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#Resilience Over the Long Haul
The Longest, Most Public MFA Ever
Ep. 419 What's a "Comp?"
Bonus Episode: Jess on Constructive Criticism and Pulling Out of an On-Stage Death Spiral
"I knew you COULD revise it. I wasn't sure you WOULD."
When Your Book Becomes a TV Show
The Art of Helping Writers Do Their Best Work
Lyndsay Rush's Poetry is A Bit Much
Episode 414: Your Questions, Answered
How to Start a Novel from Scratch
Raising Your Voice, Claiming Your Story
Congrats, You're Publishing During the Election Cycle - Episode 410
Ep 409: Tag Along on a Speaking Trip with Jess!
#FlashbackFriday: Very Serious About Fun Reads with Emily Henry
How an Inside-Outline Can Save Your Revision (and maybe your book)
From Women’s Fiction to Romance in 30 Days
Flashback: Being Genre Flexible with Catherine Newman
Escaping the Lure of Attention and Approval with Kathleen Smith
Why you don't have to do it like that one writer in the NYT
Stop! Don't Write that Book (Yet)
An #AmWriting Success Story!
Tiny Worlds: How a nature illustrator and author built a fanbase for her work.
How Bad Can a Good First Draft Be?
Nothing Sells Books. But Books Still Sell.
Trusting Your Gut on a Complicated Plot
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Self Publishing
His Years of Writing Eloquently: The Return of A.J. Jacobs
Starting Energy v. Finishing Energy: How the work gets done, start to finish.
Daring to Kickstarter with Rachael Herron
Episode: 395 Who Owns an Idea?
Flashback Friday: Writing While #Broken
Things Jess Learned This Month, Ep. 394
I want to sell books. But I'm also writing what I want to write. Episode 393 with Jo Piazza
How to Be a Good Literary Citizen: Volunteer at a Writing Conference
Flashback Friday: How Do You Write a Non-Fiction Book in less than a Year?
Why You Should Take a Plot-walk
Coaching call with author, educator & speaker Katie Kinder
How to Create a Substack that Delivers (for you and your readers) Episode 389 with Dan Blank
What’s on the Cutting Room Floor?
Ep 387: The Art of Manifesting for Tired and Skeptical Authors
Episode 386: Under the Weather Productivity
Ep 385: What I Think About When I Think About Job Offers
Unapologetically Re-creating our Abundant Zone of Genius
Flashback Friday: Become a #BetterStrongerFaster Writer with Becca Syme
Flashback Friday: Episode 293, how to build a literary life with Zibby Owens.
When Inner Dialogue Isn't "Telling" and When It Is in Memoir and Fiction
How to Restart Your Work after an Unplanned Pause
How Sarina's Reading Journal Makes Her a Better Novelist: Episode 382
How to Find the Right Speaking Agent: Ep 381
National Novel Planning Month (that should be a thing)
A Million Little Pieces that can Make or Break a Speaking Engagement: Episode 379
Six Seasons in One Episode: Cookbooks as Memoir with Gesine Bullock-Prado, Ep 378
Writing for Tweendom: Jamie Sumner on writing difficult topics and the glory of middle grade fiction
Flinging a Fall Book out into the world
Reinvention Marketing: Selling Your Book for Years After Pub Day
From Idea to Execution: Building a Book
Never Carved in Stone: Letting Ideas Evolve
Ideas and Nonfiction: Your Book Idea Contains Multitudes
When Good Ideas Go Bad (the most common mistakes writers make)
Memoirs for the Marketplace: A Blueprint for Success
You Are the Protagonist (memoirs need ideas too) with Rachael Herron
How to Decide if Your Book Idea is Solid (or Solid Enough)
The Airport Game (or, how to come up with 8 ideas on a 3 hour long flight)
Welcome to the Idea Factory (Good Writing Comes Last, Part 2)
How to Start a Novel (and keep going) Episode 365
Summer Reading for Writers (plus a #FlashbackFriday: Episode 269)
Satire: writing just below "over-the-top" with Jane Roper Episode 364
How to Hate Your Work and Also Sell It-- at the same time. Episode 363
Talking Fat Talk and Substack Success: Episode 362 with Virginia Sole-Smith
Flashback Friday: Episode 288 with Joni Cole
Scrivener Tips: It's only taken Jess 361 episodes to deliver on her promise
Summoning My Accountability Buddies: Because Sometimes Writers Need Deadlines, ep 360
Dealing with Goal Fatigue What to Do When the Goals Aren't Getting You Anywhere, Ep. 359
Flashback Friday: Jodi Kantor Chases the Truth
Intoxication for Inspiration: Do drugs and alcohol unleash the muses? Episode 358
The Anxious Writer: Turning fears into superpowers. Episode 357
Writerly Tech: the hardware, the software and the why. Episode 356
In My Expert Opinion: Pitching, Prepping, and Nailing Interviews for TV and Radio
Good Writing Comes Last: the form and function of a solid book outline, episode 354
Sensitivity Reader Reboot: looking your topic from all the angles, with Jordan Shapiro and Jazz
Unraveling Nonfiction Research and Writing: Episode 353 with Peggy Orenstein
How to Write a Novel in Three Months, Sarina-Style (Episode 352)
A Workbook for Your Story: Episode 351 with Adrienne Young and Isabel Ibañez
Writing Three Books Without Typing a Word: Episode 350 with Leslie Hooton
How to Write (More than just) Erotica: Episode 349 with Rachel Kramer Bussel
Are You Ready to Pitch? The Answer is in Your Query. Episode 348 with Julie Artz
Start More than You Can Finish: Redefining failure with Becky Blades in Episode 347
A Thousand Miles to a First Novel: Episode 346 with Kristen Mei Chase
Flashback Friday -- Episode 71: Building relationships with booksellers with Mary Laura Philpott
When it comes to goals, boring is good. Episode 345: Goals--or not--for 2023
2022 in the Rear View Mirror: Episode 344
#NaNoNowWhat? Bonus Episode: First Steps after First Drafts
Flashback Friday -- Episode 251 How to give your fun read a solid, poke-in-the-gut point with Anna North
Friends Don't Let Friends Write Books Without Hooks. Episode 343
Bonus Episode: Speaking Agencies
It Turns Out What I Really Want to Write About is... Episode 342, from memoir to marketable, with Emily Grosvenor
Talking TikTok (and Reels too): Episode 341 on Video content--the Why, the How To, and is it Worth the Time Suck?
#WriterGifts!
How to Tell Someone Else's Story: Episode 340 with Allison Gilbert
Lit Mags, Grants and Residencies: a best-we-can how-to for an always changing but more approachable than we imagine world. Episode 339 with Patrice Gopo