by SWMP Admin | Aug 28, 2023 | Podcasts
The Art of Memoir, featuring Rebecca Carroll and Jeannine Ouellette Two of our favorite memoir episodes from last year revisited, with guests whose memoirs showcase exceptional craft—so much so that they’ll be teaching a fall memoir course with Brooke that starts next...
by SWMP Admin | Aug 21, 2023 | Podcasts
Storytelling from Legacy Authors, featuring Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein This week we’re celebrating two of our more accomplished guests of last year. Grant and Brooke talk about the joy of interviewing authors we’ve long admired, and highlight these two fabulous...
by SWMP Admin | Aug 14, 2023 | Podcasts
The Business of Publishing, featuring Rachael Herron and Joe Biel This week we’re revisiting our favorite two book biz episodes from last year. Both episodes got more listener feedback than any others—and if you missed the money episode, there’s so much here to be...
by SWMP Admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Podcasts
High-Stakes Fiction, featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes This is the first of our summer favorites series, featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes. We’re revisiting our favorite episodes of the past year during the month of August, so we invite...
by SWMP Admin | Jul 31, 2023 | Podcasts
Parent-Adult Child Dynamics for Writers, featuring Gail Warner (Brooke’s mom) This week’s show takes on an age-old topic—that of all the ways family’s feelings, impressions, and reactions play a role in our writing. No relationship is more complex and multilayered...
by SWMP Admin | Jul 24, 2023 | Podcasts
The Art of Writing Unlikeable Characters, featuring Ben Purkert This week’s guest Ben Purkert, author of the newly released novel, The Men Can’t Be Saved, gives us some insight into the art of writing complex characters, including the downright unlikeable ones....