The Secret Library Podcast
By Caroline Donahue
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Most people believe that books are created in cabins all alone, where authors pound away on some manner of keyboard. Then they hand this masterpiece off to a publisher and it feels very much like it goes down a tube and comes out the other side as a book. By speaking to authors and other book lovers, I'm diving into the mystery that is the book world today.
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Profit Equals Permission with Carl Richards
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Attracting Your Best Readers with Billy Broas
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The Cauldron of Emotional Soup with Erika Rasure
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Working Together in a New Way with Heidi Fiedler
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The Thriving Writer with Kern Carter
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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The Art of Money
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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What Do You Want from Writing?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Wrap Up: Publishing in 2023 | Solo Episode
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Writing Dreams for the Screen | AL Berggren
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Children’s Book Publishing Now | Jo Loring-Fisher
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The Emotions of Publication | Huma Qureshi
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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For the Publishing Reluctant Out There | Craig Mod
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Writing a Sure Thing | Jennifer Herrera
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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The Shadow Side of Writing and Publishing | Joanna Penn
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Writing for Right Now | Kerri Maher
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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When Librarians Get Murderous! | Laura Sims
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Humor and Bittersweetness in Fiction | Steven Rowley
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Gifts of Writing | Caroline Donahue
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May 18, 2023 |
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[Replay] Why We Need Writers Over 40 | Kusi Okamura
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May 11, 2023 |
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[Replay] We're All Real Writers | Greta Solomon
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May 04, 2023 |
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The Delight of Genre Fiction | Tamsin Woodward
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Finding Wonder in Self Publishing | Kali Patrick
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Everything as a Possibility | Tara Calihman
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Making Space for Stories to Be Told | Lena McCullough
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Letting Writing Transport You | Anna Schroeder
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Wonder not Control | Aleksandra Merk
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Finding Enchantment in Exhaustion | Katherine May
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Stone Soup: Murk Middle Advice | Sonal Champsee
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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NaNoWriMo and the Murky Middle | Hannah Dennison
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Draft to Draft | Danny Ramadan
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Letting Your Characters Guide You | Richard Osman
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Going There | Emerson Whitney
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Writing Your Way Through | Jasmine Guillory
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Hitchhiking through the Murky Middle | Thomas Kearney
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Writing from Personal Experience | Courtney Zoffness
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Peeling Back the Layers | LaToya Watkins
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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The Messy Middle | Chloe Benjamin
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Evelyn Steinthaler | Austrian Publishing Lessons
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Mary Laura Philpott | Publishing from the Bomb Shelter
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Renée Belliveau | Publication, Canadian Style
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Jacqueline Winspear | Publishing a Series
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Danielle Lazarin | Writing in the Dark
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Melissa Fu | Transformation via Traditional Publication
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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A.L. Berggren | The Publication Project
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Kemi Nekvapil | Empowered Publication
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Rewards of Writing
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Being Comfortable With Risk
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Letting Writing Go
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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The Corona Effect
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Teaching
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Boundaries and Burnout
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Creative Fuel
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Mindset
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Time
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Day Jobs
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Caroline Donahue | Balancing Visibility
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Panel Discussion | How I Wrote a Novel in 2020
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Mia P. Manansala | Visibility and Community
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Nikka Karli | Honoring the Magic
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Raynor Winn | Becoming a Visible Writer
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Claire Harnett-Mann | How You Share the Story
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Natalie Goldberg | Three Simple Lines
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Alexandra Franzen | The Many Ways to be Visible
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Caroline Donahue | The Boat Explosion Principle
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Sarah Selecky | Going Through the Portal
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Helen Redfern | Writing and Boundaries
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Amy Cooper-Wright | The Fancy Notebook Challenge
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Amie McNee | Staying Inspired to Write
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Jacqueline Winspear | This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Greta Solomon | We're All Real Writers
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Emily Nagoski | Writing and Burnout
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Tana French | Hope In Hard Times
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Kemi Nekvapil | Asking For What We Need
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Rachael Stephen | Containing the Story
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Esmé Weijun Wang | For Ambitious Writers Living with Limitations
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Sarah Von Bargen | Efforts Not Outcomes
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Trina O'Gorman | Writing For Self vs. Other
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Season 3 Teaser
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Caroline Donahue | My Next Draft
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May 14, 2020 |
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Susannah Conway | Revision and Memory
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May 07, 2020 |
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Simon van Booy | Approaching the End
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Sue Monk Kidd | Following Your Characters
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Stephanie Scott | Finding Fiction in Facts
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Julie Parker | Priestess of Revision
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Hannah Dennison | The Secrets of Revision
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Tasha Harrison | Revise like an Editor
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Manda Scott | Writing in Tough Times
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Sarah Selecky | Making Magic with Revision
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Marginally | Revision Method + Madness
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Sarah-Jane Stratford | Revision and History
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Chip Cheek | Revision is Writing
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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J Thorn + Rachael Herron | Revision Nitty Gritty
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Jade Chang | Set Yourself up for Revision Success
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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#159 Elizabeth Duvivier | The LIVE Episode
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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#158 Writing Women in History | Philippa Gregory
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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#157 The Creative Cave | Caroline Donahue
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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#156 : The Goal of a Book | Meg Wolitzer
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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#155 : The Hardest Book I Ever Wrote | Ruth Reichl
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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#154 : Finding Fresh Language + A New Publishing Model | Greta Solomon
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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#153 : Finding a Writing Group | Judy Reeves
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May 30, 2019 |
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#152: From Editor to Novelist | Anna Pitoniak
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May 23, 2019 |
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#151 : When Memoir Takes You By Surprise | Allison Pataki
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May 16, 2019 |
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#150 : The Glorious First Draft Mess | Chip Cheek
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May 09, 2019 |
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#149 : Cracking the Code of Anne Lister | Anne Choma
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May 02, 2019 |
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#148 : Putting Sexuality at the Center | Saskia Vogel
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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#147 : Trusting Your Editor | Martine Fournier Watson
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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#146 : Why We Need Writers Over 40 | Kusi Okamura
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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#145 : How to Disappear | Akiko Busch
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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#144 : Staying Motivated through Dark Places | Jacqueline Winspear
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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#143: Writing the Salt Path | Raynor Winn
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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#142: The Trial of Lizzie Borden | Cara Robertson
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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#141: Fiction Revolution & New Clone City | Mike Hembury
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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#140 : Breaking Through Writer's Block | Jasper Fforde
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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#139: Point of View | Christopher Castellani
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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#138: The Truth in Fiction | Lauren Wilkinson
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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#137: The Curse of Ambition (+Tarot!) | Theresa Reed
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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#136: Writing When Life Happens | Caroline Wright
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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#135 :: Writer as Company of One | Paul Jarvis
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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#134 :: Writing Intimidating Characters | David Gillham
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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#133 :: Writing Confessions | Caroline Donahue
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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#132 :: Bullet Journaling for Writers | Ryder Carroll
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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#131 :: Intentions for the Year Ahead | Susannah Conway
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Dec 27, 2018 |
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#130 :: How to Write Science Fiction | Mary Robinette Kowal
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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#129 :: I Miss You When I Blink | Mary Laura Philpott
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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#128 :: It Takes a Village | A.J. Jacobs
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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#127 :: Mining History for Science Fiction | Ada Palmer
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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#126:: How to Work With an Editor | NY Book Editors
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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#125 : Writers, Keep Your Day Job | Sarah St. Vincent
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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#124 :: Your Book as an Audiobook | Rachel Fulginiti
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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#123 :: Hacking NaNoWriMo | Tasha Harrison
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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#122 :: The Importance of Trying | Alexandra Franzen
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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#121 :: The Library Book | Susan Orlean
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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#120 :: Using Tarot for Writing | Jessa Crispin
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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#119 :: How to Write a Good Story | Simon Van Booy
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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118 :: Writing through Grief | Allie Rowbottom
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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#117 :: How to Write Nonfiction | Joanna Penn
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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#116 :: The Courage to Call Yourself a Writer | Amy Alkon
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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#115 :: Power to the Poetry | Anne Waldman
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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#114 :: Reading and Writing History | Diana Gabaldon
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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#113 Donal Ryan
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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#112 :: Finding the Story of Your Novel | Lucy Tan
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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BONUS :: July Reads with Mary Laura Philpott
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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#111 :: Trusting Your Process | Keith Gessen
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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#110 :: Difficult characters + sticky situations | Edan Lepucki + Jim Butcher
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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#109 :: Getting the Details Right | Rebecca Makkai
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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#108 :: Writing about Real People | Michelle Kuo
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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#107 :: Writing a Large Cast of Characters | Chibundu Onuzo
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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#106 :: Travel and Setting | Stephanie Rosenbloom + Lauren Weisberger
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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#105 :: The Biz of Writing | Scott Carney (+ Harmon Leon + Ted Rall)
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May 31, 2018 |
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#104 :: Facing Your Fears | Amber Rae + Madeline Miller
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May 24, 2018 |
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#103 :: Fatherhood in Fiction | Catherine Isaac + Tom Rachman
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May 17, 2018 |
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#102 :: Building a Business around Books | Chris Guillebeau + Tom Hodgkinson
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May 10, 2018 |
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#101 The Adventure of Publishing | Ezzie Spencer and Meaghan O'Connell
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May 03, 2018 |
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#100 :: When the Book Finally Comes Out | Sarah Selecky (+ Mary Laura Philpott Book Recs)
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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#99 :: Creating a Writing Life in France | ML Longworth
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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#98 :: The Editing Adventure | Elaine Castillo
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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#97 :: Co-Writing a Book | Emily Thompson and Kathleen Shannon
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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#96 :: Starting a Writing Career after 40 | Kit De Waal
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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#95 :: Translation and the Mystery of Swedish Crime Novels | Henning Koch + Lars Kepler
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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#94 :: The Story of the 19th Amendment | Elaine Weiss
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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#93 :: The Magic of the Absurd | Lord Birthday
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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#92 :: How to Thrill Your Reader | Ben Percy
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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#91 :: Writing About Iran | Jasmin Darznik
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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#90 :: Succeeding Slowly | Jojo Moyes
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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#89 Danielle Lazarin Talks Back about Back Talk
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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#88 I Wrote it Anyway
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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#87 Paula Priamos Turns Suspense Inside Out
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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#86 Chloe Benjamin on the Immortalists
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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#85 Cecil Castellucci on Writing for Young People
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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#84 Joanna Penn on building a full-time writing life.
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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#83 Anu Partanen on the Nordic Theory of Writing
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Dec 28, 2017 |
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#82 Mark Frauenfelder on Broad-Spectrum Enthusiasm
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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#81 Malu Halasa on redefining American Fiction
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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#80 Sandra Scofield gets you to the Last Draft
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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#79 David Rocklin on finding a novel in a photograph.
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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#78 Lisa Cron on Writing from the Why
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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#77 Piper Huguley Expands History
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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#76 Fran Krause on Our Deep Dark Fears
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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#75 Steven Tagle on Fulbrights for Writers
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Nov 02, 2017 |
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#74 Crushing NaNoWriMo with Kate Newburg + Tasha Harrison
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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#73 Victor LaValle on Amazing Stories read While Young
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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#72 Scott O'Connor teaches in my living room
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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#71 Patricia Park on Trusting the Process
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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#70 Joe Fassler Lights the Dark
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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#69 Paul McVeigh on How a Story is Born
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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#68 Gabriela Pereira on to MFA or not to MFA
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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#67 Scott Stabile on the Rawness of Real Life
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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#66 Kim Krans August Archive Episode
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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#65 Susan Orlean August Archive Episode
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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#64 V.E. Schwab August Archive Episode
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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#63 Natashia Deon August Archive Episode
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Aug 13, 2017 |
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#62 Sarah Selecky August Archive episode
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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#61 Kameron Hurley on the Feminist Geek Revolution
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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#60 Megan Hannum goes Draft by Draft
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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#59 J. Ryan Stradal explores the Middle
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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#58: Dal Kular on being at the beginning of the writing process
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Jul 06, 2017 |
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#57 Wesley Brown on Dialogue, Fiction, and Jazz
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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#56 Doree Shafrir on Startup and Satire
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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#55 Autumn Witt Boyd Demystifies Book Contracts
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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#54 Manjula Martin on Getting Paid as a Writer
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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#53 Jade Chang on Where Fiction and Real Life Collide
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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#52 Bari Tessler on the Price of Publishing
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May 25, 2017 |
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#51 Ruby Warrington on Material Girl Mystical World
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May 18, 2017 |
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#50 Natalie Obando and the Mysteries of Good PR
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May 11, 2017 |
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#49 Rob Cohen & Christine Roth Revolutionize Publishing
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May 04, 2017 |
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#48 Madelyn Kent Unlocks Writers Block with the Body
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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#47 Cory Doctorow on Walkaway and the Future of Publishing
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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#46 Guinevere de la Mare and The Silent Book Club
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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#45 Katie Dalebout on After the Book Deal
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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#44 Susan Orlean on Making Writing Your Career
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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#43 Ben Winters takes on Trump with Fiction
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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#42 Ezzie Spencer on Writing by the Light of the Moon
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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#41 Elizabeth Hess on Writing About Animals
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Mar 09, 2017 |
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#40 Paul Scheuring goes from Screenwriter to Novelist
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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#39 Tasha Harrison on how to write a sex scene
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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#38 V.E. Schwab on Writing Through Fear
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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#37 Alexandra Franzen on Hope & Making it Through
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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#36 Kim Cooper on Writing from History and Weirdos
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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#35 Amy Kuretsky on the Healthy Writer
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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#34 Scott Carney on journalism, writing books, & rolling in snow
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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#33 Kate Newburg has you covered on Digital Covers
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Jan 12, 2017 |
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#32 J.H. Moncrieff writes the next Gone Girl
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Jan 05, 2017 |
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#31 Kim Krans from The Wild Unknown
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Dec 29, 2016 |
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#30 Sarah Selecky on Joyous Revision
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Dec 22, 2016 |
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#29 Susannah Conway on Creating Non-Fiction Books
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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#28 Gary Wilson on Structure and Novels
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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#27 Lucy Bellwood on Kickstarter and Comics
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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#11 Minisode from Dal
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Nov 29, 2016 |
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#26 Theresa Reed on The Tarot Coloring Book
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Nov 24, 2016 |
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#25 Terra Chalberg on Finding an Agent
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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#24 Meghan Dowell on Reading and Media Bubbles
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Nov 10, 2016 |
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#10 Minisode from Marissa
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Nov 08, 2016 |
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#23 Heidi Fiedler Rocks Structure and Kids Books
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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#9 Minisode from Kristy
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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#22 Mary Laura Philpott on Making it Funny
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Oct 27, 2016 |
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#8 Minisode from Logan
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Oct 25, 2016 |
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#21 Colette Lafia on Memoir and a Monk
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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#7 Minisode from Jane
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Oct 18, 2016 |
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#20 Michelle Wetzel from Inside the High School Library
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Oct 13, 2016 |
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#6 Minisode from Jess
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Oct 11, 2016 |
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#19 Erin Jourdan on Stunt Journalism
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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#5 Minisode: Dear Book Dr. from Genevieve
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Oct 04, 2016 |
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#18 Natashia Deón on Fiction and Grace
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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#4 Minisode: Dear Book Dr. from Megan
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Sep 27, 2016 |
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#17 Krysta Williams on Art Books and Photography
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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#3 Minisode: Dear Book Dr. from Sheryl
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Sep 20, 2016 |
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#16 Lindsay Smith on Working With an Editor
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Sep 15, 2016 |
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#2 Minisode: Dear Book Dr. from Mara
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Sep 13, 2016 |
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#15: Janelle Hardy on Personal Mythmaking
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Sep 08, 2016 |
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#1 Minisode: Dear Book Dr. from Arthur
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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#14 April Peveteaux Goes From Blog to Book Deal
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Sep 01, 2016 |
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#13: LeAnna Smith on the Secrets of Cover Design
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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#12 Sarah Selecky on Where the Magic Comes From
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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#11 Tosh Berman on Butter, Sparks, Translation and Other Madness
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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#10 Julia Callahan on Small Press Publishing
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Aug 04, 2016 |
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#9 Elora Ramirez says Everything You Need to Hear Right Now
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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#8 Ruth Bernstein and the Future of Libraries
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Jul 21, 2016 |
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#7 Milda Harris on Self-Publishing and Writing a Serial Novel
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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#6 Christina Orlando is Your Monthly Muse
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Jul 07, 2016 |
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#5 Catherine Theis on Reading Poetry Before Coffee
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Jul 01, 2016 |
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#4 Edan Lepucki talks Novels and Writing After the Colbert Bump
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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#3 Sam Potts on the Secrets of Interior Book Design
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Jun 15, 2016 |
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#2 Esmé Weijun Wang :: The Border of Paradise
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May 26, 2016 |
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#1 Bari Tessler and The Art of Money
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May 15, 2016 |