Episodes

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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 99: Emily Midorikawa on Victorian spiritualists, libraries, nonfiction, and writing and parenthood

Episode 98: Judith Warner’s advice for writing middle-grade, for managing perfectionism … and a lot more

Episode 97: How we revise

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 93: Pandemic check-in

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 82: Revisiting the Day Job Discussion (& going deep on how to transition between two plot lines)

Episode 81: Getting unstuck

Episode 80: Lydia Denworth’s new book on friendship

Episode 79: New Year check-in

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 67: Break for summer

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 59: Tasha L. Harrison

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 48: Manjula Martin

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 42: Season 2 Preview

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 29: Short stories

Episode 28: A mini episode 

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 24: Pep Talk debut!

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 19: So jealous

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 8: Scary (for us)

Episode 7: Keeping It Real

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

Episode 1: Let’s Talk About Margins

Episode 0: Introducing Marginally