The Resilient Writers Radio Show

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by Alexa Bigwarfe , USA Today bestselling author, publishing coach, founder of Write|Publish|Sell, and creator of the Women in Publishing Summit . Alexa has spent years helping women and underrepresented voices publish professional books, build author platforms, and gro...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by Toronto writer and journalist Christine Fischer Guy , author of The Umbrella Mender and her new novel, The Instrument Must Not Matter . Christine’s latest novel follows Lila, a gifted young classical pianist who leaves Toronto for New York City after being chosen to...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. What if the way your brain works isn’t something to fix, but something to understand, support, and work with? In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by Catherine Quiring , a licensed mental health counselor, podcast host, empath, mystic mom of two, and writer, for a thoughtful and deeply validating conversat...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of domestic abuse, coercive control, religious trauma, sexual assault, and emotional abuse. Please take care while listening. In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by author, artist, and survivor Boni Woodland to talk about her memoir, Turning Survival Into...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , Rhonda is joined by Annie Dike , author of Clovis , her debut literary fiction novel.  Annie’s writing life is anything but ordinary: she’s an attorney by profession, a long-time sailor, the author of several bestselling sailing books, and a travel writer whose work has grown out...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by Aga Maksimowska , author of Becalming and Giant , for a thoughtful conversation about voice, literary fiction, and what it means to return to a character after more than a decade.  Aga’s latest novel, Becalming , is anything but calm. It’s propulsive, emotionally lay...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. There’s something fascinating about stories that sit just outside the spotlight—moments in history that don’t always get the same attention, but quietly shape the world we’re living in now. That’s exactly where this conversation with Melanie Anagnos begins. Melanie’s novel Night Swimming is set in the 1970s—a decade often overshadowe...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever found yourself polishing the first chapter of your novel over and over again while the rest of the story stubbornly refuses to move forward, this episode is going to feel very familiar—and very reassuring. In this conversation, I’m joined by editor, author, and book coach Rebecca Pickens , and we talk about something t...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m talking with novelist Whitney Cubbison , who lives in Paris and writes romantic comedies inspired by her experiences as an American expat navigating dating, divorce, friendship, and life abroad.  But what makes Whitney’s story so interesting isn’t just the Paris setting or the...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you love stories that explore art, history, identity, and the lives of women artists across time, this episode will absolutely fascinate you. In this conversation on The Resilient Writers Radio Show, I’m joined by writer, translator, and literary critic Merav Fima , author of the short story collection Late Blossoms and the forthc...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered whether a personal essay might actually be the seed of something much bigger—or if you’ve felt the tug to write a memoir but weren’t sure where to begin—this episode is for you. In today’s conversation on The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by Carolyn Flynn : eight-time published author, TEDxWomen sp...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you love historical fiction that uncovers the hidden stories of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances, this episode is going to pull you right in. In today’s conversation on The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by historical novelist Diane Shotton, author of Motty’s Vow and her latest novel, The Dictograph...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wished someone could take all those slippery, hard-to-explain storytelling principles and turn them into something you could actually see, this episode is for you. In today’s conversation on The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by book coach and editor Lori Puma , and we dive into a topic that is both delightf...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to bring a whole historical world to life on the page—without losing your reader in the weeds—this episode is for you. In today’s conversation on The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by author Sharon Curcio , and we’re talking about her indie-published historical novel, Asayi: An Autisti...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a brand-new novelist takes a big, brave swing—tackling history, identity, community, and book bans all in one story—this episode is for you. Today on The Resilient Writers Radio Show, I’m joined by Julie Snider, a retired public school teacher near Sacramento who now writes both fiction and n...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered what might happen if the “perfect” PTA mom had a secret life… this episode is for you. In today’s conversation on The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by women’s suspense author Kendra Pecci, and we’re talking about her debut novel, Focus on Deception —a deliciously fun, high-stakes story set in a wor...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever had a moment where something about your life suddenly made sense—and at the same time opened up a whole new set of questions—this conversation is for you. In this episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I’m joined by writer and memoirist Julie Green, author of Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism, Parentho...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. This week on The Resilient Writers Radio Show, Rhonda is joined by Robert Boyle and Joe Cimenti, longtime friends who co-authored Thai Hut Tuesdays —a collection of short, heartfelt stories that’s meant to be both comforting and genuinely funny.  They describe the book as “Chicken Soup for the Soul meets Nate Bargatze”: emotional, re...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. What happens to creative writing—and to us as writers—when artificial intelligence becomes part of the conversation? In this solo episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show , I share why I'm introducing video to the podcast in 2026, and then dive into a thoughtful, deeply human conversation about AI and creative writing.  This...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered whether that wild, complicated story in your family could become a novel, this episode is for you. I’m joined by award-winning author Barbara Sibbald , whose latest book, Almost English , began as a family legend, became a genealogy project, then tried to be creative nonfiction—before finally settling into the...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. Welcome to another episode of The Resilient Writers Radio Show! My podcast editor is in sick leave this week, so thanks for your understanding with this unedited episode. 🥰 The stretch from Thanksgiving through New Year's can feel like a creative black hole for writers. Between holiday preparations, family gatherings, and end-o...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever felt like your novel is taking far too long—or wondered whether you can keep writing through big life challenges—this conversation with novelist Melanie Schnell will speak straight to your writer heart. Melanie is the author of While the Sun is Above Us , which won both the Saskatchewan First Book Award and the City of...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered whether self-publishing is “worth it,” or felt overwhelmed by all the moving parts—editing, design, distribution, marketing—this episode is for you.  I’m joined by Leanne Janzen of FriesenPress , the author-services arm of Friesens Corporation, a century-old Canadian printer trusted by traditional publishers a...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered how a writer turns the messiness of lived experience into a story readers can’t put down, this conversation with Shani Mootoo will light you up.  Shani—novelist, poet, and visual artist—joins me to talk about her newest book, Starry Starry Night , a work that took root more than 35 years ago and slowly transfo...

Send us a text! We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show. If you’ve ever wondered how your personal history and lived experiences might shape the stories you write, this conversation with novelist and poet Bruce Hunter will move and inspire you. Bruce joins Rhonda to talk about the re-release of his award-winning novel In the Bear’s House (Frontenac House, 2024)—a powerful story set in 1950...