The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

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Episode 212: Kevin Guilfoile on Uncovering the Chaos and 'A Drive into the Gap' Jul 24, 2020

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Kevin Guilfoile is the author of the memoir A Drive into the Gap. It is published by Field Notes.

This podcast is sponsored by my writing coaching services as well as Casualty of Words, a writing podcast for people in a hurry.

Episode 211: What to Do When You Hate the Work with Rose Andersen Jul 17, 2020

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"Great, so you're at the point in the writing process where you hate all your work. We all do that," says Rose Andersen, @roseandersen.

This episode is sponsored by Scrivener, by writers for writers and Casualty of Words, a writing podcast for people in a hurry.

Keep the conversation going on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, @CNFPod. See you there for office hours!

Episode 210: Stephanie Gorton Looks to the Past with 'Citizen Reporters' Jul 10, 2020

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Stephanie Gorton, author of Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine that Rewrote America, talks about the sacrifice of writing a book, reading fiction and nonfiction, and what it was like midwifing other people's books into the world before writing her own.

This episode is sponsored by Scrivener, made by writers for writers, and Casualty of Words, a near-daily writing podcast for people in a hurry.

Be sure to follow the show on social media @CNFPod.

Episode 209: The Evolution of Beth Roars Jul 03, 2020

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Beth Roars is a vocal coach, performer, podcaster, and YouTube superstar and it's her take on creativity and evolution that inspired this conversation.

Keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod across them all.

Episode 208: From Floundering to Freelance Superstar with Wudan Yan Jun 26, 2020

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"That was always my understanding that if you want to be a freelance journalist, you're probably going to have to do a lot of things that you don't want to do. So it creates time space, resources for you to dig into the things that you want to do," says Wudan Yan, @wudanyan on Twitter.

This episode is sponsored by Scrivener, created by writers, for writers.

Be sure you're subscribed wherever you get your podcasts and keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod.

Episode 207: Every Story is a Workshop with Roy Peter Clark Jun 19, 2020

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"I wrote a column on my 30th birthday saying things I'd like ,by the time I was 40, was write one good book," says Roy Peter Clark.

I'd say he did. Try about a dozen with Writing Tools and Murder Your Darlings being two that you know and love.

He's @roypeterclark on Twitter.

Follow the show @CNFPod.

Let's give a big CNFin' welcome to Scrivener for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Be sure to check them out to level up your writing game.

Episode 206: Neal Bascomb on Deep Research, Failed Novels, and Locking into Nonfiction Jun 12, 2020

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Neal Bascomb, the best-selling author, joins us to talk about Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), joins us to talk about the book, the essay he wrote as a kid that sent him on this path, and the myriad failed novels that put him on the nonfiction track.

Keep the conversation going on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, @CNPod. I'd love to hear from you.

Episode 205: The Art of Biography with Larry Tye Jun 05, 2020

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Larry Tye is here to talk about his new book Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod.

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Episode 204: Peter Brown Hoffmeister on Self-Control, Internal Drive and Regret in Memoir May 29, 2020

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Peter Brown Hoffmeister makes his return to the podcast.

He talks about role models, internal drive, self-control, regret in memoir, and he even reads a poem at the end.

Keep the conversation going on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, all @CNFPod.

Episode 203: Emma Copley Eisenberg — A Window into Journalism World May 22, 2020

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"I tried to write fiction and other things and it just kept being there and wanting to be written about," says Emma Copley Eisenberg about her nonfiction book, The Third Rainbow Girl.

In this show we talk about her soiree into journalism world, the many false starts her book took, and pushing the boundaries in creative nonfiction.

Follow her on Twitter @frumpenberg. Follow the show @CNFPod on IG, Twitter, and FB. Keep the conversation going, man.

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