Living The Writing Life Podcast with Nancy Christie
94 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago -A podcast for and about writers—the business side and the creative perspective—and how our life experiences intersect with our writing work.
How we do it, why we do it and what keeps us going as we navigate the creative environment. Because, published or not, wildly popular or still unknown, we are all writers.
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Thoughts on writing and life for April 2022
April 06, 2022 16:15 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MBJust a few thoughts about the importance of staying focused on your goals, even if you think it’s too late for you to achieve them, because, after all, you never know. Did you enjoy this excerpt from my newsletter? Sign up for The Writing Life with Nancy Christie and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With … Dana Spiotta, novelist
March 16, 2022 14:33 - 36 minutes - 30.4 MBDana Spiotta is the author of five novels: Lightning Field (2002), Eat the Document (2006), Stone Arabia (2011), Innocents & Others (2016), and her most recent, Wayward (2021) that was called by the New York Times a “virtuosic, singular and very funny portrait of a woman seeking sanity and purpose in a world gone mad.” Dana has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rome Prize, the St. Francis...
Thoughts on writing and life for March 2022
March 06, 2022 18:54 - 4 minutes - 3.32 MBJust a few thoughts on how reaching the top (i.e., success) requires us to take one step after the other—without giving up. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With ... Casie Bazay, young adult novelist
February 16, 2022 12:59 - 46 minutes - 39.3 MBCasie Bazay is a former middle school teacher whose debut novel, Not Our Summer, was released in the spring of 2021 by Running Press Kids. A freelance writer, and editor, Casie lives on a hay farm in Oklahoma with her husband and two children, and in her spare time, enjoys exploring the great outdoors, spending time at the barn with her horses and goats, reading, and watching movies. Casie also loves traveling to new and exciting destinations whenever she can. For more about Casie, visit h...
Thoughts on writing and life for February 2022
February 04, 2022 11:37 - 4 minutes - 5.92 MBJust a few thoughts on how love for the craft of writing can survive, despite setbacks, disappointments and frustrations. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With ... Deborah Tobola, award-winning memoirist, poet, playwright and co-author of a children’s book
January 19, 2022 13:25 - 35 minutes - 29.4 MBDeborah Tobola is a memoirist, poet, playwright, and co-author of a children’s book. Her work has earned four Pushcart Prize nominations, three Academy of American Poets awards and a Children’s Choice Book Award. Her memoir, Hummingbird in Underworld, won a Next Generation Indie Book Award in Social Justice, a Nautilus Silver Book Award in Heroic Journeys, a Readers’ Favorite bronze medal in Non-Fiction – Social Issues, and first place in Chanticleer International’s HEARTEN Awards. It was a...
Thoughts on writing and life for January 2022
January 04, 2022 20:28 - 5 minutes - 4.5 MBJust a few thoughts on how sometimes the wisest course of action is to take a step back and do something completely unrelated to what you are supposed to do—in short, to give yourself a breather, to recoup and regroup. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With ... award-winning poet Karen Schubert
December 22, 2021 16:29 - 46 minutes - 37.9 MBKaren Schubert is the author of the poetry collection The Compost Reader (Accents Publishing) and five chapbooks including Dear Youngstown (NightBallet Press), I Left My Wings on a Chair (Kent State Press) and Black Sand Beach (Kattywompus Press). Her poetry appears most recently in Reunion: The Dallas Review, Olney Magazine, Poor Yorick, New World Writing and Read+Write: 30 Days of Poetry. Karen has received the Wick Poetry Center Chapbook Prize and an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excelle...
Thoughts on writing and life for December 2021
December 08, 2021 17:06 - 5 minutes - 4.24 MBJust a few thoughts on the importance of remembering that, despite any failures or setbacks the past year may have held, any day spent writing is still a good day. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
Thoughts on writing and life for November 2021
November 03, 2021 18:21 - 4 minutes - 3.34 MBJust a few thoughts on the need to balance your writing time with much-needed downtime. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning author Brad Kessler
October 13, 2021 21:11 - 50 minutes - 46 MBBrad Kessler is the author of the memoir, Goat Song, as well as two critically acclaimed novels, Lick Creek and Birds in Fall, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction. His latest novel is North. He has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Whiting, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and his work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Nation, the Kenyon Review, and Bomb. For more about Brad, visit his Facebook page and his In...
Thoughts on writing and life for October 2021
October 05, 2021 20:03 - 4 minutes - 3.3 MBJust a few thoughts on the need to fuel your passion for writing every day, in every way that you can. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning author A. Piper Burgi
September 15, 2021 14:23 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBPiper Burgi is an award-winning author of six historical novels to date, with a seventh currently in the editing stage, as well as several other books. Her debut novel, In the Shadow of Her Majesty, was a Golden Book Award Semi-Finalist, and her women's fiction novel The Country Girl Empress—book one of the series—won the Firebird Book Award in the historical fiction category and was named “...a must-read for historical fiction fans who can appreciate imperial intrigues...” by Readers' Favo...
Thoughts on writing and life for September 2021
September 05, 2021 21:07 - 3 minutes - 2.85 MBJust a few thoughts on the importance of learning something new—or even, perhaps, re-learning something critical that we have forgotten. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning author Wade Rouse aka Viola Shipman
August 11, 2021 18:05 - 33 minutes - 28.3 MBWade Rouse is an award-winning author who also writes under the pen name of Viola Shipman, his grandmother’s name, that he chose to honor the woman whose heirlooms and family stories inspire his writing. He has written several books under that pseudonym, including The Summer Cottage, The Heirloom Garden, and his most recent, The Clover Girls, which was released May 2021. His next book, The Secret of Snow, will be published in October. The noted humorist of four critically acclaimed memoirs...
Thoughts on writing and life for August 2021
August 04, 2021 18:12 - 4 minutes - 3.58 MBJust a few thoughts on why we should remain open to opportunity, even if we don’t know where following it will take us. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning author Gwen Goodkin
July 16, 2021 09:43 - 40 minutes - 34 MBGwen Goodkin is the author of the short story collection, A Place Remote, winner of the Silver IPPY in Great Lakes - Best Regional Fiction. Her novel, The Plant, was named a finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Novel-in-Progress competition, and her TV pilot script, "The Plant," based on that novel was named a quarterfinalist for Cinestory's TV/Digital retreat. Gwen has won the Folio Editor's Prize for Fiction, the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction, the Silver Prize (Short Script) for her screenp...
Thoughts on writing and life for July 2021
July 03, 2021 14:07 - 5 minutes - 4.37 MBJust a few thoughts on the challenges in deciding how to define yourself as a writer—and whether you even should limit yourself to a specific category. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning author Clare Pooley
June 16, 2021 10:56 - 46 minutes - 38.2 MBClare Pooley is the author of The Sober Diaries and The Authenticity Project—a New York Times and international bestseller, and winner of the RNA debut novel award. She joins us from Fulham, London, England where she lives with her husband, three children, two border terriers, and an African pygmy hedgehog! After twenty years in the heady world of advertising where, according to her bio, she worked hard, played hard and drank even harder, Clare realized that she had to say farewell to alcoh...
Thoughts on writing and life for June 2021
June 03, 2021 13:56 - 5 minutes - 4.31 MBJust a few thoughts on the importance of celebrating our small successes, even if no one else knows what we have accomplished. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… author Rea Frey, CEO and founder of Writeway
May 12, 2021 12:34 - 41 minutes - 37 MBRea Frey is the author of four suspense novels—Until I Find You, Because You're Mine, Not Her Daughter and Secrets of Our House that will be released February 2022—as well as several nonfiction books. She is also the CEO and founder of Writeway™, where she teaches aspiring writers how they can become published authors, too, and host of her weekly Writeway podcast that helps demystify the publishing industry. Rea says that her passion in life is “telling stories, connecting with readers, an...
Thoughts on writing and life for May 2021
May 05, 2021 12:56 - 3 minutes - 2.64 MBJust a few thoughts on the surprising resilience of creativity. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… author Jeffrey S. Stephens
April 21, 2021 12:38 - 40 minutes - 34 MBJeffrey S. Stephens is the author of six novels: the Jordan Sandor espionage thrillers series, Crimes and Passion, the first in a planned series featuring Lieutenant Robbie Whyte, and his latest book, Fool’s Errand. Fool’s Errand explores the relationship between a father and son, and the events that will ultimately lead that young man on an international treasure hunt that causes him to confront a collection of interesting characters as well as himself. It’s been described as poignant and ...
Thoughts on writing and life for April 2021
April 04, 2021 16:22 - 3 minutes - 2.86 MBJust a few thoughts on what baking yeast bread and writing have in common. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning author Arielle Haughee
March 17, 2021 11:28 - 38 minutes - 32.4 MBA former elementary teacher, Arielle Haughee (Hoy) is a five-time RPLA-winning author and the owner of Orange Blossom Publishing. She is the author of The Complete Revision Workbook for Writers, the children’s books Grumbler, Joyride, and Pling’s Party, the editor of the How I Met My Other anthology series, and the creator of the Focus Journal line of journals. Arielle is an editor, speaker, and consultant as well as the Executive Vice President for the Florida Writers Association, who hon...
Thoughts on writing and life for March 2021
March 03, 2021 17:48 - 3 minutes - 1.28 MBJust a few thoughts on how one small sign of a new season can make all the difference in how we feel and what we do. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning novelist Susan Wingate
February 17, 2021 11:48 - 37 minutes - 6.45 MBSusan Wingate is a #1 Amazon bestselling, award-winning author of over fifteen novels. Her latest book, How the Deer Moon Hungers, has won five book awards, including Best Fiction Author in the 2020 SABA Book Awards Judge’s Selection, Best Fiction in the 2020 Pacific Book Award, a Silver Award in the 2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, and July 2020 Book Cover of the Month Awards. Susan writes across genres often setting her stories in the Pacific Northwest where she and her husband, Bob l...
Thoughts on writing and life for February 2021
February 03, 2021 15:09 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MBJust a few thoughts on how fear in all its forms can hold us back from what we most want to achieve, and why we can’t let it defeat us. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… author and poet Annette Libeskind Berkovits
January 20, 2021 11:58 - 29 minutes - 53.6 MBScientist, educator, conservationist, author, and poet, Annette Libeskind Berkovits, was born in Kyrgyzstan and grew up in postwar Poland and the fledgling state of Israel before coming to America at age sixteen. After her retirement as Senior Vice President at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Berkovits has channeled her passions into writing. Her first memoir, In the Unlikeliest of Places, a story of her remarkable father’s survival, was published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press in ...
Thoughts on writing and life for January 2021
January 02, 2021 16:13 - 7 minutes - 2.74 MBJust a few thoughts on how recognizing our own vulnerability can push us to find our courage and continue to move forward with our writing and with our life. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
Thoughts on writing and life for December 2020
December 02, 2020 22:44 - 5 minutes - 2.1 MBJust a few thoughts on how challenging life events and experiences can become sources of inspiration for our writing. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning author and TedX speaker Dr. Dawn Reno Langley
November 18, 2020 10:58 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBDr. Dawn Reno Langley wrote her first published work at the age of nine, an essay on the Cuban missile crisis, and since then, she has written extensively for newspapers and magazines, published more than 30 books (children’s, adult novels, and nonfiction), and award-winning short stories, essays, and poetry, as well as theater reviews and blogs. A Fulbright scholar and TedX speaker with an MFA in Fiction and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, Langley lives on the North Carolina coast. He...
Thoughts on writing and life for November 2020
November 03, 2020 15:48 - 5 minutes - 2.38 MBJust a few thoughts on how a place to write can be a physical location, a state of mind or both. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… best-selling author and poet Camilla Downs
October 21, 2020 11:35 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBCamilla Downs is a bestselling author, indie publisher, mentor, and mother of two who lives in northern Nevada. Nature and life experiences serve as a constant source of inspiration for her writing, and in her heartfelt free-verse poetry memoir, Words of Alchemy, Camilla invites you to walk with her to share her love of Nature and Life. During her daily strolls, she is mindfully present as she delves into life in the raw and experiences her heart’s observations. Camilla embraces what happ...
Thoughts on writing and life for October
October 03, 2020 15:23 - 3 minutes - 1.82 MBJust a few thoughts on how practicing mindfulness on a regular basis can help me be a better writer. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… memoir writer Alan Sharavsky
September 16, 2020 11:06 - 40 minutes - 15.7 MBAlan Sharavsky is the author of Boarding School Bastard, a memoir about his life at Girard College, a famous Philadelphia orphanage, from 1962 to 1970. Leavening the tragedy with humor, Boarding School Bastard reveals a world we’d prefer to avoid but is too riveting to ignore. To understand how a child survives the loss of his father, the abuse of his guardians, and the crushing loneliness of being this stunning debut memoir is essential reading. For more about Alan, follow him on Facebook...
Thoughts on writing and life for September
September 03, 2020 15:29 - 5 minutes - 2.04 MBJust a few thoughts on the need to incorporate some “Nantucket time” into my daily schedule to help cope with the stress and uncertainty of life. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning novelist and poet Patricia Averbach
August 19, 2020 12:27 - 37 minutes - 17 MBPatricia Averbach, a native Clevelander, is the former director of The Chautauqua Writers Center in Chautauqua, New York. Her second novel, Resurrecting Rain (Antelope Press, 2020) is a finalist for Chanticleer's Somerset Award for Contemporary Fiction and a semi-finalist for Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award. Other publications include her debut novel, Painting Bridges (Bottom Dog Press, 2013) and an award-winning poetry chapbook, Missing Persons (Ward Wood Publishing,...
Thoughts on writing and life for August
August 03, 2020 13:07 - 5 minutes - 2.52 MBJust a few thoughts on how sometimes the smallest of accomplishments can give you the spark of hope to keep going, even if the way forward is still unclear and the result far from certain. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… award-winning humor writer and syndicated columnist Dorothy Rosby
July 15, 2020 13:28 - 30 minutes - 14 MBDorothy Rosby is a syndicated humor columnist whose work appears regularly in publications in the West and Midwest. Her column was the first place winner in this year’s National Federation of Press Women contest, Humor Column category. She’s the author of three books of humorous essays: Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Worry About, Humorous Essays on the Hazards of Our Time; I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better and I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake f...
Thoughts on writing and life for July
July 01, 2020 21:48 - 5 minutes - 2.39 MBJust a few thoughts on how the overwhelming and omnipresent fears of everyday life can make it challenging to write, especially when what you are writing about isn't relevant to what is happening in the world today. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With... writer and actor Angela Palazzolo
June 17, 2020 10:19 - 30 minutes - 13.7 MBAngela Palazzolo has written more than 100 articles for local, regional, and national publications. In addition, she has composed character dialogue and created games for a children’s recipe activity book, written text for an educational publisher and copy for businesses, and created manuals for workshops. She also has published a performing arts newsletter as well as having served as an editor for various business projects. Angela, a past president of the Columbus Chapter/Women in Communi...
Thoughts on writing and life for June
June 03, 2020 21:08 - 4 minutes - 2.02 MBJust a few thoughts about how real life and the writing life intersect, and how sometimes it is easier to hide behind pen and paper when reality is too hard and confusing to handle. Did you enjoy this excerpt? Sign up for my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie, and receive a free writing-related tip sheet as a bonus!
In Conversation With… author Casey Bell
May 22, 2020 10:52 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBMy guest is author Casey Bell. And he's quite a prolific author with 22 books to his credit! To date, Casey has authored two Young Adult, three general fiction, and three non-fiction books, two short stories, one horror book, one book of poetry, five children's books, one book of collection of art, and four Word Search books. Besides writing books, Casey is also a playwright, graphic designer, fine artist, and fashion designer. For more about Casey and his work, visit his author website, ...