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Recent Episodes
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Episode 21
Allie Rowbottom Deep Dives the Writing & Publishing Processes for “Jello Girls” and “Aesthetica”
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Episode 20
Manifesting Your Writing Goals Through Daily Practice with Kellianne Benson of 750words.com
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Episode 19
Alissa Wilkinson Throws a Dinner Party for Her Food Writing Inspiration with Her Latest Book “Salty”
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Episode 18
How to Write a Novel with Author Matt Bell & His Craft Book "Refuse to Be Done"
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Episode 17
You Don't Need a Publisher: How Elle Griffin is Serializing Her Novels on Substack
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Episode 16
Work in Progress: Write or Die Tribe's Kailey Brennan DelloRusso on Her Novel-in-Progress + Prompt Me, Daddy
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Episode 15
Bassey Ikpi on How She Did the Magic with “I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying”
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Episode 14
Anthology No. 1: The Best Writing Advice from Summer 2022
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Episode 13
Work in Progress: Shelby Hinte on "Howling Women" + Prompt Me, Daddy
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Episode 12
Omar Mouallem on Crafting Historical Travelogue Memoir "Praying to the West"
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Episode 11
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on Writing "The Sex Lives of African Women" from Blog to Book
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Episode 10
Work in Progress: Caroline Shannon-Karasik on "Mother-Eaten" + Prompt Me, Daddy
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Episode 9
Elle Nash on the North Star of Writing to Her Taste
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Episode 8
Work in Progress: Emmy Olea on “Emmy, Like the Award”
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Episode 7
Chelsea Martin on Striking the Balance Between Prolific & Perfectionist
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Episode 6
Chapped: Bridgette Bianca on be/trouble & the Legacy of Black Poetry
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Episode 5
Hannah Howard on How Her Food Memoirs Became So Much More
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Episode 4
Work in Progress: Amanda McNeil on “Thank You, I Hate Myself”
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Episode 3
Chloe Caldwell Does It Her Way: How She Became an Author of Four
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Episode 2
Halley Sutton on “The Lady Upstairs” & Feminist Noir Book #2
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Episode 1
Samantha Allen on Her Debut Novel & the Nonfiction That Came Before It
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Courtney Kocak is a writer, podcaster, and comedian based in Los Angeles. She wrote for Amazon’s Emmy-winning animated series Danger & Eggs and Netflix’s Know It All podcast. As a writer, her bylines include The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, BUST, Bustle, InsideHook, and more.