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The Stories Between Us — 185 episodes · page 1 of 2
185 So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
184 Kate Motaung and the Journey from Traditional Publishing to Self-Publishing...and Back Again
183 The Healing Power of Nature in an Anxious World
182 Douglas McKelvey and Who We Write For (Part 2)
181 A Poet and a Poem: A Compilation of Our Episodes with Leslie Bustard
180 Douglas McKelvey and the Role of Violence and Darkness in the Novel (Part 1)
179 Sugar! Sugar! Sugar!: On Addiction, Creativity, and Various Ways to Get Unstuck
178 This Unpredictable Freelance Life
177 Erin Bartels and Writing for a Christian Publisher
176 Michelle Derusha Walks Away From Writing
175 To Quit or Not to Quit (Writing)...That is the Question
174 Malcolm Guite's Journey to Becoming a Poet
173 Jen Pollock Michel and the Problem with Productivity
172 Lore Wilbert Keeps Asking Questions
171 Maile Tells Shawn What's Wrong With His Writing
170 Stephanie Smith Tells the Truth (But Tells It Slant)
169 Lisa-Jo Baker Writes the Book She Never Thought She'd Write
168 Amanda Held Opelt was a Novice at Grief
167 A Life of Faithfulness or A Life of Distraction
166 Grief and Opportunity with Mitali Perkins
165 Bryan Allain on Perseverance, Grief, and Creativity
164 Our Three Favorite Books of 2022
163 Martha Anne Toll, Debut Novelist at 65
162 Hannah and Nathan Anderson on Collaborating With Spouses (and Their Beautiful Advent Book)
161 It's a First for Sean and Jamie Dietrich (Sean of the South)
160 Looking Beneath the Surface with Patrice Gopo
159 Leslie and Ned Bustard Talk Creativity, Cancer, and the Gift of Art
158 Join Our Writing Community for Free
157 Adam Perry Brings the Ghosts
156 Sarah Westfall and Being Human Together
155 The Practice that Makes All the Difference
154 Getting 2% Better
153 A Final Episode
152 After Less-Than-Stellar Book Sales...What Now?
151 Creative Goals and the Life of a Writing Mama
150 Take What You've Learned...and Make it Yours
149 That Thing That Will Transform Your Creative Life
148 Writing for the Fun of It
147 Devi Laskar Does It Again
146 Katy Stafford Writes a Memoir
145 Let Yourself Be Eccentric
144 Russ Ramsey and Rembrandt is in the Wind
143 Leslie Bustard: Wild Things and Castles in the Sky
142 Tough Parenting Weekends and Good Book Endings
141 Elrena Evans and a Special Grace
140 Playing the Fool
139 Nothing is Wasted
138 The Good Things Right in Front of Us
137 Rachel Vaughn Rediscovers Her Writing Joy
136 Is There Value in Our Secret Work?
135 Andi Cumbo-Floyd is Killing It
134 Christie Purifoy Makes an Impossible Decision
133 Tsh Oxenreider is Trying Her Hand at Something New
132 Whose Mirror Are You Looking In?
131 Beka McDowell Finds Her Writing Motivation
130 What Changed Ben Emerson's Writing Life
129 Finding Hope in the Writing Life
128 What Our 7-year-old Son Leo Did, and How it Encouraged Us
127 When to Work Hard...and When to Give Yourself a Break
126 What If You Wrote Simply for the Fun of It?
125 Never Give Up
124 The Laundry Room Office...a Sacred Space?
123 Finding Success in the Everyday: A Conversation with Kelli Stuart
122 Scary Books, Scary Movies, and Our Greatest Creative Fears
121 What if We're Never as Good as We Want To Be
120 A Car Accident and Ted Lasso
119 What Would You Write If You Weren't Afraid?
118 Maile's First Publisher Rejection, and Maintaining Hope
117 Ashley Hales and Moving Into the Expansive Life
116 Sarah Arthur and the 18-Year Novel
115 Twenty-Two Years
114 Jane Friedman's Number One Piece of Advice for New Writers
113 Maile Signs with an Agent
112 Heather Thompson Day and What to Do When It's Not Your Turn
111 "Ready, Set…Slow": A Conversation With Jennifer Dukes Lee
110 We Talk With One of Maile's Favorite Writers
109 Courtney Ellis and What Was Missing From Her Family
108 Jon Acuff and the Stuff You're Always Telling Yourself in Your Head
107 A Big Announcement!
106 The Final Episode (Of the Season)
105 Claire Swinarski on Writing, Being a Mom, and Tunnel Vision
104 Growing the Deep Roots of Creative Self-Confidence
103 Kiki Oliphant Finds Her Own Path
102 Change, Manifesting, and Other Thoughts Brought on By Moving
101 Karen Stiller and How Motherhood Helped Her Writing
100 Our 100th Episode
099 Kathy Khang and Why Creativity Could Heal the World
098 Never Too Early, Never Too Late
097 Karen Swallow Prior Talks Frankenstein and Twitter
096 What Every Writer Should Have
095 Allison Fallon and a Life-Changing Habit
094 On Hope, Disappointment, and Everything in Between
093 Creating in Times of Stress
092 Weez Phillips on Writing, ADHD, and the Problem of Busyness
091 Winn Collier On Writing the Biography of Eugene Peterson
090 Do You Really Want What You Think You Want?
089 Brigid Kemmerer and Her Non-Overnight-Success Story
088 Art as a Support System for Life (And Not the Other Way Around)
087 How Adam Perry Works Full Time, Has a Family, and Writes Books
086 In Which We Are All Van Gogh