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Regular episodes:
Episode 108: Goddesses confronting authoritarian systems with writer Kateřina Tučková
Episode 107: What does it all mean? With Meghan Nesmith
Episode 106: Indie Bookseller Nicole Brinkley
Episode 105: Jane Campbell on not seeking permission to live your life
Episode 104: Pep Talk for Powering Down
Episode 103: Happy Thanksgiving back
Episode 102: Sneaky perfectionism
Episode 101: New jobs, new books, new routines
Episode 100: Janelle Hardy on stories and somatic healing in the creative process
Episode 96: Yang Huang on doing a little more than your goal and being led by your characters
Episode 95: How it started / How it’s going
Episode 94: Elizabeth Wetmore on following your own path
Episode 92: Tiffany Yates Martin on editing intuitively
Episode 91: Soniah Kamal and Shikha Malaviya on honesty in a long-running writing friendship
Episode 90: Nina LaCour on the value of writing slowly & balancing many projects
Episode 89: A chat with the Marginally Writing Collective
Episode 88: A Marginally statement & an update after a long summer
Episode 87: Divya Kohli on meditation in difficult times and how your book finds you
Episode 86: Book Coach Jennie Nash
Episode 85: Big finishing energy
Episode 84: Jessica Lahey & KJ Dell’Antonia on building a long-lasting writing friendship
Episode 83: Miranda Popkey and Zan Romanoff
Episode 80: Lydia Denworth’s new book on friendship
Episode 78: Meghan’s guide to writing while you’re in school
Episode 77: Olivia’s guide to writing while you travel (mostly for work)
Episode 76: We check-in about our submissions and recent writing
Episode 75: Kate Newburg and Tasha L. Harrison on writing friendships and collaborations
Episode 74: Why it’s okay to say no to NaNo
Episode 73: Marlena author Julie Buntin on friendship
Episode 72: Our origin story & a mini-book club about friendship
Episode 71: Writing Planning with Alicia de los Reyes
Episode 70: Summer’s over & we’re starting a writing group
Episode 69: Courtney Balestier of WMFA
Episode 68: Mary Laura Philpott talks essays, feelings and perfectionism
Episode 66: Process, first drafts, and getting unstuck
Episode 65: Female literary friendships with Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney
Episode 64: Story Arcana with Caroline Donahue
Episode 63: All about retreats
Episode 62: Don’t Believe Everything You Read Online (especially about morning routines)
Episode 61: Creative Focus with Jessica Abel
Episode 60: Give yourself a break
Episode 58: Find joy … or a new schedule
Episode 57: What we found out about other ways of earning money as a writer
Episode 56: Our words & ideas for 2019
Episode 55: The eBook has landed…
Episode 54: Business, being idle and the creative life with Tom Hodgkinson
Episode 53: What we learned about writing and money from a bunch of business books
Episode 52: Some day job news and what it did to our writing
Episode 51: Paul Jarvis on growing your brand intentionally
Episode 50: All the things to think about when deciding whether to quit your day job
Episode 49: What happened after we quit our novels
Episode 47: Following your intuition
Episode 46: What we found out about the golden age of short stories
Episode 45: Our monthly writing check-in, Nanowrimo, and Ursula K. LeGuin
Episode 44: Jane Friedman and the Business of Writing
Episode 43: Four Key Questions on Money & Writing
Episode 41: We’re back – or what we did on our summer vacations
Episode 40: KJ Dell’Antonio and how to be a better parent … and writer
Episode 39: Writer Jean Hannah Edelstein on the value of a day job
Episode 38: Father’s Day chat with historian and writer Fred Allison (aka Olivia’s dad)
Episode 37: We’re taking a break for summer
Episode 36: Teacher, writer and podcast host Jessica Lahey
Episode 35: Book coach and podcaster Caroline Donahue
Episode 34: April/May prompt episode
Episode 33: Poet and publicist Abigail Welhouse
Episode 32: Some tips on revising
Episode 31: Working 9 to 5 (aka why are all the writers so secretive about their day jobs?)
Episode 30: Monthly critique and April writing prompt
Episode 27: Journalist & novelist Hamid Ismailov reminds us why a day job can help with writing
Episode 26: Jan/Feb writing prompt responses + March prompt
Episode 25: The Question of Research
Episode 23: A chat with inspirational filmmaker Ashley Maynor
Episode 22: January/February writing prompts
Episode 21: Brian Katcher on writing for young adults, starting new, and starting over
Episode 20: What’s Working / Everything’s Terrible + Listener Feedback
Episode 18: December prompt responses & January writing prompt
Episode 17: What are your plans for 2018?
Episode 16: What’s on your gift list?
Episode 15: December writing prompt
Episode 14: What does yoga have to do with writing?
Episode 13: The Truth about Thanksgiving
Episode 12: Surviving Thanksgiving, our go-to podcasts, and a writing critique
Episode 11: Alicia de los Reyes on DIY writing retreats, rejection, and being a “real” writer
Episode 10: Nanowrimo, Fashion and a new writing prompt
Episode 9: Making time and space for writing, and how to make NaNoWriMo work for you
Episode 6: A mini-episode with kittens, and our first writing prompt
Episode 5: Journalist Sigrún Davíðsdóttir and the magic of writing
Episode 4: Identity, or How to Be a Writer
Episode 3: Inspiration and Motivation
Episode 2: Don’t Quit Your Day Job