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Weekly shoutout: A Word? Hosted by Kellie Scott-Reed, from Roi Fainéant Press! *Some episodes of arts calling may feature strong language or discuss difficult subjects. Comments and suggestions welcome: Send Jaime a message! -- Hi there, Today I am excited to be arts calling writer and educator Anna Dickson James! (whiskeytit.com/authors/anna-dickson-james) About our guest: Anna Dickson James earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte, NC and teaches English at Garrett College in Deep Creek, Maryland. Her work has appeared in Anthology of Appalachian Writers, she was a two-time finalist for the West Virginia Fiction Prize, and has won numerous awards from WV Writers, Inc. Writing these stories helped her understand a time in her life when she gave up much of her personal power, and the compilation of this collection was an avenue for helping her to reclaim it. Twitter: @annabanana57 BOYS BUY ME DRINKS TO MAKE ME FALL DOWN, now available from Whiskey Tit! https://whiskeytit.com/product/boys-buy-me-drinks-to-watch-me-fall-down/ Boys Buy Me Drinks to Watch Me Fall Down is the quietly opened vein that every literate woman is hiding with a strategically positioned clutch or behind sleeves not quite right for the weather. These are not your everyday stories of resilience — while the heart may be laid bare, the women here don't have time to hit the fainting couch with their trauma. No. The women here are too sharp for that. And too busy. They're busy carrying worlds on their shoulders; they're busy with sex (and equally busy when the sex is great and when it's not); they're busy being messy and complicated and generally busy with the business of existence, with making sure you don't see that vein. As for author Anna Dickson James? She's busy exploring the many delicate and thoroughly original ways to let you see it anyway. Thanks for this wonderful conversation, Anna! All the best! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent. Much love, j https://artscalling.com
“A poet is a special kind of nerd.” —Jericho BrownThis episode originally ran as Ep. 148Jericho Brown is the Pulitzer Prize—winning poet behind The Tradition.Support: Patreon.com/cnfpodShow notes: brendanomeara.comNewsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmSponsor: Liquid IV, promo code cnf
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Episode 091. Want to grow your audience, nurture your leads, and improve your customer experience? Then you need premium content. And there's one marketing medium that's perfect for business owners: private podcasts. In this episode, Dr. Lindsay Padilla, co-founder of HelloAudio, joins me to talk about all things private podcasts: how to use them as a marketing asset, the very many different ways you can utilize them in your business (and stay to the end for a great tip on how to use them personally!), and why podcasts are perfect learning tools if you want to teach your audience anything. Read the show notes and view the full transcript here: https://erinollila.com/should-i-start-a-podcast-for-my-business/ ______________________________________________ Learn more about our guest, Dr. Lindsay Padilla Dr. Lindsay Padilla is an ex-community college professor who accidentally started a business while on the tenure track. Now, as the CEO and co-founder of the Hello Audio software, which takes your content and creates private audio feeds to make learning on the go much easier for your people, Lindsay challenges online industry norms of unfinished courses and unconsumed content with her product. All of her business ideas were born out of her tenure-track years teaching adults online at a community college, the ridiculous amount of learning she's done in all things education, and the years spent growing her course creation business online. Learn more about your host, Erin Ollila Erin Ollila believes in the power of words and how a message can inform – and even transform – its intended audience. She graduated from Fairfield University with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and went on to co-found Spry, an award-winning online literary journal. When Erin's not helping her clients understand their website data or improve their website copy, you can catch her hosting the Talk Copy to Me podcast and guesting on shows such as Profit is a Choice, The Driven Woman Entrepreneur, Go Pitch Yourself, and Counsel Cast. Stay in touch with Erin Ollila, SEO website copywriter: Learn more about Erin's VIP Day options if you'd like to learn more about how you can hire her to help you with your marketing Reach out her on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or on LinkedIn to talk more Blogging Foundations just got an upgrade! Grab it for only $97 before October 1, 2023 and you'll be invited to a live workshop on building a content strategy — at absolutely no additional cost to you! (Plus, the entire course increases in price once September turns to October!) https://erinollila.thrivecart.com/blogging-foundations/ And once you've grabbed that, don't forget to download my free SEO Website Checklist to guide you through always following SEO best practices! https://erinollila.com/seo-website-checklist
In today's episode, I'm sharing 5 of the most common “scene level” issues to look for when editing your draft. Here's a preview of what's included: [02:44] Issue #1: The scene isn't properly structured and it feels flat.[03:59] Issue #2: The POV character doesn't have enough agency.[05:57] Issue #3: There's too much extra stuff crowding the scene.[07:50] Issue #4: There's not enough interiority on the page.[09:35] Issue #5: The POV is inconsistent (aka there's head hopping)[11:22] Final thoughts and episode recap.Rate + Review + Follow on Apple Podcasts"I love the Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast!" ← If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing this show! Your rating and review will help other writers find this podcast, and they're also super fun for me to go in and read. Just click here, scroll all the way to the bottom, tap five stars to rate the show, and then select "Write a Review." Be sure to let me know what your favorite part of the episode was, too! Also, if you haven't done so already, make sure you're following the podcast! I'll be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed, and if you're not following the show, there's a good chance you'll miss them. Click here to follow now!Links mentioned in this episode:The 5-Day Unlock Your Story: A LIVE challenge designed to help you get your ideas out of your head and onto the page.Ep. 40 - How to Write a Well-Structured SceneEp. 43 - 10 Tips For Writing Better ScenesEp. 63 - Don't Start A Scene Without These 3 ThingsEp. 74 - When Should You Write in Scene vs. Summary?Ep. 94 - How to Reveal Your Character's Inner Life on the PageJoin the LIVE 5-Day Unlock Your Story Challenge here! Let me help you develop the 4 foundational elements of a working story idea—a plot that hooks interest, a protagonist with a compelling goal, conflict with high stakes, and a theme with heart—for only $47! Support the showWant to support the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast? Click here to show your support, starting at $3/month >
STOP EVERYTHING!! Our interview with THE Hannah V. Sawyerr is here!!! And just in time for the release of her highly anticipated YA #MeToo novel in verse: ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS Hannah V. Sawyerr was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her spoken word has been featured on the BBC's World Have Your Say program, as well as the National Education Association's “Do You Hear Us?” campaign. Her written word has been included in Essence, gal-dem, and xoNecole. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Sawyerr is an English professor at Loyola Marymount University and lives in Los Angeles, California. ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS is her debut novel. https://www.hannahsawyerr.com/ (Book blurb from Goodreads) In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, (ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS is) a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency after a sexual assault within the church community. Sixteen-year-old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her tongue as her weapon—even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson. But Pastor Johnson isn't the holy man everyone thinks he is. The same voice Amina uses to fight falls quiet the night she is sexually assaulted by Pastor Johnson. After that, her life starts to unravel: her father is frustrated that her grades are slipping, and her best friend and boyfriend don't understand why the once loud and proud girl is now quiet and distant. In a world that claims to support survivors, Amina wonders who will support her when her attacker is everyone's favorite community leader. When Pastor Johnson is arrested for a different crime, the community is shaken and divided; some call him a monster and others defend him. But Amina is secretly relieved. She no longer has to speak because Pastor Johnson can't hurt her anymore–or so she believes. To regain her voice and sense of self, Amina must find the power to confront her abuser—in the courtroom and her heart—and learn to use all the fighting parts within her. Get your copy here: https://linktr.ee/hannsawyerr Add it to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/98652414 #OfthePublishingPersuasion HOSTED BY: Angela Montoya: @angelamontoya_author & Melanie Schubert: @melanie_schubert_writer #podcast #ALLTHEFIGHTINGPARTS #hannahVSawyerr #poetry #novelinverse #writing #Publishing #books #Bookstagram #bookish#IReadYA #YABookstagram #YABooks #BookRecs #HannahSawyerr #metoo #yanovelinverse #yabooks #yabookstagram #youngadultbooks #yalit #amuletbooks #ireadya #poems #debutauthor #2023debut #pitchwars2020 #pitchwars
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, I sit down with Liz Sweigart, an Award-Winning Mental Health Advocate, former PwC Partner, Author, Keynote Speaker, Advisor, Coach and Adjunct Professor. Liz understands to her core that the only way to save lives and to improve the lives of those suffering with their mental health is to speak truth without shame. “Until we put our voices together, we're all just individually shouting into the void. But when we come together, that's when I think we galvanize. We give people hope.” Liz walks us through her journey with depression starting as a teenager. “I experienced depression like this heaviness, inertia, and this complete disconnection from the world. It was like watching somebody else live my life and not having any sense of connection to myself or others.” Incredibly intelligent, Liz masked the severity of her depression as an adult through perfectionism and her ability to put together a high achieving persona. Eventually, Liz couldn't fight her depression anymore. “I felt I was disappointing everybody at home. If I was at home, I was disappointing everybody at work. And no matter where I was, I was a disappointment to myself. And that was when I set the plans in motion to end my life. And I am really fortunate that did not happen. I have a wonderful life partner. My husband was there when I needed him. And somehow, I found enough of the words, and he was able to quickly put together what was going on and so I am here.” Inpatient treatment was incredibly important for Liz to reset her body and mind and to keep her safe. But she is so clear that maintaining her mental health is a journey and that in order to continue on, she had to accept that there were no easy happy endings. That the work would be sitting in moments of discomfort and being able to tolerate them before they became crisis. “I can sit in these moments of discomfort, they will end, I can get through them. And on the other side, I will feel better. And right now, this sucks. It's like, yes, the sun will come out and right now, it is raining. So no, it is not sunny. It is not sunny at the moment. The sun is still going to come out. Two things are true. Like the sun will come out and right now is awful.” Highlights from Liz: “I like to say, I have a beautiful mind and a jerk brain. My mind does beautiful things. And at the same time, my brain has tried to sabotage me more times than I can count.” “I convinced myself that I could like eat, pray love my way out of this. Like I was going to be fine. It would take 12 weeks. All I have to do is get off all of these medications and I'll be fine. So I worked with a therapist and a psychiatrist and I got off all my medications and three weeks later I realized that I wasn't actually getting better. I needed the medication that I needed and that was a crushing blow to me because I felt like I'd failed.” “I can do hard things. I know I can do hard things. I have done hard things before. I can do hard things again.” Don't Miss a Beat. Follow my Instagram for news from me, Tara Beckett: https://www.instagram.com/letperfectburn/And my Website:https://letperfectburn/ Liz's Website: https://lizsweigart.com/contact
Episode 090. Ever think about starting a podcast for your business? Have one and not sure if the ROI is worth the effort? This is a must listen episode that kicks off our seriest about podcasting! Read the show notes and view the full transcript here: COMING ASAP! ______________________________________________ Learn more about your host, Erin Ollila Erin Ollila believes in the power of words and how a message can inform – and even transform – its intended audience. She graduated from Fairfield University with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and went on to co-found Spry, an award-winning online literary journal. When Erin's not helping her clients understand their website data or improve their website copy, you can catch her hosting the Talk Copy to Me podcast and guesting on shows such as Profit is a Choice, The Driven Woman Entrepreneur, Go Pitch Yourself, and Counsel Cast. Stay in touch with Erin Ollila, SEO website copywriter: Learn more about Erin's VIP Day options if you'd like to learn more about how you can hire her to help you with your marketing Reach out her on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or on LinkedIn to talk more Blogging Foundations just got an upgrade! Grab it for only $97 before September 20, 2023 and you'll be invited to a live workshop on building a content strategy — at absolutely no additional cost to you! https://erinollila.thrivecart.com/blogging-foundations/ And once you've grabbed that, don't forget to download my free SEO Website Checklist to guide you through always following SEO best practices! https://erinollila.com/seo-website-checklist
The riddles of desire, youth, old age, poverty, and wealth are laid bare in this radiant collection from a master of the form. From inner-city pawnshops to high-powered law firms, from the desert of California to the coast of France, The Flounder (Blackwater Press, 2023) paints a vivid portrait of how complex and poignant everyday life can be. Told in vibrant, incantatory prose, these moving, lyrical, and surprising stories teeter between desperation and hope, with Fulton showing us what lasts in an impermanent world. John Fulton is the author of four books of fiction, including Retribution, which won the Southern Review Short Fiction Award in 2001, the novel More Than Enough, which was a finalist for the Midland Society of Authors Award, and The Animal Girl, a collection of two novellas and three stories, which was a Story Prize Notable Book. His short fiction has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, twice cited for distinction in the Best American Short Stories, short-listed for the O. Henry Award, and published in numerous journals, including Zoetrope, Oxford American, and The Southern Review. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and is a professor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where he directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing. And his most recent book of stories is The Flounder. Recommended Books: Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez Colin Barrett, Young Skins Natalia Ginsberg, Family William Trevor, Collected Stories Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding French writers of the twentieth century. The novels of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954) always had women at their centre, from youth to mid-life to old age, and they were phenomenally popular, at first for their freshness and frankness about women's lives, as in the Claudine stories, and soon for their sheer quality as she developed as a writer. Throughout her career she intrigued readers by inserting herself, or a character with her name, into her works, fictionalising her life as a way to share her insight into the human experience. With Diana Holmes Professor of French at the University of Leeds Michèle Roberts Writer, novelist, poet and Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia And Belinda Jack Fellow and Tutor in French Literature and Language at Christ Church, University of Oxford Producer: Simon Tillotson
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Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle discusses her debut novel, Even As We Breath, with her friend and fellow North Carolinian, Matt Sawyer. The book made Clapsaddle the first member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the first member to publish a novel.Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and resides in Qualla, NC with her husband, Evan and sons Ross and Charlie. She holds degrees from Yale University and the College of William and Mary. Her debut novel, Even As We Breathe, was released by the University Press of Kentucky in 2020, a finalist for the Weatherford Award and named one of NPR's Best Books of 2020. In 2021, it received the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. Her first novel manuscript, Going to Water is winner of the Morning Star Award for Creative Writing from the Native American Literature Symposium (2012) and a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction (2014). Clapsaddle's work has appeared in Yes! Magazine, Lit Hub, Smoky Mountain Living Magazine, South Writ Large, Our State Magazine and The Atlantic. After serving as executive director of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, Annette returned to teaching at Swain County High School for over a dozen years. She is the former co-editor of the Journal of Cherokee Studies and serves on the Board of Directors for the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and is the President of the Board of Trustees for the North Carolina Writers Network. Clapsaddle established Bird Words, LLC in 2022 and works as an independent contractor and consultant.HostMatt Sawyer: Matt is an educator, podcaster, writer, and hip-hop artist based in Macon County, North Carolina. He is the creator of the Story Made Project, an exploration for and of stories that make a difference in our world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week our host switches chairs to discuss his new novel, Beasts of England, a state-of-the-farmyard novel about back-stabbers, truth-twisters and corrupt charlatans.Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-england*Manor Farm has reinvented itself as the South of England's premium petting zoo. Now, instead of a working farm, humans and beasts alike areinvited (for a small fee) to come and stroke, fondle, and take rides on the farm's inhabitants.But life is not a bed of roses for the animals, in spite of what their leaders may want them to believe. Elections are rigged, the community is beset by factions, and sacred mottos are being constantly updated. The Farm is descending into chaos. What's more, a mysterious ‘illness' has started ripping through the animals, killing them one by one…In Beasts of England, Adam Biles honours, updates and subverts George Orwell's classic, all the while channelling the chaotic, fragmentary nature of populist politics in the Internet age into a savage farmyard satire.*Adam Biles is an English writer and translator based in Paris. He is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company, from where he hosts their weekly podcast. In 2022, he conceived and presented Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses—an epic, polyphonic celebration of James Joyce's masterwork. Feeding Time, his first novel, was published by Galley Beggar Press in 2016, and was chosen by The Guardian as a Fiction Pick for 2016 and was a book of the year for The Observer, The Irish Times, The Millions and 3:AM Magazine. It was published by Editions Grasset in France in 2018 to great critical acclaim. His second novel, Beasts of England, will be published in September 2023 by Galley Beggar Press, and in 2025 by Editions Grasset. It was selected as a "2023 highlight" by The Guardian. A collection of his conversations with writers, The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews, will be published by Canongate in October 2023.Rob Doyle was born in Dublin. His first novel, Here Are the Young Men, was chosen as a book of the year by the Sunday Times, Irish Times and Independent, and was among Hot Press magazine's ‘20 Greatest Irish Novels 1916-2016'. Doyle has adapted it for film with director Eoin Macken. Doyle also has a published collection of short stories; This is the Ritual. Doyle is the editor of the anthology The Other Irish Tradition and In This Skull Hotel Where I Never Sleep. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Vice, TLS, Dublin Review, and many other publications, and he writes a weekly books column for the Irish Times. His newest book Threshold will be published in 2020. He teaches on the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.Listen to Alex Freiman's Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In today's episode, I'm sharing one of my favorite mindset tips—and it all has to do with your ability (and willingness) to start from scratch. I call it strengthening your capacity for zero. Here's a preview of what's included: [01:25] Your capacity for zero describes how willing you are to start over if something you're outlining or writing doesn't work.[04:45] What happened when I told one of the writers I work with that she had to start over after writing a 40,000-word first draft[11:00] How to strengthen your capacity for zero (including some question prompts to get you started thinking about your current capacity for zero)[12:25] Final thoughts and episode recap.Rate + Review + Follow on Apple Podcasts"I love the Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast!" ← If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing this show! Your rating and review will help other writers find this podcast, and they're also super fun for me to go in and read. Just click here, scroll all the way to the bottom, tap five stars to rate the show, and then select "Write a Review." Be sure to let me know what your favorite part of the episode was, too! Also, if you haven't done so already, make sure you're following the podcast! I'll be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed, and if you're not following the show, there's a good chance you'll miss them. Click here to follow now!Links mentioned in this episode:Ep. 71 - Student Spotlight: How She Wrote a Novel in 6 Months (and Landed an Agent 10 Months Later) with Stefanie MedrekFREE RESOURCE: Need help getting started with your story? This workbook will help you flesh out the foundational elements of your story so you can start writing with confidence and ease. Get your free copy here →Support the showWant to support the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast? Click here to show your support, starting at $3/month >
Episode 089. Have you ever found yourself staring at a blank screen, desperately trying to figure out how to come up with content ideas for your business that were fresh and interested? Trust me, you are not alone. Content ideation can be difficult. And if you don't know what to create content about…well, you simply can't create anything, right? And let's not even get into the overwhelming pressure to consistently generate compelling content that resonates with your audience and drives results. And this is exactly why it's so important to learn how to come up with content ideas that can sustain you so you can just pick and choose from your content bank when inspiration hits. So pay attention pals, because I'm coming to you with a heck of a lot of different methods to ideate content. You can stop worrying about how to come up with content ideas. I got you. ______________________________________________ Read the show notes and view the full transcript here: https://erinollila.com/how-to-come-up-with-content-ideas/ ______________________________________________ Learn more about your host, Erin Ollila Erin Ollila believes in the power of words and how a message can inform – and even transform – its intended audience. She graduated from Fairfield University with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and went on to co-found Spry, an award-winning online literary journal. When Erin's not helping her clients understand their website data or improve their website copy, you can catch her hosting the Talk Copy to Me podcast and guesting on shows such as Profit is a Choice, The Driven Woman Entrepreneur, Go Pitch Yourself, and Counsel Cast. Stay in touch with Erin Ollila, SEO website copywriter: Learn more about Erin's VIP Day options if you'd like to learn more about how you can hire her to help you with your marketing Reach out her on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or on LinkedIn to talk more Blogging Foundations just got an upgrade! Grab it for only $97 before September 20, 2023 and you'll be invited to a live workshop on building a content strategy — at absolutely no additional cost to you! https://erinollila.thrivecart.com/blogging-foundations/ And once you've grabbed that, don't forget to download my free SEO Website Checklist to guide you through always following SEO best practices! https://erinollila.com/seo-website-checklist
The riddles of desire, youth, old age, poverty, and wealth are laid bare in this radiant collection from a master of the form. From inner-city pawnshops to high-powered law firms, from the desert of California to the coast of France, The Flounder (Blackwater Press, 2023) paints a vivid portrait of how complex and poignant everyday life can be. Told in vibrant, incantatory prose, these moving, lyrical, and surprising stories teeter between desperation and hope, with Fulton showing us what lasts in an impermanent world. John Fulton is the author of four books of fiction, including Retribution, which won the Southern Review Short Fiction Award in 2001, the novel More Than Enough, which was a finalist for the Midland Society of Authors Award, and The Animal Girl, a collection of two novellas and three stories, which was a Story Prize Notable Book. His short fiction has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, twice cited for distinction in the Best American Short Stories, short-listed for the O. Henry Award, and published in numerous journals, including Zoetrope, Oxford American, and The Southern Review. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and is a professor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where he directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing. And his most recent book of stories is The Flounder. Recommended Books: Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez Colin Barrett, Young Skins Natalia Ginsberg, Family William Trevor, Collected Stories Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The riddles of desire, youth, old age, poverty, and wealth are laid bare in this radiant collection from a master of the form. From inner-city pawnshops to high-powered law firms, from the desert of California to the coast of France, The Flounder (Blackwater Press, 2023) paints a vivid portrait of how complex and poignant everyday life can be. Told in vibrant, incantatory prose, these moving, lyrical, and surprising stories teeter between desperation and hope, with Fulton showing us what lasts in an impermanent world. John Fulton is the author of four books of fiction, including Retribution, which won the Southern Review Short Fiction Award in 2001, the novel More Than Enough, which was a finalist for the Midland Society of Authors Award, and The Animal Girl, a collection of two novellas and three stories, which was a Story Prize Notable Book. His short fiction has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, twice cited for distinction in the Best American Short Stories, short-listed for the O. Henry Award, and published in numerous journals, including Zoetrope, Oxford American, and The Southern Review. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and is a professor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where he directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing. And his most recent book of stories is The Flounder. Recommended Books: Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez Colin Barrett, Young Skins Natalia Ginsberg, Family William Trevor, Collected Stories Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
In memory of Gracie Allen, the Passager Poodle, with poems by Ann Kolakowski, Peter Nash, Gene Grabiner and Gary McClain Gannaway.Support the show
What can you learn from a veteran of two MFA programs and an admin of the MFA Draft Facebook page? A lot! Jess Silfa joins Jared to talk about how living in New York, growing up in a Caribbean oral storytelling tradition, and being disabled has influenced their writing. They also discuss their decision to leave one MFA program for another, explain what makes Nashville a surprisingly supportive community, and offer advice for disabled applicants. Jess Silfa is a writer and poet from the South Bronx. They hold an MFA from Vanderbilt University in Creative Writing (Fiction) and are currently pursuing their Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati. They have received a Displaced Artist Fellowship from Vermont Studio Center, a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Mae Fellowship, and a Ricardo Salinas Scholarship for Aspen Summer Words. Jess serves as President for the Disabled and D/deaf Writers Caucus and helps run the MFA Draft Facebook group. Jess's first novel, the story of a tight-knit immigrant community rattled by the war on drugs, goes on submission this fall. Learn more at www.jesilfa.com. MFA Writers is hosted by Jared McCormack and produced by Jared McCormack and Hanamori Skoblow. New episodes are released every two weeks. You can find more MFA Writers at MFAwriters.com. BE PART OF THE SHOW — Donate to the show at Buy Me a Coffee. — Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. — Submit an episode request. If there's a program you'd like to learn more about, contact us and we'll do our very best to find a guest who can speak to their experience. — Apply to be a guest on the show by filling out our application. STAY CONNECTED Twitter: @MFAwriterspod Instagram: @MFAwriterspodcast Facebook: MFA Writers Email: mfawriterspodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, I sit down with Emily Krempholtz, a writer, creator, and an all-around amazing human that I have the pleasure of calling my book coach as I write my memoir. In her interview, she takes us through her life going from doing what she thought she should, to now doing what she loves. “I knew that writing books was what I wanted to do for a living. I knew that working with stories was what I wanted to be when I grew up. And even knowing that, it took me a really long time. I let a lot of people talk me into going to college for a major that was a lot more practical than what I wanted to be doing, which was creative writing.”Emily believes in the magic of the world, infusing it into her books and passion projects while also acknowledging the need to pay the bills with her non-fiction work. While her work that pays the bills is compartmentalized in one half of her brain, her creative work is where her heart lies. “And it's hard, you know. You put your book out there to say, “here is a little piece of my soul, I'm giving it to you,” and then to have someone come back and say, “no thanks, this isn't for me.”Inevitably, pieces of Emily's life became woven into her novels and she shares how important it is for writers to give themselves the grace of being a human being. “So suddenly I was writing a book about grief when I was kind of actively grieving and that was really difficult. And so I poured a lot of that emotion into this book and then I also had to put it down for a little while. And that's something I think not enough writers talk about is sometimes, you know, it's okay to set something aside.”Highlights from Emily:“I think we have these points where, in a perfect world, we'd be able to go back and edit our lives and edit the way we did things in the past, but we don't have that. We are slaves to time in the real world in a way that we aren't when we're writing. And being able to take the hindsight, to take the lessons that we learned from that first draft of our lives, and take that breaking point and say, okay.”“There is no one right way to write a book. There's no one right way to do something. There's a lot of different schools of thought about how to create a book, because it is, it's this huge thing. It is multi-dimensional, it is complex, and when done right, you should never be able to just sit down and spit out a book without, and say, okay, this is perfect. This is exactly what I intended it to be.”“Let Perfect Burn means abandoning those shoulds—abandoning that sense of this is what I'm supposed to be doing to get to where I am, focusing on the things that you can control and saying fuck it to the rest.”Don't Miss a Beat. Follow my Instagram for news from me, Tara Beckett: https://www.instagram.com/letperfectburn/ Emily's Website: https://emilykrempholtz.com/
My guest today is Stephanie Cansian. She runs a small copywriting agency called Say It Simply, but along the line she had an epiphany that affected both her work and her personal life, notably her emotional eating habits. She lost weight, became re-engaged in her work, wrote a book, and is now working on another book. It's a fascinating and very open discussion.◘Stephanie's Websitehttp://www.stephaniecansian.com/
Often stories come to us in fragments: as a vivid image or a perfect sentence, but how do we turn those fragments into stories? Fiction writer, Jung Yun, shows how to create linear stories from nonlinear fragments and what happens when patience runs thin in this Inspiration Takeover, a series of mini-episodes with different writers who offer us a little dose of inspiration. Jung Yun was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. She studied at Vassar College, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Tin House, the Massachusetts Review, the Indiana Review, the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. She is the recipient of individual artist's grants in fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. She has also received residential fellowships from MacDowell, the Ucross Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the National Humanities Center. Currently, Jung lives in Baltimore with her husband and is an associate professor of English at the George Washington University. She serves on the board of directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
The Retirement Wisdom Podcast has surpassed 1 Million downloads, thanks to you. Retire Smarter. Don't miss a conversation in this free Retirement School: Follow on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | RSS __________________________ How does it feel when you read a book that's been well edited? What if you brought an editor's mindset to your life? Elizabeth Sharp McKetta knows the benefits of smart editing and shares what she's learned about applying those principles to how we live. Listen in - and learn how to edit your life. __________________________ Bio Elizabeth Sharp McKetta is a storyteller and the author of thirteen books across genres, including Edit Your Life and She Never Told Me About the Ocean. She has published many poems and delivered the TEDx talk “Edit your life like a poem.” She has literature degrees from Harvard (B.A.), Georgetown (M.A.), and the University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D). She wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on the intersections between memoir and myth, a concept that informs her teaching and writing (and her entire way of looking at the world!) She teaches for the Harvard Extension School Writing Program, Oxford University's Diploma in Creative Writing, and the Book Year Writer's Circle. Elisabeth grew up in Austin, Texas and lives with her family in Boise, Idaho; they travel widely. In her free time, she loves to make up stories her with young children hike, read, make vegan soups, make new friends, and drink tea with old friends. ___________________________ For More on Elizabeth Sharp McKetta Edit Your Life: A Handbook for Living with Intention in a Messy World Ark Website ____________________________ Podcast Episode You May Like The Power of Saying No – Vanessa Patrick, PhD The Well-Lived Life – Dr. Gladys McGarey Self-Compassion – Dr. Kristin Neff Happier Hour – Cassie Holmes, PhD ___________________________ Wise Quotes On How to Edit Your Life "So this idea of editing a book ends when the book is done, whereas of course, with a life, our lives are open books and it's never done until the life is over. So that principle of identifying in a life, what is this trying to be? And often with a life, I think it's an easy way to break it down is what gives me energy, what innately feels good. And then another side of that in both books and life that we'll probably circle back to is the question of what do I want to leave behind?...Where's the energy on a day-to-day basis? How do we lean toward that and away from things that take it away? And what are the things that we really want to look back on and feel like we've given so that they can outlast us? Those questions I think are really good editing questions. So when I think about editing a life, I think about the same editing questions we'll ask about a book, which are ultimately, what is this now? What is this trying to be? What works in its quest to try to be that and what is still needed to get it there? And I think those questions apply really nicely to lives." On First Choices "...When I think of first choices, my Mom has a term that I love called painless long shots. She always encouraged all of her children to, rather than thinking about all of the backup colleges apply to the first choice, the worst they will say is no, or whatever it is. Whether it's initiating a conversation with someone that we really want to be friends with, why not the worst that can happen as opposed to sort of scuffling around and thinking like, well, probably they don't want to be friends with me anyway. Probably that Harvard won't take me may be true. And so I feel that I was given a lot of encouragement early on to sort of try for the thing that feels the best. And throughout my life I found, and I've heard a lot of other people say different forms of this, which I find so interesting that often are first choices,
Dave and Mikey interview Slavoj Žižek for the Theory Underground book TOUR launch in Boise, Idaho. They asked him questions about drive vs. desire and the ethics of psychoanalysis in relation to addiction and serial killers; Nick Land, Baudrillard, and Compact Mag / Nina Power. We get into the politics of universality, our critique of working class identity politics, and underground theory itself!After the interview the Theory Underground 2023 Tour Crew talks about the two publications, which you can order from Amazon, or for a reduced price, at theory-underground.com/store The video closes with presentations from two of the Underground Theory contributors presenting on their chapters: Elton L.K. on The Vampire Castle is PMC (Mark Fisher meets Barbara Ehrenreich), and Bryan Weeks on his more poetic work that deals with the Idea of the University, the state's need for legibility (James Scott), and in-operability (Giorgio Agamben).Purchase Underground Theory and TIMENERGY: Why You Have No Time or Energy on Amazon, or if you're local to the U.S. you can order it at a discount from https://theory-underground.com/store/More about the presenters:Bryan Weeks earned a B.A. in English & Creative Writing from the University of Washington in 2013 and M.A. in Education from Boise State University in 2022 where his research focused on the intersection of critical discourses in the Philosophy of education, particularly deschooling and democratization in public education. He teaches English at an alternative high school and leads reading and writing groups in philosophy, literature, and poetry for adults in Boise, ID where he lives with his wife and son. In 2023 he co-taught a course at Theory Underground based on Karl Jaspers' work The Idea of the University. Elton LK was introduced to Kierkegaard and Nietzsche by a friend at age 21 after graduating from a trade school. Eight years later he graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a philosophy degree. In 2012 Elton formed the Dead Parrot Philosophical Society, a book club outside of the academy that discusses everything from Plato to Žižek. The Dead Parrots meet monthly to this day. Since high school Elton has been politically engaged, but Occupy was a major turning point. He did not join his first political organization until 2018: the Democratic Socialists of America. In January 2020 he started an in-person Socialist Night School as a part of his local DSA chapter. In 2023 he co-taught a course at Theory Underground called Professional Managerial Class Consciousness and Ideology.Michael Downs is an independent researcher and author of the philosophy and critical theory blog The Dangerous Maybe. He has earned a graduate certificate from The New Centre for Research and Practice and was the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Essay at the 2018 International Žižek Conference in Athens, Georgia. Michael is currently studying with Todd McGowan with a special focus on the work of Slavoj Žižek. In 2023 Michael taught a course at Theory Underground on Žižek's For They Know Not What They Do, and in October he teaches an introductory course to the philosophy of Nick Land.If Theory Underground has helped you see that text to speech technologies are a useful way of supplementing one's reading while living a busy life, if you want to be able to listen to PDFs for yourself, then Speechify is recommended.Use the below link and Theory Underground gets credit! https://share.speechify.com/mzwBHEBFollow Theory Underground on Duolingo: https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5C...See Theory Underground memes here: https://www.instagram.com/theory_unde... https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMissed a course at Theory Underground? Wrong! Courses at Theory Underground are available after the fact on demand. https://theory-underground.com/coursesDave's first book, Waypoint, is available for free at Theory Underground in blog and audio formats. https://theory-underground.com/waypoint/ ^There you can also purchase the text for significantly cheaper than it is on Amazon.
Cassie O'Hanlon is the queen of the pivot.
We're joined by the editors of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst. They talk about finding community online, what makes Native stories post-apocalyptic, and the expectation of writing horror. You can pre-order Never Whistle at Night now! Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of possession, colonialism, racism, gore, and tokenism. Guests Shane Hawk (enrolled Cheyenne-Arapaho, Hidatsa and Potawatomi descent) is a history teacher by day and a horror writer by night. Hawk is the author of Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror and other short fiction featured in numerous anthologies. Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (enrolled member, Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians) is the author of the novel Sacred Smokes, winner of the Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing, and Sacred City, winner of the Electa Quinney Award for Published Stories. His Pushcart-nominated fiction has been published in Southwest Review, Unnerving Magazine, Red Earth Review, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, Massachusetts Review, The Raven Chronicles, and Yellow Medicine Review, among others. He is a professor and chair of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University. Housekeeping - Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends Safe and Sound by Mercury Stardust! - Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests' books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books - Call to Action: Check out Games and Feelings! Sponsors - Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles, available in your local game store or on Amazon today! - BetterHelp is an online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/spirits Find Us Online - Website & Transcripts: spiritspodcast.com - Patreon: patreon.com/spiritspodcast - Merch: spiritspodcast.com/merch - Instagram: instagram.com/spiritspodcast - Twitter: twitter.com/spiritspodcast - Tumblr: spiritspodcast.tumblr.com - Goodreads: goodreads.com/group/show/205387 Cast & Crew - Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin - Editors: Brandon Grugle - Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod - Artwork: Allyson Wakeman - Multitude: multitude.productions About Us Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.
In today's episode, I'm sharing 3 steps to help you get started with list building. Here's a preview of what's included:[1:45] Having an email list is one of the best ways to build relationships with your readers over time. It's what helps keep you top of mind the next time readers are looking for a new book to read, or a book to share with their friends and family.[3:15] Step 1: Define your target audience of readers. These are the people who will buy your book, leave you positive reviews, and recommend it to all their friends. It's who all your marketing efforts need to speak to![5:35] Step 2: Start generating leads for your list by offering a freebie (or lead magnet) in exchange for email addresses. You could offer things like sample chapters, book club questions, free ebooks, character interviews, and more.[9:30] Step 3: Develop your content strategy so that you can stay in communication with your subscribers and build that “know, like, and trust” factor before you write and sell your next book. Don't overcomplicate this step![12:25] Final thoughts and episode recap.Rate + Review + Follow on Apple Podcasts"I love the Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast!" ← If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing this show! Your rating and review will help other writers find this podcast, and they're also super fun for me to go in and read. Just click here, scroll all the way to the bottom, tap five stars to rate the show, and then select "Write a Review." Be sure to let me know what your favorite part of the episode was, too! Also, if you haven't done so already, make sure you're following the podcast! I'll be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed, and if you're not following the show, there's a good chance you'll miss them. Click here to follow now!Links mentioned in this episode:Ep. 106 - 5 Steps to Building Your Author PlatformFREE RESOURCE: Need help getting started with your story? This workbook will help you flesh out the foundational elements of your story so you can start writing with confidence and ease. Get your free copy here →Support the showWant to support the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast? Click here to show your support, starting at $3/month >
Core memories, with pieces by Ellen Hirning Schmidt, Maureen Murphy Woodcock, Maryhelen Snyder.Support the show
Episode 088. Do you use case studies for your business? Are they part of your overall marketing strategy? In this episode, I'll share why case studies are great evergreen assets, the difference between testimonials and case studies, how to format a case study and a collection of case studies on your website, and the exact process you can follow to write a story-driven, conversion-based, and SEO-friendly case study. ______________________________________________ Read the show notes and view the full transcript here: https://erinollila.com/case-study-content-marketing/ ______________________________________________ Learn more about your host, Erin Ollila Erin Ollila believes in the power of words and how a message can inform – and even transform – its intended audience. She graduated from Fairfield University with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and went on to co-found Spry, an award-winning online literary journal. When Erin's not helping her clients understand their website data or improve their website copy, you can catch her hosting the Talk Copy to Me podcast and guesting on shows such as Profit is a Choice, The Driven Woman Entrepreneur, Go Pitch Yourself, and Counsel Cast. Stay in touch with Erin Ollila, SEO website copywriter: Learn more about Erin's VIP Day options if you'd like to learn more about how you can hire her to help you with your marketing Reach out her on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or on LinkedIn to talk more Blogging Foundations is currently getting an upgrade! Grab it at the lowest price you'll EVER see it ($37!) before it relaunches for sale in it's full version for $97 on September 5, 2023! https://erinollila.thrivecart.com/blogging-foundations/ And once you've grabbed that, don't forget to download my free SEO Website Checklist to guide you through always following SEO best practices! https://erinollila.com/seo-website-checklist
As we kick off StoryADay September 2023 I talk about how there is more than one way to engage with your writing...and your identity as a writer. 00:00 StADa295EngageWithYourWritingPractice 00:00 Intro 00:15 How To Engage with Your Writing Practice 15:16 Strategies for StoryADay Join the challenge and find out more at https://storyaday.org
About This EpisodeAs a professional climber, entrepreneur, and author, Majka Burhardt describes boldness through what she considers to be the three pillars of self-expansion: emotional, physical, and mental. She begins by tracing her path from her early climbing days to how her passion for adventure has shaped her career. Majka also describes her journey through motherhood, from the surprising news that she was having twins to finding alignment in her life as a mother and climber, the inspiration behind her new book, More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood. You'll also get to hear about the pivotal role her organization Legado plays in advocating for climate justice and the importance of community partnerships in creating a sustainable future. So tune in for an engaging episode around the adventures of climbing, parenthood, self-discovery, and being bold. About Majka BurhardtMajka Burhardt is a professional climber, conservation entrepreneur, author, and filmmaker. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Legado and the author of Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa, which was short-listed for the Banff Book Award, as well as her latest book, More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood, a Next Big Idea Club must-read. Her work and projects have been featured in The Economist, Outside Magazine, The Weather Channel, NPR and more, and her articles have appeared in publications including Afar, Men's Health, Skiing Magazine, Backpacker, Patagonia, Alpinist, Women's Adventure, The Explorers Journal, and Climbing. Majka is a climber and ambassador with Patagonia and an American Mountain Guides Association Rock Guide and Ice Instructor. She graduated from Princeton University cum laude and received a MFA in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She and her husband, Peter Doucette, an internationally certified (AMGA/IFMGA) mountain guide, live in Jackson, New Hampshire with their twin children. Additional Resources Website: https://www.majkaburhardt.com/Learn More About Legado: http://www.legadoinitiative.org/Instagram: @MajkaBurhardtOrder Her New Book, More: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1639363491?tag=simonsayscom
Today's poem is by Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952), an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86). Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the Library of Congress's bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000.[1] Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia[2] from 2004 to 2006. Since 1989, she has been teaching at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where she held the chair of Commonwealth Professor of English from 1993 to 2020; as of 2020, she holds the chair of Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing.[3]—Bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
This week we spoke with A.R. Farina on Creative Writing and Comics in Motion. https://www.amazon.com/stores/A.R.-Farina/author/B0BVQB4VHQ About the AuthorA.R. Farina is a college professor with both an M.A. Ed. and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing who has written several textbooks in his professional capacity. Additionally, he hosts a weekly podcast on the Comics in Motion Network where he records a critical analysis of indie comics and graphic novels. Some of his published short fiction can be found on The Fictional Café website and in a print collection from Free Spirit.His Austen Chronicles series, a modern-day YA re-imagining of the Jane Austen novels, will be published by 4 Horsemen Publications. The first book in the series, Welcome to Mansfield is available now. www.arfarina.com
Jennifer Predny, the parent of four military-connected children talks about the impact of multiple transitions and how they have affected her family. She gives insight on how parents can assist their children navigate being the new kid at school. This podcast is made possible by generous funding from the Hanscom Spouses' Club. To learn more, visit https: https://hanscomsc.org/. Audio mixing by Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas. Show Notes: Bio: Jennifer Predny is an Army wife of 17 years and has four children, ages 16, 15, 11, and 9. Over the years Jennifer has learned how to navigate advocating for a child with a 504 plan in several different school systems, homeschooling for elementary, middle, and high school kids in two different states, transitioning kids from homeschool to public school, and everything in between. Jennifer is an avid volunteer, former PTO President, and Senior Advisor to her husband's unit. She has a B.A. in English Creative Writing and will graduate with her MFA in Creative Writing this fall. Resources: MCEC Back to School Toolkit: https://www.militarychild.org/backtoschool MCEC is the national advocate for Purple Star Schools. Interested in learning more? Visit: https://www.militarychild.org/purplestarschools
In today's episode, I'm sharing 5 steps to building an author platform. Here's a preview of what's included: [00:00] Your author platform is the foundation for all your future book marketing efforts. You can start building it no matter where you're at in the writing process![00:00] Step 1: Define your target audience of readers[00:00] Step 2: Design your unique author brand[00:00] Step 3: Create your author website[00:00] Step 4: Setup your email list[00:00] Step 5: Develop your communication strategy[00:00] Final thoughts and episode recap.Rate + Review + Follow on Apple Podcasts"I love the Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast!" ← If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing this show! Your rating and review will help other writers find this podcast, and they're also super fun for me to go in and read. Just click here, scroll all the way to the bottom, tap five stars to rate the show, and then select "Write a Review." Be sure to let me know what your favorite part of the episode was, too! Also, if you haven't done so already, make sure you're following the podcast! I'll be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed, and if you're not following the show, there's a good chance you'll miss them. Click here to follow now!Links mentioned in this episode:Ep. 4 - How to Identify Your Story's Ideal ReaderFREE RESOURCE: Need help getting started with your story? This workbook will help you flesh out the foundational elements of your story so you can start writing with confidence and ease. Get your free copy here →Interested in becoming a book coach? Author Accelerator a 5-day Book Coaching Business Plan Challenge to help you determine your next steps. Click here to sign up and use promo code PODCAST to get 50% off the enrollment price! Support the showWant to support the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast? Click here to show your support, starting at $3/month >
Author Saige England has taken on a rather uncomfortable subject in her new book about the early days of colonial New Zealand. During research for Ngai Tahu's land and fisheries claim before the Waitangi Tribunal, she came across details of the trade in body parts - specifically, the preserved heads of Maori. Saige says it was a history that shocked her and she's woven a young Maori woman's resistance to it in her new novel The Seasonwife. Saige has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and has worked as a journalist both here in New Zealand and in conflict zones overseas.
Something new to change it up for an episode. I attended a writing group where we were prompted to free-write off of an asked question. But before I get to it, I want you to know that your doubt and fear of doing what you want is just around the corner of realizing that most of this life is silly. It's a game, and you choose how to play it. Next time, we'll get back to the questions... Come on in, and be sure to leave us feedback on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts! Want to share a personal message?! Email zackary@therebelminded.com or on my substack: therebelminded.substack.com Thank you so much for listening to the Rebel Minded Podcast! Let me know how we're doing, if you have any of your own insight, or if there is something that you would love to hear on the podcast. Reach out! There are others out there you can help by speaking up! Thank you for being here!
Episode 087. Want the exact recipe to write a strategic and SEO-friendly blog post? In this episode, I'll share exactly how to prepare, research, outline, write, edit and publish an SEO blog post that not only attracts your ideal clients, but helps move them to convert. ______________________________________________ Read the show notes and view the full transcript here: https://erinollila.com/how-to-write-blog-posts-for-seo-and-conversions/ ______________________________________________ Learn more about your host, Erin Ollila Erin Ollila believes in the power of words and how a message can inform – and even transform – its intended audience. She graduated from Fairfield University with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and went on to co-found Spry, an award-winning online literary journal. When Erin's not helping her clients understand their website data or improve their website copy, you can catch her hosting the Talk Copy to Me podcast and guesting on shows such as Profit is a Choice, The Driven Woman Entrepreneur, Go Pitch Yourself, and Counsel Cast. Stay in touch with Erin Ollila, SEO website copywriter: Learn more about Erin's VIP Day options if you'd like to learn more about how you can hire her to help you with your marketing Reach out her on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or on LinkedIn to talk more Blogging Foundations is currently getting an upgrade! Grab it at the lowest price you'll EVER see it ($37!) before it relaunches for sale in it's full version for $97 on September 5, 2023! https://erinollila.thrivecart.com/blogging-foundations/ And once you've grabbed that, don't forget to download my free SEO Website Checklist to guide you through always following SEO best practices! https://erinollila.com/seo-website-checklist
This week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Alisha Searcy and Mariam Memarsadeghi interview Jay Parini, Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College. A poet, professor, and author of literary biographies, Parini discusses how he came to write Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America. From William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation through The Federalist Papers, Thoreau's Walden, and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, and W.E.B. Du Bois, Parini explores how key works of fiction and nonfiction have shaped the American mind and character and guided our understanding of ourselves as a people and a nation. He closes the interview with a reading from Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America.
the near universal disappearance of shared social enterprise: the ruling class builds walls and lunar shuttles, while the rest of us contend with the atrophy of institutional integrity and the utter abdication of providing even minimal shelter from looming disaster. The irony of the Anthropocene era is that, in a neoliberal culture of the self, it is forcing us to consider ourselves as a collective again. For those of us who are not wealthy enough to start a colony on Mars or isolate ourselves from the world, the Anthropocene ends the fantasy of sheer individualism and worldlessness once and for all. It introduces a profound sense of time and events after the so-called "end of history" and an entirely new approach to solidarity. How to Live at the End of the World: Theory, Art, and Politics for the Anthropocene (Stanford UP, 2022) is a hopeful exploration of how we might inherit the name "Anthropocene," renarrate it, and revise our way of life or thought in view of it. In his book on time, art, and politics in an era of escalating climate change, Holloway takes up difficult, unanswered questions in recent work by Donna Haraway, Kathryn Yusoff, Bruno Latour, Dipesh Chakrabarty, and Isabelle Stengers, sketching a path toward a radical form of democracy―a zoocracy, or, a rule of all of the living. Travis Holloway is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Farmingdale and a poet and former Goldwater Fellow in Creative Writing at NYU. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network