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"Vomit drafts" - Teddy Wayne tells the story of The Au Pair
"Vomit drafts" - Teddy Wayne tells the story of The Au Pair
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Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.
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- "Vomit drafts" - Teddy Wayne tells the story of The Au Pair · 26 minTeddy Wayne talks with Jessica Kinnison about his new novel The Au Pair. Along the way they cover what to do when you are stuck, fame, unlikable characters, screenplays, and…
- The Sexiest Form: A Conversation with the Series Editor of Best American Short Stories 2025 and a Featured Author · 39 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode Series Editor Nicole Lamy and featured author Jessica Treadway talk about the Best American Short Stories Anthology 2025. The episode covers…
- Developing the Negatives of a Life: Painter Pat Lipsky on 50 Years of Making Art in New York City · 1 u 3 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode Pat Lipsky talks about her acclaimed new memoir Brightening Glance and covers: What having a space means as an artist and the discipline…
- Make More Pots! Marguerite Sheffer on Perseverance and Experimentation. · 43 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode Marguerite Sheffer talks about Iowa Short Fiction Prize winning collection The Man in the Banana Trees and covers: the content of Marguerite's…
- To Have No Shame On Your Face -- T Clark's Journey to a Two-Book Deal. · 39 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode T Clark talks about All This Want and I Can't Get None and covers: the content of T's feverish and honest short stories about girlhood, shame…
- With My Background in Publishing, I Knew Nothing Was Make-or-Break · 43 minSend us Fan Mail 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…
- "This is my start" — Lorraine Russell tells the story of Love and Shadows · 35 minSend us Fan Mail 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…
- "I'm not writing just for myself" — Danielle Teller tells the story of FORGED · 31 minSend us Fan Mail 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…
- “There’s Someone Out There...I just Have to Find Them." — Christine Kalafus tells the story of FLOOD · 30 minSend us Fan Mail Christine tells the story of FLOOD and talks about: Westport Writers Workshop Christine Pakkala Copy editing your own work Thinking about text structure like…
- Two Things That Are Anathema in Publishing — Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladie · 41 minSend us Fan Mail 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…
- "Your Life Can Be Set Up Like An Artist's Residency" — Sasha Hom tells the story of Sidework · 29 minSend us Fan Mail Sasha Hom tells the story of Sidework. Along the way she covers: Profluence Including multiple nows in your writing Making appreciation a discipline Polyphonic…
- A Safe Place to Explore — Jennie Case tells the story of We Are Animals · 30 minSend us Fan Mail 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…
- "Are You All In?" — Rebe Huntman tells the story of My Mother in Havana · 26 minSend us Fan Mail Rebe talks about: querying (and querying again!) hiring a publicist writing about grief art vs archiving enjoying the ride the changing publishing industry…
- The Dignity of Small Things — Libby Maxey tells the story of Indwelling · 32 minSend us Fan Mail Libby Maxey talks about: - using sonnets to put the pandemic in a box - writing 'off of' other writers - the ancient tradition of starting a book with an…
- Have The Audacity — Dori Lumpkin tells the story of Antenora · 23 minSend us Fan Mail Dori Lumpkin talks about: Comp titles and queries Creature Publishing Religious tea drinking Setting up a book signing Method writing (like method acting) Book…
- "I Learned the Hard Way" — Emma Pattee tells the story of TILT · 32 minSend us Fan Mail Emma Pattee talks about Postpartum creativity Writing by hand Navigating the distance between one's own vision and feedback and finding one's breaking point with…
- "Charge into the Messiness" —Wayne Scott tells the story of The Maps They Gave Us · 35 minSend us Fan Mail Wayne Scott talks about Writing well-rounded characters that can surprise us Trying to sell a book that publishers don't think will sell to women Marriage as a…
- "It's really annoying to write a novel" — Mariam Rahmani tells the story of Liquid · 34 minSend us Fan Mail Mariam Rahmani talks about: Preserving voice How to know when you are ready to bring editors and other readers in to your process Racialized pay gaps and…
- Do what you have to do to get the work done — Cally Fiedorek tells the story of Atta Boy · 31 minSend us Fan Mail Cally talks about: Hardware and software in a story A need to detox from the marketplace Woeful inefficiency in the writing process Zadie Smith and 'obsessive…
- Questioning Assumptions — Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters · 28 minSend us Fan Mail Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters. Along the way we talk about: Sexism in publishing The 'mother shelf' Microscopic…
