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Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States, on the Beautiful Writers Podcast
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States—the nation's "official" poet—is here! She's the first Native American to hold this position, and I've been a weepy mess since she agreed to chat with us. As someone who lived on raw land in Northern New Mexico and studied...
Terry McMillan and Laura Munson: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Novelists
Today on the #BeautifulWritersPodcast, two of my bestie New York Times bestselling author friends meet for the 1st time. (You know I love literary matchmaking.) Laura Munson is promoting her first novel, Willa’s Grove, while Terry McMillan is about to share with the...
Cheryl Strayed & Nia Vardalos: What Would They Do? Answers to questions that stump me, and maybe you too.
"Writers write." This sentence—these two little words said by Oscar-nominated screenwriter, actress, and bestselling author Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Instant Mom) on today's Beautiful Writers Podcast, seem so obvious, right? Of course, writers write!...
New Writing Retreat Testimonials (& Upcoming Rate Increase):
Hello, Love! Maybe you know what this is like: It's so HARD to say goodbye after you've felt seen, heard, and loved up—"gotten" as a person and a writer, maybe for the first time. (Not that it ever gets old.) How, after you've bonded through laughter, tears, and...
Joel Stein on the Beautiful Writers Podcast
Humor writer and journalist Joel Stein has kept me laughing for over twenty years with his brilliant columns in Time magazine, the LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, and more. With his hilarious and insightful new book, In Defense of Elitism: Why I'm Better Than You and...
Anita Moorjani & Kelly Noonan Gores: Miraculous Healing
What's it take to make a story go viral? Global? To top the charts as word-of-mouth carries your tale far and wide—for days, months, or even years? There's no one formula. But certain things help stack the odds in your favor. Like novelty (a unique idea). Grabbiness...
What do I put in my book proposal? And how do I build a “platform”?!
Didn’t think I could focus. It was a long week—for everyone.😶God, it felt good to get back to the page. (As the say… t.co/AbFINmYwo3