Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey. Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is a weekly writing podcast that focuses on memoir and personal writing, as well as industry trends and tips and resources for writers and authors. Memoir Nation features a segment called Substackin’ at the end of eac ...
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Short, daily podcast of encouragement and advice on winning NaNoWriMo.
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Daily update on progress by a writer taking part in Nanowrimo.
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Marcus NaNoWriMo Cover art photo provided by Nahil Naseer on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@nahilnaseer
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A series of encouraging short podcasts about writing and overcoming hurdles, for first time novelists, from English author M. G. Leonard.
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Two over-committed and under-rested writers share their NaNoWriMo journey.
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Piers Langland is a mild mannered paint salesman with one burning passion. He aspires to be a famous author. Each November he looks forward to entering The National Novel Writer Month competition. To be a winner in NaNoWriMo he must write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days, a tall order for any writer. Turns out, it is an especially tall order for our hero. Join Piers as he struggles to choose a topic for his novel before he can begin his epic task. Vampires or space opera, romance or pulp ficti ...
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What better way to celebrate Halloween then spending the entire next month staring into a blank page while screaming? If that sounds pleasing, welcome to NaNoWriMo! This is a daily writing tips audio blog which will be releasing 10-20 minute episodes through the coming month of November. The focus will be on smoothing out the writing process and tricks for heaving yourself out of the many ruts that may pucker the next 30 days.
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Write Your Damn Novel (formerly How to Win NaNo) is a no-nonsense guide to writing a novel in 30 days. Like it or not November comes every year, but don't you worry — your hosts are here for you! Kristina Horner and Liz Leo are 'writing-50k-words-in-a-month' experts (and lifelong writing friends) with a passion for helping people write their damn novel. Join them each week as they share their personal tips, tricks and other things they've learned over almost two decades of consecutive NaNoWr ...
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The second season of Word Maze is all about writing fiction. Join Pilar during NaNoWriMo. Writing, struggling, reading (favourite mode of procrastination) and podcasting her journey. Happy 50k if you're also Nanoing!
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The Ramblings of an Undisciplined Mind podcast is where author Keith Hughes talks about writing, NaNoWriMo, what annoys him on the interwebz, or any other topic that strikes his fancy. Recorded quasi-daily (6 days a week) on his commute, RoaUMP is spontaneous and totally unscripted.
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Treat your writing like a blue collar job. Doctors don't get doctor block and ditch diggers don't get ditch digger block, and working writers can't get writer's block. Business and humor.
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Scarlet is a princess. A request for aid from the Mouse Queen sends her, Captain Bear, and Sergeant Mouse on an adventure through magical tunnels and pastor lands in order to save the Mouse Queen from the diabolical Beast. This book was originally serialized on Colbyjack.net as part of NaNoWriMo 2010. A podcast reading also exists at Colbyjack.net
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A podcast that ran from April 2020 to July 2021 featuring: 1) In-depth conversations with fellow writers about their work (mostly their novels, which I read cover to cover!) 2) Discussions of the nitty-gritty of writing - is it really a joy? 3) Advice for new and aspiring writers - as in how to write a novel New episodes due in 2024! Let me know what you would like to hear on my new blog at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18857302.Mark_Carew @Mark__Carew
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Welcome to EduCreativity, where you are free to be wacky, be random, and be YOU!!
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Three friends gather weekly to discuss the creative process, and have a good tine. Tune in on Friday for new episodes,. Please share and subscribe.
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The Blogger to Author Podcast helps content creators plan, write, and publish books that help them build authority, credibility, and their businesses.
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The LitTheory podcast exists to center and celebrate the art of Black storytelling. Join your host and your homegirl, Bethany Nicole on a weekly chat about the books, movies, and TV shows that have shaped us.
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A podcast about ALL types of writing and writers, hosted by Marisa delle Farfalle.
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My journey from writer to author and all the adventures along the way.
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Avi and Mal, a journalist and novelist, talk about writing, current events, and highly personal things. Cover art photo provided by Koushik Chowdavarapu on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@koushikc
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We’re Lucy and Robin, and this podcast chronicles our journey from amatuer writers to published authors. (Formerly Write For Me, Write for You)
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Season Three: Discover Your Creative Ecosystem Artist & writer Sarah Shotts shares the messy middle of her creative process. www.sarahdshotts.com www.instagram.com/sarahdshotts
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One of the largest music libraries in podcasting today.
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Kate and Abbie Emmons are sisters, best friends, and authors on a mission to help you stoke your creative fire and live the life of your dreams.
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AshleyDannie's biggest passion since she was a kid (other than Disney) is reading and writing. Join her every week as she dives into young adult literature as she looks at already written books and shares her own writing adventure. Take a break from reality with her every week on Saturdays! You can find my show on the Limitless Podcast Network! For more information please visit www.LimitlessBroadcasting.com!
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Little Things is a podcast about creativity, culture, motherhood, self-care, and ex-pat life hosted by writer Koseli Cummings. Episodes every Tuesday. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/little-things/support
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Three writers—a recovering academic, a writing professional, and a megaconsumer—take on Riting Communities, those online communities full of writers and terrible advice. Along the way (be warned, dear listener) there will be jokes, as well as some de minimis amount of Actual Writing Advice. Updates every other Wednesday.
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Join us(Britany[she/her], Lilithe[they/she/he], and Ambyr[they/she/he]) as we talk about everything from movies and internet drama, to video games and the occult. This podcast is set up to be like you’re having a seat with us at lunch, you know….at that one table with all the weird kids who were always way too loud and didn’t care what people thought of them. We hope you’ll join us biweekly for always fun, sometimes deep conversations.
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POW = Procrastinate or Write! Jenni and Marc have been friends for years. We’re writing a book. We talk about our writing project and why we’re not writing enough. This is a podcast for the discerning writer who wants to write, but is easily distracted. We feel your pain. Join us on our journey to creative fulfillment...often helped by gin
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The first 5 minute podcast for ELA teachers to play in class! REAL student writers share their writing, writing reflections, and writing tips. Inspired by voices from the Write About community–share your writing at WriteAbout.com
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The Nonfiction Authors Podcast brings you guest experts selected to provide you with actionable advice to help you write, finish, market, publish, promote, and profit from your books. The podcast is hosted by Carla King and brought to you by the Nonfiction Authors Association, a professional organization for nonfiction authors.
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While using technology in the classroom will be a major highlight of this podcast, it will also highlight the amazing teaching that is happening in the Mill Creek Community School Corporation and how they are helping to "build" Cadets. Cadet Architects is hosted by Matt Miller, Fivestar Technology Solutions eCoach / Innovative Learning Specialist at Mill Creek Community Schools in west-central Indiana. Follow him on twitter at @dropstepdunk You can see the great teaching and learning that ha ...
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Author Kim Wilkes shares her experience as a survivor of sexual abuse and teaches you how to find peace in healing from PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Personal stories, conversations, and guided meditations to help you overcome past trauma and embrace your healing journey. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kim-wilkes/support
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Convos with Creative People is a podcast about creative paths and processes. Each episode we chat with creators of all genres and mediums about writing, art, design, marketing, music, podcasting, and more. Hosted by Jolene Haley and Brian LeTendre. _____________________________________________ CWCP Theme music by AlexiAction from Pixabay
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Welcome to "Fiction Hack," where hosts Colin Munro and Ross Lawhead geek out about all things storytelling! We dive into movies like "Die Hard" and "Ready Player One," TV shows like "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who," and legendary writers like Charles Dickens and Stan Lee. From iconic moments like Jumping the Shark to creative concepts like Chekhov's Gun, we break down what makes your favorite stories tick. Tune in for fun, lively discussions that make you laugh and learn. If you love stories, yo ...
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As we got together in 2015, just a couple of friends with the same or partially the same interests, we decided that there is not enough done for the promotions of stories. Sure there are some interview blogs, sure there are some Youtube promotional video’s, but there didn’t seem to be any long-term in-depth telling of the story itself. And podcasts being audio, reading in the first pages of each story was the first thing that came to mind. But we didn’t want to stop there. We also wanted to ...
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STORM THE GATES OF PUBLISHING with VP and literary agent Amanda Luedeke and novelist Charis Crowe. Teaming up to talk about both sides of publishing (self-publishing and traditional), Amanda and Charis share their combined twenty years of experience in the industry from both sides of the desk. They offer a glimpse behind the "gates" as they share the realities, opportunities, and difficulties of the publishing world. Amanda Luedeke is literary agent and Vice President at MacGregor and Luedek ...
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"The best way to survive is to turn everything into hilarity." - Ursula Vernon In this episode we dive into the chaotic world of writing, marketing, and the ups and downs of self-publishing. Mur shares her recent trip to Maryland for Independent Bookstore Day, and Ursula catches us up on Swordheart's launch. Self promotion is hard, ya'll. Highlight…
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Vauhini Vara on Where Self Meets Technology
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49:31This week’s show is a fun and fascinating consideration of all the ways we’re shaped by technology and how we are technological beings, more and more with each passing year. Grant and Brooke share their earliest internet, email, and social media interactions, and connect with guest Vauhini Vara, whose new book, Searches, explores our online footpri…
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Amanda Knox on Reclaiming Your Story on Your Terms
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56:00This week, Amanda Knox granted us a special interview that delves into the power of memoir to reclaim your own narrative. This episode touches upon themes that run through Amanda’s new memoir—about what it means to be free, how we live with the stories that are told about us, and how memoir can be a vehicle to release yourself from the stories othe…
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Nicole Graev Lipson on Self as a Fictional Character
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47:33On the heels of Mother’s Day, tune into Memoir Nation this week for a conversation about *mother as character*—among many other potential characters any one of us might be on the page. Guest Nicole Graev Lipson explores the idea of where fiction ends and truth begins when you’re a woman through this fascinating conversation prompted by her recent m…
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Jill Ciment on What It Means to Reconsider a Memoir?
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37:57This week on Memoir Nation, Jill Ciment joins us to talk about what it means to reconsider a previously written memoir, and what that says about the nature of truth. We’re diving into the unreliability of truth, how we see things differently over time, and the nature of memoir as a flawed container for our stories. We’re also two weeks into the reb…
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[DD] Navigating Agents, Rights, and Reality
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55:01"If you can tolerate the boring and lonely, then hopefully you'll be rewarded on the other side." - Ursula Vernon In this episode of Ditch Diggers, Mur and Ursula navigate the chaotic world of freelancing, taxes, and the ups and downs of being a writer. They discuss the recent Hugo nominations (two for Ursula, one for Mur!), share insights into the…
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Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner present: Write-Minded Is Now Memoir Nation
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22:31We’ve been waiting a long time to make this announcement, and the day is finally here. Write-minded is rebranding as Memoir Nation—and along with Memoir Nation the podcast comes Memoir Nation the community and website, and an annual event we’ll be kicking off in January called JanYourStory. On this week’s episode, Grant and Brooke share the news, a…
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[DD] Weeping Bunkers and Writing Woes; Surviving the Creative Chaos
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41:15"Sometimes the best way to survive is to turn everything into hilarity." - Ursula Vernon Transcript S.11 Ep.2 In this episode of Ditch Diggers, join hosts Mur and Ursula as they navigate the chaotic world of freelancing, taxes, and the ups and downs of being a writer. They discuss the recent Hugo nominations, share insights into their creative proc…
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How to Read in Public, featuring Jorah LaFleur
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46:33Writers, authors, you do not want to miss these great insights about reading on stage, taking up space, and generally being yourself—only amplified—when you read your work in public. Guest Jorah LaFleur brings a wealth of encouragement and permission, along with some great tips to improve your presence when you perform or read aloud. Learn more abo…
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Write What You Know, featuring Betsy Lerner
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45:46This week we’re featuring longtime agent and publishing pro Betsy Lerner on her debut novel, Shred Sisters. We talk about being an industry insider and whether that gives you a leg up, as well as the old adage to write what you know. Betsy shares with us how her lived experience shows up in this book, noting that Freud would have a field day—and be…
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Brooke & Grant on Miranda July’s All Fours
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32:42A few weeks back, Grant suggested Write-minded dedicate a whole episode to All Fours, by Miranda July—and we decided to do it. This week Brooke and Grant explore All Fours as a novel of a generation, and talk about who Miranda July is, why the book has hit such a zeitgeist moment, and whether publishers can anticipate or make these kinds of success…
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You’re Going to Have Feelings About Publishing, featuring Kate McKean
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44:09Write-minded delves into publishing again in this week’s show, specifically focused on traditional publishing and the feelings that are part of the journey. Brooke and Grant connect with literary Kate McKean about her new book, Write Through It, which really is a roadmap to everything you want to know about how to stay the course on your publishing…
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Shapeshifting, featuring Lidia Yuknavitch
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43:55This week we invite one of our favorite authors, Lidia Yuknavitch, back to Write-minded to discuss her new book, Reading the Waves, as well as how we can re-envision and reimagine our past experiences through the practice of asking questions and reconsidering what we think we know. “Shapeshifting” is Lidia’s word, and the book (as well as this conv…
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Episode 150: 7 Easy Ways To Add SUSPENSE To Your Story
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28:46Want to keep your readers on the edge of their seats? In this episode of The Kate and Abbie Show, we’re breaking down 7 easy ways to add suspense to your story and make it impossible to put down.From building tension through your character’s deepest fears to raising the stakes with a ticking clock, these powerful storytelling techniques will help y…
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Writing to Save Your Life, featuring Samina Ali
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41:27This week’s episode tells the story of a dramatic and traumatic story, and how writing played a central role in recovery and changing the outcome of one author’s life. This week’s episode is an epic tale as much as it is interview, and it will change the way you think of the power of writing to charge your neurons and heal your mind—not to mention …
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If part of why you write is because you have some things to share from a life well- or hard- or fully lived, then you’re in good company. Personal writing is about connection, and making sense of our experience, and this week’s guest, Sari Botton, knows a thing or two about what brings writers to the page. She is a champion of personal writing and …
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The Suburban Novel, featuring Tom Perrotta
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51:28There’s a caveat out the gate here, which is that in this week’s interview, Tom Perrotta stipulates that he writes about people and communities and the dramas that unfold—in places that just happen to be the suburbs. That said, we’re bringing you a great and often funny conversation with Perrotta about his decades of work, how his character Tracy F…
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Infusing Mystery into Literary Fiction, featuring Jean Kwok
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43:46This week's guest is Jean Kwok, a writer known for writing literary thrillers, which is the blending of literary writing and mystery, resulting in tension-filled books with exciting twists. Jean brings fantastic insights into complex literary structures and the importance of knowing what you’re doing. A fun listen for anyone who loves their mysteri…
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Episode 149: How to Craft a Heartbreaking Villain's Backstory
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29:09Struggling to create a tragic villain backstory that tugs your reader's heartstrings? In this podcast, we'll show you how to write a villain with depth, exploring backstory techniques that make your antagonist unforgettable. Learn the secrets to writing a compelling villain by understanding villain motivation, how to make a villain relatable, and w…
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How to Submit, featuring Dennis James Sweeney
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48:30This week, Grant and Brooke talk with Dennis James Sweeney about his new book, How to Submit. If you've ever felt intimidated by the submissions process; wondered what some of the common pitfalls are when it comes to submitting, or if you need a reframe about how to think about submitting, this show is for you. Dennis has an encouraging and helpful…
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Join AshleyDannie today as she reveals her top 10 love stories/books she has read over the years. What is your favorite? Follow AshleyDannie on Instagram & Facebook. Her handle for all is @byashleydannie. Want to read her work? Go to byashleydannie.wordpress.com!By AshleyDannie
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Why Scope Matters, featuring Tara Dorabji
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49:52This week we’re focusing on a little celebrated but much important aspect of storytelling: your story’s scope. How much ground are you trying to cover and how do you execute the pacing? These are the questions you must answer if you know and understand your scope. This week’s guest, Tara Dorabji, has a new novel, Call Her Freedom, that spans more t…
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Writing Characters Your Readers Will Care About, featuring Sadeqa Johnson
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43:27This week we’re looking into the stories that inspire and move us, focusing on those that focus on everyday characters who are extraordinary in their very ordinariness. We speak to guest Sadeqa Johnson about the characters who’ve called to her, those voices that became well-rounded characters who she brought to life. This episode touches on a bit o…
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I discuss this great Peacock series about an elite assassin. #RoaUMP
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Art as Self Regulation & Balancing my Creative Ecosystem Ep. 22
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1:03:29Sorry about the breathing noises. Not sure what went wrong with the audio, but I'll haul out my pop filter next time. Transcript & Comments on Substack: https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/art-as-self-regulation-and-balancing Newsletter / Zine / Mood Board: https://sarahshotts.beehiiv.com/p/i-ve-been-waiting-26-years-for-this Weaving Collaboration: …
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Writing Retreat Roundup, featuring Connie Hale and Ellen Sussman
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49:45Are you considering doing a writers’ retreat this year? Whether you want to create your own, find something far-flung and exotic, or consider the writing retreat’s bigger cousin, the writers’ conference, this episode gives insights, definitions, and parameters for retreating. Guests Ellen Sussman and Connie Hale are both writing retreat leaders who…
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[DD] Ducks, Resolutions, and That Elephant Again
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47:38"Try to make the world a better place. You personally are not on the hook to fix everything." - Ursula Vernon (This post went live for supporters on January 17, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) Transcript S.11 Ep.1 Welcome to Season 11 of Ditch Diggers with Mur Lafferty and Ursula V…
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