The podcast arm of nordicinsights.news, your source for North American cross-country ski news with integrity and intent. Join host Fast Big Dog as we sit down for unfiltered conversations with a wide range of people involved in and impacting nordic skiing in this country. We aim to both educate and amuse. Podcast content does not reflect the views of Nordic Insights or its advertisers.
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The Bleeders is a podcast (and support group!) about book writing and publishing. Transparent conversations with authors, agents, and people in the publishing industry about how to write and sell books. The title is a nod to the famous (potentially misattributed) Hemingway quote: “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Sign up for The Bleeders companion Substack! https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome
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The Agony & Ecstasy of Going on Submission with Chloe Caldwell
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This is four-time author Chloe Caldwell's second interview for The Bleeders podcast. In this episode, Chloe shares two submission stories — one a nightmare and one a dream — along with advice for other writers on submission. Follow Chloe on Instagram @chloeeeecaldwell and buy the re-release of her cult classic novella Women. If you missed Chloe's f…
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Zach Caldwell mailbag episode: So many questions about skis
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You had questions: about ski choice, about differences between ski brands, about what really distinguishes World Cup stock, about listed weight ranges and flex, about how to find the best skis for you, about release angles (!), about testing skis, and so much more. We have some answers for you! Tune in for a Q&A episode with Zach Caldwell, a man fo…
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Factory grinds and structure with Rossignol (sponsored episode)
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Julian Robert and Jeff Courter of Rossignol are back for the second of two sponsored episodes. Would you like to know a ski manufacturer’s philosophy on factory grinds? What structure testing looks like at the World Cup level? Which is more important at the citizen-racer level, hand structure vs. ski choice? Two men who have more knowledge about fa…
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Research and development with Rossignol (sponsored episode)
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Julian Robert and Jeff Courter head up research and development at Rossignol, the longtime ski brand of podcast host Fast Big Dog. Join them to learn how ski designers work with athletes to develop skis, how to make the best use of demo days to find new skis that work for you, and their biggest tip for someone looking to buy a new pair of skis. You…
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Zach Caldwell waxes poetic on ski waxing
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Find out everything you need to know about ski waxing, plus many things that you didn’t know you needed to know but will benefit from now knowing, in this masterclass on waxing and ski preparation from wax tech to the stars Zach Caldwell. Kick, glide, fluoros, non-fluoros, paraffins, tools, race waxing, everyday waxing – you name it, he talks about…
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Zach Caldwell and the art of fleet management
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Wax tech to the stars Zach Caldwell holds forth on everything citizen racers need to know about ski selection and fleet management. Don’t have a dozen pairs of race skis? No problem. He’ll tell you what you need to prioritize. Plus a healthy dose of banter and anecdotes that will both educate and entertain.…
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Manifest Your 2024 Writing Goals Through Daily Practice with Kellianne Benson of 750words.com
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The new year is upon us, which has got me thinking about my writing-related resolutions, and how to accomplish them. So today’s episode is all about writing practice — the daily grind of it, the unsexy truth about how we manifest our writing goals by showing up and allowing ourselves to get words on the page, however messy they might be at first. I…
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Last weekend JC Schoonmaker was at the top of the ski world, going stride for stride with Klæbo en route to the first American men’s World Cup podium since Simi Hamilton. But just six weeks ago he was suffering through a low-grade virus that wouldn’t go away, and already thinking that maybe this just wasn’t his year. Join us for real talk on what’s…
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Sophia Laukli is the American who lives and trains in Norway, the nordic skiing Olympian who is also the reigning champion in international trail running, the late bloomer who didn’t start rollerskiing till age 17. She’s forged her own path in both skiing and running, finding balance along the way. Hear her speak about how she’s done it, and what o…
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Ben Ogden unfiltered (now with good audio quality)
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Ben Ogden speaks. We listened. The brightest star in American men’s skiing is also its most interesting and its most unassuming. Want to know what advice Ogden has for young skiers? How he recalibrated his mental prep when moving from college to the World Cup? The one thing he really wants to ask Klæbo? Find all that, and more, only here. Now ft. g…
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The fastest wax tech, with Carter Hall
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The third and final guest in our opening series of skiers-turned-mountain-bike-racers, Carter Hall discusses getting in his cycling training while working long hours on the road as a wax tech for BSF Pro Team. Plus the advantages and disadvantages of starting high-level bike racing late in life, what you learn from nordic skiing that you don’t from…
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Who’s the weirdest among endurance athletes, with Evan Arthur
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Who’s weirder, distance runners or nordic skiers? What’s the hardest sport between running, nordic skiing, and mountain biking? What should a college athlete trying to keep up training while moving on in life consider when taking those next steps? Evan Arthur sits down with Fast Big Dog to answer these questions and more.…
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From St. Scholastica nordic to the mountain bike World Cup (with John Wessling)
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John Wessling has lived all over and has pretty much done it all in sport, both endurance sports and skill sports. He self-effacingly describes himself as “the best of the worst” in most of these endeavors, but he’s also a three-time Cat 1 national champion in cross-country mountain bike racing, so take that last assessment with a grain of salt. We…
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How Chelsea Martin Strikes the Balance Between Prolific & Perfectionist
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Today's guest is Chelsea Martin. I adore indie queens like Chelsea. She has been incredibly prolific thus far in her literary career, and I love her "just do it" approach to publishing. We talk about how to balance perfectionist tendencies with being productive and putting out a lot of work, how to deal with a shitty publisher, the joys of having a…
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Indie Lit Queen Chloe Caldwell's DIY Approach to Becoming an Author of Four
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Today's guest Chloe Caldwell has forged her own unique path in the literary scene, and it’s one that I really admire. In this throwback episode, she gives us the play by play for how she became the author of four books — Legs Get Led Astray, Women, I’ll Tell You in Person, and The Red Zone. We cover everything from cold queries to agents to small p…
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Feminist Noir Author Halley Sutton on Her Novels “The Lady Upstairs” & "The Hurricane Blonde"
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Today’s guest is feminist noir crime writer Halley Sutton. She wrote the first draft of her debut novel, The Lady Upstairs, while getting her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. So we got into the pros and cons of MFAs for writers. And we also talk book #2 and how that's different since Halley’s currently in the home stretch with …
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Elle Nash, Glasgow-based author of the novels Gag Reflex and Animals Eat Each Other and the short story collection Nudes. Follow Elle Nash on Instagram and Twitter @saderotica. Preorder Elle's new novel Deliver Me! SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH I…
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Trusting Your Book to the Art of Translation with Victoria Kielland
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Victoria Kielland, Norwegian author of My Men, which was translated to English by Damion Searls. Follow Victoria on Instagram @vkielland and find out more via Astra Publishing House's website. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www…
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Frances Badalamenti on Her Freeing Evolution from Memoir to Autofiction
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Frances Badalamenti, author of I Don't Blame You and Salad Days. Follow Frances on Instagram @franbad and connect via her website francesbadalamenti.com. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.youtube.com/@bleederspodcast Welcome, …
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My Former Life as Glamour's "Jake": What It's Like to Write a Famous Advice Column with Jon Small
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Jon Small, host of the Write About Now podcast, editor-at-large for Entrepreneur.com, and, in a past life, Glamour’s “Jake.” Follow Jon on Instagram @thejonsmall and Twitter @kidfinesse. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.youtu…
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The Best Rejection I Ever Got with Laura Cathcart Robbins
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Laura Cathcart Robbins, author of Stash: My Life in Hiding. Follow Laura on Instagram @lauracathcartrobbins and Twitter @TheOnlyOnePodc1. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.youtube.com/@bleederspodcast Welcome, writers and book…
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Antonia Crane on Her Sex Work Memoir "Spent" & the Stories Writers Keep Retelling
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Antonia Crane, author of Spent. Follow Antonia on Instagram @antoniacrane and Twitter @antoniacrane. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.youtube.com/@bleederspodcast Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a new podcas…
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How to Write Erotica with Rachel Kramer Bussel
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Rachel Kramer Bussell, author of How to Write Erotica and editor of over 70 anthologies of erotica. Follow Rachel on Instagram @rachelkramerbussel and Twitter @raquelita. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.youtube.com/@bleeders…
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Writing a Revealing Book About Your Day Job: Andrew Bomback on "Doctor"
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Andrew Bomback, author Doctor and Long Days, Short Years: A Cultural History of Modern Parenting. Follow Andrew on Instagram @andrewbomback and Twitter @asbomback. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.youtube.com/@bleederspodcast…
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Samantha Mann on How the Beloved "Putting Out" Prologue Came to Be
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Samantha Mann, author of Putting Out: Essays on Otherness and editor of the anthology I Feel Love: Notes on Queer Joy. Follow Samantha on Instagram @samantha.mann05 and Twitter @Sdmann0502. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.yo…
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Zachary Zane on the Book Proposal for "Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto" & How He Built His Writer Platform
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Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Zachary Zane, author of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto. Follow Zachary on Instagram @zacharyzane_ and Twitter @ZacharyZane_. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS. https://www.youtube.com/@bleederspodcast Welcome, writers and book lovers. The…
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How to Successfully Pitch Editors for Freelance Writers with Sonia Weiser of Opportunities of the Week
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Opportunities of the Week is the brilliant brainchild of our guest today, Sonia Weiser. It’s the type of newsletter that I’ve seen gets recommended a lot in the writing scene because it’s a compilation of all the current pitch calls available on social media. If you are trying to build up your bylines or find a home for some writing work on the int…
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Carmen Rita Wong on Writing Her Memoir "Why Didn't You Tell Me?" as a Mystery
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Today’s guest is Carmen Rita Wong, and she has a doozy of a story — it’s memoir meets family mystery, and it’s so freaking good! In this episode, Carmen shares how her magnum opus finally came together after decades in the making, plus writing and publishing wisdom she's gleaned through publishing FIVE books. She also introduces us to the concept o…
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Work in Progress: How to Query Your Novel to Get an Agent (Without Losing Your Mind) with Marina Stevenson
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I found Marina through a Twitter thread she wrote about querying, so today, I’m bringing you the first Work in Progress, with an emphasis on publishing. Marina shares how she landed her agent, her top querying tips, how her fantasy novel Beheaded is doing out on submission, the importance of protecting your mental health, and more in today’s episod…
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Allie Rowbottom Deep Dives the Writing & Publishing Processes for "Jello Girls" and "Aesthetica"
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I’m so excited to have Allie Rowbottom on the show today! Allie is the author of the memoir/family history/cultural commentary Jello Girls, which I love, and the new novel Aesthetica, which is incredibly zeitgeisty in its subject matter and has been getting rave reviews. Not only is Allie Rowbottom a super hot lit queen who can string together a he…
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Manifesting Your Writing Goals Through Daily Practice with Kellianne Benson of 750words.com
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The new year is upon us, which has got me thinking about my writing-related resolutions, and how to accomplish them. So today’s episode is all about writing practice — the daily grind of it, the unsexy truth about how we manifest our writing goals by showing up and allowing ourselves to get words on the page, however messy they might be at first. A…
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Alissa Wilkinson Throws a Dinner Party for Her Food Writing Inspiration with Her Latest Book "Salty"
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Alissa Wilkinson wrote her book Salty during the first year of the pandemic, which left its mark on both the process and the content. Alissa tells us about how "Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women" and her first book came to be and a little bit about her current Joan Didion-related project. We also talked about h…
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How to Write a Novel with Author Matt Bell & His Craft Book "Refuse to Be Done"
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Matt Bell wrote his novel-writing craft book "Refuse to Be Done" between drafts of his latest novel Appleseed, and perhaps both books were the better for it. Matt has an exhausting yet enviably productive novel-writing process, and he's taking us to church today with this sermon and many others. He's a writer's writer and knows all about creating t…
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You Don't Need a Publisher: How Elle Griffin is Serializing Her Novels on Substack
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Elle Griffin set out to query her gothic novel and, in the process, made some disappointing discoveries about the publishing industry that led her to serialize it on Substack. Today she's going to share her journey down this unconventional path that definitely has some upsides, like making $19K her first year on Substack and retaining the rights to…
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Work in Progress: Write or Die Tribe's Kailey Brennan DelloRusso on Her Novel-in-Progress + Prompt Me, Daddy
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In today's episode, Write or Die Tribe founder Kailey Brennan DelloRusso explains what she's learned while writing her untitled novel-in-progress (which got its start during NaNoWriMo!). We discuss the benefits of having a writing accountability buddy, the thought (and plot)-provoking questions she gleaned from "The 90-Day Novel'' by Alan Watt, as …
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Bassey Ikpi on How She Did the Magic with “I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying”
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Bassey Ikpi’s “I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying” is one of my all-time favorite books. She grew up thinking authors were magicians, but it turns out she knows how to cast the spell too! In this episode, Bassey shares how the book proposal was a totally different book but working on it amid a mental health crisis led her down a more authentic pa…
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Anthology No. 1: The Best Writing & Publishing Advice from Summer 2022
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If you love writing and publishing advice as much as I do, this episode is going to make you horny, baby! To celebrate our 13 amazing guests from this summer, I'm dropping the first Bleeders anthology — chock-full of sage wisdom on building community, establishing a daily practice, editing yourself, and all kinds of helpful writing and publishing m…
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Work in Progress: Shelby Hinte on "Howling Women" + Prompt Me, Daddy
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Today's guest is Shelby Hinte. I know Shelby because we took a Chloe Caldwell workshop together this spring (all roads lead back to Chloe on this podcast, lol). In this episode, Shelby explains her writing process and query experience for her work-in-progress, Howling Women. There are so many priceless little takeaways from this interview — like th…
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Omar Mouallem on Crafting Historical Travelogue Memoir "Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas"
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Omar Mouallem wrote the historical travel memoir "Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas." However, he struggled to tackle that subject matter without finding a new relationship with the religion he'd grown up with and apart from. Omar dives into the whole book writing process, from getting his start as a ghostwriter to how he landed …
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Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on Writing "The Sex Lives of African Women" from Blog to Book
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Today’s guest comes all the way from Africa! Ghanaian author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has such a cool story about how she used her blog as a launch pad for publishing her first book. Nana shares the whole process, including conducting the interviews, writing a book proposal, how she landed her agent, and more. Plus, her best tip for writers trying to …
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Work in Progress: Caroline Shannon-Karasik on "Mother-Eaten" + Prompt Me, Daddy
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Today's guest is Caroline Shannon-Karasik. I know Caroline because we took Catapult’s 12-Month Essay Generator together, led by Chloe Caldwell. In this episode, she fills me in on what she’s done with the manuscript since then. Caroline drops some serious wisdom on her writing process, how to approach a rewrite, and giving yourself guilt-free time …
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Elle Nash on the North Star of Writing to Her Taste
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Today's guest is Elle Nash, author of Animals Eat Each Other, Nudes, Gag Reflex, and the upcoming novel Deliver Me. This episode is an interesting peek into Elle's creative process as we talk through her body of work, the North star of writing to your taste, developing her voice alongside her editing chops, how she landed the coolest agent ever, an…
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Work in Progress: Emmy Olea on "Emmy, Like the Award"
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Today's guest is Emmy Olea. I first discovered Emmy's writing through her podcast Crumbs about Emmy's dating experiences as a trans woman recovering from alcoholism whose mom was a coyote and whose grandma ran drugs for the Tijuana cartel. It's a wild story so well-written and poignantly told. When I learned that Crumbs was actually just a sliver o…
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Chelsea Martin on Striking the Balance Between Prolific & Perfectionist
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Today's guest is Chelsea Martin. I adore indie queens like Chelsea. She has been incredibly prolific thus far in her literary career, and I love her "just do it" approach to publishing. We talk about how to balance perfectionist tendencies with being productive and putting out a lot of work, how to deal with a shitty publisher, the joys of having a…
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The Book I Had to Write: The Memoir as Detective Story with Lilly Dancyger
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Today's episode is a great interview about book writing and publishing from another show. The Book I Had to Write is hosted by book coach Paul Zakrzewski. He interviews memoir writers, journalists, and other coaches about writing their most compelling books. In this episode, he interviews Lilly Dancyger, author of the memoir Negative Space and the …
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Chapped: Bridgette Bianca on be/trouble & the Legacy of Black Poetry
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Today’s guest Bridgette Bianca is a fantastic spoken word poet with a Grammy nomination on her bucket list, and it was so interesting to hear her describe the interplay between performance and her writing process. She also shared a valuable lesson she learned in grad school. Plus, she took us to Howard for an education on the legacy of Black poetry…
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Hannah Howard on How Her Food Memoirs Became So Much More
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Today's guest is Hannah Howard, author of two food memoirs, Feast: True Love in and Out of the Kitchen and Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family, that transcend the genre and are also about relationships, motherhood, and finding your tribe. We discuss how an MFA application process helped her crystallize her vision for what became her first book, the…
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Work in Progress: Amanda McNeil on "Thank You, I Still Hate Myself"
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Amanda McNeil wrote a draft of an essay collection during the first year of the pandemic.... and then sat on it. Now she’s gearing up to write another draft and wondering if maybe it’s a memoir, or at least she’s wondering if that will help sell the book. We talk about all this and the necessary evil of querying in the first edition of Work in Prog…
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Chloe Caldwell Does It Her Way: How She Became an Author of Four
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Chloe Caldwell has forged her own unique path in the literary scene, and it’s one that I really admire. She gives us the play by play for how she became the author of four books — Legs Get Led Astray, Women, I’ll Tell You in Person, and The Red Zone — in today’s episode. We cover everything from cold queries to agents to small presses to trusting y…
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Halley Sutton on “The Lady Upstairs” & Feminist Noir Book #2
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Today’s guest is feminist noir crime writer Halley Sutton. She wrote the first draft of her debut novel, The Lady Upstairs, while getting her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. So we got into the pros and cons of MFAs for writers. And we also talk book #2 since Halley’s currently in the home stretch with her second novel. Halley …
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