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The eBook has landed

Olivia December 24, 2018 No Comments

Today’s episode takes you through our Seven Days To A Writing Routine eBook. You can get the eBook with lots of worksheets by signing up for our newsletter (check out the sidebar on your right), or follow along and do it yourself.

We are really excited to share this podcast with you, and we also want to plug Katherine from Olive Apple Moss for the beautiful illustrations.

We’d love to hear what you think and if you have other routine hacks that you’d like to share with us.

Sign up for the newsletter to get the ebook with all the worksheets, and listen and check out the full show notes here, or in your favorite podcast app.

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We talk creativity, business and idleness with Tom Hodgkinson in Episode 54

Olivia December 17, 2018 No Comments

In this week’s episode, we had the great opportunity to quiz Tom Hodgkinson on all our questions about his life and work philosophy and his much-beloved (by us) books, How to be Idle and Business for Bohemians. We really enjoyed the conversation with him, and it got us all fired up to start a zine!

Listen and check out the full show notes here, or in your favorite podcast app.

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New pep talks!

Meghan December 10, 2018 No Comments

Winter holidays are tough, whether they’re joyful on balance or not, and this year is no exception. Travel, end-of-year work push, family, kids off school — there’s a lot going on. Not to mention the inevitable retrospection, the adding up of all you’ve accomplished and not over the past year. So today, instead of a regular episode, we’re bringing you several pep talks — stocking stuffers for your ears. We hope these pep talks speak to you and whatever you need this season as much as they did for us.

The pep talks (#12-15) can be found here, along with all our pep talks.

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For Episode 53, we read all the business books

Meghan December 3, 2018 No Comments

Episode 53 is up, and we’re talking about alllll the business books. We read them so you don’t have to, but we definitely have our favorites we think you’d love, too. Listen and check out the full show notes here, or in your favorite podcast app.

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Episode 52 is here to share our big day job news

Olivia November 26, 2018 No Comments

In Episode 52, we cover some great real-life stuff in a candid (read: very lightly edited) conversation.

We talk about the big day job news we were super shady about a month ago, and then we talk about how that’s changed our approach to our writing. We specifically like how making a big choice in your personal life can take away the pressure of making choices in your creative life – it’s weirdly freeing. And we talk about feeling like a writer when you’re too busy/sick to write much, and how the daydreaming and thinking about your novel is part of the novel, too.

You can find the episode and show notes here.

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Episode 51 is all about growth

Olivia November 19, 2018 No Comments

In today’s episode, we talk to Paul Jarvis, whose new book Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing in Business is all about growing in a way that’s best for you and your audience. We love applying his lessons – like how to sell and market if you’re an introvert, and how to know if you’re just scared or something isn’t right – to the creative life.

The full show notes are here.

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A conversation with Manjula Martin

Meghan October 29, 2018 No Comments

Episode 48 is up, and we’re so excited about our guest, Manjula Martin. Manjula’s anthology, Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living , would be required reading if this podcast was a class, and she has so much to say about making room for creative projects and following your interests. Listen and check out the full show notes here, or in your favorite podcast app.

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Quitting or moving on? On listening to your intution

Meghan October 15, 2018 No Comments

Episode 47 is up, and we’re talking about when you know it’s time to move on, and why quitting isn’t always a bad thing. Listen and check out the full show notes here, or in your favorite podcast app. And let us know — how do you feel about letting go? What are your favorite resources for tapping into intuition?

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Writing check-ins, Nanowrimo, and Ursula K. LeGuin

Meghan October 1, 2018 No Comments

This week, we spend some time checking in with each other on our writing, and answer a couple of listeners’ questions about whether or not we’re doing National Novel Writing Month. Then, we wrap up with a discussion of a speech by Ursula K. LeGuin and what it could mean for writers with day jobs. Check out the episode and full show notes here, and remember to rate and review (and subscribe) in your favorite podcast app.

Comment your own writing update here on this post!

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A conversation with Jane Friedman about the business of writing

Meghan September 24, 2018 No Comments

Episode 44 is out today, and we’re super stoked to share our chat with Jane Friedman (!), publishing industry expert and the author of The Business of Writing, producer of the excellent Hot Sheet industry newsletter, creative nonfiction author, coach, entrepreneur, and a million other fantastic things.

Listen and get the full show notes here. You can also listen on iTunes,Stitcher,Google Play, or wherever get your podcasts.