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More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronTaking a Pause & How You Can Support MeThere is a lot going on behind the scenes for me right now, including do I keep using the term “nonfiction” to talk about the work I do with women writing books?? What do you think? Leave me a comment with your thoughts! In today’s episode: - special birthday message to my husband, Jeremy, who’s birthday is June 2, the day this episode goes live 💜- going through it: income loss, job loss, illness relapse- being a little cryptic when telling your true personal story is part of your work but yo...2025-06-0233 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWhy I Don’t Teach Structure for BooksToday on More to the Story Podcast: Why I don’t teach structure for books. Well, technically I do, but not in the way that others teach it. Another conversation I had with a woman at AWP during one of the mini book coaching sessions I held was all about her book, which she thinks is going to be kind of a big family saga spanning her grandmother’s life, her mother’s life, and her own life. She’s sorting through family memorabilia, including letters, and she wants to do interviews with her ancestors.She’s fe...2025-05-2618 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronA Simple Way to Affect the OutcomeToday on More to the Story: a simple (but not easy) way to affect change or the outcome you’re hoping to achieve. In today’s episode: - inspiration from a recent book that I read, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, by Ina Garten- how I feel about celebrity memoirs, even though I have read a few (listen to find out which ones!) - a popular TV show from the 1990s that I wasn’t allowed to watch when I was in high school- leaning into the en...2025-05-1922 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronStop Playing SmallWhen you’re close to being done with a manuscript project, what do you do? Do you finish the manuscript, and then start submitting? If it’s an essay collection, do you submit individual essays first, wait for them to get published, and then submit the manuscript?These questions and more in today’s episode about playing small, by which I mean limiting yourself by not taking advantage of all the opportunities available to you.In this episode:- submitting on a parallel path for individual essays + an essay collection manuscript- stra...2025-05-1219 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWho cares if you’re organized?Staying organized is kind of a boring topic, but a practical and essential part of writing—especially if you‘re working on a book project. I’m talking about organization of writing material with all these different Word docs or Google docs or storing files on Dropbox.This came up in a conversation I had with a woman at AWP who booked one of my 15-minute book-coaching sessions. She’s working on an essay collection, she has 12 essays so far, all in varying stages of completeness or needing revision, and in varying stages of being submitted individually. In addit...2025-05-0627 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronYou feel like your book is missing something.When I talk with women about their book projects, one of the most common things I hear them say over and over is: I feel like my book is missing something, but I don't know what it is. And I don't know how to figure IT out. In the episode: - the typical way these conversations go- what happens when I have these conversations & how I respond- why self-awareness & simply paying attention are essential to discovering what your book is missing- one of my...2025-04-2831 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronThe Universe Will Send You What You Ask ForThis week I want to tell you a story about an experience I had a the beach and relate it to something I’ve been learning about and focusing on in my life and observing how it manifests in our writing, creative, and publishing lives.In this episode: - my husband Jeremy and I have been vacationing in Baja California, Mexico and we recently decided to see how it would be to drive there from our home in Northern California- on our visits we take daily walks on the beach and would co...2025-04-2120 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWhat is a book coach? (Part 2)I’m revisiting the topic of what a book coach does, and t’s on my mind because of the two conferences I went to last month in March (Alt Summit & AWP). At both conferences I held 15-minute mini book coaching session and had so many great conversations with women who are working on books.There were also a lot of people, more so at AWP, talking about what they do professionally and how they help writers in the books/publishing world from book coaches like me to writing coaches, editors of all kinds, and publishers.At...2025-04-1435 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWhen You Learn a Lesson the Hard WayWhew, we made it to April. March was an incredibly busy month for me. I was out of town March 14-17 for a conference called Alt Summit, and then again March 22-30 for another conference called AWP. Even before leaving for both those trips I was asking myself the question: was that the best decision? To commit to going to two conferences back-to-back? Last year when AWP was in Kansas City, I was one year post-relapse and new treatments but still had a lot of lingering symptoms. So instead of attending the entire conference for 3 days, I...2025-04-0733 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWhat is a book coach?At one of the two conferences I attended last month, one of the questions I got was: what is a book coach? Which is the perfect question for a podcast episode. In this episode: - a newly published book by one of my clients! - the meetup I hosted on authors & publishing at the Alt Summit conference last month- realizing that I haven’t talked about what a book coach is on this podcast- certification for book coaches, and why I’m not certified or think it’s nece...2025-03-3144 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronI’m at AWP in LA this week!I’m at AWP this week! If you’re also in LA for this annual conference, be sure to stop by Under the Gum Tree’s booth 1213 to say hello.Two things I’m doing at AWP this year:1. Hosting 15-minute mini-consults for women working on nonfiction books. If you could use a mini book coaching session, check here to see if there are any spots available and grab one.2. Under the Gum Tree’s off-site reading in partnership with Fourth Genre, River Teeth, and Hippocampus Magazine. On Friday, March 28 from 6-8p at Bonaven...2025-03-2448 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWhat if you’re right on time?For months now, maybe even a year or more, I have been wanting to spend 10 minutes, first thing in the morning, drinking my coffee outside.I set up the perfect spot to sit, with chairs facing east toward the rising sun, moved the gas fire pit over to the chairs. But for some reason I couldn’t get myself to take my coffee outside in the mornings.Actually I know exactly the reasons:1. It’s been winter time, and cold, and less sunny, and not the ideal weather for wanting to be outside.2025-03-1731 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronThere’s no crying in self-promotion!I saw a Notes thread on Substack recently that someone had shared an article, commenting that it was the saddest thing she had read on Substack that day.It had a lot of comments, so I clicked to read out of clarity and then curiosity. Clarity, because at first I didn’t get what was so sad about the article. Then curiosity, because as soon as I figured it out, I wanted to see what others had said.Maybe you already guessed that this thread was one long b***h-fest.The comments were al...2025-03-1034 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronDo I need 100,000 followers on social to get published?Someone sent me this question recently, and man did it get me fired up.Whenever I hear any so-called advice (from anyone) saying you need XYZ specific thing in order to get published, my first response is:Well, how does saying that benefit THEM?Here’s the thing: do you need 100,000 followers to get published? NO. Absolutely not. Would it be helpful? Of course.But (and this is a big BUT), there is a lot of nuance to this question, which I unpack in this episode.Listen in for:...2025-03-0334 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWhen You’ve Never Done Something BeforeWhen an opportunity for expansion and growth presents itself, but it’s something you’ve never done before, what’s your first instinct? To avoid doing it? To dismiss it simply because you’ve never done it? Maybe the idea of trying the thing hasn’t even occurred to you because you’ve never done it.But just because you’ve never done something doesn’t mean you can’t do it, or shouldn’t do it. In fact I would argue that when this type of resistance comes up it’s a good indicator that it’s time to do some self-r...2025-02-2421 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronWriting a Book is Kind of Like Producing the First Episode of Saturday Night LiveWhen I introduce myself as a book coach, nearly every single woman I meet responds with, “Oh my gosh, I’ve always wanted to write a book.” Then we get to talking about what’s holding them back, and it is always some variation of “I’m not ready.” It usually sounds something like:- I’m waiting until I have a larger following.- I’m waiting until my kids are older. - I’m waiting until my business is more established.- I have to take care of XYZ thing first. ...2025-02-1729 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronIf you want to publish a book, what do you actually want?Aspiring authors: do you have a pre-set idea of how to write and publish your book, based on what experts and gurus have said is the (best/only/most effective) way to do it? Have you already decided that you need to do XYZ because that's what so-and-so says to do? If you answered YES to any of these questions, this episode is for you. And I have some questions for YOU. Here's the deal: there is no one-size-fits all path to getting published and, in fact, if you haven't gotten clear on a few things for...2025-02-1024 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronTime is On Your SideAfter a nearly four-year hiatus, More to the Story Podcast is back! Brought to you by Janna Marlies Maron, book coach and editor for women writing nonfiction, and editor and publisher of the creative nonfiction lit mag, Under the Gum Tree. Time is on your side: many of previous podcast guests have published books since being on the show; what’s been happening for Janna & plans for this podcast going forward. Subscribe to the podcast on Substack: moreothestorypodcast.substack.com Sign up for Janna’s email list: jannamarlies.com/keep-in-touch This...2025-02-0429 min
Nonfiction Authors PodcastJanna Marlies Maron: How to finally finish your book: 3 shifts to make it happenThese aren’t theoretical tips. These are three specific actions you can use to become inspired and reinvigorated. Join Carla King in a talk with Janna Maron who shares wisdom from her 20 years of experience in helping authors get unstuck. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast.2022-06-1524 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 23: Self-care, community, and the Nonfiction Bootcamp with Janna MaronJanna Marlies Maron (she/her) is a professional editor with nearly 20 years of experience helping writers to complete their projects and produce the best work possible. Her experience includes time as a magazine editor, college professor, agency editorial director, and content director for a popular internet brand. Her life’s work began when she was a kid writing in a spiral bound notebook, and she has since turned an MA in creative writing into a successful career as an editor, publisher, and director of her own business supporting women authors writing nonfiction. In addition to founding and editing Under th...2021-07-0815 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 22: Tinkering & braiding the threads of science and literature with Nicole WalkerNicole Walker is the author of Processed Meats: Essays on Food, Flesh and Navigating Disaster (2021) Sustainability: A Love Story (2018) and the collaborative collection The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet (2019). She has previously published the books Where the Tiny Things Are (2017), Egg (2017), Micrograms (2016), Quench Your Thirst with Salt (2013), and This Noisy Egg (2010). She edited for Bloomsbury the essay collections Science of Story (2019) with Sean Prentiss and Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction (2013) with Margot Singer. She is the co-president of NonfictioNOW and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award and a noted author...2021-07-0145 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 21: Intersectionality through essays, memoir, and poetry with Kristie Robin JohnsonKristie Robin Johnson is an educator, essayist, and poet from Augusta, Georgia. She is the current Chair of the Department of Humanities at Georgia Military College’s Augusta campus where she is an Assistant Professor of English. A graduate of the MFA Creative Writing program at Georgia College and State University, Kristie’s writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has received other awards and recognition, including an AWP Intro to Journals award, the 2020 Porter Fleming Prize for Nonfiction, and the 2021 Page Prize for Nonfiction from The Pinch Literary Journal. Her work has been published in numerous lite...2021-06-2439 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 20: Reinventing the addiction memoir & writing as recovery with Tim HillegondsTimothy J. Hillegonds is the author of The Distance Between (Nebraska, 2019), a finalist for the 2020 Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Tim's work has appeared in The Guardian, the Chicago Tribune, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, Assay, Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction, River Teeth, Baltimore Review, Brevity, Under the Gum Tree, Hippocampus Magazine, The Fourth River, Midway Journal, RHINO, Bluestem Magazine, r.k.v.r.y. quarterly, and others.In 2019, Tim was named by the Guild Literary Complex as one of their thirty "Writers to...2021-06-171h 03
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 19: Diary entries becoming essays & the short form with Kelly Fig SmithKelly is an award-winning essayist and a Pushcart nominee. She has an MFA in nonfiction from Lesley University. Her essay “Do No Harm” was awarded the $1000 Best Essay Prize and appeared in Creative Nonfiction’s Issue #55, The Memoir Issue, Spring 2015. Her essay, "Paper Moon" was shortlisted for The Pinch's 2017 Literary Award. Kelly enjoys the quiet life of rural Ohio. When she's not chasing children around the house, she can usually be found corn field watching from beneath an apple tree in her backyard. Kelly is currently seeking representation for her first book a collection of essays. In the epi...2021-06-1027 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 18: Heartbreak, heart devices, and conflict minerals with Kati StandeferIn this episode I talk with writer Katherine Standefer. Katherine's debut book, Lightning Flowers, published November 2020 from Little Brown, was shortlisted for the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Prize from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Her work was featured in The Best American Essays 2016, won the 2015 Iowa Review Award in Nonfiction, and most recently appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review, Kenyon Review Online, New England Review, Crazyhorse, Quarterly West, and The Normal School. She was a Fall 2018 Logan Nonfiction Fellow at The Carey Institute for Global Good, and earned her MFA in Creative...2021-06-0342 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 17: Parenthood and the confluence of son & father with James ChesbroIn this episode, I talk with writer James M. Chesbro. James is the author of A Lion in the Snow: Essays on a Father’s Journey Home. His work has appeared in The Writer’s Chronicle, America, The Washington Post, The Millions, Essay Daily, and The Huffington Post. Essays from A Lion in the Snow were chosen as notable selections in The Best American Essays series 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018, as well as The Best American Sports Writing 2014.In the episode we talk about: Making sense of things in a private journalMourning the loss of a parent while trying to ke...2021-05-2728 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 16: The Soundtrack of a neighborhood & processing grief with Tori WestonIn this episode I talk with Tori Weston, creative writer and visual artist. Tori received a BFA in Writing and Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. While working for the Professional Studies department and finishing her last semester of graduate school, she wrote a proposal for a creative writing high school program. Fifteen years later, she is now the Assistant Director of Pre-College Programs at Emerson College. When not running the pre-college program, she balances her professional life with her creative life as both a writer and artist. Her writing has appeared in What's Up...2021-05-2035 min
Creating Your Own Path133: Welcome to Season 6: A Look Back + What’s AheadIn today’s episode, I’m excited to kick off the start of CYOP Season 6! First, we’re taking a trip down CYOP memory lane with 10 past episodes listeners have resonated with the most over the years. We’re also diving into some exciting updates about the show this season, some behind-the-scenes improvements, announcements about the company and more.
10 Shows Listeners Have Loved:
CYOP #1: Janna Marlies Maron + Jeremy Maron
CYOP #46: Lisa Congdon
CYOP #57: Grace Bonney + Julia Turshen
CYOP #68: Simone Anne
CYOP 76: Jen Hewett
CYOP #78: Trisha Hughes
CYOP #91: Tina Essmaker
CYOP #95: Rosa Ng
CYOP #121: Keah Brown
CYOP #124: Sami Abd...2019-05-0200 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 15: Disability in literature & writing about life in a particular body with Rebeckah TaussigIn this episode I talk with Rebekah Taussig, one of Under the Gum Tree’s previous contributors. Rebekah is a writer and teacher with her PhD in creative nonfiction and disability studies from the University of Kansas. She is interested in the powerful connection between the stories we tell and the tangible world we live in. You can find her essays in Under the Gum Tree and The Florida Review and can follow her flash-memoirs on her Instagram @sitting_pretty. Her essay “Reupholstered” appears in the October 2016 issue of Under the Gum Tree.In this episode we tal...2017-12-2139 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 14: Place often makes the people & paying attention to surroundings Liz StephensIn this episode I talk with Liz Stephens, one of Under the Gum Tree's previous contributors. Liz is currently growing the Mojave Desert Arts project, a residency and workshop space outside Joshua Tree, California. Recent work can be found in the anthologies Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction and Dirt: A Love Story. Other work can be found in Fourth Genre and Terrain.org, among others. She has served as managing editor of Brevity, and teaches nonfiction with the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program and through private workshops and retreats. Liz’s essay “Because Faint Glitter Came Off Everyt...2017-12-1433 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 13: Embracing your subjective version of the truth & cult-classic films with Dorian FoxIn this episode I talk with one of Under the Gum Tree's previous contributors, Dorian Fox. Dorian essays, articles and stories have appeared in december, Gastronomica, Alimentum, Monkeybicycle, National Parks Magazine, and elsewhere. His work has also been shortlisted for awards by Ploughshares, Phoebe and The Bellingham Review. He received his MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Emerson College and teaches writing at Grub Street in Boston. His essay "The Other First," appears in the January 2016 issue of Under the Gum Tree.In this episode we talk about:The nakedness that comes with writing...2017-12-0741 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 12: Telling lies, asking questions & discovering personal truth in writing with Yahdon IsraelIn this episode I talk with Yahdon Israel, one of Under the Gum Tree's previous contributors. Yahdon is 27-year-old writer from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, who has written for Avidly, The New Inquiry, Brooklyn Magazine, LitHub, and Poets and Writers. He graduated from the MFA Creative Non-Fiction Writing program at the New School. He is the Awards and Membership VP of the National Book Critics Circle. Run a popular Instagram page which promotes literature and fashion under the hashtag Literaryswag, and host a web show for writers called LIT.In this episode we talk about:...2017-11-301h 09
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 11: Writing about family & developing sympathy for others with Stephen GutierrezIn this episode I talk with Stephen Gutierrez, one of Under the Gum Tree's previous contributors. Stephen has published three books of stories and essays. Live from Fresno y Los won an American Book Award, and The Mexican Man in His Backyard is his most recent. He has published widely in magazines and anthologies, including nonfiction in Fourth Genre, River Teeth, Under the Sun, Alaska Quarterly Review, Third Coast, ZYZZYVA and Cleaver Magazine. He is working on a collection of essays and hybrid nonfiction. He teaches at California State University East Bay. His essay "Spiritual Direction" appears in the...2017-11-2329 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 10: Structure is a b*tch & processing grief through writing nonfiction with Carol MarshIn this episode I talk with author and Under the Gum Tree contributor Carol Marsh. Carol's essay, “Pictures in Leaves,” won the 2016 New Millennium Writings Nonfiction Prize. Her essay "Highest and Best" received an honorable mention in Under the Gum Tree's inaugural essay contest and appears in the January 2017 issue of the magazine. It is an excerpt from her memoir Nowhere Else I Want to Be. Additional excerpts of her book have appeared in Soundings Review , bioStories, and Jenny magazine.In this episode we talk about:Processing grief and experience through writing creative nonf...2017-11-1643 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 09: Modern day monsters and crafting segmented essays with Ira SukrungruangIn this episode I talk with Ira Sukrungruang, one of Under the Gum Tree's previous contributors. Ira is the author of The Melting Season, Southside Buddhist, Talk Thai, and In Thailand It Is Night. He teaches in the MFA program at University of South Florida. His essay "The Animatronic Dog" appears in the April 2016 issue of Under the Gum Tree.The pen name that Ira used when he used to submit stories to the New Yorker as a teenagerHow Ira shifts between writing in all three genres of poetry, fiction, and nonfictionThe...2017-11-0943 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 08: Writing through trauma & redefining identity with Matt YoungIn this episode I talk with Matt Young, one of Under the Gum Tree's previous contributors. Matt is a marine veteran, writer, and teacher. He lives in Olympia, Washington where he teaches at Central College. He holds an MA in creative writing from Miami University. His work can be found in Yemassee, Word Riot, Tin House, River Teeth, and others. His essay "Equal and Opposite" appears in the July 2016 issue of Under the Gum Tree. His memoir Eat the Apple comes out in February 2018.In this episode we talk about:How Matt came...2017-11-0238 min
Heart + Hustle Podcast#77 - Independent Publishing + Creative Storytelling ft. Janna Marlies Maron of Under the Gum TreeWelcome to the seventy-seventh episode of the Heart + Hustle podcast. We're talking to Janna Marlies Maron of Under The Gum Tree magazine about her work in independent publishing and creative storytelling. Janna shares the story of how she saw a need for a niche and created an outlet for creative non-fiction authors. She talks about her job as an editorial director and also why it's important for artists to share their stories without shame.
Today's episode is sponsored by Seth Godin's altMBA. Created by Seth Godin for you, altMBA is an intensive, 4-week online workshop designed to accelerate leaders who...2017-07-0541 min
Creating Your Own PathCYOP #92 - Telling True Stories + Learning to Be Patient with Janna Marlies Maron of Under the Gum TreeToday’s show is one of the few episodes I’ve had so far with a repeat guest! If you’ve been listening to Creating Your Own Path from the beginning, you know that Janna Marlies Maron and her husband Jeremy Maron were the very first guests to be featured on the show in Episode 1. When Janna reminded me that she would be celebrating five years of publishing her literary non-fiction magazine, Under The Gum Tree, this month I knew I wanted to chat with her for this particular segment.
In the interview, we talk about how Janna’...2016-10-1300 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 07: Short-short nonfiction & creating literary community with Penny GuisingerWelcome to episode seven of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!In this episode, I talk with previous Under the Gum Tree contributor, Penny Guisinger. Penny Guisinger lives and writes on the easternmost tip of Maine. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fourth Genre, River Teeth, Guernica, the Brevity blog, Solstice, Under the Gum Tree, and others. Her first book, Postcards from Here, was recently released by Vine Leaves Press. Her second book, Shift, is in progress. Penny is the founding director of...2016-03-2640 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 06: Spending a night in jail & turning an unpleasant experience into art with Maddy WalshWelcome to episode six of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!In this episode, I talk with previous Under the Gum Tree contributor, Maddy Walsh. Maddy is the lead singer and primary songwriter for Ithaca, NY-based, nationally touring, seven-piece moxy rock band The Blind Spots. She received her Bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2005 and received her Master’s degree in the same field from California State University Sacramento in 2007. Her thesis was a ma...2016-03-1929 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 05: Sense of place & compiling a book manuscript of essays with Timothy KennyWelcome to episode five of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!In this episode I talk with former Under the Gum Tree contributor, Timothy Kenny. Tim is a former USA Today foreign editor, a non profit foundation executive, a Fulbright scholar, and associate professor of journalism at the university of Connecticut. In addition to USA today, his reporting and op-ed piece shave appears in the Toronto Star, The Los Angeles Time, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Chicago Tribune, among many others. His narrative nonfiction...2016-03-1240 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 04: Spirituality, sexuality & how journalism informs creative nonfiction with Samuel AutmanWelcome to episode four of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!In this episode I talk with former Under the Gum Tree contributor, Samuel Autman. Samuel is a member of DePauw University's writing faculty in Greencastle, Indiana where he specializes in the personal essay. "Invisible Nails" won first place in the SLS-DISQUIET 2015 Literary Contest in the nonfiction category. His work has appeared in The Chalk Circle: Prizewinning Intercultural Essays, Black Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam's Call, Ninth Letter, The Common Reader, Under the Gum Tree...2016-03-0542 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 03: Food writing, bipolar disorder & Christina Rosetti with Kate WashingtonWelcome to episode three of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!In this episode I talk with former Under the Gum Tree contributor, Kate Washington. Kate is a writer based in Sacramento, California. Her work has appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, Yoga Journal, Sunset and the Bellingham Review, and she is a contributing writer at Sactown magazine. She is a co-founder of Roan Press, a small nonprofit literary press. Kate’s essay “Promises Like Piecrust” appears in the October 2014 issue of Under the Gu...2016-02-2641 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 02: Writing about grief & shaving your head with Laurie EasterWelcome to episode two of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!Today I talk with previous Under the Gum Tree contributor Laurie Easter. Laurie writes from her home in Southern Oregon where she lives in a funky little cabin off the grid and on the edge of wilderness. She holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has been awarded a fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has appeared in Hippocampus Magazine, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, and Oregon...2016-02-1945 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 01: Collecting vinyl records & father-daughter relationships with Katy SargentWelcome to episode one of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!In this episode I interview previous Under the Gum Tree contributor, Katy Sargent. Katy is a recent graduate from the Stonecoast MFA program. She is a freelance, nonfiction writer who dabbles in screenwriting. She lives in South Portland, Maine with her husband, two daughters and three chickens. Her story, “Long Play,” was published in the April 2014 issue of Under the Gum Tree, and she is one of four writers we published that year who were...2016-02-1233 min
More to the Story Podcast with Janna MaronMTS 00: What it means to tell stories without shame & the origin of Under the Gum Tree magazine with Janna Marlies MaronWelcome to the pilot episode of More to the Story, a podcast all about telling true stories and sharing them with the world!In this first episode, I talk about:What to expect from this first season of More to the StoryWhat it means to tell stories without shameWhere the name Under the Gum Tree comes fromMy story “The Gum Tree”Sign up for Under the Gum Tree email list and get a free digital copy of the Premiere issue!Find more information about the maga...2016-02-0523 min
Creating Your Own PathCYOP #1 - Embracing a Multi-Passionate Career Path with Janna Marlies Maron and Jeremy Maron of ThinkHouse CollectiveThe inaugural episode of Creating Your Own Path (in podcast form) brings me to ThinkHouse Collective to interview the owners of the Sacramento coworking space, Janna Marlies Maron and Jeremy Maron.
Janna and Jeremy chat about career trajectories, finding time to create, working with your significant other and the art of juggling multiple businesses, side projects and hobbies.
You can read the full story and listen to the episode at creatingyourownpath.com2014-02-0800 min