A conversation with Jane Friedman about the business of writing

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.

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Episode 36 with #AmWriting host, Jess Lahey

We interviewed Jessica Lahey, a teacher, writer and co-host from the wonderful #AmWriting podcast. Jess talked us through how keeping her day job keeps her writing and ideas fresh, the difficulties of writing when she’s on the road on speaking tours. She gives some good tips on how to balance speaking gigs and freelance work, should you be looking to go that direction. And she has great advice on being kind to yourself and living a writing life, and the importance of writing friendships.

You can find Jess at jessicalahey.com, on her publisher Harper Collins’s site for The Gift of Failure here, on Twitter, on Instagram and on Facebook.

You can find her and KJ Dell’Antonia at their podcast #AmWriting’s on iTunes or on AudioBoom.

Get the show notes and listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episode 12 is up, and we try to help you (and us) survive Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving week to those in or from the United States, and happy penultimate day of November to everyone else. We’re so grateful for each and every one of you!

This week, we give some podcast recommendations in response to a listener question, and we do a mini-critique session for this month’s writing prompt. Then we wrap up with nine tips for surviving Thanksgiving (or any busy or disruptive period). Watch this space for the full set of tips later this week, as well as our writing prompt responses.

Click over here for the full show notes, and as always, you can get Marginally on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or wherever get your podcasts.

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