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Wild Precious LifeMy Marriage Sabbatical with Leah FisherIn her 60s, after decades as a psychotherapist, marital counselor, and work and family consultant, Leah Fisher embarked upon solo trips to multiple countries to see whether she could connect across cultures, participate in community projects, and try to be “of use.” On today’s show, Leah joins us to speak about her new memoir, My Marriage Sabbatical, and to discuss what is lost and gained when couples pursue separate dreams. Episode Sponsors:Orinda Books – An independently-owned bookstore just 30 minutes east of San Francisco. We’re open six days a...2025-01-1456 min
Wild Precious LifeWarrior Girl Unearthed with Angeline BoulleyAngeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education and is the author of two bestselling novels, Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed. In today’s episode, Angeline and Annmarie talk about the need to protect and celebrate indigenous artifacts, cultures, and stories.Episode Sponsors:Brain Lair Books – A black-owned, woman-owned children's bookst...2024-02-0646 minWild Precious LifeNiksen: The Dutch Art of Doing Nothing with Olga MeckingOlga Mecking is a writer, journalist, and translator based in the Netherlands, and she’s the reporter who made Niksen (“doing nothing”) go viral. Her New York Times article on the subject was shared over 100,000 times. In this episode, Annmarie and Olga talk about the health and creativity benefits of doing nothing and why it is that pauses, rests, and breaks too often feel out of reach for our overworked selves.Episode Sponsors:The American Book Center – Booksellers with a personal touch. This family-owned bookstore, opened in 1972...2024-01-0950 min
International Writers' CollectiveJing-Jing Lee Master Class RecordingAuthor Jing-Jing Lee gave a special online master class for us on 11 July 2021, moderated by Karen Kao. You can listen to a recording of the first hour of the class.The class focused on Jing’s historical novel, How We Disappeared, which portrays the lives of 'comfort women' in Singapore during World War II. We talk about the craft choices Jing made in her novel, sources of inspiration, the delicate art of writing about trauma, weaving together multiple time periods and points of view, the research needed for historical fiction, how to find and work with an age...2021-08-1150 min
The Author Accountability Podcast014 What fears do you have around writing?Recorded on the 5th of February 2021
In this week’s episode, Rhianne is joined by Sarina to discuss this weeks topic around writing fears. Plus there's joyous chat about pokemon.
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...2021-07-0845 minInternational Writers' CollectiveLaura Wetherington Master Class RecordingPoet and teacher Laura Wetherington gave a special online master class for us on 21 February 2021.
The class focussed on craft in Laura’s latest poetry collection Parallel Resting Places, which won the 2020 New Measure Prize. Her debut collection, A Map Predetermined and Chance (Fence Books), was selected by C.S. Giscombe for the National Poetry Series. Her poems have been featured by Poem-A-Day, the Colorado Review, and The Normal School, among many others. Laura is a feature writer for the University of Arizona Poetry Center, a reviewer at Full Stop, and the poetry editor at Baobab Pr...2021-02-2148 minInternational Writers' CollectiveMegin Jiménez Master Class RecordingVenezuelan-American poet and short story author Megin Jiménez gave a special master class for us on 1 March 2020 in Amsterdam.
The class focussed on craft in Megin’s prose poetry collection Mongrel Tongue, which won the 1913 Press Prize for First Books. She received her MFA from the prestigious New School in New York. Her poems, stories and essays have appeared in the Best American Poetry Blog, the Kenyon Review, Barrelhouse, NOO Journal, Barrow Street, Denver Quarterly, LIT, Tarpaulin Sky, and other journals. Megin also works as a professional translator and teaches the Collective’s creative writing cours...2020-03-0138 minInternational Writers' CollectiveRebecca O’Connor Master Class RecordingIrish writer and editor Rebecca O’Connor gave a special master class for us on 13 October 2019 in Amsterdam.
The class focused on craft in O’Connor’s novel He Is Mine and I Have No Other and also dipped into her poetry collection We’ll Sing Blackbird as well as her work as editor of the acclaimed literary magazine The Moth.
Some of the specific topics covered were:
the importance of setting,
the challenges of capturing a teenage voice,
the charms of the epistolary novel,
the value of a good beta reader,
why you...2019-11-221h 19International Writers' CollectiveCaoilinn Hughes Master Class Recording Irish writer Caoilinn Hughes, author of the novel Orchid & the Wasp and the award-winning poetry collection Gathering Evidence, gave a special master class for us on Sunday, 28 July 2019 at Boekhandel van Rossum in Amsterdam.
The class focused primarily on Hughes’s novel and dipped briefly into her poetry, as well as addressing issues of craft, process and publishing. Specific topics covered by Hughes in conversation our instructor Karen Kao included:
figuring out form,
why short stories are a good way to learn,
crafting a complex female protagonist,
writing in the past tense ve...2019-08-151h 19International Writers' CollectiveKristen Roupenian Master Class RecordingIn this master class with Kristen Roupenian, author of the viral short story “Cat Person”, we discussed:
choosing a narrator,
playing with the reader’s expectations,
using horror and fantastical elements,
learning when to stop revising,
becoming a productive procrastinator,
dealing with the negative voice in your head, and much more.
Roupenian holds a PhD in English Literature from Harvard and an MFA from the University of Michigan. "Cat Person", which was published in December 2017, was the second most read story on The New Yorker website that year, after the Harvey Weinstein exposé. And with close to 5 mi...2019-04-041h 29International Writers' CollectiveJennifer Clement Master Class Recording In this master class with award-winning author Jennifer Clement, we discussed the challenges of writing about social issues, the role of research, why fiction writers should study poetry, how to fit writing into your day and much more.
As the author of four novels, four collections of poetry and a memoir, Clement had many great tips to share, including how to balance writing with a demanding day job: she’s the president of PEN International, one of the world’s largest, most prestigious writers’ associations.
https://internationalwriterscollective.com/podcast2019-01-311h 13International Writers' CollectiveJoost Baars Master Class RecordingIn this master class, award-winning poet Joost Baars and Sarah Carriger discussed the art of the line-break, poetry in translation, getting unstuck and more. Some inspiring words for poets and fiction writers alike.
https://internationalwriterscollective.com/podcast2019-01-311h 22International Writers' CollectiveManu Joseph Master Class Recording In this master class with award-winning Indian novelist Manu Joseph, we talked about his novel Miss Laila, Armed & Dangerous and getting political in your writing, the art of satire, the challenges of writing from the point of view of characters very different than yourself, the value of humour, finding your voice as a writer and more.
https://internationalwriterscollective.com/podcast2019-01-311h 32International Writers' CollectiveKaren Kao Master Class RecordingThis master class with Karen Kao covered how to write violence effectively, include multiple points of view, incorporate research into historical fiction without being overwhelmed by it, find a publisher and much more. Please be aware that Karen's novel contains a rape scene which is read aloud in the class. 2019-01-311h 31International Writers' CollectiveA.M. Homes Master Class Recording In this edition, we speak with award-winning American author A.M. Homes. Homes is known for her darkly comic short stories and novels, including perennial favorties such as This Book Will Save Your Life and May We Be Forgiven, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), beating out short-listed contenders by Zadie Smith, Barbara Kingsolver and Hilary Mantel.
We discuss craft in May We Be Forgiven, Homes’s process and advice for writers, including:
how to tell if you have a novel on your hands or just a sh...2019-01-311h 30