Why Authors Write

By Mary J Cronin

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Episodes: 27

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In candid conversations with bestselling authors, Why Authors Write goes behind the covers to get inside creative minds and find out what propels these authors to keep on writing, from inspiration to publication.

 

Join Mary J. Cronin and co-hosts Kristie Dickinson, Sara Standon, and Becca Cronin as we dive into the personal backstories that make a writer’s work unforgettable. Follow along on the path that authors travel, from that irresistible spark of an idea, through overcoming frustration and sometimes tear-your-hair out writer's block, to finding the confidence and flow to get a book over the finish line. 

 

We dig deep to ask the questions you are curious about: Where do your best plot ideas come from? Is that villain based on a real-life character? How long does it take you to get from the book’s starting line to publication?  And much, much more.

 

If you want to find out what inspires your favorite authors to keep on writing, subscribe now so you won’t miss out on a single episode.

Looking for more details on your favorite authors and interviews?  Visit Mary’s website: 4QCatalyst for Why Authors Write show notes, author clips and quotes, and previews of future episodes.   


Episode Date
Eric Jay Dolin on Surviving "The Wreck of the Mentor"
Aug 21, 2026
Senaa Ahmad on Twisting History in "The Age of Calamities"
Aug 07, 2026
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow on "Names Have Been Changed"
Jul 24, 2026
Julie Dalton on Loss & Hope in "The Forest Becomes Her"
Jul 10, 2026
Benny B. Peterson on "The Maidenheads"
Jun 26, 2026
Ellery Adams on "Invasive Species"
Jun 19, 2026
Anthony Tardiff on AI and "The Final System"
Jun 12, 2026
Emily Franklin on "Love & Other Monsters"
Jun 05, 2026
Susan Donovan Bernhard on "Westerly"
May 29, 2026
Kyleigh Leddy on "Worse Than Strangers"
May 22, 2026
Jessica Keener on Evening Begins the Day
May 15, 2026
M.L. Rio's Wild Trip Writing "Hot Wax"
May 08, 2026
Chrisopher Mirabile on The Washashore and Its Hero
May 01, 2026
Chloe Howarth on Heap Earth Upon It
Apr 24, 2026
Lori Gold on Crafting Kiss, Marry, Kill
Apr 17, 2026
Ben Shattuck on The History of Sound
Apr 10, 2026
Julie Dobrow on Love and Loss After Wounded Knee
Apr 03, 2026
Marriage and Monuments: Writing About Lives in Chaos
Mar 27, 2026
Daphne Kalotay and Short Story Power in The Archivists
Mar 20, 2026
Why Eric Dolin Preserves the Shocking Reality of Left for Dead
Mar 13, 2026
Why Leah Cohen's "To & Fro" Meets in the Middle
Mar 06, 2026
Why and How Chris Castellani Wrote Last Seen & Leading Men
Feb 27, 2026
Premee Mohamed Writing Fantasy, Horror, Magic & More
Feb 20, 2026
Annie Hartnett, The Road to Tender Hearts
Feb 13, 2026
The Cat's Meow, Jonathan Losos
Feb 06, 2026
Kantika: Gripping Immigration Story and Unforgettable Novel
Jan 30, 2026
All the Reasons WHY
Jan 29, 2026