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Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey. Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is a weekly writing podcast that focuses on memoir and personal writing, as well as industry trends and tips and resources for writers and authors. Memoir Nation features a segment called Book Alley at the end of each episode to talk about recent memoirs that authors have sent Brooke and Grant, or memoirs they've discovered that are thought provoking or ha...

Breaking Into Ghostwriting and Work-for-Hire Writing, featuring Aubre Andrus

30 mins; February 12, 2024

Breaking Into Ghostwriting and Work-for-Hire Writing, featuring Aubre Andrus

33 mins; February 12, 2024

How Stories Get Carried Through the Generations and in Our Bones, featuring Ingrid Rojas Contreras

50 mins; February 05, 2024

How Stories Get Carried Through the Generations and in Our Bones, featuring Ingrid Rojas Contreras

53 mins; February 05, 2024

Get Into Your Writing Using All the Senses, featuring Janet Fitch

55 mins; January 29, 2024

Get Into Your Writing Using All the Senses, featuring Janet Fitch

52 mins; January 29, 2024

How to Be Self-Revealing in Memoir When You're Not In Real Life, featuring Dr. Brian H. Williams

41 mins; January 22, 2024

How to Be Self-Revealing in Memoir When You're Not In Real Life, featuring Dr. Brian H. Williams

39 mins; January 22, 2024

Hidden Stories, featuring Vanessa Chan

34 mins; January 15, 2024

Hidden Stories, featuring Vanessa Chan

37 mins; January 15, 2024

The Future of the Book, featuring Maja Thomas

49 mins; January 08, 2024

The Future of the Book, featuring Maja Thomas

46 mins; January 08, 2024

The New Year's Un-resolution Show

19 mins; January 01, 2024

The New Year's Un-resolution Show

17 mins; January 01, 2024

The Subtle Art of Attunement and Its Bearing on Our Writing, featuring Baron Wormser

41 mins; December 18, 2023

The Subtle Art of Attunement and Its Bearing on Our Writing, featuring Baron Wormser

38 mins; December 18, 2023

Finding and Building the Community That’s Right for You, with Alexa Bigwarfe

40 mins; December 11, 2023

Finding and Building the Community That’s Right for You, with Alexa Bigwarfe

43 mins; December 11, 2023

The Higher Truth of Fiction, featuring Jamila Minnicks

40 mins; December 04, 2023

The Higher Truth of Fiction, featuring Jamila Minnicks

37 mins; December 04, 2023

The Origin Story, featuring Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro

48 mins; November 27, 2023

The Origin Story, featuring Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro

45 mins; November 27, 2023

One Sentence Leads to a Second Sentence: Pushing Through the Muddy Middle of NaNoWriMo, featuring Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner

24 mins; November 13, 2023

One Sentence Leads to a Second Sentence: Pushing Through the Muddy Middle of NaNoWriMo, featuring Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner

26 mins; November 13, 2023

Get Inspired to Write from One of the Most Prolific Women Writers in History, featuring Allison Gilbert

46 mins; November 06, 2023

Get Inspired to Write from One of the Most Prolific Women Writers in History, featuring Allison Gilbert

43 mins; November 06, 2023

Gothic Stories’ Long History of Drawing from Everyday Monsters, featuring Isabel Cañas

39 mins; October 30, 2023

Gothic Stories’ Long History of Drawing from Everyday Monsters, featuring Isabel Cañas

43 mins; October 30, 2023

Playing with Narration in Memoir, with Maggie Smith

49 mins; October 23, 2023

Playing with Narration in Memoir, with Maggie Smith

45 mins; October 23, 2023

For the Love of Fanfiction, featuring Rainbow Rowell

41 mins; October 16, 2023

For the Love of Fanfiction, featuring Rainbow Rowell

38 mins; October 16, 2023

The Art of Coauthoring, featuring Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché

48 mins; October 09, 2023

The Art of Coauthoring, featuring Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché

45 mins; October 09, 2023

The Best Way to Learn to Write a Novel? Write It!, featuring Kayvion Lewis

39 mins; October 02, 2023

The Best Way to Learn to Write a Novel? Write It!, featuring Kayvion Lewis

36 mins; October 02, 2023

Dreaming and Writing, featuring Tzivia Gover

36 mins; September 25, 2023

Dreaming and Writing, featuring Tzivia Gover

39 mins; September 25, 2023

What Short Stories Do That Novels Can’t, featuring Ghassan Zeineddine

39 mins; September 18, 2023

What Short Stories Do That Novels Can’t, featuring Ghassan Zeineddine

36 mins; September 18, 2023

Unconventional Points of View, featuring Jimin Han

41 mins; September 11, 2023

Unconventional Points of View, featuring Jimin Han

44 mins; September 11, 2023

Agent Insights, featuring Lisa Leshne

39 mins; September 03, 2023

Agent Insights, featuring Lisa Leshne

42 mins; September 03, 2023

The Art of Memoir, featuring Rebecca Carroll and Jeannine Ouellette

54 mins; August 28, 2023

The Art of Memoir, featuring Rebecca Carroll and Jeannine Ouellette

51 mins; August 28, 2023

Storytelling from Legacy Authors, featuring Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein

44 mins; August 21, 2023

Storytelling from Legacy Authors, featuring Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein

41 mins; August 21, 2023

The Business of Publishing, featuring Rachael Herron and Joe Biel

46 mins; August 14, 2023

The Business of Publishing, featuring Rachael Herron and Joe Biel

49 mins; August 14, 2023

High-Stakes Fiction, featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes

40 mins; August 07, 2023

High-Stakes Fiction, featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes

43 mins; August 07, 2023

Parent-Adult Child Dynamics for Writers, featuring Gail Warner (Brooke’s mom)

51 mins; July 31, 2023

Parent-Adult Child Dynamics for Writers, featuring Gail Warner (Brooke’s mom)

54 mins; July 31, 2023

The Art of Writing Unlikeable Characters, featuring Ben Purkert

39 mins; July 24, 2023

The Art of Writing Unlikeable Characters, featuring Ben Purkert

46 mins; July 24, 2023

Community as Muse, featuring Kellye Garrett

52 mins; July 17, 2023

Community as Muse, featuring Kellye Garrett

45 mins; July 17, 2023

Coming-of-Age Stories, featuring Yasmin Azad

35 mins; July 10, 2023

Coming-of-Age Stories, featuring Yasmin Azad

38 mins; July 10, 2023

Graphic Novels, Literary Collage, and Poetry Comics, featuring Kelcey Ervick

39 mins; June 26, 2023

Graphic Novels, Literary Collage, and Poetry Comics, featuring Kelcey Ervick

38 mins; June 26, 2023

Leveraging Your Why, featuring N.D. Jones

43 mins; June 19, 2023

Leveraging Your Why, featuring N.D. Jones

44 mins; June 19, 2023

Taking the Dare, featuring Krystal Marquis

29 mins; June 12, 2023

Taking the Dare, featuring Krystal Marquis

27 mins; June 12, 2023

Stories That Must Be Told, featuring Nicole Chung

40 mins; June 05, 2023

Stories That Must Be Told, featuring Nicole Chung

40 mins; June 05, 2023

Writing a Violent Story with Love, featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

33 mins; May 29, 2023

Writing a Violent Story with Love, featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

35 mins; May 29, 2023

Investigating Toward Deeper Truths, featuring Gretchen Cherington

41 mins; May 22, 2023

Investigating Toward Deeper Truths, featuring Gretchen Cherington

39 mins; May 22, 2023

The Mystery Is the Clarity, featuring Charif Shanahan

44 mins; May 15, 2023

The Mystery Is the Clarity, featuring Charif Shanahan

42 mins; May 15, 2023

Pushing Boundaries in Book Publishing, featuring Joe Biel

37 mins; May 08, 2023

Pushing Boundaries in Book Publishing, featuring Joe Biel

35 mins; May 08, 2023

Writing with Raw Honesty about Family, featuring Rebecca Carroll

35 mins; May 01, 2023

Writing with Raw Honesty about Family, featuring Rebecca Carroll

37 mins; May 01, 2023

Dollars and Cents—the Money Episode, featuring Rachael Herron

45 mins; April 24, 2023

Dollars and Cents—the Money Episode, featuring Rachael Herron

43 mins; April 24, 2023

On Pioneering and Why It Matters, featuring Donna Hill

42 mins; April 17, 2023

On Pioneering and Why It Matters, featuring Donna Hill

40 mins; April 17, 2023

Executing an Ambitious Book Project, featuring Jinwoo Chong

35 mins; April 10, 2023

Executing an Ambitious Book Project, featuring Jinwoo Chong

33 mins; April 10, 2023

The Themed Poetry Collection, featuring Heather Bourbeau

37 mins; April 03, 2023

The Themed Poetry Collection, featuring Heather Bourbeau

36 mins; April 03, 2023

The Literature of Longing, featuring Madelaine Lucas

34 mins; March 27, 2023

The Literature of Longing, featuring Madelaine Lucas

32 mins; March 27, 2023

The Self-improvement Memoir, featuring Peggy Orenstein

40 mins; March 20, 2023

The Self-improvement Memoir, featuring Peggy Orenstein

38 mins; March 20, 2023

Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen

42 mins; March 13, 2023

Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen

43 mins; March 13, 2023

How We Can Reclaim Our Stories Through Fiction, featuring Cheryl A. Head

38 mins; March 06, 2023

How We Can Reclaim Our Stories Through Fiction, featuring Cheryl A. Head

36 mins; March 06, 2023

Memoirs That Risk Everything, featuring Eden Boudreau

39 mins; February 27, 2023

Memoirs That Risk Everything, featuring Eden Boudreau

38 mins; February 27, 2023

The Art of Brevity, featuring Grant Faulkner

30 mins; February 20, 2023

The Art of Brevity, featuring Grant Faulkner

29 mins; February 20, 2023

How Psychology Drives Good Fiction, featuring Ana Reyes

30 mins; February 13, 2023

How Psychology Drives Good Fiction, featuring Ana Reyes

29 mins; February 13, 2023

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