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S2E2: RUFI THORPE on the cost of motherhood, stubbornness, & writing without fear Jan 13, 2023

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Your hosts Ellen Annie & Tessa talk with Rufi Thorpe on the cost (and gift) of motherhood, stubbornness, f*&k you energy, and being a fearless, feral writer. Also announcing our bookclub! Read along with us!
Authors mentioned:
Prince Harry
Jane Smiley
Jodi Picoult
Rufi's books:
The Knockout Queen
The Girls from Corona Del Mar
Dear Fang, With Love

Season 2! Holiday Madness & New Years Writing Goals Jan 06, 2023

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Catching up with your hosts, Ellen Annie & Tessa, about various holiday plagues and new years writing plans. Plus, bumpkins!
Send your questions for the podcast to HTSYpod@gmail.com

#20: KATIE RUNDE, author of The Shore Nov 09, 2022

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Ellen and Annie and Katie Runde talk acknowledgements, Fleabag, prologues, freelance editors, and not quitting on your book.
Katie's book is here:
THE SHORE

#19: VANESSA A. BEE, author of Home Bound Oct 06, 2022

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Tessa and Annie talk accountability groups (find out more at anniehartnett.com/workshops and then chat with Vanessa A. Bee, author of HOME BOUND, out October 11
See Vanessa on tour: https://vanessaabee.com/
Vanessa's book:
HOME BOUND

#18: JOSEPH SCAPELLATO author of the The Made-Up Man Sep 16, 2022

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Ellen and Tessa and our guest Joe Scapellato talk writing 2 books at once, writing for middle grade audiences, and how parenting can enrich your writing.
Joe's books:
The Made-Up Man
Big Lonesome

#17: Nancy Reddy and Emily Pérez, editors of The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood Sep 04, 2022

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Ellen and Annie talk agents and non-fiction projects put on the back burner, and then chat with Nancy Reddy and Emily Pérez, the editors of The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.
The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood
Article mentioned
Folding Clothes is a Scam by Kathleen Donahoe

#16: Antonia Angress, author of SIRENS & MUSES Sep 01, 2022

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Antonia Angress, author of SIRENS & MUSES, doesn't have children, but hopes to have one someday soon.
Antonia's book:
SIRENS AND MUSES

#15: Amy Jo Burns, author of SHINER AND CINDERLAND Aug 17, 2022

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Amy Jo’s Books:

SHINER

CINDERLAND

Also mentioned:

Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlisle concert

Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

Everything I Have is Yours by Eleanor Henderson

#14: Shannon Sanders, author of forthcoming COMPANY Aug 03, 2022

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Shannon Sanders's book COMPANY, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2023. Her short story “The Good, Good Men” was a 2020 winner of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She is a mother of three, including a set of twins, and she writes on the back porch.
We met her on twitter, so you should follow her too, @ShandersWrites
Also mentioned:
Reiko Davis, Shannon's agent
Laura van den Berg
Monica Wood
Tony Tulathimutte

#13: Jericho Vincent, author and spiritual entrepreneur Jul 22, 2022

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Tessa and Annie talk with the wise and earnest Jericho Vincent, author, parent, and spiritual entrepreneur.
Jericho's books:
Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood
Legends of the Talmud: A Collection of Ancient Magical Jewish Tales
Also mentioned:
The Crane Wife: A Memoir by CJ Hauser

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