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In this episode Samantha Browning Shea talks about MARROW and covers:

writing her own book as a literary agent for others

when her first novel didn't find a publisher

writing with small children

writing characters in the context of their relationships

worry over whether a book will work

find out more about Samantha here

pre-order Marrow here

Learn more about the upcoming host of Writing Stories Jessica Kinnison here

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Lorraine Russell tells the story of Love and Shadows. Along the way she covers:

Self-publishing on Amazon

Using Fiverr to find cover designers and editors

Fear of failure

Getting yourself into a flow state

Working with a writing coach

Writing as though telling a story around a campfire

Also in this episode:

The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langston

Our upcoming new Writing Stories host, Jessica Kinnison (!!!)

Catherine Lacey (Catherine Lacey, if you are out there, we love you!)

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Danielle Teller tells the story of Forged and talks about:

success as a writer

rule-breaking

the pitfalls of newspaper articles in novels

Cassie Chadwick

All the Ever Afters

When your agent can't place your manuscript

How her work as a doctor has informed her writing process

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buy FORGED here

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Christine tells the story of FLOOD and talks about:

Westport Writers Workshop

Christine Pakkala

Copy editing your own work

Thinking about text structure like architecture

Agent shenanigans

Woodhall Press

Shampoo and sugar as essential writing tools

Combatting perfectionism

Jaclyn Gilbert and Drift(less) Literary

Poets and their memoirs

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Buy FLOOD here

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Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Along the way she covers:

Being in the Norton Anthology of Literature

Jamaica Kincaid's story Girl

The ways Church Ladies is proudly Black

Ways white supremacy shapes the stories we read and tell

Misconceptions about race in publishing

Revision for her novel

Boundaries

Her brilliant agent and unorthodox publishing moves

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Sasha Hom tells the story of Sidework.

Along the way she covers:

Profluence

Including multiple nows in your writing

Making appreciation a discipline

Polyphonic nature of restaurants and motherhood (especially when living in a tent!)

Living life as an artist's residency

Black Lawrence Press (Immigrant writing series)

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Jennie Case tells the story of We Are Animals.

Jennie talks about:

- control, safety, and risk in the creative process

- speaking to the current moment

- how to gesture toward the place beyond concepts in writing

- agent troubles

- writing a letter to your book

- publishing with a university press (Trinity)

Find out more about Jennie here

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Rebe talks about:

querying (and querying again!)

hiring a publicist

writing about grief

art vs archiving

enjoying the ride

the changing publishing industry

Monkfish Press

Find out more about Rebe here

Buy My Mother in Havana here