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314: How to Write a Cozy Mystery (the rules are changing): Episode 314 with Mia Manansala
313: One Man's Quest to Find the Next Big Book Idea: Episode 313 with A.J. Jacobs
312: Essays that start light, then hit hard: Episode 312 with Mary Laura Philpott
311: Where Should Your Energy Go NOW? Episode 311--everything evolves with Jess and KJ
310: Jodi Kantor Chases the Truth: Episode 310 is a Primer on Investigative Journalism
309: Nonfiction Masterclass: Combining Narrative Structure, Lived Experience and Geopolitics in Episode 309 with Scott Carney and Jason Miklian.
308: How to Love Writing What You Can Sell: Episode 308 with Seressia Glass
307: How to Be on Bookstagram Episode 307 with #bookmarkedbya
306: Does Your Author Website Answer the Right Questions? Episode 306 with Anne Le Tissier
305: But what if my old boss is pissed? Episode 305: Workplace Memoir with Cate Doty
304: Sometimes You Can't Go with the Flow: Hacking Writing Energies in Episode 304 with Jess and KJ
303: Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Episode 303 with Sarina, Jess and KJ
302: Writer De-Snobbification: Episode 302 with Katherine Center
301: Do Morning Pages Work? Episode 301: Is this, or is it not, the Artist's Way?
300: ALWAYS WIPS Episode 300--Podcast #Goals, Translating Earnings, Talking $$ and Craft and Interview Skillz
299: How to Sell Any Book to Any Publisher-- Episode 299: More Info Than You Ever Thought Possible with Multi-genre author and teacher extraordinaire Sue Shapiro
298: How to Travel for Research (even before you sell the book)--Episode 298 with Sarah Stewart Taylor
297: How to Build a Platform in a Zillion (Not) Easy Steps: Episode 297, A coaching call with Alison Zak
296: [announcer yells] GOALS: Episode 296
295: Heck of a Year: Episode 295 is 2021 in review
294: Butter Up Your Writing: Episode 294 Using Universal Fantasy to Write Better and Sell More with Theodora Taylor
293: How to Build a Literary Life: Episode 293 with Zibby Owens
292: A Busload of Books: Illustrator Robbi Behr and Writer Matthew Swanson Take Their Work and Their Family on the Road in Episode 292.
291: How Do You Write a Non-Fiction Book in less than a Year? Episode 291: Coaching Call with Emily Edlynn
290: What Not to Do, Self-Pub Edition Episode 290 with Cate Frazier-Neely
289: Why Can't I Finish My Novel? Episode 289: A Coaching Call with Ophir Lehavy
288: Non-Toxic Feedback: Building workshops and writing groups. Episode 288 with Joni Cole
287: I Have This Idea...Structuring Non-fiction and Memoir: Episode 287 Coaching Call with Emily Henderson
286: Breaking into Television Writing: Episode 286 with Will Morey
285: When Agents Ask You to "Revise and Resubmit": Episode 285 with Mindy Carlson
284: When Inner Dialogue Isn't "Telling" and When It Is in Memoir and Fiction: Episode 284 with Jess, KJ and Sarina
283: Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Episode 283: Turning situations into books with Heather Chavez
282: Episode 282: 40 Years of Procrastination with Joy Imboden Overstreet
281: Episode 281: Writing with the Door Open (Stephen King May Be Wrong)
280: Book Launching Fun with Jess
279: Episode 279: Collaborating, Revising and Proposing--What We Did On Our Summer Vacations
278: Editing
277: Writer Comfort Reads
276: When You Don't Know Why You're Doing This
275: Writing While White (or otherwise part of the historically dominant paradigm)
274: Getting Published
273: #Writing Books for When You're Stuck
272: Sometimes Writers Need to Up Our Game
271: #Productivity: Write More Better Faster Yes Please
270: #Plotting Your Heart (and Book) Out
269: Finding #Inspiration on the Writer's Bookshelf
268: #SummerReading: Whose List Looks Like Your List?
267: #Summer Writing Plans
266: #Sensitivity Readers with Jordan Shapiro and Jazz
265: Everybody Suffers, Not Everybody Can #Write About it with Stacy Kim
264: Being #Edited (is a Very Good Thing)
263: No, Really, It's #Fiction: Writing novels that reflect (but differ dramatically from) your life with Emma Gannon
262: #Breaking into Food Writing and Redefining Success with Reem Kassis
261: Really #Funny, Real and Funny: Rom-Coms, plotting and finding characters with Mhairi McFarlane
260: #Writing Without Knowing Where You're Going with Kristin Van Ogtrop
259: More Q, More A: Organizing research, handling would-be writer friends, finding great editors and writing classes and the kicker: How Do You Become Liz Gilbert?
258: Writing While #Broken: Talking Depression, Anxiety and Writer's Block with Jenny Lawson
257: Become a #Better Faster Stronger Writer with Becca Syme
256: Your Q's, A'd: Stealing ideas, asking for blurbs and the elusive "platform"
255: Episode 255 The Power of Writing as Play with Nalini Singh
254: Episode 254 How to Prep a NonFiction Launch the Jess Way
253: From Breakout Article to Book: Writing about #Nothing and Everything with Olga Mecking
252: How to Write a Post-Covid Romance with Alisha Rai
251: How to give your fun read a solid, poke-in-the-gut point with Anna North
250: Growing Thick Skin: Handling #Haters, Commenters and Bad Reviews
249: Turning Data into #Narrative with Ron Lieber
248: Mental #Chatter with Ethan Kross: Harnessing the voices in our heads for good
247: #Writing All Over the Map with Jacob Sager Weinstein
246: Historical #Fiction the Only Way I Know How with Beverly Jenkins
245: #Pitching with Passion with Lisa Levenstein
244: Setting Writer #Goals for 2021
243: #Fact-based Fiction and Fiction from Facts with Mark Olshaker
242: Finding All the Voices: Writing Reflective #Nonfiction with Julie Lythcott-Haims
241: Big #Booklaunch Day
240: #Editing for the Best Version of Your Vision with Tiffany Yates Martin
239: #Writer Gift Extravaganza
238: Turning #Romance on Its Head with Lyssa Kay Adams
237: #Reporting from the Economic Trenches with Lauren Sandler
236: #Shipping Your Creative Work with Seth Godin
235: Writer #Tech We Love
234: #Storybuilding with Jacob Wright from Dabble Writing Software
233: #TruthsAndMisdemeanors, Lacy Crawford on the gauntlet of legal & fact-checking
232: Smart, #Versatile and Writing all the Things with Morgan Jerkins
231: #FindYourReaders with Dara Kurtz
230: So You Wanna Be a #Bookcoach with Jennie Nash
229: #Interviewing with NPR's Celeste Headlee
228: #Embedded with Jeff Selingo
227: The Joy of #Self-Promotion: promoting yourself and your work
226: Writing #ownvoices while respecting others, with Lauren Ho
225: Get #ComfortablewithWeird How visualization and imagery help writers connect with readers, with Julie Berry
224: From Mr. Rogers to #RealityTVJournalism with Andy Dehnart
223: #MythBusting: We take a bunch of myths about writing and tear them all up and throw them away
222: #HomagetoJane with Sonali Dev
221: #FeelingExposed in Memoir and Fiction
220: #ComedicMemoir with Kari Lizer
219: Find Your Character's #WishSong with Susan Wiggs
218: The #Indie-TraditionalTradeoff
217: #HowtoGetOnThatPodcast with Lauren Passell
216: #TheBiggestBluff with Maria Konnikova
215: #TheSocialBookLaunch