The Writer's Story

Episode 61: Charlotte Matthews

Meredith and Kristin talk about pacing and shorter attention spans, and then chat with Charlotte Matthews about her newest book of noticings. Charlotte also talks about her writing method for essays and poems.

Episode 60: Dean King

Kristin and Meredith talk about writing during the holiday season and interview Dean King, bestselling author of Skeletons on the Zahara. They discuss his most recent book Guardians of the Valley, and how he writes and researches his books.

Episode 59: Where do you get your ideas?

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.

Episode 58: Social media for writers

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. 

Episode 57: Virginia Pye

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.

Episode 56: The Spirit of Story

Kristin and Meredith talk about filling up their creative well and share great writing advice they've received.

Episode 55: Tim Wendel

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.

Episode 54: Dina Honour

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.

 

 

Episode 53: Katrin Schumann

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!).  

Episode 52: Julia Ridley Smith

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.