The Writerly Life

HW 01-06 Steal Our Genius Moves

Ideas we’ve tried for living and working that have turned into genius moves that help us as writers, and that that have made life easier, better, and more fulfilling. Steal ours or come up with your own! You never know when some idea you try might turn into a life-changing move.

HW 01-05 Should You Blog?

Should you blog? Is blogging dead? Can blogging help your goals as a writer? If so, how? How has blogging changed? What’s the best way to use a blog? If Emily and Myquillyn started a blog today, what would they do? And you’ll hear - from an editor - how editors feel about putting your book ideas on your blog.

HW 01-04 Unlikely Writing Teachers

Here’s what we can learn from unlikely writing teachers like Taylor Swift, Bob Marley, Stacy London from ‘What Not to Wear,’ Lorne Michaels from SNL, philosopher Marcus Aurelius, and more. Writing school is all around us if we just open our eyes and pay attention. AND - if you’ve ever thought writing a blog post that goes viral would be the ultimate success, don’t miss the last 8-10 minutes of this episode.

HW 01-03 Instagram for Writers

For the hope writer, Instagram can be special - it’s another way to share your message and give hope. But we need to think of it purposefully if we want to have followers who engage with us and our message. How do you know what to post, what to say, what not to post and say, and why? There’s more to it than you think, and this episode will open your eyes to how Instagram can be an extension of your writing.

HW 01-02 BONUS Pt 2 What I Wish I'd Known

Part 2 - Three first-time authors share what they wish they'd known before they wrote their first books - HopeWriters Deidra Riggs, Mary Carver, and Amber C Haines.

HW 01-01 What I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote My First Book (Pt 1)

Learn from our experience what we wish we’d know before we published our first books - the difference between blogging and book writing, how to have a professional attitude, overcoming endorsement fear, ideas for getting connected in the writing community before you write your book, and why the Skinny Abs Diet Workout Routine is not a good book idea.

Myquillyn's system for taking a break

Myquillyn shares her system to make the most of downtime and seasons of breaks

Simply Tuesday

Emily's new book! Why we love small, slow, and ordinary.

What only summer can teach me

School's out and summer takes over - and we love what it's taching

Let's pull out our summer brain

Let's slow down together, and give our soul a solstice.

The Day I Realized I Had a Job

What IS a job, anyway? What do you do when your passion becomes a commitment, and the lines between home, family, and work are hard to see?

Yes, It's Worth Celebrating

Let's celebrate the under-appreciated, under-used art of celebrating. And let's get distracted by StitchFix, Graceland, and conversations with your furniture.

Treat Yo Self!

Let's celebrate the small useless things that give our lives joy and make us feel more human for the benefit of ourselves and others! The sisters chat with friends Kendra and Caroline at the end of a Girlfriend Weekend. 

The Q&A Show!

We answer your questions about successful transitions, meal memories, hanging pictures, and more

The New Year Your Way

You don't have to start a new year with resolutions and goals. In this episode, we each share our un-goals and un-resolutions as our personal examples of how to plan your new year your way.

God rest ye merry Annie Downs

Author and loud laugher Annie Downs chats with us about merriment, and about the journey of embracing how God wired you as a gift to others.

When it doesn't look like plenty

Fear in all its glory

We figured out it's a lot easier to know what we're afraid of than why

Change, transition, netflix, egg mcmuffins

Big changes are challenging to hope. But we tried.