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Creative, Inspired, ALIVE — 65 episodes

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Laurie Frankel on the NYT Bestselling Edge of Our Comfort Zones

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Book Publicity - Everything You Want to Know

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Book Publicity for Introverts with Stacey Lee, NYT-Bestselling Author

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Rebecca Serle on Emotional Depth and Literary Brevity

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The Studio for Serious Novelists

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Multiple POVs and Family Secrets with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, NYT Bestselling Author

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Co-writing Romance with Your Spouse, Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegmund-Broka

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Playing Big in Our Creative Lives with Tara Mohr

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Connections Across Time and Identity with Deepa Anappara, Award Winning Author

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Motherhood, Art, and Writing New Fairy Tales with Roshani Chokshi, New York Times Bestselling Author

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What does ALIVE mean?

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Exciting Announcement! Our (Slightly) New Name

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Holiday Fiction & Weathering the Chills of Publishing with Matthew Norman & Emily Stone

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Feel-Good Books: The Fear of Writing about Hope and Optimism in a Skeptical World

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What Publishers Really Want with Simon & Schuster Senior Editor Lara Jones

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Pen Names, Backlist, & Reese's Book Club with Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times Bestselling Author

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What Happens When a Book Publicist Writes a Novel About Publishing with Hattie Williams

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Tackling Big, Existential Questions in Fiction with Nikki Erlick, New York Times Bestselling author

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The Invisible Thread: What Authors and Readers Offer Each Other

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Lisa Jewell on What It's REALLY Like to Be a #1 New York Times and International Bestselling Author

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The Art of Conscious Curation

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The Prison of Perfectionism with V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

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The Soft Ambition of a Quiet Life

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Storytelling in Songs vs Books + Finding Happiness with AJR's Adam Met

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How to Grow a Bestselling Substack with Mike Sowden of "Everything is Amazing"

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Why "Overnight Success" is Overrated with Katherine Center, New York Times Bestselling Author

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Suspense, Pacing, and Plot Twists with New York Times Bestselling Thriller Author Andrea Bartz

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Immersing Yourself in Characters with Allegra Goodman, National Book Award Finalist and New York Times Bestselling Author

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"The Big Hook of a Story" with Sarah Penner, New York Times Bestselling author

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How Being an Immigrant Influences Storytelling with Téa Obreht, National Book Award Finalist and Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction

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Dream Job at Reese's Book Club While Writing Novels with Gretchen Schreiber

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Breaking Through Writer's Block with author, playwright, and journalist Emma Pattee

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How Literary Magazines Work with the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of The Common

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The "Texture of Language" with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Eowyn Ivey

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What Happens on the Good Morning America set with Erin Crosby Eckstine

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How BookTok Creators Choose Which Books to Champion

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Handling Professional Jealousy with Bestselling Author Margarita Montimore

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What You Learn Between Your Debut and Sophomore Novels with Author Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

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Behind the Scenes of a Major Book Club with Bad B***h Book Club Founder Mackenzie Newcomb

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Building a Career in Both Fiction and Non-Fiction with #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Kate Fagan

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What is a Writing Coach vs an Editor? with Heather Demetrios

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Running Away to Italy with New York Times Bestselling Author Suzanne Young

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Listening to Your Storytelling Intuition with New York Times Bestselling Author J.C. Cervantes

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How to Find Joy in Writing through Hard Times

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The Line Between Fact and Fiction, with Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author

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From Wattpad to Over 3 Million Books Sold, with New York Times Bestselling Author Taran Matharu

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How Your Personal Mission Can Shape Your Books and Career with Brian Weisfeld, founder of The Startup Squad Foundation

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The Intersection of BookTok & Writing with THE Original BookTokker, Cait Jacobs

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When Film Meets Fiction, with Entertainment Weekly journalist and novelist Maureen Lee Lenker

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Co-Authoring Books + Tips for Social Media with Sara Raasch and Beth Revis, New York Times Bestselling authors

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"Write Whatever You Want" with J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author

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From Idea to Book to The Today Show with Alison Espach, New York Times Bestselling Author

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Book Titles, Author Branding, & Getting on The Today Show with Danielle Walker, New York Times bestselling cookbook author

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Writing Prolifically with TJ Klune, New York Times Bestselling author and Lambda Literary Award winner

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How to Write Unique Stories with Sabaa Tahir, National Book Award winner

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Building a Blockbuster Author Platform with Caroline Chambers, Substack and Instagram star

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Becoming a Writer Later in Life with Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author

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Why is it So Hard to Ask to Be Paid for Your Writing and Art? -- A joint interview between NYT Bestselling author Evelyn Skye and painter Sally Fama Cochrane

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Becoming a BookTok Sensation with Julie Soto, USA Today Bestselling Author

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From Flop to Self-Pub Global Superstar with Scarlett St. Clair, #1 NYT and International Bestselling Author

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Separating Art from Commerce with Jeannine Ouellette, Bestselling Substack Writing Teacher and Award-winning Memoirist

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Improvising a Creative Career with Substack Bestseller Beth Spencer of the Introvert Drawing Club

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Redefining Success with Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

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Overcoming Self-Doubt with Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

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