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Go Ahead, Write Something!Annabel Monaghan: from the safety of writing YA to the vulnerability of writing romanceAnnabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script and Summer Romance, shares openly about her leap from writing YA – which felt comfortable and safe – to writing romantic comedies for adults and the vulnerability it demands. She explains why awkwardness is her perfect recipe for humor in romance. With insights into her messy creative process and her philosophy of embracing what is fun and interesting, Annabel inspires us to embrace the imperfections of the writing life and focus on writing the stories that belong to us. Annabel is the USA Today bestselling and Library Reads Hall of Fame au...2024-12-0120 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Rosie Schaap on her transformational move to Ireland, and writing her memoir, The Slow Road North.Rosie Schaap, author of The Slow Road North: How I Found Peace in an Improbable Country, shares her experience of moving from Brooklyn to a tiny Irish village after losing both her husband and mother, and how Ireland's rugged beauty helped to transform her grief. This heartfelt conversation explores resilience, reinvention, and finding laughter in the shadows of loss. Rosie is the author of Drinking With Men, named one of 2013’s best books by Library Journal and NPR. A columnist for The New York Times Magazine from 2011 to 2017, she has also written for the paper’s book revie...2024-11-2818 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Fearless Living with Rhonda Britten: Bestselling Author, Master Coach, TedX Speaker & Oprah GuestRhonda Britten – Emmy Award-winner, 4x Bestselling author, Repeat Oprah guest, Tedx Speaker, and Master Coach – has devoted her life to one thing: teaching people how to master fear. She has created a method for anyone to overcome the insidious fear of “not being good enough” using the “Wheel Technology” she developed to save her own life. What she teaches is what she has lived. Marianne Williamson says, "Rhonda Britten has risen from the ashes of genuine catastrophe. She has seen the deepest darkness and found her way beyond it. Hers was not an easy path by any means...2024-06-1625 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!"Getting to Yes" with Terri Bischoff, senior editor at Crooked Lane BooksSenior Editor Terri Bischoff joined Crooked Lane in 2019. In her twenty-six years working in the book world, she has been a bookseller, bookstore manager, mystery bookstore owner, and finally, an acquiring editor. Previous to CLB, she spent ten years at Midnight Ink as their acquiring editor. Her authors have won many awards, including the Anthony, Agatha, Lefty, and IPPY. She has previously published Jess Lourey, Catriona McPherson, Leonard Goldberg, and acquired the debuts of Kellye Garrett and May Cobb. Terri’s interests run the gamut of crime fiction from cozies to serial killers. She is looking for dome...2024-05-1415 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!How to blend art & creativity and make a living with Pulitzer-nominated author & HBO consultant Clint McCownClint McCown offers actionable, essential advice gleaned from decades of writing, teaching, publishing, and consulting. Clint McCown is an award-winning American author, poet, journalist, editor, actor, and university professor. He teaches fiction writing and screenwriting in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and in the low-residency Master of Fine Arts program for the Vermont College of Fine Arts.2024-01-0919 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!How debut novelist Olesya Salnikova Gilmore tapped into Eastern European folkore to write The Witch and the TsarOlesya Salnikova Gilmore was born in Moscow, Russia, raised in the US, and graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in English / political science, and from Northwestern University School of Law with a JD. She practiced litigation at a large law firm for several years before pursuing her dream of becoming an author. She is happiest writing historical fiction and fantasy inspired by Eastern European folklore. She lives in a wooded lakeside suburb of Chicago with her husband and daughter. The Witch and the Tsar is her debut novel.2023-10-2316 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!HER FATHER'S DAUGHTER: how T.M. Dunn tapped into the voice of a serial killer in her new suspense novelT.M. Dunn (Patricia Dunn) is the author of three novels, Her Father's Daughter (Crooked Lane, July 2023), Last Stop On The 6 (Bordighera Press, 2021,) and Rebels By Accident (2014). She has served as Senior Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, where she holds an MFA in creative writing. In addition to writing, she coaches aspiring and established writers and teaches creative writing workshops. Patricia lives in Stamford, Connecticut, where she is currently working on her next novel, with her rescue puppy Blanqui snuggled at her side. 2023-10-1720 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!HOPE FOR THE WORST: Kate Brandt discusses publishing her debut novelKate Brandt is a graduate of the MFA Writing program at Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has appeared in literary anthologies, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Literary Mama, Ginosko, and Redivider, among other publications. She’s a teacher trainer in adult literacy in New York City. Hope for the Worst is an autobiographical novel that illuminates the twists and turns we take in seeking wisdom and spiritual understanding. Kirkus Reviews has called this book “illuminating,” commenting that “keen perception and frank self-awareness… spare, direct writing style and pithy descriptions of people and places vividly portray late 1980s New York City …[and] d...2023-09-1816 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Marcia Bradley: experienced writer, first time novelistMarcia Bradley earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College after receiving her BA from Antioch University Los Angeles. She was awarded a Bronx Council on the Arts/New York City Department of Cultural Affairs BRIO Award for Fiction and has been published in Two Hawks Quarterly, Hippocampus Magazine, Drunk Monkeys, Electica, the Capital Gazette, and in The Writing Disorder. A natural born wanderer, Marcia grew up in Chicago and moved to Santa Monica where she raised her daughters. She now teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in the Bronx, New York. https://marciabradley.com/ ...2023-06-2923 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Award winning NYT bestselling author Chris Pavone: it's important to focus on writing and let go of what you can't controlCHRIS PAVONE is author of five international thrillers, beginning with the THE EXPATS in 2012 and most recently the instant bestseller TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON. His novels have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and IndieNext; have won both the Edgar and Anthony awards, and have been shortlisted for the Strand, Macavity, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize; are in development for film and television; and have been translated into two dozen languages. He has written for outlets including the New York Times Book Review and Magazi...2023-04-2323 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Brooke Lea Foster, author of GIN LANE, talks about her journey from experienced journalist to novelistBrooke Lea Foster is an award-winning author and journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Huffington Post/AOL, and the Washingtonian magazine. She’s currently a contributing writer to Psychology Today magazine. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Parents, PARADE, Scholastic Parent & Child, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, and Psychology Today, among many others. Brooke's debut novel, Summer Darlings, was featured as a top summer read in People Magazine, named a top summer pick by Entertainment Weekly, and...2023-04-0523 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Christina Thompson, editor of Harvard Review and award-winning author discusses how writers get published in HRChristina Thompson's first book, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, is a '...highly unusual blend of personal memoir, travel writing and anthropology . . . the happy result of a scholarly writer looking round at this particular theoretical minefield and deciding to make it her home.' — Sunday Times (London) It received the following awards: A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE FINALIST, 2009 NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARD, 2010 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING. Her second book, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, is the quest to understand who first settled the islands of the re...2023-02-1423 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Women's fiction author Barbara Josselsohn had a bumpy start and then published four novels in three years. Here's how.Barbara Josselsohn is the author of five novels: The Cranberry Inn (Bookouture, 2022), The Lily Garden (Bookouture, 2021), The Bluebell Girls (Bookouture, 2020), The Lilac House (Bookouture, 2020) and The Last Dreamer (Lake Union, 2015). Her articles and essays appear in a range of publications, including New York Magazine, Parents Magazine, Westchester Magazine, WorkingMother.com, and the New York Times. You can find out more about Barbara and her books at www.barbarajosselsohn.com 2023-02-1308 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Best-seller Naomi Novik's down-to-earth wisdom will help you start (and finish) your stories.Naomi Novik is an acclaimed American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively. Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards. Her latest award-winning trilogy, The Scholomance, is available now. The first book in the trilogy is 'A Deadly Education' and here are some reviews: “A must-read . . . Novik p...2023-02-1055 min

Go Ahead, Write Something!Successful mystery author Tessa Wegert's winding path to publicationDiscover how Tessa kept the faith through years of not selling and how she finally achieved her goals of publication and quit her job to write full time.2022-12-0323 min

Stark Reflections on Writing and PublishingWriting & Living a True Crime with Deborah Vadas LevisonMark interviews Deborah Levison, a multi award-winning author, freelance writer, publicist and the author of THE CRATE: A Story of War, a Murder, and Justice - a true crime story with echoes of the Holocaust. Prior to the interview, Mark reads comments from recent episodes, shares a personal update, and talks about this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by Findaway Voices. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. During their conversation, M...2021-08-2759 min

Stark Reflections on Writing and PublishingFrom Bookseller To Author With Simon LoweMark interviews Simon Lowe, an author with a number of stories published in various magazines, who, after a decade working in book stores, released his first novel (The World is at War, Again) in June 2021 and now writes part time while also performing the role of a stay at home dad. Prior to the interview, Mark welcomes new Patrons Talena Winters, Rachel Amphlett, and Carolyn Stein, reads comments from recent episodes, offers a personal update, and a word from this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by Findaway Voices. You can learn more...2021-08-1345 min

Stark Reflections on Writing and PublishingOvercoming Self-Doubt with Tessa Smith McGovernMark interviews Tessa Smith McGovern an award-winning and best-selling author who has taught writing for 22 year. Prior to the interview, Mark says comments from recent episodes, a personal update, and a word from this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by Findaway Voices. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. During their conversation, Mark and Tessa talk about: How, during the lockdown and covid-19 pandemic isolation, Tessa had to come face t...2021-08-061h 05

Pocket PulpWhat About Me? | Tessa Smith McGovernWhat About Me? #SelkieMother, by Tessa Smith McGovern Selkies are creatures found in folklore from the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, and Scotland. In the sea, selkies are said to live like seals, but on the land they remove their seal skin and become exceptionally beautiful people. What happens when a selkie is taken captive and forced into motherhood? Can a captive selkie find happiness? ************************************* More from Tessa: Twitter: @TessaSmithMcG Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tessa.smithm...2021-06-2115 min

Stark Reflections on Writing and PublishingWording Around with Kathy Mac and Neomi Iancu HalivaIn this episode Mark interviews Poet and teacher Kathy Mac who lives in Fredericton NB, Canada and teaches creative writing at St. Thomas University along with one of her students, Neomi about a book project, Wording Around with Prose, and the course it originated from. Prior to the interview, Mark shares a word from this episode's sponsor . . . You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. Mark also shares comments from recent episodes and a personal update, which...2020-12-041h 06

Discover Popular Titles Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Short Stories & AnthologiesLondon Road: Linked Stories Audiobook by Tessa Smith McGovernPlease open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: London Road: Linked Stories Subtitle: London Road Series, Book 1 Author: Tessa Smith McGovern Narrator: Verity Burns Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 06-13-17 Publisher: eChook Digital Publishing LLC Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Gold Medal Winner 2012 eLit Awards Kirkus Recommended Review: "In seven short stories, residents of a London boardinghouse reach moments of clarity. On London Road, lined with scruffy shops, stands No. 17, a detached red-brick Victorian that's...2017-06-131h 21