Podcasts
Greatest Hits - I'm Tired of Writers Who Don't Read
Published: June 22, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds
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Prologue - Framing the Question
Published: June 8, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 4 seconds
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How I Became a Worse Writer - Season 7 of Confessions of a Working Writer
Published: June 1, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 5 seconds
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The Promises and Realities of Online Writing Platforms
Published: May 4, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 33 seconds
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A Few Announcements
Published: April 20, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds
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What is the Cure for the Common Creative Hangover?
Published: April 13, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 21 seconds
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Writers Lift, Toxic Reciprocity, and Do We Even Have Writing Communities Anymore?
Published: March 30, 2023, 8 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 5 seconds
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Natural Talent, Alphabet Soup, and Can Anyone Really Be a Writer?
Published: March 16, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 5 seconds
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Challenging Our Writing Beliefs - A New Confessions of a Working Writer Series
Published: March 2, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 31 seconds
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AI, Creative Writing, and Imagination Atrophy
Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 9 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 20 seconds
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We Spend Too Much Time Doing the Wrong Things
Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds
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Let's Do a Birthday Confession!!!
Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 35 seconds
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To Grit or Quit...That Is the Question
Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 24 seconds
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Wrestling the Angel - Creativity and Where It Really Happens
Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds
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On Fear, Abundance, and Why I'm Embracing Scarcity
Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds
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New Year - New Season, New Book, and Setting New Boundaries
Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 5 seconds
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One More Confession (And An Announcement)
Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds
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IT'S THE 2022 HOLIDAY SPECIAL!!!
Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
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Finishing. Shipping, and Confronting the Fears of Being a Writer
Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 30 seconds
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Bringing Down the Hatchet - On Editing Your Story
Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 42 seconds
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Throw Some Ninjas In It - Secrets of the First Draft
Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 1 second
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Not Your English Teacher's Outline
Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds
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Setting - The Too Often Forgotten Character
Published: Nov. 3, 2022, 5 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds
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It's The Halloween Special!!!
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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Characters - Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Craft Them
Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds
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Let's Talk About the Brain Dump
Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 40 seconds
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So You Want to Write a Thing
Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds
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Things We Need to Stop Saying to Other Writers/Peaple
Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 1 second
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Fear, Priorities, and Writers
Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 21 seconds
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Congratulations! You've Got Writer's Block!
Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds
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Is Money the End Goal or the Facilitator?
Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 40 seconds
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How Do Writers Keep Score?
Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 10 seconds
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Losing Faith, Handling Change, and Hanging On to What's Important
Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 6 seconds
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Listener Q&A Extravaganza Part 2 - Working as a Writer
Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 7 seconds
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Listener Q&A Extravaganza Part 1 - Creativity
Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 8 seconds
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Writing Isn't a Solo Sport
Published: July 27, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 3 seconds
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The Big Hairy Money Question
Published: July 21, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 47 seconds
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Demystifying Inspiration
Published: July 14, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds
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Beware the Dark Side
Published: July 7, 2022, 1 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 36 seconds
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Finding Your Path with Georgie Hertz
Published: June 1, 2022, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 56 seconds
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Allowing Yourself Room to Create with Evelyn Berry
Published: May 16, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 35 seconds
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Let's Talk About All Things Writing
Published: May 12, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds
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Rough Times, a New Vision, and a Call to Action
Published: April 8, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds
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A Rough Week, Sciatica, and a Call to Resist
Published: March 11, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 53 seconds
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The Odd Convergence of My Lucky Writing Shirt, Hellraiser, and Iggy Pop's New Wave Phase
Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 39 seconds
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3 Lessons From My 41st Year
Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 9 seconds
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Just Tell Me a Story
Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 33 seconds
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Love Yourself, or Why I Stopped Getting Up at 4 AM to Write
Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 6 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 47 seconds
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One Chapter Closes, Another Opens
Published: Dec. 27, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds
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Some Truth About Dark Times and A Little Hope
Published: Dec. 17, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds
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Take a Holiday Break
Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds
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Reality Check for Creative Work
Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2021!!!
Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 25 seconds
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3 Things We Put Before the Craft
Published: Oct. 17, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds
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What is a Working Writer?
Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 9 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 35 seconds
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Season 3 Announcement
Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 54 seconds
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Week 52 - So What Happened? (Season 2 Finale)
Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 52 seconds
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Week 51 - 5 Lessons from 50 Weeks
Published: July 26, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds
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Week 49 - Our Own Rules
Published: July 12, 2021, 9 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 47 seconds
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Week 48 - The Freedom Episode
Published: July 4, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds
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Week 47 - Under Pressure
Published: June 28, 2021, noonDuration: 11 minutes 35 seconds
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Week 45 - Not Good Enough
Published: June 14, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds
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Week 44 - Love, Death, and Editing
Published: June 7, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 5 seconds
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Week 43 - Internal vs. External
Published: June 1, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 3 seconds
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Week 42 - Do What You Can
Published: May 24, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds
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Week 41 - Rough Drafts
Published: May 17, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 13 seconds
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Week 40 - 10 Lessons I'm Relearning
Published: May 10, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds
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Week 39 - Do What Works
Published: May 3, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 19 seconds
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Week 37 - Relentless
Published: April 19, 2021, noonDuration: 18 minutes 30 seconds
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Week 36 - Passion/Work Balance
Published: April 12, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds
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Week 34 - Stepping Back
Published: March 29, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 46 seconds
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Week 33 - Reinspiration Grab Bag
Published: March 22, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 43 seconds
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Week 32 - Lifehack 0.5
Published: March 15, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 19 seconds
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Week 31 - Reality, Respect, and Building Boundaries
Published: March 8, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 4 seconds
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Week 30 - Fear Itself, My Own Rules, and Quitting a Side Job
Published: March 2, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 52 seconds
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Week 29 - The Comics Expo
Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 40 seconds
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Week 28 - Worry, Fear, and Lessons from a Week of Rain
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 12 seconds
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Week 27 - 41 In 7 Vonnegut Quotes
Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 3 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds
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Week 26 - What I Learned When I Was 40
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds
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Week 24 - Why Do I Do It?
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 13 seconds
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Week 23 - For Those Who Love Us
Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds
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Week 22 - New Year, New Ask Me Anything
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds
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Week 21 - Embrace Your False Starts
Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds
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Week 20 - Most Fights Start Standing Up
Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds
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Week 19 - Talking Depression
Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 56 seconds
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Week 18 - Process Revelations
Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 2 seconds
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Week 16 - The Matt Thanksgiving Special
Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds
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Week 15 - November Grab Bag (What I'm Reading, Listening To, Learning, and The Parable of The Penthouse)
Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 47 seconds
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Week 14 - The Mystical Game of Effort Twister
Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 39 seconds
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Week 13 - Self Care or Why I Learned the Grit Propaganda is Bull
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 54 seconds
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Week 12 - Fountain Pens, Rocky III, and NaNoWriMo
Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds
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Week 11 - You Can't Fix a Blank Page
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 35 seconds
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Week 10 - Magic Words
Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds
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Week 9 - Influences and Inspiration
Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 19 seconds
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Week 8 - Bad at Grace
Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds
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Week 7 - Morning Walks and Short Stories
Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds
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Week 6 - Why You Need a Friend
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, noonDuration: 16 minutes 26 seconds
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Week 5 - You're Not Your Title
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, noonDuration: 16 minutes 45 seconds
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Week 4 - The Lesson of Back Pain
Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 15 seconds
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Week 3 - Distracted
Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 53 seconds
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Week 2 - Slow is Steady, Steady is Fast
Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 35 seconds
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Week 1 - Moving and "Them"
Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 2 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 3 seconds
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Season 2 Announcement
Published: July 30, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 1 second
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Knowing Our Role
Published: June 2, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 51 seconds
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Creativity and Mental Health
Published: May 28, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 47 seconds
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Putting It Together
Published: April 16, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 38 seconds
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The Words on the Page
Published: April 2, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 14 seconds
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Put the Tiger King Down
Published: April 1, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds
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Let's Talk Language
Published: March 26, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 30 seconds
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Plot: Beware the Hand of the Writer
Published: March 19, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds
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The Thing About Mentors
Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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Plot: Sermon or Subtext?
Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 2 seconds
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Plot: Show Don't Tell
Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds
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Bonus: Doom and Gloom
Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds
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Confession: My Own Worst Enemy
Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 52 seconds
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Prewriting: Characters
Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 40 seconds
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Meet Your Characters
Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 59 seconds
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Getting Started: Fear the How
Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 56 seconds
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Getting Started: Foundations
Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 2 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 6 seconds
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Do You Read Fiction?
Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 34 seconds
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The Value of Language
Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 48 seconds
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For the Kid By the Window
Published: Oct. 23, 2019, 10 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 17 seconds
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Somebody Already Kicked Your A@#
Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 38 seconds
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Bonus: Invoking the Muse
Published: Sept. 15, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 28 seconds
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Depression, My Love of Star Wars, Connecting with Hope
Published: Sept. 3, 2019, noonDuration: 19 minutes 44 seconds
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Stoicism, Doing Stuff, Who Am I
Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 1 second
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Staying Stupid, Beginnings, and Goodbyes
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 9 seconds
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Let Me Tell You About Mike
Published: July 30, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 39 seconds
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How Storytelling Saved My Life
Published: July 23, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 7 seconds
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Your Story, My Story, and Everything In Between
Published: July 9, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 28 seconds
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Your Voice: Exploration
Published: June 25, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 5 seconds
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Your Voice: Emulation
Published: June 20, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 17 seconds
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Your Voice: Discovery
Published: June 18, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 38 seconds
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Tools of Your Craft
Published: June 11, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds
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