by SWMP Admin | Mar 20, 2023 | Podcasts
The Self-improvement Memoir, featuring Peggy Orenstein Peggy Orenstein joins Brooke and Grant this week to talk about a number of ideas at the center of her newest memoir, Unraveling. We cover sheep shearing, the fast fashion industry, the crafts(wo)manship that came...
by SWMP Admin | Mar 13, 2023 | Podcasts
Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen Building tension in stories is part of writing good fiction writing, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do—and it also requires writers to be conscious of the tensions they’re trying to mine. In this week’s show, tension...
by SWMP Admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Podcasts
How We Can Reclaim Our Stories Through Fiction, featuring Cheryl A. Head If you write fiction, you already know you’re the master of the world you create on the page. That comes with great responsibility, but it also can mean reclaiming the narrative and elevating the...
by SWMP Admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Podcasts
Memoirs That Risk Everything, featuring Eden Boudreau What are some of the memoirs you’ve read and loved that share unspeakable truths? This question is at the center of this week’s show—and we welcome guest Eden Boudreau to share about what we risk—and gain—when we...
by SWMP Admin | Feb 20, 2023 | Podcasts
The Art of Brevity, featuring Grant Faulkner Write-minded celebrates and honors Grant Faulkner this week as he releases his newest book, The Art of Brevity. Grant’s interest and obsession with the short form is the subject of this week’s episode, a conversation about...
by SWMP Admin | Feb 13, 2023 | Podcasts
How Psychology Drives Good Fiction, featuring Ana Reyes At the heart of all good fiction are psychologically complex drives, character motives, and the layered paradoxes of human experience. And while we’re focusing on Ana Reyes and her recently released thriller, The...
