Criticism & Community, Side Hustles, and the Power of Moments

Continuing our adventures in balmy Minneapolis, Dave and I had the chance to chat with our friend Jeremy Writebol. Jeremy is the director of Gospel-Centered Discipleship (our sponsor for the last few episodes), as well as an author and a pastor. During our chat in a relatively quiet executive lounge, we discussed:

The time I gave Jeremy a critical review on his book

Dave's commitment to the show and our long introductions

Why we need to have a community around us, especially as writers

What it's like to build an editorial process from scratch

How reading broadly (and beyond your intended genre or field) will make you a better writer

What would it be like to write a story about just one moment

What a good side gig looks like

How writing gives an opportunity to serve the church globally and not just locally

When you can mark a book as "done" on Goodreads

This episode is sponsored by Gospel-Centered Discipleship. On April 13th, GCD will host their 2020 Writer's Intensive in Louisville KY (right before T4G) featuring Ronnie Martin, Jonathan Dodson and Jared C. Wilson. Learn more and register at gcdiscipleship.com/writers-intensive.

A few of the books we mentioned on this episode: The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder

EverPresent by Jeremy Writebol

Confessions by Augustine

The Good of Giving Up by Aaron Damiani

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Shakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

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Continuing our adventures in balmy Minneapolis, Dave and I had the chance to chat with our friend Jeremy Writebol. Jeremy is the director of Gospel-Centered Discipleship (our sponsor for the last few episodes), as well as an author and a pastor. During our chat in a relatively quiet executive lounge, we discussed:

The time I gave Jeremy a critical review on his book
Dave's commitment to the show and our long introductions
Why we need to have a community around us, especially as writers
What it's like to build an editorial process from scratch
How reading broadly (and beyond your intended genre or field) will make you a better writer
What would it be like to write a story about just one moment
What a good side gig looks like
How writing gives an opportunity to serve the church globally and not just locally
When you can mark a book as "done" on Goodreads

This episode is sponsored by Gospel-Centered Discipleship. On April 13th, GCD will host their 2020 Writer's Intensive in Louisville KY (right before T4G) featuring Ronnie Martin, Jonathan Dodson and Jared C. Wilson. Learn more and register at gcdiscipleship.com/writers-intensive.

A few of the books we mentioned on this episode: The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder

EverPresent by Jeremy Writebol

Confessions by Augustine

The Good of Giving Up by Aaron Damiani

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Shakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show.
Give us a follow on Twitter at @MalContentsPod

Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show.

Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let's talk via email or DM @malContentsPod on Twitter.