All episodes
085 Christiana Peterson Fell Into a Grave (Literally and Metaphorically)
084 Leslie Bustard on Rediscovering Poetry in the Midst of Cancer
083 Antoinette Brim-Bell and Seeing in New Ways
082 Jen Fulwiler and Why Risk-Taking is Central to Creativity
081 That Thing Our Family Tried in January
080 Beth Stedman and the Art of Getting Unstuck
079 This New Thing We're Doing
078 Janelle Stoltzfus and Walking the Valley of the Shadow of Death
077 Jamie Harrison on Memory, Writing Mysteries, and Why She Never Wanted to be a Writer
076 Cassandra Lane and the 20 Year Road to Her Book
075 Some Thoughts on Getting Unstuck
074 Laura Tremaine and How Time Heals All (Most?) Wounds
073 Creating Courageously During Difficult Days
072 Sean Dietrich on the South, Tragedy, and Writing
071 Bettering Yourself as a Writer
070 Creative Mindsets for the New Year
069 A Conversation with the Artist Freiman Stoltzfus
068 It's Time to Make a Change
067 Melanie Dale Tells Us to "Calm the H*ck Down"
066 Who is Your Future Creative Self?
065 Matthew Paul Turner and the Joy of Writing
064 Our Favorite Books of 2020
063 You're Not an Undiscovered Genius (and This is Good News)
062 Childhood Creativity and Maile's Inappropriate Christmas Story
061 Jamie Kocur and the Seeds of Creativity
060 Write What You Know...Or Not
059 Susie Finkbeiner: Where I Find My Stories
058 Seven Ways to Maintain Creativity During Turbulent Times
057 Jude Halvorsen (Poetry House) and Overcoming Distractions
056 What Sent Our Voice to the Page in the First Place
055 Amena Brown: Trust Your Voice, Live Your Life
054 Why We're Celebrating
053 What's the Big Idea?
052 What Do You Want? (And Thoughts on Delight)
051 The Divine Partnership
050 Some More Thoughts On Hope
049 Farewell...For Now
048 Marlena Graves: Growing as a Writer During the Quiet Times
047 Self-Care for the Creative During a Pandemic
046 Ruben Degollado: Living and Writing in the In-Between Spaces
045 Overcoming Distraction
044 Jen Pollock Michel: Writing, Patience, and Hope
043 D.L. Mayfield: The Intermingling of Creativity and Activism
042 In Which Shawn Confesses to Maile and It Involves a Royalty Statement
041 Tara K. Ross: Creativity as a Healing Force In Us and the World
040 Ed Cyzewski: A Creative's Guide to Overcoming Digital Distraction
039 Tsh Oxenreider: Creativity as Therapy
038 Can You Call a Piece of Writing Art If It's Never Read By Anyone?
037 Traci Rhoades - Developing Into a Book Idea
036 When Shawn was a 19-Year-Old Jerkface: Some Thoughts on Feedback
035 Ira Wagler: Writing Down the Broken Roads
034 A 10-Year Path to Publication (a Tutorial on Self-Encouragement)
033 Cory Leonardo: A Worthy Calling
032 What Every Creative Person Needs to Give and to Receive
031 To Self-Publish or not to Self-Publish: Maile Decides (Thanks to Bryan Allain)
030 Writing as a "Revolutionary Patience": Our Thoughts on Anne Lamott's Bird By Bird
029 Mitali Perkins: Why We Keep Creating
028 In Which Maile Gets Really, Really Honest
027 Lore Ferguson Wilbert - On Letting the Work Do Its Work in Us
026 Your Chance to Press Reset on Life
025 Headlight Living During a Pandemic
024 Steve Weins: Collective Grief, Feedback, and Life in These Strange Times
023 Leslie and Adam Verner: Forging a Creative Life
022 Overcoming Fear, Rejection, and the Great Resistance
021 Yangsze Choo: Wrestling Down the Story (With the Help of Dark Chocolate)
020 Devi Laskar: Some Thoughts On Not Quitting
019 In Which Shawn Confesses, Maile Talks About Depression, and Revisions are in Order
018 Will and Anne Bogel: Books, Books, and More Books
017 In Which Maile Gets Over Her Dislike of Big Magic (Which She Had Never Read Before)
016 Andi Cumbo-Floyd: Toddlers, MFAs, and Cozy Mysteries
015 Why We Stopped Homeschooling (Thoughts on Freeing Up Space for Creativity)
014 Christie Purifoy: When Creativity Surprises You
013 The Story of How We Met (and How Our Writing Brings Us Home Again)
012 Another Milestone for Maile...And What's Next
011 Chad Gibbs: Writing Rejection and Independent Publishing Success
010 On New Writing Routines, Mall Food Courts, and a New Year
009 On Death, Creativity, and What Makes Up a Good Creative Life
008 In Which We Reevaluate Maile's Writing Situation...Again
007 How Have We Screwed You Up?
006 The Thing Writers Don't Want to Talk About
005 Jealousy Between Writing Spouses
004 In Which Maile Hears Back from an Agent
003 In Which Maile is the Wife of the Writer
002 What Are You Going Towards?
001 An Introduction to the Stories Between Us