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Greatest Hits - I'm Tired of Writers Who Don't Read

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Prologue - Framing the Question

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How I Became a Worse Writer - Season 7 of Confessions of a Working Writer

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The Promises and Realities of Online Writing Platforms

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A Few Announcements

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What is the Cure for the Common Creative Hangover?

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Writers Lift, Toxic Reciprocity, and Do We Even Have Writing Communities Anymore?

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Natural Talent, Alphabet Soup, and Can Anyone Really Be a Writer?

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Challenging Our Writing Beliefs - A New Confessions of a Working Writer Series

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AI, Creative Writing, and Imagination Atrophy

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One Step

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We Spend Too Much Time Doing the Wrong Things

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Let's Do a Birthday Confession!!!

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To Grit or Quit...That Is the Question

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Wrestling the Angel - Creativity and Where It Really Happens

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On Fear, Abundance, and Why I'm Embracing Scarcity

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New Year - New Season, New Book, and Setting New Boundaries

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One More Confession (And An Announcement)

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IT'S THE 2022 HOLIDAY SPECIAL!!!

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Finishing. Shipping, and Confronting the Fears of Being a Writer

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Bringing Down the Hatchet - On Editing Your Story

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Get Some Distance

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Thankful

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Throw Some Ninjas In It - Secrets of the First Draft

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Not Your English Teacher's Outline

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Setting - The Too Often Forgotten Character

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It's The Halloween Special!!!

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Characters - Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Craft Them

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Let's Talk About the Brain Dump

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So You Want to Write a Thing

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Things We Need to Stop Saying to Other Writers/Peaple

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Fear, Priorities, and Writers

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Congratulations! You've Got Writer's Block!

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I Had A Breakdown

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Is Money the End Goal or the Facilitator?

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How Do Writers Keep Score?

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Losing Faith, Handling Change, and Hanging On to What's Important

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Listener Q&A Extravaganza Part 2 - Working as a Writer

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Listener Q&A Extravaganza Part 1 - Creativity

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Writing Isn't a Solo Sport

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The Big Hairy Money Question

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Demystifying Inspiration

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Beware the Dark Side

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Finding Your Path with Georgie Hertz

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Defining "Writing"

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Allowing Yourself Room to Create with Evelyn Berry

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Let's Talk About All Things Writing

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Rough Times, a New Vision, and a Call to Action

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A Rough Week, Sciatica, and a Call to Resist

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30 Seconds

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Take It Back

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The Odd Convergence of My Lucky Writing Shirt, Hellraiser, and Iggy Pop's New Wave Phase

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YOUR Way

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3 Lessons From My 41st Year

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Just Tell Me a Story

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Love Yourself, or Why I Stopped Getting Up at 4 AM to Write

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Why We're Here

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One Chapter Closes, Another Opens

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Some Truth About Dark Times and A Little Hope

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Take a Holiday Break

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Reality Check for Creative Work

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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2021!!!

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3 Things We Put Before the Craft

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What is a Working Writer?

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Failure at Life

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Season 3 Announcement

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Week 52 - So What Happened? (Season 2 Finale)

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Week 51 - 5 Lessons from 50 Weeks

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Week 50 - Quit

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Week 49 - Our Own Rules

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Week 48 - The Freedom Episode

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Week 47 - Under Pressure

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Week 46 -Reciprocal

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Week 45 - Not Good Enough

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Week 44 - Love, Death, and Editing

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Week 43 - Internal vs. External

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Week 42 - Do What You Can

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Week 41 - Rough Drafts

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Week 40 - 10 Lessons I'm Relearning

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Week 39 - Do What Works

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Week 38 - Listen

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Week 37 - Relentless

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Week 36 - Passion/Work Balance

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Week 35 - Afraid

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Week 34 - Stepping Back

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Week 33 - Reinspiration Grab Bag

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Week 32 - Lifehack 0.5

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Week 31 - Reality, Respect, and Building Boundaries

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Week 30 - Fear Itself, My Own Rules, and Quitting a Side Job

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Week 29 - The Comics Expo

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Week 28 - Worry, Fear, and Lessons from a Week of Rain

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Week 27 - 41 In 7 Vonnegut Quotes

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Week 26 - What I Learned When I Was 40

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Week 25 - Day Jobs

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Week 24 - Why Do I Do It?

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Week 23 - For Those Who Love Us

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What do We Do?

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Week 22 - New Year, New Ask Me Anything

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Week 21 - Embrace Your False Starts

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Week 20 - Most Fights Start Standing Up