Best Brianna Avenia Tapper Podcasts (2024)

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"Too Many Emotions and No Tranquility" — Jessica E. Johnson Tells the Story of Mettlework 40:18

6h ago40:18

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Send us a text In this episode, Jessica E. Johnson tells the story of Mettlework. Along the way she covers: Agent troubles Her poetry collection Metabolics A need for more poetry about motherhood Connections between form, content, and 'material conditions of creation' in her work Gathering your mentor texts The inheritance of motherhood and the sel…

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"A Dream Come True" — Polly Rosenwaike tells the story of Look How Happy I'm Making You 31:43

12h ago31:43

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Send us a text In this episode Polly tells the story of Look How Happy I'm Making You. Along the way she covers: - When your conversation partner for your book launch cancel at the last minute - Bathttub stories - Going to auction - Keeping your expectations low - Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern - Finding an agent in Poets and Writers Find o…

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Writing From Post-Election Anxiety — Danny Goodman Tells the Story of Amerikaland 38:23

2d ago38:23

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Send us a text In this episode, Danny Goodman tells the story of Amerikaland. Along the way he covers: - Anxiety as writing fuel - how sports can be literary, romantic, uniting, and a useful literary tool - writing a different gender - writing pro athletes - Leftover Books - Being married to a brilliant editor - Antisemitism Learn more about Danny …

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Wonderful and Terrible — Jazmina Barrera Tells The Story of Linea Nigra 35:14

8d ago35:14

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Send us a text In this episode, Jazmina Barrera tells the story of Linea Nigra. Along the way she covers: World-altering experience of becoming a parent Gendered double-standards in terms of what topics are worthy of books Radical empathy Publishing a book in translation, working with a translator Two Lines Press Foreign Body Linea Negra Ediciones …

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"No One Can Read It If It Doesn't Get Published" — Kate Brody tells the story of RABBIT HOLE (Paperback out Tuesday!) 30:26

30d ago30:26

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Send us a text Kate Brody tells the story of Rabbit Hole. Along the way she covers: Choosing a genre container to move her plot along Selling fast in one country and slow in another Selling a book while in labor with her second child Writing a book while teaching and parenting Writing a second book when the first didn't sell Commercial ambitions an…

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"Nobody Can Write A Book Everyone Loves" — Brittany Means Tells the Story of Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways 35:43

1M ago35:43

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Send us a text In this episode Brittany tells the story of Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways. Along the way she covers: - Taking care of yourself when writing hard things - The best way to protect yourself from post-publication despair and Zibby Books - The power of a good writing teacher - Complicating the popular 'homeless-to-Harvard' narrative - …

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Moving from Doubt to Self-Belief — Kate Weinberg tells the story of There's Nothing Wrong With Her 29:26

2M ago29:26

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Send us a text In this episode, Kate Weinberg tells the story of There's Nothing Wrong With Her. Along the way she covers: why it is hard to live with a writer Stamina and persistence Having your book go to auction The emotional and financial uncertainty and fluctuation in an artist's life Chronic illness The importance of celebrating writing wins …

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Memoir as an Exercise in Perspective — Cheryl Klein Tells the Story of Crybaby 33:09

2M ago33:09

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Send us a text In this episode Cheryl Klein tells the story of Crybaby. Along the way she covers: Big Feelings and sexism in our beliefs about what is worthy of big feelings Memoir as coping mechanism Presenting the self in memoir Publishing a memoir when you are living through the sequel Miscarriage Baby envy MUTHA Magazine Brown Paper Press Zoe N…

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The Power of Lemon Cake — Marie Mutsuki Mockett tells the story of The Tree Doctor 41:03

2M ago41:03

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Send us a text In this episode Marie Mutsuki Mockett tells the story of The Tree Doctor. Along the way she covers: The ways women are and are not allowed to write about sex The depression that can follow publishing a book and how to overcome it (hint: lemons and sugar are involved) Differences in Japanese and American perspectives on the body Embra…

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"Writing is a place I love to come back to" — Rebecca J. Sanford tells the story of The Disappeared 16:25

4M ago16:25

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Send us a text Rebecca J. Sanford tells the story of The Disappeared. Along the way she covers: The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina A new querying technique Being on submission for a year Finding an agent who understands your vision Buy The Disappeared here Find out more about Rebecca here Find out more about Writing Stories here Follow …

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I'm Choosing This — Elle Everhart tells the story of Hot Summer 30:25

4M ago30:25

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Send us a text Elle Everhart tells the story of Hot Summer. Along the way, Elle covers: Hinge A particular kind of single parenting experience The most dangerous writing app Writing as a way to try on alternative selves Collaborating with agent and editor on a contracted second book Romance novels Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin (My dog Pretzel …

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People Think That When You're Not Published, You're Not Working 25:43

5M ago25:43

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Send us a text Aida Zilelian tells the story of All the Ways We Lied. Along the way she discusses: - writer's block - the value of touchstone texts and poetry - agents (the good, the bad, and the why) - how to know when to let go of a project - the Armenian genocide - The Stranger by Camus - Anjali Singh (agent) - book coach Karen Clark - The Goldf…

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I Had to Do Whatever Was Necessary to Communicate — Elizabeth Hilborn tells the story of Restoring Eden 30:48

5M ago30:48

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Send us a text Elizabeth Hilborn tells the story of her memoir Restoring Eden. Along the way she covers: Moving from scientific writing to memoir Notes and research for nonfiction Honey bees, pesticides, and environmental degradation Mindfulness and writing Jill Rothenberg - editor Dinty W Moore and the river of the story Find out more about Dr. El…

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I was having so much fun, I wasn't concerned about what would happen — Ananda Lima tells the story of CRAFT 32:16

5M ago32:16

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Send us a text Ananda Lima tells the story of CRAFT: Stories I Wrote for the Devil. Along the way she covers: The importance of giving yourself permission to play Craft talk (and the implicit values therein!) Remembering your opinion is valid Great editing moves Latinx in publishing Black Lawrence Press Sewanee Writers' Conference Restless Books Ne…

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"When I was writing it, I was writing it TO her" — Barrie Miskin tells the story of Hellgate Bridge 28:19

6M ago28:19

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Send us a text In this episode Barrie Miskin tells the story of her memoir Hellgate Bridge. Along the way she covers: Sarah Perry Inferno by Catherine Cho Writing about mental illness Writing about motherhood Helpful writing coach moves (including the 'mmmm, I kinda don't get it' move) Writing about traumatic experiences Find out more about Barrie …

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"A Place I Had Never Thought Possible" — Shze-Hui Tjoa talks about The Story Game 30:54

6M ago30:54

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Send us a text In this episode, Shze-Hui talks about The Story Game. Along the way, she covers: Evaluating agent responses to your manuscript Women and anger How to know when a book is done Recognizing the limits of our knowledge The generative power of getting stuck and the creation of new forms Book tour Writing about family Tin House **The Story…

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Welcoming to Evolution or Change or Rupture — Lucas Mann tells the story of Attachments 33:20

7M ago33:20

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Send us a text Lucas Mann tells the story of Attachments: Essays on fatherhood and other performances. Along the way he covers: Writing when you have a newborn Trying for a balance between personal essay and cultural criticism False dichotomy of smart writing and embodied writing The perception that books about fatherhood don't sell When your publi…

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The Fight to Retain the Weird and the Feral — Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS 33:40

7M ago33:40

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Send us a text In this episode, Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS, from Dopamine Press. Along the way, she covers: Starting Dopamine Press Anthologies as fundraisers Starting and ending anthologies Perceptions of 'sluttery' and our culture's relationship to pleasure An iconic '90s San Francisco sexual experience Assimilationist and anti-assimil…

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What Will and Will Not Be Translated — Crystal Hana Kim tells the story of The Stone Home 30:08

7M ago30:08

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Send us a text Crystal Hana Kim tells the story of The Stone Home. Along the way she covers: - Focus when drafting - When she shares her work with her agent - What questions she is interested in exploring in her work - The best book publication/baby making timeline ever - Strategies for creating a propulsive narrative - Reasons for not translating …

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"It's Never Gonna Happen For Me" — Hannah Sward tells the story of Strip 35:08

7M ago35:08

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Send us a text Hannah Sward tells the story of Strip. Along the way, she covers: - A publishing journey full of false summits - Publishing without an agent - Querying agents - Why not to be a writer - That you should not be afraid to write the shittiest shit - Natalie Goldberg and Writing Down the Bones - Jill Schary Robinson - Family responses to …

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Nothing is Whole Until It's In Words — Stephanie Clare Smith tells the story of Everywhere the Undrowned 31:52

7M ago31:52

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Send us a text In this episode, Stephanie Clare Smith tells the story of Everywhere the Undrowned. Along the way, she covers: Bellevue's Nonfiction Contest Great Circle Books (whose series editor Marie Mutsuki Mockett is the author of The Tree Doctor and an upcoming guest on this podcast!) University Presses Dismantling the fantasy parent in our he…

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There's Nothing I Regret — Estelle Erasmus tells the story of Writing That Gets Noticed 31:20

7M ago31:20

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Send us a text In this episode, Estelle talks about her book, Writing That Gets Noticed. Along the way she covers: Beauty editor road trips Selling a book with an 'exclusive' A ballsy move to try if one editor accepts your pitch for a short piece and another rejects ASJA 'backlist' vs. 'frontlist' what if you aren't satisfied with your book cover a…

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"Write or Die" — Annell López tells the story of I'll Give You A Reason 24:06

7M ago24:06

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Send us a text In this episode, Annell López tells the story of I'll Give You A Reason. Along the way, she covers: Full-time high school teaching while full-time MFA Affordances of short story collections Generating ideas by asking what if the opposite happens Feminist Press and the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize Drown by Junot Diaz More of Thi…

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"What is the book that can only be yours?"— Clare Beams tells the story of The Garden 30:22

8M ago30:22

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Send us a text In this episode, Clare Beams tells the story of The Garden. Along the way we cover: Managing the 'type A' part of your brain Selling a partial Doing what you don't know you can do Letting go of a manuscript that didn't sell (that you worked on for 8 years) NEA grant How to know when something is done Getting writing time when you hav…

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What If Nobody Likes it? Nicole Haroutunian Tells the Story of Choose This Now 30:24

8M ago30:24

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Send us a text Nicole Haroutunian tells the story of Choose This Now. Along the way, we cover... - Her first book Speed Dreaming - Agent troubles - Rewriting a novella as a chapter - Creating a novel from stories - Having a book die on submission - When you lose your job and your agent at the same time your city goes into COVID lockdown - Pre-publi…

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"If You Don't Like An Edit, Just Don't Do It" — Sarah Rose Etter tells the story of RIPE 30:41

8M ago30:41

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Send us a text In this episode, Sarah Rose Etter tells the story of RIPE, Along the way we cover: Writing around a full-time job 75,000 words in a month The importance of having a good team behind you Difficulties and benefits of being edited The horrors of being on submission Kent Wolf, Carmen Maria Machado, Two Dollar Radio, and Scribner Careeris…

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Writing Stories 'Artist Statement' 5:57

8M ago5:57

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Send us a text What Writing Stories is and is not. (A good listen if you are considering being a guest on the show.)By Brianna Avenia-Tapper

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Season 2 Trailer! 5:14

8M ago5:14

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Send us a text Listen for all the goodies coming up in Season 2 of Writing Stories!! (And subscribe so you don't miss them!)By Brianna Avenia-Tapper

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A Bold Fearlessness — Deborah Jackson Taffa Tells the Story of Whiskey Tender 25:07

8M ago25:07

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Send us a text In this episode, Deborah Jackson Taffa talks about her debut memoir Whiskey Tender. Also discussed: Weaving historical research into memoir Turning an essay collection into a memoir Turning down an offer to publish after working on manuscript for years 'Overdue' edits Preempt Becoming an orphan manuscript Getting a review in the Wash…

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"Stay in the Game...Sooner or Later Something Will Crack" — Chin-Sun Lee Tells the Story of Upcountry 34:46

8M ago34:46

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Send us a text In this episode, Chin-Sun Lee tells the story of Upcountry. We cover: Writing from an image you can't shake Being 'on submission' (your agent is submitting your manuscript to editors) for years Unnamed Press Having your book go to auction between independent and university presses Why you should always check your spam folder Book tou…

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Could My Story Be of Use? —Mary Beth O'Connor Tells the Story of Junkie to Judge 26:49

9M ago26:49

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Send us a text In this episode, Mary Beth O'Connor tells the story of From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction We cover: How to protect yourself when writing traumatic memories Choosing and hiring a developmental editor Publishing odds Airport books Pitching agents at a conference panel Self publishing versus traditional …

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"I Thought It Was Very Mainstream, But..." — Cassie Premo Steele Tells the Story of Beaver Girl 34:17

9M ago34:17

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Send us a text In this episode, Cassie Premo Steele tells the story of Beaver Girl. We cover: - Asking for help - Characterization - Snowflake method - Querying hundreds of agents - Long COVID - Dirty realism - Writing animal characters with the first person in adult fiction - The importance of small presses - Anxiety Press and Outcast Press Also i…

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Four Agents, Three Books, Two Publishers — Jacinda Townsend talks about Saint Monkey and Mother Country 25:54

9M ago25:54

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Send us a text In this episode, Jacinda Townsend talks about her award-winning books Saint Monkey and Mother Country. Along the way we cover: Fiction writing as coping mechanism Being the only Black kid at a fundamentalist Christian school in rural Kentucky Agent-seeking, scarcity model, and dating When you and your publisher disagree on the book's…

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Fun, Ridiculous, and Thrumming with Truth - Rachel Yoder Tells the Story of Nightbitch 34:33

9M ago34:33

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Send us a text In this episode, I talk with Rachel Yoder about her debut novel Nightbitch. Along the way we cover: Fun, art, pushing the boundaries of story, and permission to find your own work What it's like when your publisher folds before you publish your book How writing a book within a book can be useful for a busy parent writing in short per…

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Plumbers Don't Get Plumbers Block — Talking with Sue Shapiro about American Shield and Barbie 31:59

10M ago31:59

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Send us a text In this episode, I talk with Sue Shapiro about American Shield, Barbie, and her broader publishing journey. We cover: Co-authoring and Jungian astrologists How "every book breaks your heart in a different way" Erika Jong and Howard Fast (and the self-published book that became a famous movie) Letting your emotions tell their own stor…

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There's Life in the Messiness - Yael Golstein-Love Tells the Story of The Possibilities 31:00

10M ago31:00

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Send us a text In this episode, Yael Goldstein-Love talks about The Possibilities. We cover: Heretic barbies Putting away ten years of work on a manuscript (possibly the best thing you've ever written) 'A genteel form of homeless' Genre and its discontents Feedback and recognizing a need for a POV shift in a draft How women are socialized to priori…

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It's a linear narrative... but a trail is a line — Andrea Lani tells the story of Uphill Both Ways: Hiking Toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail 31:57

10M ago31:57

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Send us a text In this episode, Andrea talks about her hybrid memoir Uphill Both Ways: Hiking Toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail. We cover: Scooby Doo writing Making sure research doesn't become a speed bump in the narrative Orphan lines and tightening prose The value of time for 'digesting' Publishing with a university press and getting feedba…

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The whole idea of ‘SERIOUS’ writing is a lot of toxic trash — Alyssa Songsiridej tells the story of Little Rabbit 28:31

10M ago28:31

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Send us a text In this episode, Alyssa Songsiridej talks about: Combatting imposter syndrome Female friendships Letting yourself be surprised, braving uncertainty, and bodily surrender in art making Dance and writing and the willingness to fall Creating a character to embody a tension you feel but don't yet have on the page The surprising sadness o…

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You Have to Do This - Shannon Sanders tells the story of Company 30:14

10M ago30:14

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Send us a text In this episode, I talk to Shannon Sanders about her linked short story collection, Company. We talk about: - writing your own murder mystery parties - writing through your feelings about others' offhand comments - signing with an agent a week before COVID lockdown - persisting in your writing through the birth of twins - finishing y…

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Margo Steines Talks About Brutalities - "I Feel Aligned With The Tastes of Men In a Way That I Hope To Grow Out Of" 30:48

11M ago30:48

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Send us a text In this episode, I talk to Margo Steines about her memoir Brutalities We talk about: - Not wanting to use suspense as a way to move readers through your work - Having your first manuscript 'die on submission' (meaning an agent represents it, but no editors want to buy it) - Gender dysphoria and the claustrophobia of the body - Steine…

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Letting Go of What's Not Under Your Control - Christina Consolino Tells the Story of The Weight We Carry 28:34

11M ago28:34

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Send us a text In this episode, I talk to Christina Consolino about her most recent novel, The Weight We Carry. We discuss: - NaNoWriMo - Prioritizing writing - The oozing guts of dead things - Controlling what you can and letting go of what you can't - The idea that not all characters are capable of substantial change - Publishing with a small, in…

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It's Like a Circuit Break. You're Almost a New Person — Talking with Kelly McMasters about The Leaving Season — Episode 2 22:42

11M ago22:42

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Send us a text In this episode, Kelly McMasters talks about her memoir The Leaving Season. We touch on: - finding yourself in another writer's work - identifying (or not) as a 'writer' - revision (of manuscripts and life plans) - the terror and possibility that can go along with publishing an honest and intimate memoir - staying hopeful about books…

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You Have to Work Really Hard - Kai Harris Tells the Story of What the Fireflies Knew - Episode 1 30:00

11M ago30:00

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Send us a text In this episode, Dr. Kai Harris tells the story of her debut novel What the Fireflies Knew. We talk about: - embracing your own voice and material when writing - drafting a novel in a month while caring for a newborn (!!) - querying - working with an agent - getting a book deal - celebrating publication - the recurrent themes in Kai'…

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Season 1 - Trailer 5:43

12M ago5:43

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Send us a text Season 1 Trailer for Writing Stories! Writing stories is a podcast about the struggles and triumphs of writing and publishing. We follow books from an idea in someone's head to a collection of pages on a shelf. Each episode features an interview with a contemporary author of fiction and/or creative nonfiction. Join us on Writing Stor…

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