Podcasts about writing nonfiction

Welcome back to Drafting the Past. I'm Kate Carpenter, and this is a podcast about the craft of writing history. In this episode, I'm joined by historian and writer Dr. Surekha Davies. Surekha is a former history professor who now writes full-time, and she can also be found speaking about history and consulting on monsters. In fact, monsters have played a major role in much of her research. Her first award-winning book was titled Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human: New Worlds, Maps, and Monsters. Her second book, which is aimed at a general audience, is out now; it's called Humans: A Monstrous History. The book looks at, as she puts it, how people “have defined the human in relation to everything from apes to zombies, and how they invented race, gender, and nations along the way.” I spoke with Surekha about how she made the switch to full-time writing, her newsletter, Notes from an Everything Historian, and how she organized what could have been an unruly book. Enjoy my conversation with Dr. Surekha Davies.

Wes Kao is an entrepreneur, coach, and advisor. She co-founded the live learning platform Maven, backed by First Round and a16z. Before Maven, Wes co-created the altMBA with best-selling author Seth Godin. Today, Wes teaches a popular course on executive communication and influence. Through her course and one-on-one coaching, she's helped thousands of operators, founders, and product leaders master the art of influence through clear, compelling communication. Known for her surgical writing style and no-BS frameworks, Wes returns to the pod to deliver a tactical master class on becoming a sharper, more persuasive communicator—at work, in meetings, and across your career.What you'll learn:1. The #1 communication mistake leaders make—and Wes's proven fix to instantly gain buy-in2. Wes's MOO (Most Obvious Objection) framework to consistently anticipate and overcome pushback in meetings3. How to master concise communication—including Wes's tactical approach for brevity without losing meaning4. The art of executive presence: actionable strategies for conveying confidence and clarity, even under pressure5. The “sales, then logistics” framework—and why your ideas keep getting ignored without it6. The power of “signposting”—and why executives skim your docs without it7. Exactly how to give feedback that works—Wes's “strategy, not self-expression” principle to drive behavior change without friction8. Practical ways to instantly improve your writing, emails, and Slack messages—simple techniques Wes teaches executives9. Managing up like a pro: Wes's clear, practical advice on earning trust, building credibility, and aligning with senior leaders10. Career accelerators: specific habits and tactics from Wes for growing your influence, advancing your career, and standing out11. Real-world communication examples—Wes breaks down real scenarios she's solved, providing step-by-step solutions you can copy today—Brought to you by:• WorkOS—Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs• Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security• Coda—The all-in-one collaborative workspace—Where to find Wes Kao:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weskao/• Website: https://www.weskao.com/• Maven course: https://maven.com/wes-kao/executive-communication-influence—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Wes Kao(05:34) Working with Wes(06:58) The importance of communication(10:44) Sales before logistics(18:20) Being concise(24:31) Books to help you become a better writer(27:30) Signposting and formatting(32:05) How to develop and practice your communication skills(40:41) Slack communication(42:23) Confidence in communication(50:17) The MOO framework(54:00) Staying calm in high-stakes conversations(57:36) Which tactic to start with(58:53) Effective tactics for managing up(01:04:53) Giving constructive feedback: strategy, not self-expression(01:09:39) Delegating effectively while maintaining high standards(01:16:36) The swipe file: collecting inspiration for better communication(01:19:59) Leveraging AI for better communication(01:22:01) Lightning round—Referenced:• Persuasive communication and managing up | Wes Kao (Maven, Seth Godin, Section4): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/persuasive-communication-wes-kao• Making Meta | Andrew ‘Boz' Bosworth (CTO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/making-meta-andrew-boz-bosworth-cto• Communication is the job: https://boz.com/articles/communication-is-the-job• Maven: https://maven.com/• Sales, not logistics: https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/sales-not-logistics• How to be more concise: https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/how-to-be-concise• Signposting: How to reduce cognitive load for your reader: https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/sign-posting-how-to-reduce-cognitive• Airbnb's Vlad Loktev on embracing chaos, inquiry over advocacy, poking the bear, and “impact, impact, impact” (Partner at Index Ventures, Airbnb GM/VP Product): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/impact-impact-impact-vlad-loktev• Tone and words: Use accurate language: https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/tone-and-words-use-accurate-language• Quote by Joan Didion: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/264509-i-don-t-know-what-i-think-until-i-write-it• Strategy, not self-expression: How to decide what to say when giving feedback: https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/strategy-not-self-expression• Tobi Lütke's leadership playbook: Playing infinite games, operating from first principles, and maximizing human potential (founder and CEO of Shopify): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/tobi-lutkes-leadership-playbook• The CEDAF framework: Delegating gets easier when you get better at explaining your ideas: https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/delegating-and-explaining• Swipe file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swipe_file• Apple Notes: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notes/id1110145109• Claude: https://claude.ai/new• ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/• Arianna Huffington's phone bed charging station (Oak): https://www.amazon.com/Arianna-Huffingtons-Phone-Charging-Station/dp/B079C5DBF4?th=1• The Harlan Coben Collection on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/81180221• Oral-B Pro 1000 rechargeable electric toothbrush: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UKM9CO/• The Best Electric Toothbrush: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-electric-toothbrush/• Glengarry Glen Ross on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Glengarry-Glen-Ross-James-Foley/dp/B002NN5F7A• 1,000,000: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/1000000—Recommended books:• On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548/• Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies: https://www.amazon.com/Stein-Writing-Successful-Techniques-Strategies/dp/0312254210/• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Memoir-Craft-Stephen-King/dp/1982159375• Several Short Sentences About Writing: https://www.amazon.com/Several-Short-Sentences-About-Writing/dp/0307279413/• High Output Management: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884• Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Brain-Work-Revised-Updated/dp/0063003155/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Oliver Burkeman, bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks and Meditations for Mortals, on the power of embracing imperfection in both life and creativity, how to overcome distractions that hinder our creative flow, and the tools that can help us thrive in an imperfect world. *ABOUT OLIVER BURKEMAN Oliver Burkeman worked for many years at The Guardian, where he wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, “This Column Will Change Your Life.” His books include the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking. His latest book is Meditations for Mortals.*RESOURCES & LINKS

Anna Bogutskaya has studied thousands of horror films and books.  In this interview we talk to Anna about the role of the monster and how writers can harness primal emotions to tell captivating stories. We also dive into her process for pitching and writing nonfiction books.*ABOUT ANNA BOGUTSKAYA Anna Bogutskaya is a freelance critic, author, film programmer and creative producer. She writes for BBC Culture, Guardian, MUBI, the Face and TimeOut, amongst others, and programmes films for BFI, Edinburgh Film Festival and Fantastic Fest. She produces and hosts The Final Girls podcast. She's the author of Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate and Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold On Us.*RESOURCES & LINKSUnlikeable Female CharactersFeeding the MonsterThe Final Girls: A Horror Film PodcastThe BabadookIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoAdmit OneDanse Macabre by Stephen KingHouse of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse For show notes, transcripts and to attend our live podcasts visit: podcast.londonwriterssalon.com.For free writing sessions, join free Writers' Hours: writershour.com.*FOLLOW LONDON WRITERS' SALONTwitter: twitter.com/​​WritersSalonInstagram: instagram.com/londonwriterssalonFacebook: facebook.com/LondonWritersSalonIf you're enjoying this show, please rate and review this show!

Today we get to hear from Pagan Kennedy, whose newest book, The Secret History of the Rape Kit, will be released in January. Pagan and I will be talking about the ways in which contemporary events and your own past can disrupt what you thought your book was about.Watch a recording of our live webinar here. The audio/video version is available for one week. Missed it? Check out the podcast version above or on your favorite podcast platform.To find Kennedy's book and many books by our authors, visit our Bookshop page. Looking for a writing community? Join our Facebook page. Pagan Kennedy is a journalist and author of eleven books, most recently Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World, which was optioned for adaption into a TV show and podcast, and The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, which will be released by Vintage in January. She has also been awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, an NEA fellowship, a Smithsonian fellowship, and two Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowships. She is a longtime contributor to the New York Times.  Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com

 Larceny & Last Chances Sometimes, it's about doing the right thing. Sometimes, it's about getting even. Sometimes, it's about taking what you think you deserve. And sometimes, it's your last, best chance. Edited by Judy Penz Sheluk and featuring stories by Christina Boufis, John Bukowski, Brenda Chapman, Susan Daly, Wil A. Emerson, Tracy Falenwolfe, Kate Fellowes, Molly Wills Fraser, Gina X. Grant, Karen Grose, Wendy Harrison, Julie Hastrup, Larry M. Keeton, Charlie Kondek, Edward Lodi, Bethany Maines, Gregory Meece, Cate Moyle, Judy Penz Sheluk, KM Rockwood, Kevin R. Tipple, and Robert Weibezahl.Christina BoufisChristina Boufis is a San Francisco Bay Area writer whose short fiction has appeared in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Kings River Life Magazine, and the forthcoming anthology Larceny and Last Chances. Under C.B. Peterson, she's the author of a domestic thriller, I Want Him Dead. In nonfiction, she's written The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Nonfiction, as well as dozens of essays and articles appearing in Salon.com, The San Francisco Chronicle, Glamour, and other publications. A former academic with a PhD in Victorian literature and Women's Studies, she spent eight years teaching women in the San Francisco County Jail. Christina BoufisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Larceny & Last Chances Sometimes, it's about doing the right thing. Sometimes, it's about getting even. Sometimes, it's about taking what you think you deserve. And sometimes, it's your last, best chance. Edited by Judy Penz Sheluk and featuring stories by Christina Boufis, John Bukowski, Brenda Chapman, Susan Daly, Wil A. Emerson, Tracy Falenwolfe, Kate Fellowes, Molly Wills Fraser, Gina X. Grant, Karen Grose, Wendy Harrison, Julie Hastrup, Larry M. Keeton, Charlie Kondek, Edward Lodi, Bethany Maines, Gregory Meece, Cate Moyle, Judy Penz Sheluk, KM Rockwood, Kevin R. Tipple, and Robert Weibezahl.Gregory Meece My passion for creative writing began in high school when an inspirational teacher recognized my desire to go beyond the required four years of English and pursue creative writing. She challenged me to produce a novel and gave me an independent study project: Write a novel. At age 17, I did just that! Well, I tried. Now retired, I have rekindled my love of writing stories. In the past few years, I have been fortunate to have found homes for my short stories in almost 20 different anthologies, magazines, journals, and even a podcast! Most of my stories are mysteries and crime fiction, but I have added literary and comedy genres to my repertoire.Gregory Meece - Author (meecetales.com)Christina BoufisChristina Boufis is a San Francisco Bay-Area writer whose short fiction has appeared in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Kings River Life Magazine, and the forthcoming anthology, Larceny and Last Chances. Under C.B. Peterson, she's the author of a domestic thriller, I Want Him Dead. In nonfiction, she's written The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Nonfiction, as well as dozens of essays and articles that have appeared in Salon.com, The San Francisco Chronicle, Glamour, and other publications. A former academic with a PhD in Victorian literature and Women's Studies, she spent eight years teaching women in the San Francisco County Jail. Christina BoufisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo takes us both inside and beyond his new book, Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons (NYU Press, 2022), to talk about the craft of writing nonfiction, the importance of writing communities and fellowships, and about putting your writing out into the world. Today's book is: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons, by Anthony Christian Ocampo. Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. Dr. Ocampo details his story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American. Our guest is: Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo, who is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA, and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. He is an Academic Director of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, and co-host of the podcast Professor-ing. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Tin House, and the VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation. He was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” as he was one of the employees involved in suing the company for racial discriminatory hiring practices. He holds a BA in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and MA in modern thought and literature from Stanford University, and an MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the producer and host of the Academic Life podcast. She holds a PhD in history, which she uses to explore what stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. For more author-talks that consider the craft of writing, try: This conversation on Night of the Living Rez This conversation about A Calm and Normal Heart This conversation about Black Boy Out of Time This conversation about The Lost Journals of Sacajewea This conversation about The Names of All the Flowers 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 this episode, Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo takes us both inside and beyond his new book, Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons (NYU Press, 2022), to talk about the craft of writing nonfiction, the importance of writing communities and fellowships, and about putting your writing out into the world. Today's book is: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons, by Anthony Christian Ocampo. Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. Dr. Ocampo details his story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American. Our guest is: Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo, who is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA, and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. He is an Academic Director of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, and co-host of the podcast Professor-ing. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Tin House, and the VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation. He was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” as he was one of the employees involved in suing the company for racial discriminatory hiring practices. He holds a BA in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and MA in modern thought and literature from Stanford University, and an MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the producer and host of the Academic Life podcast. She holds a PhD in history, which she uses to explore what stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. For more author-talks that consider the craft of writing, try: This conversation on Night of the Living Rez This conversation about A Calm and Normal Heart This conversation about Black Boy Out of Time This conversation about The Lost Journals of Sacajewea This conversation about The Names of All the Flowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-american-studies

In this episode, Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo takes us both inside and beyond his new book, Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons (NYU Press, 2022), to talk about the craft of writing nonfiction, the importance of writing communities and fellowships, and about putting your writing out into the world. Today's book is: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons, by Anthony Christian Ocampo. Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. Dr. Ocampo details his story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American. Our guest is: Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo, who is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA, and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. He is an Academic Director of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, and co-host of the podcast Professor-ing. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Tin House, and the VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation. He was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” as he was one of the employees involved in suing the company for racial discriminatory hiring practices. He holds a BA in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and MA in modern thought and literature from Stanford University, and an MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the producer and host of the Academic Life podcast. She holds a PhD in history, which she uses to explore what stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. For more author-talks that consider the craft of writing, try: This conversation on Night of the Living Rez This conversation about A Calm and Normal Heart This conversation about Black Boy Out of Time This conversation about The Lost Journals of Sacajewea This conversation about The Names of All the Flowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

In this episode, Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo takes us both inside and beyond his new book, Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons (NYU Press, 2022), to talk about the craft of writing nonfiction, the importance of writing communities and fellowships, and about putting your writing out into the world. Today's book is: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons, by Anthony Christian Ocampo. Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. Dr. Ocampo details his story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American. Our guest is: Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo, who is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA, and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. He is an Academic Director of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, and co-host of the podcast Professor-ing. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Tin House, and the VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation. He was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” as he was one of the employees involved in suing the company for racial discriminatory hiring practices. He holds a BA in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and MA in modern thought and literature from Stanford University, and an MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the producer and host of the Academic Life podcast. She holds a PhD in history, which she uses to explore what stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. For more author-talks that consider the craft of writing, try: This conversation on Night of the Living Rez This conversation about A Calm and Normal Heart This conversation about Black Boy Out of Time This conversation about The Lost Journals of Sacajewea This conversation about The Names of All the Flowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

In this episode, Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo takes us both inside and beyond his new book, Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons (NYU Press, 2022), to talk about the craft of writing nonfiction, the importance of writing communities and fellowships, and about putting your writing out into the world. Today's book is: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons, by Anthony Christian Ocampo. Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. Dr. Ocampo details his story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American. Our guest is: Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo, who is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA, and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. He is an Academic Director of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, and co-host of the podcast Professor-ing. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Tin House, and the VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation. He was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” as he was one of the employees involved in suing the company for racial discriminatory hiring practices. He holds a BA in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and MA in modern thought and literature from Stanford University, and an MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the producer and host of the Academic Life podcast. She holds a PhD in history, which she uses to explore what stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. For more author-talks that consider the craft of writing, try: This conversation on Night of the Living Rez This conversation about A Calm and Normal Heart This conversation about Black Boy Out of Time This conversation about The Lost Journals of Sacajewea This conversation about The Names of All the Flowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

In this episode, Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo takes us both inside and beyond his new book, Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons (NYU Press, 2022), to talk about the craft of writing nonfiction, the importance of writing communities and fellowships, and about putting your writing out into the world. Today's book is: Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons, by Anthony Christian Ocampo. Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. Dr. Ocampo details his story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American. Our guest is: Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo, who is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA, and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. He is an Academic Director of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, and co-host of the podcast Professor-ing. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Tin House, and the VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation. He was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” as he was one of the employees involved in suing the company for racial discriminatory hiring practices. He holds a BA in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and MA in modern thought and literature from Stanford University, and an MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the producer and host of the Academic Life podcast. She holds a PhD in history, which she uses to explore what stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. For more author-talks that consider the craft of writing, try: This conversation on Night of the Living Rez This conversation about A Calm and Normal Heart This conversation about Black Boy Out of Time This conversation about The Lost Journals of Sacajewea This conversation about The Names of All the Flowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-west

We are so excited to have Neil Rogers on The Yegi Project today! He took everything he learned about sales and hospitality during his time as a bartender and wrote a book, "Bar Tips: Everything I Needed to Know in Sales I Learned Behind the Bar." We dive deep into how he discovered that bartending, which isn't typically associated with sales, actually fueled his sales skills in his life and in his promotional marketing company. Other topics in this episode include why selling skills aren't only needed for entrepreneurs, and how you even go about writing a book in the first place! Buy Neil's Book! Bar Tips: Everything I Needed to Know in Sales I Learned Behind the Barhttps://amzn.to/3RZs201 Connect with Neil!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorneilrogers/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authorneilrogers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorneilrogers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6C_rB34QvfPpZkB67fzkqQLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-p-rogers-cas-68a4a22/Other Books Mentioned:On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction https://amzn.to/47ZnnR4 How to Win Friends & Influence People https://amzn.to/482V4kU Follow The Yegi Project on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/theyegiprojectFollow The Yegi Project on TiKTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@theyegiprojectYegi is a young entrepreneur who has always been curious and hardworking. You can say she has always seen things out of the box and been able to creatively solve difficult problems. Her cool and collective spirit in life and business makes you want to be around her. She thrives on inspiring others and helps others see things from a positive point of view. The Yegi Project, is the podcast for the young entrepreneur who may not know where to start, doesn't have anyone to guide them in the right direction and may not have full support from others. This podcast is called The Yegi “Project” because although Yegi is happy with where she is now, she knows that she still has a lot to do to complete her mission and purpose in this world. She aims to use this podcast to work hard alongside all of you to grow to a point where she can make a lasting change in people's lives and in the world.  If you would like to be a guest on a future episode of The Yegi Project, please email info@yegiproject.comThe Yegi Project is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and more!https://linktr.ee/theyegiprojectDisclaimer: This podcast or any other The Yegi Project episodes on this platform or other podcast streaming platforms is not legal business or tax advice. I make this content based on my own experience as a business owner and MBA for educational and entertainment purposes only.

Maggie Crowley is VP of product at Toast and previously vice president and head of product at Charlie Health, senior director of product management at Drift, and a PM at TripAdvisor. She's also the host of Build, a podcast dedicated to product and product management. In today's conversation, Maggie shares:• The value of building a broad-based PM skill set• Three qualities of the best product managers• A step-by-step guide for crafting a product strategy• How to break into PM• Why great writing is often just simplifying your writing• Why being too data-driven is a red flag• The impact of content creation on Maggie's career—Brought to you by Productroadmap.ai—AI to connect your roadmaps to revenue | Composer—the AI-powered trading platform | Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments—Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/mastering-product-strategy-and-growing-as-a-pm-maggie-crowley-toast-drift-tripadvisor/—Where to find Maggie Crowley:• X: https://twitter.com/maggiecrowley• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-crowley-42a97112/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Maggie's background(04:06) Three common traits among the best product managers(09:33) Strategy is an important but small part of the job(11:14) How to get better at simplification(13:39) Tips on simplifying your writing(15:13) Ownership as a PM(17:53) Examples of simplifying your work(19:39) Maggie's Slack support group(21:37) How to improve on following up on your work(23:23) A realistic time horizon for PMs(26:31) Staying in your role vs. trying a new opportunity(27:37) The importance of “carrying the water” (28:56) Pros and cons of the PM job(31:42) Advice on landing a PM role(34:36) Maggie's step-by-step process for writing your product strategy(39:55) Not every feature needs a strategy(46:29) The value of working through the process(48:09) Maggie's one-pager doc (54:16) Contrarian corner(55:44) The worst product Maggie ever shipped(58:33) Why being “data-driven” is a red flag(1:01:10) Content creation as a career accelerator(1:14:27) Closing thoughts(1:15:17) Lightning round—Referenced:• David Cancel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcancel/• On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548• Notion: https://www.notion.so/• The Minto Pyramid Principle and the SCR Framework: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/minto-pyramid-principle-scr• Drift: https://www.drift.com/• Maggies Top 5 Product Lessons for 2021: https://www.drift.com/podcasts/build/?wchannelid=hg0p3zf4yx&wmediaid=nxrdvmotr3• Unpacking Amazon's unique ways of working | Bill Carr (author of Working Backwards): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/unpacking-amazons-unique-ways-of-working-bill-carr-author-of-working-backwards/• Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/inside-linear-building-with-taste-craft-and-focus-karri-saarinen-co-founder-designer-ceo/• Adam Medros on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amedros/• How Figma builds product: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-figma-builds-product• Shreyas Doshi on pre-mortems, the LNO framework, the three levels of product work, why most execution problems are strategy problems, and ROI vs. opportunity cost thinking: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/shreyas-doshi-on-pre-mortems-the-lno-framework-the-three-levels-of-product-work-why-most-execution-problems-are-strategy-problems-and-roi-vs-opportunity-cost-thinking/• Einstein quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_einstein_122232• The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience: https://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Secrets-Steve-Jobs-Insanely/dp/0071636080• Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Dont Have All the Facts: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Bets-Making-Smarter-Decisions/dp/0735216371• Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building: https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-People-Tactics-Management-Building/dp/1953953212/r• Slow Horses on AppleTV+: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o• Future: https://www.future.co/• Ladder: https://www.joinladder.com/• Pump Log: https://pumplogapp.com/• Huckleberry: https://huckleberrycare.com/• Toast: https://pos.toasttab.com/• Careers at Toast: https://careers.toasttab.com/homepage• What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/what-differentiates-the-highest-performing-product-teams-john-cutler-amplitude-the-beautiful-mess/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. 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Youtuber and author Ellie Middleton on how she started sharing her work publicly, her viral posts, how she's built an audience of 300k and rules she follows for content creation. Plus her experience of writing and publishing her nonfiction book Unmasked: The Ultimate Guide to ADHD, Autism and Neurodivergence.*ABOUT ELLIE MIDDLETONEllie Middleton is an autistic and ADHD creator, speaker, writer, consultant and founder of the (un)masked community for neurodivergents. After a lifetime of feeling misunderstood, she was diagnosed with both Autism Spectrum Condition and ADHD at the age of 24. Since then, Ellie has gone on to build an audience of over 300,000 people online, create the (un)masked community for neurodivergents, and work with global brands like The Independent, Google & LinkedIn to change the narrative on neurodiversity.*RESOURCES & LINKSUnmasked: The Ultimate Guide to ADHD, Autism and Neurodivergence by Ellie Middleton Ellie on LinkedIn Ellie on TikTokEllie on InstagramEllie's community, Unmasked: The Community for Busy BrainsTiimo (daily planning app)Notion (productivity & note-taking app)Monday (project management software)Time Timer (award-winning visual timer) For show notes, transcripts and to attend our live podcasts visit: podcast.londonwriterssalon.comFor free writing sessions, join free Writers' Hours: writershour.com

Join me in this episode as we dig deeper into how you can achieve your NaNoWriMo goal. Get insights on building and nurturing your writing consistency and habits. With the right mindset and tools, you can get more done within a month than you can ever imagine. Sound interesting?  Tune in! Full shownotes and raw transcript can be found here.

Author Cyndie Spiegel (Microjoys: Finding Hope) on how she approaches moments of major transition and building a habit of recognizing joy even in the darkest times. We also talk about the craft of writing nonfiction and how her concept of microjoys grew from an idea to a book.*SHOW SUMMARYCyndie Spiegel, author of Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay on how she approaches moments of major transition building a habit of recognizing joy even in the darkest times. We also talk about the craft of writing nonfiction, and how her concept of microjoys grew from an idea to a book.*ABOUT CYNDIE SPIEGELCyndie Spiegel is a born storyteller–turned–writer; she's an aspirational voice and an igniter of powerful conversation. She is a former adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design and Fashion Institute of Technology, and holds a masters of professional studies. Her books include  Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom & Courage and Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay  * RESOURCES & LINKSA Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom and CourageMicrojoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay Julia Cameron's Artist DateCyndie's idea of Pitching the Dream For show notes, transcripts and to attend our live podcasts visit: podcast.londonwriterssalon.comFor free writing sessions, join free Writers' Hours: writershour.com *FOLLOW LONDON WRITERS' SALONTwitter: twitter.com/​​WritersSalonInstagram: instagram.com/londonwriterssalonFacebook: facebook.com/LondonWritersSalonIf you're enjoying this show, please rate and review this show!

Brought to you by Sidebar—Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Superhuman—The fastest email experience ever made | Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security.—Noah Weiss is Chief Product Officer at Slack, where he leads all aspects of the product organization, including the self-service SMB business, the team that launched huddles and clips, and the search and machine-learning teams. Prior to Slack, Noah served as SVP of Product at Foursquare. He started his career at Google, leading the structured data search team and working on display ads. In today's episode, we discuss:• The top 10 traits of great PMs• How “complaint storms” helped Slack teams foster empathy• How Slack's product team is approaching AI• “Comprehension desirability” and other key factors leading to Slack's success• Why you should be customer-aware but not customer-obsessed• Important areas of growth for both new PMs and senior PMsCurious to learn more about Slack? You can try Slack Pro and get 50% off using this link.—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/the-10-traits-of-great-pms-how-ai-will-impact-your-product-and-slacks-product-development-process/—Where to find Noah Weiss:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/noah_weiss• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahw/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Noah's background(04:22) Noah's advice on new parenthood(07:23) Lessons learned from leading product at Foursquare(11:33) Advice for working with strongly opinionated founders(14:14) Thinking of involvement on a U-shaped curve(16:53) Principles at Slack(19:32) Implementing ML, AI, and LLMs in meaningful ways(25:11) How Slack structures AI teams(26:59) Complaint storms and how they help foster empathy(30:01) Slack's approach to prioritization (32:26) How delight is baked into the DNA of Slack(34:41) How Slack thinks about competition (38:04) Building a culture that takes big bets(41:40) Rituals at Slack(44:51) How Slack unlocked new levers of growth and revived their self-serve business(52:01) Slack's early success and the factors that made them successful (58:08) Slack's pilot programs for testing new features(1:02:03) Noah's famous blog post: “The 10 Traits of Great Product Managers”(1:10:15) Book recommendations to improve your writing(1:12:30) Managing up and the importance of data fluency(1:14:54) The most important skills to improve as an early-career PM and as a senior PM(1:17:16) Lightning round—Referenced:• Emily Oster: https://emilyoster.net/• Dennis Crowley: https://denniscrowley.com/• Stewart Butterfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stewart• Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515• Gustav Söderström on Lenny's Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/lessons-from-scaling-spotify-the-science-of-product-taking-risky-bets-and-how-ai-is-already-impacting-the-future-of-music-gustav-soderstrom-co-president-cpo-and-cto-at-spotify/• Seth Godin: https://seths.blog/• Noah's blog post on the 10 traits of great PMs: https://medium.com/@noah_weiss/10-traits-of-great-pms-a7776cd3d9cd• Five Dangerous Myths about Product Management: https://medium.com/@noah_weiss/five-dangerous-myths-about-product-management-d1d852ed02a2• Paul Graham: http://paulgraham.com/• Ben Horowitz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhorowitz• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Memoir-Craft-Stephen-King/dp/1982159375• On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548• Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: And Other Tough-Love Truths to Make You a Better Writer: https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Wants-Read-Your-Tough-Love/dp/1936891492• Several Short Sentences About Writing: https://www.amazon.com/Several-Short-Sentences-About-Writing/dp/0307279413• Paige Costello on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paigenow• Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Selection-Inside-Apples-Process/dp/1250194466• The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail: https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation/dp/1633691780• Radical Candor: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Revised-Kim-Scott/dp/1250258405• Leadership: In Turbulent Times: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Turbulent-Doris-Kearns-Goodwin/dp/1476795924• Succession on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/succession• The Bear on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f• Nanit: https://www.nanit.com/• Snoo: https://www.happiestbaby.com/products/snoo-smart-bassinet• Uppababy: https://uppababy.com/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. 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Anh Dao Pham shares pro tips on developing the most underrated skill that makes a world of difference: note-taking. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why note-taking is a powerful differentiator 2) The four-hour investment that ends up saving hundreds of hours3) How to synthesize your notes for maximum impactSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep854 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ANH — Anh Dao Pham, VP of Product & Program Management at Edmunds.com, has successfully led technical projects for two decades at start-ups and major corporations. In her book Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams, Anh vividly brings compassionate, positive, nimble leadership to life, demonstrating with actionable guidance, the power of caring and connection to inspire outstanding results.Anh lives with her husband and two children in Los Angeles, California. • Book: Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams• Website: GlueLeaders.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Shannon Lee• Book: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft) by Stephen King• Book: On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser• TED Talk: Derek Sivers: How to start a movementSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, after waxing lyrical about septic tanks, and reading excerpts from a wonderful little MicroBook, Vicky and Joe dive into life and writing lessons learned over the past 11 years. Basically, some of the most important stuff Vicky could've done with knowing before she started. Here it is for you, so you don't have to faff around before you write your book.   Key Takeaways:   [3:40] Always buy books! [4:20] Joe read that some people felt relieved when they threw their books away. How dare they! [7:30] Project Dingle update! [12:20] What does Vicky wish she had learned sooner in her career? [13:40] Just because something was published by a big house doesn't mean it's good, and just because something was self-published doesn't mean it's bad. [14:20] The impact your book makes is more important than how many copies it sells. [17:10] Vicky loves that her book has brought in quality customers that she wants to work with. [17:40] Remember, the rules are all made up. You can break them! [19:20] Don't mislead the reader by turning your book into one big sales letter. Deliver value. [21:20] Really write a book that respects the reader. They are taking the time to read it. [21:40] Want to write a microbook? Vicky's got another workshop happening in March! [21:55] You do not need six months + isolation time to write a book. [24:10] Don't hang onto the outcome. Vicky explains why this was the most important thing she learned. [26:20] Not everything you create will turn to gold. It's okay to let it go and call it crap.   Mentioned in This Episode: Website Book Breakthrough Jam Podcast Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, and Overcast Email Vicky about 1:1 coaching at: vicky@moxiebooks.co.uk Microbook Magic Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett 

Episode 147 / Anton Eine, a science fiction and nonfiction author who lives in Ukraine, joins us this week and shares his experience of being a writer living in Kiev and Lviv during the war and how he translated those experiences into a documentarian war diary, The Thin Blue-Yellow Line Between Love and Hate. Show notes: Why Anton decided to take a break from fiction and write a war diary documenting his life and the stories of his fellow Ukranians in the months after Russia invaded Ukraine How the creative project gave him a type of creative freedom he hadn't experienced when writing fiction How writing about painful experiences can be a cathartic experience How Anton gets his books translated and how works with Ukrainian creatives through his writing and publishing process How he focused on a creative project in the middle of the uncertainty of war and how he used that uncertainty as motivation How fragile peace is and how we should value it Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. Links:  Anton's website: https://antoneine.com The Thin Blue-Yellow Line Between Love and Hate: https://mybook.to/TBYLKn United 24: “UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of the National Bank of Ukraine and allocated by assigned ministries to cover the most pressing needs.”   The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes  Jami's Launch Plan Sara's Book Release Timeline Checklist Jami's books Sara's books Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainans

In this episode, I spoke with historian, podcaster, speaker, and wellness instructor Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela. Natalia is an associate professor of history at The New School. Her first book, Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture, was published in 2015. She is a co-host of the weekly podcast Past Present, and also hosted the amazing podcast Welcome to Your Fantasy, about the cultural phenomenon of Chippendales. Natalia's newest book, Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession is coming next month from the University of Chicago Press.

On 4 January 2021, Star Wars: The High Republic was presented in a live stream launch event with host Kristin Baver, Lucasfilm's Michael Siglain, and authors Charles Soule, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray, and Daniel José Older. Star Wars: The High Republic is a great transmedia storytelling case study to learn from. This episode focuses on the timeline.   Recommended book - On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser   At StorySD.com you can: Get free eBooks (English and Portuguese)  Watch/Listen all StorySD episodes Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive content Explore recommended articles, books, podcasts and videos   Other StorySD series: Series 1 - Transmedia Storytelling for Business Series 2 - Build your Business Stories Series 3 - Technology – The future is here Series 4 - Use Stories To … Series 5 - Characters Series 6 - Travel Guide for Kids Series 7 - Transmedia Storytelling Case Studies Series 8 - Story Breakdown Series 9 - Interactive Storytelling Series 10 - Stories from Scotland Series 11 - Character Case Study   At StorySD.com you can: Get free eBooks (English and Portuguese)  Watch/Listen all StorySD episodes Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive content Explore recommended articles, books, podcasts and videos   Other StorySD series: Series 1 - Transmedia Storytelling for Business Series 2 - Build your Business Stories Series 3 - Technology – The future is here Series 4 - Use Stories To … Series 5 - Characters Series 6 - Travel Guide for Kids Series 7 - Transmedia Storytelling Case Studies Series 8 - Story Breakdown Series 9 - Interactive Storytelling Series 10 - Stories from Scotland Series 11 - Character Case Study

Hi there, Today I am ecstatic to be arts calling Dr. Rachael Hanel! About our guest: Rachael Hanel is associate professor of creative nonfiction and journalism at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her book We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter, _also from the University of Minnesota Press, was a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. Her essays have been published in print and online in the anthology _Love and Profanity: A Collection of True, Tortured, Wild, Hilarious, Concise, and Intense Tales of Teenage Life; Slag Glass City; Midwestern Gothic; WLA: War, Literature, and the Arts; The Bellingham Review; _and New Delta Review._ Not the Camilla We Knew: One Woman's Path from Small-town America to the Symbionese Liberation Army https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/not-the-camilla-we-knew    We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter https://www.powells.com/book/well-be-the-last-ones-to-let-you-down-memoir-of-a-gravediggers-daughter-9780816683468 Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachael18 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachael_hanel/ Thanks for this lovely conversation Rachael! Such a pleasure! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro. If you like the show: consider reviewing the podcast and sharing it with those who love the arts, your support truly makes a difference! Check out the new website artscalling.com for the latest episodes! Go make a dent: much love, j

Julian Shapiro is widely known as the founder of Demand Curve, where he's helped thousands of companies figure out their growth strategy. He also wrote the growth marketing column at TechCrunch, was CMO at Webflow, and even created an animation engine called Velocity that's now used in apps like Uber and WhatsApp. In today's episode, Julian dives deep on product-led acquisition (PLA) and why he believes it's the best way to grow your company. He shares specific marketing strategies for growth and retention and speaks about his framework for creating novel, engaging content, and how to choose topics for that content. He also discusses a framework called the Curiosity Faucet, inspired by prolific creators such as Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Taylor Swift, and Neil Gaiman, to help you unlock your own creativity.—Where to find Julian Shapiro:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Julian• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-shapiro/• Website: https://www.julian.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:• Amplitude: https://amplitude.com/• Flatfile: https://www.flatfile.com/lenny• Eppo: https://www.geteppo.com/—Referenced:• Paul Graham's Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulg• Julian's guide on startup growth channels: https://www.julian.com/guide/startup/growth-channels• Topic selection: https://www.julian.com/guide/write/ideas• Product-led acquisition: https://www.julian.com/guide/startup/product-led-acquisition• Novelty: https://www.julian.capital/growth-strategy/content-marketing• Julian's example of counter-narrative novelty: https://twitter.com/julian/status/1348001396277186560• Julian's example of counterintuitive novelty: https://twitter.com/julian/status/1348001397753532416  • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction:   https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548/• Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/neil-gaiman-teaches-the-art-of-storytelling• Ed Sheeran, Songwriter: https://music.apple.com/us/music-movie/songwriter/1411353855• John Mayer describes his songwriting process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNRDWEXnrQ—In this episode, we cover:(03:42) Julian's background(04:46) Why Julian hasn't been tweeting frequently(07:43) Advice for building a Twitter following(09:53) The main reason Julian creates handbooks(11:33) The difference between e-handbooks and newsletters(13:25) What is product-led acquisition?(16:20) The categories of product-led acquisition(22:31) What is billboarding, and how can you take advantage of it?(25:56) UGC—leveraging user-generated content for free advertising(29:33) Strategies for retaining users(38:36) How to keep novelty high in writing(45:50) Julian's framework for choosing writing topics(54:35) The creativity faucet—how to unclog your pipes and get it going—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

In the 99th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Host of The Pat and Flynn Show, Co-host of Philosophy For The People, Owner of Chronicles of Strength, Personal Trainer, and Fitness Writer, Pat Flynn, will talk about Pat's writing style, steps for laying down the structure, Pat's reason behind never having a writer's block, and Writing 45K in one day.Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter, you will discover:(0:55) Introducing our special guest, Host of The Pat and Flynn Show, Co-host of Philosophy For The People, Owner of Chronicles of Strength, Personal Trainer, and Fitness Writer, Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(1:20) Extreme(2:25) Yellowcard @yellowcard(3:20) Why is the first album always the best?(5:00) “Be AC/DC!” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(6:05) The Pat Flynn Show(6:05) Shout out to Dan John @coachdanjohn(7:15) Pat's writing style(7:40) Importance of laying down structures(9:05) “It's all about repetition, finding the right intensity and laying down structures.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(9:10) Steps for laying down the structure(10:00) On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Twitter: @stephenking(10:25) Importance of ranges(10:55) Pat's writing range(11:30) Pat's writing warm-ups(11:50) Fast warm-ups(12:00) “Part of good writing is learning to write fast.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(12:40) Working on primary writing assignments(13:25) Moving onto secondary writing assignments(14:40) Reading warm-ups(14:50) On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser(15:25) Six Great Ideas by Mortimer J. Adler(16:50) Shout out to Fabio Zonin @x_fab_69(16:50) Warm-up vs. ramp-up(17:35) The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron @juliacameronlive(18:20) Pat's reason behind never having writer's block(18:45) Write a lot, read a lot(20:00) Common reasons behind writer's block(20:20) Go fast!(21:50) More about Pat's writing routine(22:30) Natural ebb and flow(23:55) Writing 45K in one day(26:15) What to do on 1/10 days?(27:20) Structure vs. intuition(28:10) “You better know the rules before you start to break the rules. But if you want to be good, you do have to start to at least bend the rules at certain points.” - Mr.s Krakow, Pat Flynn's Music Teacher(28:50) Pat's creative side as a kid(31:15) Being a hack vs. being creative(32:00) Story of Robin Williams(32:40) Shout out to Brian Grasso Facebook: Brian Grasso(34:25) Importance of variety(35:45) Evolution of Mike's training style(36:20) Shout out to Tim Almond(36:45) Be specific!(38:25) About a study on velocity and accuracy(39:25) “Practice faster sooner than you think that you should be practicing faster.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(40:20) About muscle training(40:40) Living on the extreme(41:45) Pat's current strength training routine(42:30) Running as a warm-up(43:20) About Mike's new article(44:30) More about Pat's daily routine(46:45) “Routine is not a prison you live by.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection(47:00) Understanding your natural rhythm(47:55) Pat's new books(50:20) Culmination of previous work(50:45) Release date!!!(51:15) What's next?(52:25) How to Be Better at Almost Everything by Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(52:35) The Strength Connection: Ep 46 - Pat Flynn: Generalism Vs Hyper-specialization(52:55) Where to find Pat Flynn? @chroniclesofstrengthThe Pat Flynn ShowPhilosophy for The People

In this episode, host Kate Carpenter talks with historian Dan Bouk about his new book, Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the US Census and How to Read Them, how he turns seemingly boring topics into fascinating histories, repeated drafting, and the importance of maintaining a capacity for wonder and communicating that to readers. They also talk about reader feedback, how the book started as a blog project, and more.

For this episode of Drafting the Past, I interviewed Dr. Isabela Morales, writer and public historian. She is the editor and project manager of  The Princeton & Slavery Project and the digital projects manager at the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, central New Jersey's first Black history museum. ​Dr. Morales received her Ph.D. in history from Princeton University in 2019, specializing in the 19th-century United States, slavery, and emancipation. Her first book, Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom, was published earlier this year by Oxford University Press. We talked about how work as a public historian influences her writing, why guinea pigs are essential to her process, and the fiction she reads to learn how to evoke a place and time.

In this episode, Carly interviews nonfiction writing coach, Jennifer Locke. Jennifer shares what led her to helping her clients write nonfiction despite having a background in fiction (as well as the similarities of both) and the role that fear plays in preparing her clients to share. They also discuss how much research is required for writing nonfiction, how to maintain motivation, and simple changes that can make all nonfiction writing (even emails) noticeably more effective. To conclude, Jennifer shares about the autobiography she is reading by an icon in a sport Carly adores + toasts a win related to participation in Carly's other favorite sport.You can find Jennifer Locke on her website, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Resources mentioned in the episode: Book In Six CourseThe Artist's WayThe Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal FulfillmentAll InBook your free consultation call with Carly here.

A Conversation with Dr. William Germano Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Important questions to ask yourself before getting started on revising A review of the basic options for the post-defense dissertation Hurdles a manuscript must clear in the scholarly publishing process How voice operates in scholarly writing The importance of book and chapter titles What good writing is and what it does Our guest is: Dr William Germano, professor of English at Cooper Union in New York, where he served as dean of humanities and social sciences for more than a decade. In the years before he joined Cooper Union, he served as editorial director at Columbia University Press and, for almost twenty years, as publishing director at Routledge. He, and the editorial teams he has worked with, have published hundreds of leading scholars in the humanities and the social sciences. Bill Germano is the author of six books, On Revision: The Only Writing that Counts (University of Chicago Press, 2021) and Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document That Changes Everything, coauthored with Kit Nicholls and published by Princeton. Editor, publisher, teacher, writer, he is especially attuned to the problems that academic writers face. Those problems, and practical solutions for them, are the focus of his best-known work, Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (published by Chicago and currently in a third edition) and From Dissertation to Book (also from Chicago and currently in its second edition). Our host is: Dr. Dana Malone, a scholar and practitioner energized by facilitating meaningful learning experiences for students and educators alike. From Dissertation to Book was a valuable recommendation at pivotal moment in her scholarly life, and she is excited to share it with The Academic Life audience. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: NBN Interview with William Germano for On Revision: The Only Writing that Counts On RevisionNBN Interview with William Germano for Getting it Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Getting It Published On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser (Quill) How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One by Stanley Fish (Harper) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Anchor Books) You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DM us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. 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

A Conversation with Dr. William Germano Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Important questions to ask yourself before getting started on revising A review of the basic options for the post-defense dissertation Hurdles a manuscript must clear in the scholarly publishing process How voice operates in scholarly writing The importance of book and chapter titles What good writing is and what it does Our guest is: Dr William Germano, professor of English at Cooper Union in New York, where he served as dean of humanities and social sciences for more than a decade. In the years before he joined Cooper Union, he served as editorial director at Columbia University Press and, for almost twenty years, as publishing director at Routledge. He, and the editorial teams he has worked with, have published hundreds of leading scholars in the humanities and the social sciences. Bill Germano is the author of six books, On Revision: The Only Writing that Counts (University of Chicago Press, 2021) and Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document That Changes Everything, coauthored with Kit Nicholls and published by Princeton. Editor, publisher, teacher, writer, he is especially attuned to the problems that academic writers face. Those problems, and practical solutions for them, are the focus of his best-known work, Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (published by Chicago and currently in a third edition) and From Dissertation to Book (also from Chicago and currently in its second edition). Our host is: Dr. Dana Malone, a scholar and practitioner energized by facilitating meaningful learning experiences for students and educators alike. From Dissertation to Book was a valuable recommendation at pivotal moment in her scholarly life, and she is excited to share it with The Academic Life audience. Listeners to this episode might also be interested in: NBN Interview with William Germano for On Revision: The Only Writing that Counts On RevisionNBN Interview with William Germano for Getting it Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Getting It Published On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser (Quill) How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One by Stanley Fish (Harper) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Anchor Books) You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you experts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DM us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

We discuss how to write great nonfiction—for blogs, Twitter, and books.

Ep. 53: Rick White: Creative Writing Nonfiction (M.F.A.), English (M.A.) by University of Montana Graduate School

You want to collaborate with a partner to produce something big—maybe a book? In this episode, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith bring you some tips that have helped them launch a nonfiction book, a podcast and a brand together. In keeping with their candid style, Joy and Mea keep this topic real and raw and fun. Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly QWERTY Writing Life newsletter, click this link: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/z9f1z5 Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith. Continue this week's chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you'd rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.

The pandemic, which began in 2020, has had a huge economic impact on the world at large, with many people affected by unemployment, pay cuts, reduced household income, as well as other sources of stress. Since an increasing number of people have begun looking for a part-time job outside their full-time career, we have entered the era of ‘side hustlers' who take on multiple additional jobs. Writing as a side job is particularly attractive because it doesn't require much to get started and can produce a desirable pay-off for the time invested. Even if it's not taken up as a side job, writing is still a basic skill for the average worker. Excellent writing skills can be a selling point in our resumes, and can even make us stand out from the competition. There's a passage in the best-selling book Rework that we've unlocked in one of our bookeys: "If you are trying to decide among a few people to fill a position, hire the best writer. It doesn't matter if that person is a marketer, salesperson, designer, programmer, or whatever; their writing skills will pay off." Therefore, writing is an important skill, and improving them is sure to be rewarded handsomely.

In this episode, I chat about the rewards of writing creative nonfiction and make the case for why you should try it. And hey, this episode marks over a million listens for the podcast. Thank you! Help out the podcast by dropping me a few beans: www.ko-fi.com/timclare Drop me a line via my website: www.timclarepoet.co.uk

This week I read a book called, ‘On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction' by William Zinsser. It's the best book I've read all year. He says there are four principles of writing well: “Clarity, Simplicity, Brevity, and Humanity.” Whether you're writing your next email, blog post, or Instagram caption, here are four helpful rules to keep in mind.Put your name on the waitlist for Personal Brand Accelerator, enrollment opens in two weeks! Our signature framework will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to build your personal brand and create highly-compelling content. Never again will you have to suffer from imposter syndrome or wonder what to post online. You are special. There is a reason you are here. You have something important to say, and others want to hear it.Get a One Week Free Trial at Carr Workplaces

This week, we're delighted to have Emily Midorikawa back with us to discuss her new book, Out of the Shadows: Six Visionary Victorian Women in Search of a Public Voice, out now in both North America and the U.K, as well as her research process, the gift of libraries and librarians, parenthood, writing partners, and how she's worked during the pandemic. Emily is a winner of the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. Her journalism has been published in, among others, the Daily Telegraph, the Paris Review, The Times (of London) andthe Washington Post. She teaches on the writing programme at New York University London. Emily is also the coauthor of A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontё, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf, written with Emma Claire Sweeney, and published in 2017. She also collaborated with Emma on the long-running and excellent blog about female literary friendship, Something Rhymed. For more with Emily, you can listen to our previous interview with her writing partner Emma Claire Sweeney from May 2019, and of course find her online at emilymidorikawa.com, on Twitter @emilymidorikawa, and on Instagram @midorikawaemily. As always, we'd love for you to take a minute to rate and review us in your podcast app, as this helps other listeners find the show.  Visit our website, marginallypodcast.com, for complete show notes and to get in touch. Find us on Instagram @marginallypodcast. Theme music is "It's Time" by Scaricá Ricascá 

Nonfiction writing is also called “narrative journalism.” With a history of less than 100 years, it emerged between the 1950s and 1960s and was heavily influenced by the development of the Pulitzer Prize. In 2001, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University established the “Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism.” They collected the scripts from 51 writers’ speeches to create the book Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, which will introduce us to nonfiction writing.

Rob Fitz shares how he published three nonfiction books, including The Mom Test, without having a large platform and without spending a lot of time on promoting them.

Deedee and Adam talk about ways to increase the writing your students do across all of the subjects. Why? "Writing about content material facilitates learning by consolidating information in long-term memory." Professor Steve Graham from the Teachers College at Arizona State University Having students write down what they understand about a topic, helps to identify gaps in their understanding. How? Here are a few of the suggestions that were listed in the article: I "wonder" journals Travel journals Low-stakes writing Student-created magazines Creative writing Read this entire article by clicking: The Research is in: Why Students Should Write in All Subjects Additional ideas to incorporate writing throughout the day: Project-Based Learning Anywhere by Dr. Lori Elliott A Place for Wonder | Reading and Writing Nonfiction in the Primary Grades by Georgia Heard and Jennifer McDonough --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theclassroomcollaborative/support

#DarielRaye and I have known each other for years; however, this interview was the first time we met face to face, sort of. ⁠⁠Don't forget to follow me on your favorite social media: https://linktr.ee/angelakayaustin⁠⁠Next year, she and I will collaborate along with other authors as part of a nonfiction collection of short stories that discuss our individual experiences with #racism. If you'd like to know more about the project and meet some of the other authors, check out the writing sprint video with the Soul Deep authors, here on my #YouTube channel.⁠⁠Check out my interview with #DarielRaye. We discuss indie #publishing, her career and #books, as well as as our collabo project.⁠ Link in bio.⁠⁠Don't forget to visit my #YouTube channel to view more of this conversation!Here's more about #DarielRaye.Dariel Raye is an animal lover, animal rights activist, a musician, therapist, and an award-winning, USA Today, and International bestselling author of powerful paranormal romance and dark urban fantasy with IR/MC (Interracial/Multi-cultural) alpha male heroes to die for, and strong heroines with hearts worth winning.She is a classically trained mezzo-soprano and pianist who started singing with perfect pitch before she could walk, then fell in love with books and started reciting stories at the age of 3. Dariel plays over 11 musical instruments, including piano, organ, brass, and percussion. (Sorry, we forgot to mention this during the video.)For more about Dariel, follow her 'Musings' blog or visit her website. She also publishes a VIP Readers' Club newsletter. If you enjoyed one or more of her books, please post a review on review sites, and of course, click the follow button on Amazon to receive notifications about new releases. Join her VIP book club for updates, insider information, and access to early review copies of her books: https://darielraye.com/VIPbookclub/

Episode 18: Writing Nonfiction for Indie Authors   Prologue: World-Building and POV Main Story: Writing Nonfiction for Indie Authors Joanna Penn ATI Interview, Part 1: http://atipodcast.com/ep-50-interview-with-joanna-penn-part-1 Joanna Penn ATI Interview, Part 2: http://atipodcast.com/ep-51-interview-with-joanna-penn-part-2 Joanna Penn Website: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/ Chapters Of Life: https://www.chaptersoflife.com/?page_id=5 Epilogue: Getting Reviews All Things Indie, Season 1, Episode 40: http://atipodcast.com/ep-40-interview-with-j-thorn-part-1 All Things Indie, Season 1, Episode 41: http://atipodcast.com/ep-41-interview-with-j-thorn-part-2 Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/ Music "Never Surrender" by Chasing Noise, off their album, Everything http://chasingnoise.wixsite.com/chasingnoise    

Episode 149: Born in Israel, Lior Rozhansky says he was destined to be doctor turned real estate guy. Listen to how he's built a portfolio of properties in Boston. Guest Biography Lior Rozhansky is a real estate professional out of Boston MA. He owns a $9 million dollar rental portfolio in Boston and runs a residential real estate team that is selling about $20 million in volume per year. Lior quit his corporate job two years out of college to turn full time in real estate after buying his first property and getting involved in condo development projects and has not looked back! In this episode, you'll learn: The path of millennial real estate investor in the Boston market. We talk personal finance including  the stay broke or stack and rack approach. Make sure you listen to the end to hear about Lior's big goal of acquiring 20 units in 2020. Show notes: http://www.inspiredmoney.fm/149 Find more from our guest: www.liorrozhansky.com YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Mentioned in this episode: IM 104: The Evolution of a Mission Venture Capitalist with Joel Solomon IM 078: Buy The Change You Want to See with Jane Mosbacher Morris IM 135: Investing in Multi-Family Real Estate with Willie Mandrell On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser Runnymede Money Tip of the Week CNBC: Investors pivot to conscious investing in 2020: How markets are adapting JPMorgan: Why COVID-19 Could Prove to Be a Major Turning Point for ESG Investing Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Share this show on Twitter or Facebook. Join us at the Inspired Money Makers groups at facebook and LinkedIn To help out the show: Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser.com, or wherever you listen. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Email me your address, and I'll mail you an autographed copy of Kimo West and Ken Emerson's CD, Slackers in Paradise. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Special thanks to Jim Kimo West for the music.

Honorée Corder is a master of nonfiction writing who has shown that, through structuring writing time, conducting in-person research, gaining experience co-writing and managing projects, and making connections across different industries, writing in the genre can serve as a profitable and sustainable career choice. Corder is an established author with over fifty books released and over four million sales worldwide. She is most known for her Miracle Morning and Successful Single Mom series, which discuss proper morning routines and give advice to struggling single moms. Her most recent publication, You MUST Write a Book, is available now.From Amazon.com:Honorée Corder is the author of dozens of books including Stop Trying So F*cking Hard, You Must Write a Book, The Prosperous Writer's, Like a Boss, and Successful Single Mom series, Vision to Reality, Business Dating, and more. She is Hal Elrod's business partner and co-creator of The Miracle Morning book series. Her You Must Write a Book LIVE Coaching Course is a fan favorite. She does all sorts of other magical things, and her badassery is legendary. Find out more about her at http://www.HonoreeCorder.com.Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins.Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouse, J. Thorn, as they gain unique insight and valuable advice from the most prolific and accomplished authors in the business.In this episode, you’ll discover:Why to structure writing timeWhy writer’s block doesn’t existHow nonfiction supplements speaking careers, etc.Why setting a word goal is distractingThe importance of mastering a craftLinks:J. D. Barker - http://jdbarker.com/J. Thorn - https://theauthorlife.com/Honorée Corder - https://honoreecorder.com/The Miracle Morning for Teachers by Hal Elrod and Honorée Corder - https://books2read.com/MiracleMorningThe Successful Single Mom Series by Honorée Corder - https://books2read.com/SuccessfulSingleMomYou MUST Write a Book by Hal Elrod and Honorée Corder - https://books2read.com/YouMustWriteSave Indie Bookstores - https://www.saveindiebookstores.comMusic by Nicorus - https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep Voice Over by Rick Ganley - http://www.nhpr.com and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - http://www.millpondstudio.comContact - https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/ “Muggable” quote by Harley Christensen - https://www.mischievousmalamute.com/*Full disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a hectic week, I’m happy to be back in the writing saddle. I had a productive Monday, and I’m hoping to squeeze in some more writing time this week, as I set some targets and goals for myself regarding my next project.Read my post about a book that made a big impact on me (and the woman who got hit in the face with it!) here.Find out more about me and get a free book at alissagrosso.com.Awkward Author has a Facebook page.Intro music in this video by the greatest boyfriend in the world, Ron Gross of Zega-Zadda,

Up to this point, all the topics we’ve covered apply to both fiction and nonfiction. In this episode, we’ll talk about how writing fiction diverges from writing nonfiction. There plenty for nonfiction writers to take away from all the episodes but this show is all about the memoir and nonfiction.Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourfirstfifteenpages)

The Mando Method Podcast co-hosts Armand Rosamilia and Chuck Buda talk about the ins and outs of writing nonfiction and their own experiences doing it

Lots of people want to be writers, but if you don't sit down and write, you won't become one. Listen as Dan Darling tells us about his professional writing career, the rhythms of being a real writer, and his new book: The Dignity Revolution.Sponsored By:Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.comLinks:Dan's Amazon Author PageThe Dignity Revolution: Reclaiming God's Rich Vision for Humanity by Daniel Darling — Dan's new book.Dan's websiteThe Way Home Podcast by Daniel DarlingThe Way Home on iTunesThe Way Home: Episode 69 featuring Jeff Medders and Brandon Smith — The episode Brandon Smith and I were on with Dan.The Original Jesus: Trading the Myths We Create for the Savior Who Is by Daniel DarlingThe Curious Christian: How Discovering Wonder Enriches Every Part of Life by Barnabas PiperSpunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style by Arthur Plotnik — The book on writing I mentioned.The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can't Get Their Act Together by Jared C. WilsonOn Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William ZinsserEats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss2018 ERLC National Conference | ERLC — The Cross-Shaped FamilyMy websiteJ.A. Medders (@mrmedders) | TwitterDaniel Darling (@dandarling) | TwitterMy Amazon Author PageArticles - Daniel Darling, author, pastor, speaker — You can find most of Dan’s work at Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, In Touch, and ERLC. You can also read Dan in print, every month, in his column for Homelife. Here is a selection of Dan’s most popular articles, essays, and op-eds.

Charlotte Hopkins is a freelance writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her writing has been published in a variety of newspapers, magazines and websites. She was published in two books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, along with the Shadows & Light Anthology and Authors for Haiti. She wrote feature pieces for Newscastic.com, highlighting life and times of Pittsburgh. Her first book, “Everything You Wanted to Know About the Heroes in Blue,” was released in January 2012. Her article, 5 More Minutes, was a tribute to lives lost on September 11th. In 2005, it was read in a military service for soldiers and their families. She released the first three books in her “365 Days” book series.  They are titled:  365 Days of Writing Fiction 365 Days of Writing Nonfiction 365 Days of Family Fun She is currently a reporter for the South Hills Messenger Newspaper and the Mon Valley Independent. Her article “5 More Minutes,” which is a reflection of September 11th was read in a service for troops preparing to leave for Iraq. Through her company, Shooting Stars Literary Services, she assisted writers in publishing, editing, ghost writing and in PR. Her company also serves as a Literary Agency and helped numerous writers to obtain a publishing contract. Along with her writing, Charlotte was a Preschool Teacher and Activity Coordinator for more than 10 years. The work she is most proud of is being a mother of two up-and-coming authors.  

In this episode, the Write Pack explores the difference between writing nonfiction and fiction. All episodes available at:    -  iTunes    -  Blog Talk Radio    -  TuneIn    - YouTube    -  And other platforms New episodes every Sunday Music: by Meredith Tate

In 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 nonfiction Why Carol started Miriam's House, a nonprofit shelter for women in Washington, D.C. living with aids How writing played a role in maintaining emotional and spiritual health during her time at Miriam's House The importance of self-care when having others to take care and creating physical and emotional boundaries Why structure is a bitch and how to create it a memoir with multiple storylines Carol's memoir Nowhere Else I Want to Be The online school for people in public service that Carol started, Forum for Growth in Service Visit Carol online at caroldmarsh.com Visit us online at moretothestorypodcast.com and visit Under the Gum Tree at underthegumtree.com. Follow Under the Gum Tree Twitter and Instagram [@undergumtree][4]. Follow me on Twitter [@justjanna][5] and [@jannamarlies][6] on Instagram. Find out about my 6-week email audio course at [jannamarlies.com/cnf101course][7].

Sponsored By:Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.comLinks:Hope When it Hurts - Biblical reflections to help you grasp God's purpose in your suffering by Kristen Wetherell & Sarah WaltonKristen Wetherell (@KLWetherell) | TwitterSarah Walton (@Swalts4) | TwitterLigon Duncan's Sermons on Romans | First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MississippiConfessions of an Insecure Writer (Part 1) – kristen wetherellConfessions of an Insecure Writer, Part 2 – kristen wetherellHome Row Episode 24: How To Spark Your Creativity5,000 Days - Tim ChalliesHow to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times by Roy Peter ClarkTrello — The program Kristen uses to organize her writing projects.How I Found Peace in My Pain | Unlocking the Biblethe beginning of wisdom: advice to writers: get a “freditorial” team — Great stuff from Jen WilkinJared C. Wilson's Books on Amazon — The Gospel Poobah C.J. Mahaney's books on AmazonChristine Hoover Books on AmazonOn Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser — An essential.Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher by William ZinsserJ.A. Medders (@mrmedders) | TwitterJ.A. Medders - Expository Mutterings

Sponsored By:Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.comLinks:Creative Writing Prompts | WritersDigest.comThe World Is God’s Classroom | Desiring God — Look at God's world and learn.George Costanza — "He was beep boppin and scattin all over me."Gospel Formed: Living a Grace-Addicted, Truth-Filled, Jesus-Exalting Life by J. A. Medders — The excerpt I read is from *Gospel Formed*, p. 59Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter ClarkOn Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William ZinsserThe Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can't Get Their Act Together by Jared C. WilsonThe Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose by Helen SwordThe Elements of Style — The standard for the rules of writing, grammar, and other vital junk like that.J.A. Medders (@mrmedders) | Twitter

Lots of people have ideas for a book, but that doesn't mean it should be published. Listen as author and acquisitions editor at Moody Books, Drew Dyck, pull back the curtain and tells you how it works.Sponsored By:Christian Standard Bible: Today's show is brought to you by The Christian Standard Bible. Offering an optimal blend of accuracy and readability, the CSB helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The CSB is equally suited for serious study or sharing with your neighbor hearing God’s Word for the very first time. Learn more at CSBible.comLinks:Yawning at Tigers: You Can't Tame God, So Stop Trying by Drew DyckGeneration Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Faith. . . and How to Bring Them Back by Drew DyckGospel Formed: Living a Grace-Addicted, Truth-Filled, Jesus-Exalting Life — My first book.Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne LamottOn Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King — This is a classic on writing. Some salty language. And some pepper too.On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William ZinsserThe Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose by Helen SwordThe Curious Christian: How Discovering Wonder Enriches Every Part of Life by Barnabas PiperTest « The Writer’s Diet — Great way to assess your write. Just copy and paste your writing, run the test, and get the report.The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English by Roy Peter ClarkSteal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin KleonDrew Dyck at CT PastorsThe God-Haunted Life — Drew's blog and site.Expository Mutterings - J.A. Medders — My blog and site.J.A. Medders (@mrmedders) | TwitterDrew Dyck (@drewdyck) | TwitterFor The ChurchResources by J.A. Medders at For The ChurchArticles by J.A. Medders at Desiring GodConfessing The Sin of Platforming - J.A. Medders

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Check out Ruby Remote Conf!   01:47 - Josh Earl Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Simple Programmer The Entreprogrammers Podcast 02:23 - Creating Email Courses 03:57 - Marketing vs Email Courses How to Market Yourself as a Software Developer 15:26 - Length 5 Learning Mistakes Developers Make 18:49 - Opt-in Forms 21:48 - Single vs Double Opt-in 26:28 - Keeping People Engaged 29:26 - Offering Discount Codes 33:35 - Content 41:32 - Tips for Telling Better Stories 44:45 - Agitation 47:22 - Competition and What Comes Next? 51:02 - Asking People to Share SmartBribe 54:39 - Selling Services   Picks The New York Times Mobile App (Reuven) Slate Plus (Reuven) Double Your Freelancing Conference Europe (Reuven) Discount Code: FREELANCER On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser (Jonathan) Jonathan's Webinars (Jonathan) Fitbit One (Chuck) The Entreprogrammers Podcast (Chuck) Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron (Josh) Scrivener (Josh) Strides (Josh)

Check out Ruby Remote Conf!   01:47 - Josh Earl Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Simple Programmer The Entreprogrammers Podcast 02:23 - Creating Email Courses 03:57 - Marketing vs Email Courses How to Market Yourself as a Software Developer 15:26 - Length 5 Learning Mistakes Developers Make 18:49 - Opt-in Forms 21:48 - Single vs Double Opt-in 26:28 - Keeping People Engaged 29:26 - Offering Discount Codes 33:35 - Content 41:32 - Tips for Telling Better Stories 44:45 - Agitation 47:22 - Competition and What Comes Next? 51:02 - Asking People to Share SmartBribe 54:39 - Selling Services   Picks The New York Times Mobile App (Reuven) Slate Plus (Reuven) Double Your Freelancing Conference Europe (Reuven) Discount Code: FREELANCER On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser (Jonathan) Jonathan's Webinars (Jonathan) Fitbit One (Chuck) The Entreprogrammers Podcast (Chuck) Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron (Josh) Scrivener (Josh) Strides (Josh)

Have you ever wondered how some people rise quickly, within their career, organization, or industry?   Throughout this interview, Dan shares brilliant ideas and strategies for increasing your credibly, and attracting the exact opportunities you want.   In his mid-70’s, Dan is still pushing himself to get outside his comfort zone, have new experiences, meet new people, and most importantly, share what he’s learning along the way.   One of the stories he shares is about how he took a potentially deadly disease and made it into a profitable venture. His outlook on life is remarkable!   He is the author of more than 130 books, has been a publisher since 1969, and is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).   He is an evangelist for books, an ombudsman for authors, an advocate for publishers, and the godfather to thousands of successfully-published books.   Some of his books are Writing Nonfiction, The Self-Publishing Manual, The Skydiver's Handbook, The Expert Witness Handbook and The Older Cat.   His seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal and his story has been told in The New York Times. The media come to Dan because he is the leading authority on book publishing.   His 26-year-old newsletter, Publishing Poynters has a circulation of more than 21,000. Get accesshere.   To learn more about Dan, visitPara Publishing.   To get free information on writing, producing, and promoting,go here.   Thank you, Dan, for sharing your Greatness!   Misti Burmeister      

With editor/author Cynthia Clampitt

With editor/author Cynthia Clampitt