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An in-depth conversation about the path and craft of writing with published authors who dish up insights and revelations about their personal journeys, habits, and quirks. Author hosts Meredith Cole and Kristin Swenson take a look at the writer’s journey from idea to publication – process, challenges, inspiration, risks, and more—with their month guests.
Episodes
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Episode 59: Where do you get your ideas?
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
It's a popular question that writers get a lot when they're on tour: where do you get your ideas? Kristin and Meredith like the question, and attempt to answer it for a few of their books.
Sunday Sep 22, 2024
Episode 58: Social media for writers
Sunday Sep 22, 2024
Sunday Sep 22, 2024
Kristin and Meredith discuss their complicated feelings about social media, and how they've seen writers use it to help (or hurt) their sales/craft.
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Episode 57: Virginia Pye
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Virginia Pye returns to talk with Kristin and Meredith about her latest historical novel, THE LITERARY UNDOING OF VICTORIA SWANN. They talk about publishing in the Gilded Era, and how many of the issues that women and women writers had then still resonate today.
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Episode 56: The Spirit of Story
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Kristin and Meredith talk about filling up their creative well and share great writing advice they've received.
Sunday May 19, 2024
Episode 55: Tim Wendel
Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
Kristin and Meredith talk about their literary adventures and travels, and then chat with author Tim Wendel about REBEL FALLS, his historical novel set on the Canadian border during the Civil War.
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Episode 54: Dina Honour
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Kristin and Meredith chat with an old friend of Meredith's (from her Brooklyn days), Dina Honour. Dina talks about her journey to becoming a published author, her life as an expatriate, and her essay collection, There’s Some Place Like Home: Lessons From a Decade Abroad, as well as her memoir, It’s a Lot to Unpack.
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Episode 53: Katrin Schumann
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Katrin Schumann (author of the novel This Terrible Beauty and Program Director for the Key West Literary Seminar and Workshops) joins Meredith and Kristin. Katrin shares thoughts on craft such as plotting a novel (she's at work on new historical fiction) and what it's like to wear several hats (check out The Curious Kat on Substack, making connections through creative expression!).
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Episode 52: Julia Ridley Smith
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Kristin and Meredith talk about using their life experiences in their fiction and then chat with author Julia Ridley Smith about her short story collection Sex Romp Gone Wrong.
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Episode 51: Steve Weddle
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Kristin and Meredith talk about revising books they've been working on for a long time, and interview author Steve Weddle about his writing journey and new book The County Line, an Amazon First Reads selection.
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Episode 50: Reflecting on 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
For their 50th episode, Kristin and Meredith reflect on a year of writing and exciting guests in 2023.