Write, Publish, and Shine
149 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA podcast for Luminous Creative Writers from Rachel Thompson
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#20 Plenitude’s Rebecca Salazar on Writing with Flash AND Fire
June 03, 2021 07:00 - 48.9 MB"Poems, no matter what they are about or how they approach the world, have to need to happen." —Rebecca Salazar of *Plenitude*. Host Rachel Thompson speaks with Rebecca Salazar, Associate Poetry Editor of *Plenitude.* This interview a lot of topics, including what exactly is CanLit, RuPaul's Drag Race, and why submitting to contests isn't always the best choice. They also talk about representation and appropriation and Rebecca Salazar says what matters and is to be willing to be wrong, becau...
#51 The /tƐmz/ Review Amy Mitchell and Aaron Schneider on Good Ugliness
May 20, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MB“We both really like having, essentially, the guts to look at not just issues in their full complexity, but also not to try to gloss over the ugliness.” —Amy Mitchell, The /tƐmz/ Review Host Rachel Thompson speaks with Amy Mitchell and Aaron Schneider about the introspection they want to see in political writing, the care and knowledge required to write about cultures, classes, and communities that you don't belong to, and taking the risk to be ugly in writing. (And the surprising thing they...
#50 Answers to Listener Questions About Publishing in Lit Mags for this 50th Episode!
May 06, 2021 08:17 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB50th Episode! This special episode is all about you, the listeners. Rachel answers your questions, mostly about submitting and publishing in lit mags. Questions cover writing contests, the questions of whether to re-submit or not to re-submit, should you or should you not message editors who say they like your work, how quickly does writing about current events go stale. Plus, Rachel shares a little out-there theory about when you should time your submissions to lit mags. The Lit Mag Love...
#14 Amanda Leduc from the Festival of Literary Diversity—Keep Going
April 22, 2021 09:57 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB“Don’t give up and recognize that the writing is a thing in and of itself as well. You need to be able to love doing the writing and just love being in this world that you create with your characters, over and above wanting your name on a book.” —Amanda Leduc Host Rachel Thompson speaks with Amanda Leduc of the Festival of Literary Diversity about disability in literature and how the literary culture has started to make a place for writers with disabilities. Find all the show notes and a fu...
#49 Augur co-Editor-in-Chief Terese Pierre—Nothing Has to Happen
April 08, 2021 06:48 - 44 minutes - 41 MB“Nothing has to happen in the story. There doesn't need to be explosions or big shocking twists. It's just enough to have well-developed characters and a beautiful world.” —Terese Mason Pierre, Augur Magazine Host Rachel Thompson speaks with Terese Mason Pierre of Augur magazine about the “whole” characters and “human” stories that they publish and about letting things get messier in her writing during this pandemic year. Listen to their conversation on writing, and her reading, plus her vis...
#48 CRAFT Editor-in-Chief Katelyn Keating—Leave Us Heartbroken, Amazed, or Excited
March 25, 2021 05:59 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB“We’re excited if the forms that come in are not an arc. We’re not just looking for one direction of the piece, it doesn’t have to use linear time or linear form.” —Katelyn Keating, CRAFT. Host Rachel Thompson speaks with Katelyn Keating of CRAFT. Listen to their conversation on the mechanics of story openings and the emotions in their endings, reckonings still to be had in the literary discussion of the canon and what qualifies as short stories, and for behind-the-scenes details on how CRA...
#08 Entropy Executive Editor Janice Lee on Writing When Language Fails You
March 04, 2021 12:57 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB“I’m interested in asking different questions and in the vulnerability of language that allows for an honest attempt at expression and a way to investigate complex questions.” —Janice Lee, Entropy Magazine Host Rachel Thompson speaks with Janice Lee, Executive Editor of ENTROPY, in this interview from 2017. Listen for conversation about writing when language fails you and the community-first approach to ENTROPY magazine. This episode is brought to you by The Nasiona. Find all the show note...
#47 Black Warrior Review Editor Josh Brandon on Taking Necessary Breaks
February 15, 2021 11:38 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB“You’re kinda playing with fire when you delve into trauma writing. It’s possible to push yourself past your own limits and touch on things that are more tender than you thought.” —Josh Brandon of Black Warrior Review Host Rachel Thompson speaks with Josh Brandon, Editor of Black Warrior Review, about taking a break when writing is difficult and about submitting and publishing your writing with their journal. This episode is brought to you by The Nasiona. Find all the show notes and a full...
#46 Food Writing with Qwerty Editors Christine Wu and McKenna James Boeckner
February 11, 2021 10:55 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBHost Rachel Thompson speaks with editors from Qwerty magazine, based at the University of New Brunswick, about sumptuous food writing and, of course, everything you need to know if you want to submit and publish your writing with Qwerty.
#45 Weird Writing with Okay Donkey Editors Téa Franco, Genevieve Kersten, and Elizabeth Upshur
January 28, 2021 16:06 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBHost Rachel Thompson speaks with three editors from the online journal Okay Donkey about weird poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Téa Franco, Genevieve Kersten, and Elizabeth Upshur discuss weird writing's significance and purpose in these weird times, how social media has helped us find our weird community and created all the extra weirdness available, and, of course, everything you need to know if you want to submit and publish your writing with Okay Donkey.
#11 The Fiddlehead—Understand Who You Are with Alicia Elliott [Replay]
January 14, 2021 10:46 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB“I think that when a writer doesn’t have a good understanding of who they are and what their beliefs are...they are going to necessarily lack the conviction in their writing to go daring places, and ask daring questions.” —Alicia Elliott Alicia Elliott is a Tuscarora writer and the new Creative Non-Fiction editor at The Fiddlehead magazine. She is also someone both daring in her writing, and solid in her beliefs. She talks to host Rachel Thompson about the craft of creative nonfiction, editi...
#44 Genius and Estrangement with Ploi Pirapokin of Newfound #LitMagLove
December 17, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBIn this episode, Ploi Pirapokin and Rachel Thompson start deep, jumping right into discussing estrangement for writers. Ploi shares about writing through immigration statuses and her Genius Visa. There is A LOT of laughter in this episode. (Rachel edited the big bursts of them, so they don't blast your eardrums.) You will find Ploi's joy as infectious—in the best way—as Rachel did during the interview. Ploi Pirapokin also reads from her award-winning lyric essay, “How to be Extraordinary in A...
#43 What if my story isn't special?
December 03, 2020 13:52 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBThe biggest epiphany I had about my writing in the last year is that there is nothing special about my story. This sounds like a terrible epiphany, I realize! But it was so liberating. Let me explain. Full episode transcript available in the show notes on rachelthompson.co/podcast/43
#42 Rowan McCandless on How to Create a Writing Community
November 19, 2020 23:09 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBEmerging author, Rowan McCandless shares how she built her writing community. She and Rachel discuss the four different forms of writing groups she engages. She also shares a racist experience she had in a writing course. Plus you can hear Rowan read from Persephone's Children, her forthcoming book of essays, out from Dundurn Press in September 2021.
42 // Rowan McCandless on How to Create a Writing Community
November 19, 2020 23:09 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBEmerging author, Rowan McCandless shares how she built her writing community. She and Rachel discuss the four different forms of writing groups she engages. She also shares a racist experience she had in a writing course. Plus you can hear Rowan read from Persephone's Children, her forthcoming book of essays, out from Dundurn Press in September 2021.
#41 Five Steps to Publishing Your Writing in Literary Journals #LitMagLove
November 05, 2020 15:36 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MB` In this first solo episode after the Write, Publish, and Shine podcast reboot, I talk about the five things editors want in your writing submissions to journals. This is all based on my experience reading submissions, publishing work in a lit mag, and talking to dozens of editors from other literary journals who do the same. If you'd like to find assignments to help you get more of each of the five items in your writing, check out my article here: https://rachelthompson.co/w-r-i-t-e/
41 // Five Steps to Publishing Your Writing in Literary Journals
November 05, 2020 15:36 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MB` In this first solo episode after the Write, Publish, and Shine podcast reboot, I talk about the five things editors want in your writing submissions to journals. This is all based on my experience reading submissions, publishing work in a lit mag, and talking to dozens of editors from other literary journals who do the same. If you'd like to find assignments to help you get more of each of the five items in your writing, check out my article here: https://rachelthompson.co/w-r-i-t-e/
41 // Five Steps to Publishing Your Writing in Literary Journals #LitMagLove
November 05, 2020 15:36 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MB` In this first solo episode after the Write, Publish, and Shine podcast reboot, I talk about the five things editors want in your writing submissions to journals. This is all based on my experience reading submissions, publishing work in a lit mag, and talking to dozens of editors from other literary journals who do the same. If you'd like to find assignments to help you get more of each of the five items in your writing, check out my article here: https://rachelthompson.co/w-r-i-t-e/
Write, Publish, and Shine! (Announcement)
October 22, 2020 06:50 - 6 minutes - 9.09 MBI have an announcement about this podcast, but before we get to it, I want to thank you for continuing to listen in this almost year since I released new podcast episodes. I feel you out there, I see the numbers, too, so I know you’re still out there listening and waiting for new episodes. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for your patience. Find the full transcript of this episode here: https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/reboot/
Announcement: Write, Publish, and Shine!
October 22, 2020 06:50 - 6 minutes - 9.09 MBI have an announcement about this podcast, but before we get to it, I want to thank you for continuing to listen in this almost year since I released new podcast episodes. I feel you out there, I see the numbers, too, so I know you’re still out there listening and waiting for new episodes. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for your patience. Find the full transcript of this episode here: https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/reboot/
#40 Vestal Literary and JMWW—Send Your Best with Alle C. Hall
December 21, 2019 20:40 - 32 minutes - 37.1 MB“We’re not a writing class, we’re a magazine.”
40 // Vestal Review and JMWW—Send Your Best with Alle C. Hall
December 21, 2019 20:40 - 32 minutes - 37.1 MB“We’re not a writing class, we’re a magazine.”
Vestal Literary and JMWW—Send Your Best with Alle C. Hall
December 21, 2019 20:40 - 32 minutes - 37.1 MB“We’re not a writing class, we’re a magazine.”
Vestal Review and JMWW—Send Your Best with Alle C. Hall
December 08, 2019 13:19 - 32 minutes - 37.1 MB“We’re not a writing class, we’re a magazine.”
Apple Valley Review—Do the Work You Want to Do with Leah Browning
November 20, 2019 19:21 - 28 minutes - 33 MBThe Apple Valley Review is a semiannual online literary journal founded in 2005 by Leah Browning. Published in the spring and fall, each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and personal essays. Apple Valley Review editor, Leah Browning, has worked as a freelance writer and editor since 1995. She is the author of three short nonfiction books for teens and pre-teens and six chapbooks of poetry and fiction.
39 // Apple Valley Review—Do the Work You Want to Do with Leah Browning
November 20, 2019 19:21 - 28 minutes - 33 MBThe Apple Valley Review is a semiannual online literary journal founded in 2005 by Leah Browning. Published in the spring and fall, each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and personal essays. Apple Valley Review editor, Leah Browning, has worked as a freelance writer and editor since 1995. She is the author of three short nonfiction books for teens and pre-teens and six chapbooks of poetry and fiction.
#39 Apple Valley Review—Do the Work You Want to Do with Leah Browning
November 20, 2019 19:21 - 28 minutes - 33 MBThe Apple Valley Review is a semiannual online literary journal founded in 2005 by Leah Browning. Published in the spring and fall, each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and personal essays. Apple Valley Review editor, Leah Browning, has worked as a freelance writer and editor since 1995. She is the author of three short nonfiction books for teens and pre-teens and six chapbooks of poetry and fiction.
Mom Egg Review—Restore the Balance of Narratives with Marjorie Tesser
November 12, 2019 20:55 - 26 minutes - 30.7 MBMom Egg Review is a literary journal about motherhood. It promotes and celebrates the creative force of mother writers and artists. Mom Egg Review is about being a mother, in its many varieties. It is also about being a daughter, worker, partner, artist, a member of cultures and communities, and explores how these identities can collide and coexist.
38 // Mom Egg Review—Restore the Balance of Narratives with Marjorie Tesser
November 12, 2019 20:55 - 26 minutes - 30.7 MBMom Egg Review is a literary journal about motherhood. It promotes and celebrates the creative force of mother writers and artists. Mom Egg Review is about being a mother, in its many varieties. It is also about being a daughter, worker, partner, artist, a member of cultures and communities, and explores how these identities can collide and coexist.
#38 Mom Egg Review—Restore the Balance of Narratives with Marjorie Tesser
November 12, 2019 20:55 - 26 minutes - 30.7 MBMom Egg Review is a literary journal about motherhood. It promotes and celebrates the creative force of mother writers and artists. Mom Egg Review is about being a mother, in its many varieties. It is also about being a daughter, worker, partner, artist, a member of cultures and communities, and explores how these identities can collide and coexist.
#37 The Unpublishables—Reflect Your True Self with M. Paramita Lin and Doretta Lau
October 23, 2019 20:58 - 54 minutes - 62 MBWriting may be the only pursuit that M. Paramita Lin hasn't accidentally stumbled into. In between hanging out with triad members and living in a succession of haunted flats in Hong Kong, she's also been a paid companion to the third wife of a tycoon, toured the world with musicians, and apprenticed as a goldsmith in Italy. Lin's stories are mostly set in Asian cities, and they are often funny, occasionally strange, sometimes scary, but always true. She is represented by the hardworking Kelvi...
The Unpublishables—Reflect Your True Self with M. Paramita Lin and Doretta Lau
October 23, 2019 20:58 - 54 minutes - 62 MBWriting may be the only pursuit that M. Paramita Lin hasn't accidentally stumbled into. In between hanging out with triad members and living in a succession of haunted flats in Hong Kong, she's also been a paid companion to the third wife of a tycoon, toured the world with musicians, and apprenticed as a goldsmith in Italy. Lin's stories are mostly set in Asian cities, and they are often funny, occasionally strange, sometimes scary, but always true. She is represented by the hardworking Kelvi...
37 // The Unpublishables—Reflect Your True Self with M. Paramita Lin and Doretta Lau
October 23, 2019 20:58 - 54 minutes - 62 MBWriting may be the only pursuit that M. Paramita Lin hasn't accidentally stumbled into. In between hanging out with triad members and living in a succession of haunted flats in Hong Kong, she's also been a paid companion to the third wife of a tycoon, toured the world with musicians, and apprenticed as a goldsmith in Italy. Lin's stories are mostly set in Asian cities, and they are often funny, occasionally strange, sometimes scary, but always true. She is represented by the hardworking Kelvi...
36 // The Nasiona—Persuade with Julián Esteban Torres López
October 12, 2019 21:01 - 45 minutes - 52.3 MB“Editing is a position of power that I take seriously. I’m a writer, author, creative in different ways and I experienced the negativity of being a victim of systems of oppression,” Julián Esteban Torres López. Julián Esteban Torres López is a Colombian-born journalist, publisher, podcaster, and editor. Before founding the nonfiction storytelling organization The Nasiona, he ran several cultural and arts organizations, edited journals and books, was a social justice and public history resear...
#36 The Nasiona—Persuade with Julián Esteban Torres López
October 12, 2019 21:01 - 45 minutes - 52.3 MB“Editing is a position of power that I take seriously. I’m a writer, author, creative in different ways and I experienced the negativity of being a victim of systems of oppression,” Julián Esteban Torres López. Julián Esteban Torres López is a Colombian-born journalist, publisher, podcaster, and editor. Before founding the nonfiction storytelling organization The Nasiona, he ran several cultural and arts organizations, edited journals and books, was a social justice and public history resear...
The Nasiona—Persuade with Julián Esteban Torres López
October 12, 2019 21:01 - 45 minutes - 52.3 MB“Editing is a position of power that I take seriously. I’m a writer, author, creative in different ways and I experienced the negativity of being a victim of systems of oppression,” Julián Esteban Torres López. Julián Esteban Torres López is a Colombian-born journalist, publisher, podcaster, and editor. Before founding the nonfiction storytelling organization The Nasiona, he ran several cultural and arts organizations, edited journals and books, was a social justice and public history resear...
35 Massachusetts Review—Trust Your Writing with Emily Wojcik
September 16, 2019 21:04 - 38 minutes - 43.9 MBThis is a journal "more interested in the world than the self"—it's a little bit more on the political and social justice side. Managing Editor, Emily Wojcik, shares the best analogy for writing that takes a while to get started. (You might have the theme music to a beloved cartoon from the 80s running through your head after this.) She shares her wisdom on trusting your own writing and trusting that the reader is okay with endings that don't necessarily "satisfy." But she also empathizes wi...
35 // Massachusetts Review—Trust Your Writing with Emily Wojcik
September 16, 2019 21:04 - 38 minutes - 43.9 MBThis is a journal "more interested in the world than the self"—it's a little bit more on the political and social justice side. Managing Editor, Emily Wojcik, shares the best analogy for writing that takes a while to get started. (You might have the theme music to a beloved cartoon from the 80s running through your head after this.) She shares her wisdom on trusting your own writing and trusting that the reader is okay with endings that don't necessarily "satisfy." But she also empathizes wi...
#35 Massachusetts Review—Trust Your Writing with Emily Wojcik
September 16, 2019 21:04 - 38 minutes - 43.9 MBThis is a journal "more interested in the world than the self"—it's a little bit more on the political and social justice side. Managing Editor, Emily Wojcik, shares the best analogy for writing that takes a while to get started. (You might have the theme music to a beloved cartoon from the 80s running through your head after this.) She shares her wisdom on trusting your own writing and trusting that the reader is okay with endings that don't necessarily "satisfy." But she also empathizes wi...
Massachusetts Review—Trust Your Writing with Emily Wojcik
September 16, 2019 21:04 - 38 minutes - 43.9 MBThis is a journal "more interested in the world than the self"—it's a little bit more on the political and social justice side. Managing Editor, Emily Wojcik, shares the best analogy for writing that takes a while to get started. (You might have the theme music to a beloved cartoon from the 80s running through your head after this.) She shares her wisdom on trusting your own writing and trusting that the reader is okay with endings that don't necessarily "satisfy." But she also empathizes wi...
34 // Make Relationships Right with Jessica Johns of Room Magazine
September 01, 2019 19:13 - 46 minutes - 53 MBThis episode focuses on working in close relationship with writers, and thinking through all your relationships as you navigate choices for your writing and in your writing community. Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta and is currently living, working, and learning on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She is the new Managing Editor at Room and the former poetry edito...
#34 Make Relationships Right with Jessica Johns of Room Magazine
September 01, 2019 19:13 - 46 minutes - 53 MBThis episode focuses on working in close relationship with writers, and thinking through all your relationships as you navigate choices for your writing and in your writing community. Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta and is currently living, working, and learning on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She is the new Managing Editor at Room and the former poetry edito...
Make Relationships Right with Jessica Johns of Room Magazine
September 01, 2019 19:13 - 46 minutes - 53 MBThis episode focuses on working in close relationship with writers, and thinking through all your relationships as you navigate choices for your writing and in your writing community. Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta and is currently living, working, and learning on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She is the new Managing Editor at Room and the former poetry edito...
#33 Evoke Place with Mary Leauna Christensen of The Swamp Literary Magazine
August 18, 2019 21:09 - 20 minutes - 23.5 MBThe Swamp publishes work that evokes a sense of place, which, for The Swamp, is broadly defined. “We look forward to reading work that we can inhabit, no matter its geography. We do give preference to the southern gothic, to poems and stories wrapped in a heavy coat of humidity. With that said, we seek to publish all work that surprises us with new territory, with characters and landscapes we don't get the chance often enough to read about.” It is an annual print magazine that welcomes art, p...
Evoke Place with Mary Leauna Christensen of The Swamp Literary Magazine
August 18, 2019 21:09 - 20 minutes - 23.5 MBThe Swamp publishes work that evokes a sense of place, which, for The Swamp, is broadly defined. “We look forward to reading work that we can inhabit, no matter its geography. We do give preference to the southern gothic, to poems and stories wrapped in a heavy coat of humidity. With that said, we seek to publish all work that surprises us with new territory, with characters and landscapes we don't get the chance often enough to read about.” It is an annual print magazine that welcomes art, p...
33 // Evoke Place with Mary Leauna Christensen of The Swamp Literary Magazine
August 18, 2019 21:09 - 20 minutes - 23.5 MBThe Swamp publishes work that evokes a sense of place, which, for The Swamp, is broadly defined. “We look forward to reading work that we can inhabit, no matter its geography. We do give preference to the southern gothic, to poems and stories wrapped in a heavy coat of humidity. With that said, we seek to publish all work that surprises us with new territory, with characters and landscapes we don't get the chance often enough to read about.” It is an annual print magazine that welcomes art, p...
32 // Erase Shame with Dorothy Bendel of Atticus Review
July 28, 2019 21:10 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MBAtticus Review publishes writing that is unashamed, unadorned, and unafraid, and is a daily online journal that publishes fiction, poems, and creative nonfiction, as well as graphic art, mixed media, music essays, and, on occasion, blog posts, interviews, and non-traditional book reviews. They have been publishing great work since 2011 and have had over 1200 contributors.
#32 Erase Shame with Dorothy Bendel of Atticus Review
July 28, 2019 21:10 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MBAtticus Review publishes writing that is unashamed, unadorned, and unafraid, and is a daily online journal that publishes fiction, poems, and creative nonfiction, as well as graphic art, mixed media, music essays, and, on occasion, blog posts, interviews, and non-traditional book reviews. They have been publishing great work since 2011 and have had over 1200 contributors.
Erase Shame with Dorothy Bendel of Atticus Review
July 28, 2019 21:10 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MBAtticus Review publishes writing that is unashamed, unadorned, and unafraid, and is a daily online journal that publishes fiction, poems, and creative nonfiction, as well as graphic art, mixed media, music essays, and, on occasion, blog posts, interviews, and non-traditional book reviews. They have been publishing great work since 2011 and have had over 1200 contributors.
Push Back on What’s Expected with Felicity Landa of Literary Mama
July 14, 2019 21:18 - 21 minutes - 24.6 MBLiterary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the journey as well as the job. Felicity Landa earned her Bachelor’s in Creative Writing and Literature from CSU Long Beach in 2013, where she was awarded the Horn scholarship for her novel. She is currently an MFA student in Fiction and Screenwriting at UC Riverside Palm Desert. She serves as fiction editor for Literary Mama and nonfiction editor for ...