and non-fiction projects put on the back burner, and then chat with Nancy Reddy and Emily Pérez, the editors of The Long ...
#16: Antonia Angress, author of SIRENS & MUSES
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Antonia Angress, author of SIRENS & MUSES, doesn't have children, but hopes to have one someday soon. Antonia's book: SIRENS AND MUSES
#15: Amy Jo Burns, author of SHINER AND CINDERLAND
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Jo’s Books: SHINERCINDERLAND Also mentioned: Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlisle concert Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison Everything I Have ...
#14: Shannon Sanders, author of forthcoming COMPANY
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Sanders's book COMPANY, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2023. Her short story “The Good, Good Men” was a 2020 winner of the PEN...
#13: Jericho Vincent, author and spiritual entrepreneur
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Annie talk with the wise and earnest Jericho Vincent, author, parent, and spiritual entrepreneur. Jericho's books: Cut Me Loose: Sin ...
#12: Chloé Cooper Jones, author of EASY BEAUTY
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your hosts Tessa and Annie talk with Chloé Cooper Jones about being her memoir and tour, her son, tennis, philosophy, and being a master of everythin...
#11: Phuc Tran, tattooist & author of SIGH, GONE
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Such a wonderful and inspiring chat with Phuc Tran -- this one is for all the writers working many different jobs! Phuc's book: SIGH, GONE a memo...
#10. Getting to know your hosts!
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A quicky episode to get to know your hosts a little better. Annie's books: Rabbit Cake Unlikely AnimalsTessa's books: The Electric Woman...
#9: Courtney Maum, author of The Year of the Horses
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Annie talk about their own voices, vaccinations, and then have the great pleasure of talking about writing with Courtney Maum, author of fiv...
#8. Katie Gutierrez, author of More Than You'll Ever Know
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen and Annie finally get to meet Katie Gutierrez, their friend from twitter and author of MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW, Good Morning America&apo...
#7 Getting witchy and militant with Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire and The Great Pretender
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Annie and Tessa talk with Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire and The Great Pretender. She is maybe the coolest person we've ever met, and ...
#6: Jessamine Chan, Author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All three hosts got together to fangirl over Jessamine Chan, the bestselling author of The School For Good Mothers. Jessamine's bookTHE SCHOOL FO...
#5 Holding Space for Grief
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa, Annie, and Ellen hold space for grief after the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo.
#4: Introducing co-host Ellen O'Connell Whittet! Author & Lover of the birth story
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Annie and Ellen discuss their friendship, writing with small kids, crying in front of Cheryl Strayed, and what drives us to tell birth stories.BOOKS a...
#3: Taylor Harris, author of THIS BOY WE MADE
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tessa and Annie discuss adding a cohost, the impossibilities of working with a newborn who doesn't nap, and then we talk to Taylor Harris, the au...
#2 -- Complicated feelings after publishing -- but Clare Beams is Here to Save Us!
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Annie and Tessa discuss why publishing a book doesn't seem to ever bring complete joy and fulfillment, and then Clare Beams joins us to give us h...
#1 Introduction: Tessa and Annie and The Accountability Contract
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An introduction to your Here to Save You hosts Tessa Fontaine and Annie Hartnett. We share the details of the "writing accountability contract&qu...