Good Writing Comes Last: the form and function of a solid book outline, episode 354 Listen now (37 min) | Jess here, because I hate outlining. Hate it. It sounds boring and feels like an assignment, writing stripped of all flow and joy…
Sensitivity Reader Reboot: looking your topic from all the angles, with Jordan Shapiro and JazzListen now (47 min) | Recently, someone on Twitter asked if sensitivity readers are still a resource writers utilize and where to find them. Yes indeed…
Unraveling Nonfiction Research and Writing: Episode 353 with Peggy OrensteinListen now (42 min) | “There's No Way I'm Going to Get a Book Out of This.”
March has indeed come in like a lion here, if lions are like, I don’t know, snow-bringing Easter bunnies? Anyway, it’s here and I’m glad, because March…
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How to Write a Novel in Three Months, Sarina-Style (Episode 352)Listen now (30 min) | Hey all! Today Sarina brings you a fun but tricky topic: how to write a novel in three months. Should you do it? Maybe. It depends…

February 2023

for the week of February 27, 2023
A Workbook for Your Story: Episode 351 with Adrienne Young and Isabel IbañezListen now (42 min) | True confession time: Sarina and I have always wanted to make something like this. I’m talking about The Storyteller’s Workbook…
for the week of 2/20
Writing Three Books Without Typing a Word: Episode 350 with Leslie HootonListen now (36 min) | Dictation, inspiration, deleted fragments and where the real work begins.
How to Write (More than just) Erotica: Episode 349 with Rachel Kramer BusselListen now (49 min) | STOP. Do not think to yourself, well, I don’t want to write Erotica—why is this podcast/book for me? This conversation, and the…
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Are You Ready to Pitch? The Answer is in Your Query. Episode 348 with Julie Artz Listen now (48 min) | Your query (or your jacket copy) can tell you if your story is ready to pitch to agents (or offer readers)--if you're willing to…