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Send us Fan Mail Before the podcast goes on summer hiatus, Corey turns in a book and Sara is overwhelmed and recording at the co-working space with a respectfully low voice. Also: a new secret question.  Some Margin Notes: Goodbye from Nowhere by Sara Making Pretty by Corey The Correspondent by Virginia Evans - book. Disclosure Day! It's a movie. The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman. Another b...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, a sudden death reminds Sara of the idea of vocation, we discuss if there's a perfect time to send a project to your agent (or trusted reader), and Corey goes to the theater. Some Margin Notes: Warren Farha and Eighth Day Books in the NYT Indian Princesses by Eliana Theologides Rodriguez The Librarians Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul Partially Devoured by Daniel...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode: The joys of multiple POVs, Sara asks a secret question, and a robust current events section in which we fail to solve a centuries-old problem in literary discourse. Some Margin Notes: The Recovering & Splinters by Leslie Jamison Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia Widow's Bay & DTF St...

Send us Fan Mail Discussed in this episode: How the answer is in the work, Colson Whitehead, Lena Dunham, and summer camp. Also, we think we've successfully enabled Buzzsprout "fan mail," so if you ever have a response to our questions to the universe and listeners, click that to send us a message! Errata:  Sara says Altan when she meant Alyan Not really an error but we talked quiii...

Send us Fan Mail Don't let the low energy intro fool you--in this one, we have so much to say. Along with our regular writing updates, we have reports from the field: Corey is our Threads correspondent, and Sara brings us the AI discourse. This was recorded several weeks before publishing, when all this was fresh out of the oven! Also: Corey asks her first Secret Question. Some Margin Notes:...

Send us Fan Mail We go on the journey of how Corey's newest novel, Mothers and Other Strangers , came to be. Also: how and if we share work in progress, and Sara's Song Sung Blue crisis. Approximate chapters: 0:00 - 29:00: Intro and still writing check-in 29:00 - 45:00: The tale of Corey selling her adult debut and why your agent matters so much. Plus bonus weird instrumental transition!...

Send us Fan Mail We talk about if, how, and what we're still writing, and the inaugural Secret Question is asked. Also, once again we don't stick the landing. Some Margin Notes: Being Gordon Ramsay on Netflix The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya Linkater's Blue Moon Welcome to the Moon and Other Plays by John Patrick Shanley All the President's Men as read by Richard Poe Hate Radio, Milo...

Send us Fan Mail We record our very first full episode and are bad at ending it! Topics covered: What we've been doing the last 20 years, and what we'll be doing the next 2 weeks. Some Margin Notes: Safekeeping: Some True Stories From a Life by Abigail Thomas Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (Netflix) I Love L.A. (HBO) Secret Mall Apartment (Netflix) Pre-order Corey's new book, Mothers an...

Send us Fan Mail We introduce ourselves ever so briefly! For more about the origins of this podcast, check out This Creative Life , the podcast Sara hosted for a decade, and its version of this trailer . More about Sara Zarr More about Corey Ann Haydu Theme music: Creative Commons Deep Friendship by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 More about Sara Zarr More about Corey Ann Haydu Still W...