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Meg's Reading RoomEp 32: So, They Bought a Bookshop with Shawn & Maile Smucker / Nooks BookstoreWelcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.On today's episode, I am joined by Shawn and Maile (Silva) Smucker. Shawn and Maile are readers, writers, parents of 6 kids, and the owners of Nooks in Lancaster, PA. You can read more about their story here.In our conversation, we discuss their journey to buying the bookstore, the books they are most drawn to, and how they are making room for rest and reading during this very full season of life.Mentioned in this episode:So, We Bought a Bookshop PodcastNooks BookstoreShawn's...
2025-03-1455 min
The BanderpodThe Banderpod S2:E5 - Shawn Smucker & Maile SilvaCarolyn Clare Givens chats with authors Maile Silva & Shawn Smucker (owners of Nooks bookstore and creators of The Stories Between Us podcast) about what it has been like to take up ownership of a beloved local bookstore in Lancaster, PA.Mentioned in this episode:* Bandersnatch Books’ Submission Period - July 15–31www.bandersnatchbooks.com/submissions* Nooksnooks.gallery* Goldberry Bookswww.goldberrybooks.com* Shawn Smuckerwww.shawnsmucker.com* Maile Silvamailesilva.substack.com* The Stories Between Us
2024-07-2335 min
Word By Word: A Writing PodcastShould the Audience Come Last? (S1.09)In today's episode the crew discuss Rick Rubin's idea that in creating art, the audience should come last. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: NashRoad.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-04-1035 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastThe Willingness to Revise (S1.08)In today's episode the crew discuss how they approach revising and why it's such an important part of writing. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: NashRoad.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-04-0336 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastThe Micro and Macro of Writing Goals (S1.07)In today's episode the crew discusses how they approach productivity goals and how they feel about career goals. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: NashRoad.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-03-2034 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastThe Emotions of a Book Release (S1.06)In today's episode we celebrate the release of Bryan's latest Lake Mason book, Lake Mason and the Edison Island Cup, by talking about the emotions of a book release. --- Get signed copies of Bryan's Lake Mason Books Here. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: LakeMasonBooks.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-03-1339 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastThe Thread of Patience (S1.05)In today's episode Maile brings the idea of patience to the table, and how it's a virtue needed in almost every area of the writing life. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: LakeMasonBooks.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-03-0627 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastWhat Should I Write Next? (S1.04)In today's episode Bryan looks to Shawn and Maile for some advice as to whether he should continue his middle grade series or write something new. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: LakeMasonBooks.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-02-2826 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastBryan's Writing Journey (S1.03)In today's episode we ask Bryan Allain about his journey from chemical engineer to humor blogger to fiction author. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: LakeMasonBooks.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-02-2141 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastShawn's Writing Journey (S1.02)In today's episode we ask Shawn Smucker about his journey as a co-writer, ghost writer, and fiction writer over the last 15+ years. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: LakeMasonBooks.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-02-1448 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastMaile's Writing Journey (S1.01)Welcome to Word by Word! In today's episode we ask Maile Silva about her journey as a writer from early Santa fanfiction to present day. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: LakeMasonBooks.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-02-0735 minWord By Word: A Writing PodcastWelcome to Word By Word!Welcome to Word by Word! This brief episode is a placeholder so you can subscribe to the feed. --- Maile's Substack: Mai Time in the Kitchen Shawn's Books: Books by Shawn Smucker Shawn's Substack: Shawn Smucker Bryan's Books: LakeMasonBooks.com --- Intro / Outro music is Birds by Corbyn Kites, as found in the YouTube Audio Library.
2024-01-2205 min
Refine{d} The PodcastThe Writing Life, And Owning Your Own GiftsThis conversation is GOLD. Writer, Maile Silva shares how she navigates the writing life, while also being married to a writer, and what the journey has looked like for her to come into owning, and giving attention to, her own gifts as a writer.
Be encouraged, friends.
Connect with Maile at The Stories Between Us podcast & The Stories Between Us community
2023-01-1755 min
The HabitShawn Smucker Has Been Working Hard.Shawn Smucker has published five novels in the last five years—most recently, The Weight of Memory. He has also co-written some thirty books. Shawn and his wife Maile Silva coach, teach, and encourage other writers in a creative community they call The Stories Between Us. They host a podcast of the same name. In this episode, Shawn Smucker and Jonathan Rogers discuss revision, point of view, and when it's ok for writers to stop pushing and take a break.Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/memberSee omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
2021-12-1347 min
Not My StoryShawn Smucker & Maile Silva [Art + Ash series]Shawn Smucker and Maile Silva—writers and co-hosts of The Stories Between Us podcast—help Sarah kick off the Art + Ash series with a candid conversation about the creative life. They chat about some of the joys and struggles they’ve experienced navigating two writers living under the same roof, while also parenting their six kids and fostering a family culture that prioritizes creative pursuits. Maile talks about how essential writing is to her overall health and wellness and how she’s had to wade through difficult seasons of her career not going as planned. Sarah, Shawn, and Maile also dis...
2021-09-0145 min
Ann Kroeker, Writing CoachShawn Smucker & Maile Silva on creative legacy, rejections, and being faithful to the work[Ep 234]
On this episode of the podcast, I hosted two novelists: Shawn Smucker and his wife, Maile Silva, for a literary discussion. Imagine you’re at a writing conference and we’re on stage to discuss the challenges they face as two writers at different points in the writing journey, living and working and raising a family together.
How do they offer support and input? How do they find time to write? What are they proudest of?
Shawn and Maile touch on topics like creative legacy, writing rejections, self-publishing versus traditional publishing, and bein...
2021-02-141h 02
The Stories Between Us001 An Introduction to the Stories Between UsMaile Silva and Shawn Smucker give their backgrounds as writers, how they've gotten to this place, and what their current writing schedules are like. Maile also shares the meanest rejection she's ever received, and where she was when she read the email. Help us to continue recording The Stories Between Us by joining our Patreon community.
2019-10-1524 min
Cocina de AutorCocina de autor 07 : Selección de bodega Los que iban cantando - UruguayEn Cocina de autor damos espacio a un grupo uruguayo que hizo historia: Los que iban cantando.
Se escucha: Los que iban cantando, La bandita del saludo, Casi un ejercicio intelectual, Progresos nocturnos (discos: Uno, Dos, Juntos, Enloquecidamente)
Testimonios: Guilherme De Alencar Pinto entrevistado por Pablo Silva Olazábal (La máquina de pensar AM 1050 Radio uruguay 26-09-2013)
Textos y locución: Mailé Soria
2019-01-1706 min
Cocina de AutorCocina de autor 07 : Lautaro Matute -Argentina-En Cocina de autor, Rolando De Marco entrevistó al músico Lautaro Matute. Durante la entrevista se escuchan las canciones Si a veces, Multitud, Mochila de su disco Día a día grabado en 2016, en vivo y en directo: Una misma mirada (?).
Segmento Selección de bodega: Los que iban cantando. Se escucha: Los que iban cantando, La bandita del saludo, Casi un ejercicio intelectual, Progresos nocturnos (discos: Uno, Dos, Juntos, Enloquecidamente)
Testimonios: Guilherme De Alencar Pinto entrevistado por Pablo Silva Olazábal (La máquina de pensar AM 1050 Radio uruguay 26-09-2013)
Segmento Cocina de la cocina: Textura parte I...
2019-01-171h 00