Author Interviews

Freeing Your Creative Mind with Donna Jackson Nakazawa

+ Neuroscience Tools to Stop Ruminating and Start Creating

May 19 • Joanna Phoenix

49:58

Laurie Frankel on the NYT Bestselling Edge of Our Comfort Zones

+ The Courage and Freedom of Heavy Revision

May 5 • Joanna Phoenix and Evelyn Skye

49:49

Book Publicity for Introverts with Stacey Lee, NYT-Bestselling Author

+ Gothic Fiction and the Fun on YA Historical

Apr 7 • Joanna Phoenix and Evelyn Skye

39:43

Rebecca Serle on Emotional Depth and Literary Brevity

+ The Wholeness of Motherhood in Fiction and Life

Mar 17 • Joanna Phoenix and Evelyn Skye

36:07

Multiple POVs and Family Secrets with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, NYT Bestselling Author

+ Starting a Writing Career in Midlife

Mar 3 • Joanna Phoenix and Evelyn Skye

41:05

Co-writing Romance with Your Spouse, Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegmund-Broka

+ Challenges and Rewards of Writing in Partnership

Feb 17 • Joanna Phoenix and Evelyn Skye

35:00

Playing Big in Our Creative Lives with Tara Mohr

Find Our Inner Mentor and Pursuing Our Callings

Feb 3 • Joanna Phoenix

42:44

Connections Across Time and Identity with Deepa Anappara, Award Winning Author

+Researching Historical Fiction, Translating Culture, and Building Bridges with Characters

Jan 20 • Joanna Phoenix and Evelyn Skye

42:19

Motherhood, Art, and Writing New Fairy Tales with Roshani Chokshi, New York Times Bestselling Author

Redefining success in a writing career

Jan 6 • Joanna Phoenix, Evelyn Skye, and Roshani Chokshi

38:02

Holiday Fiction & Weathering the Chills of Publishing with Matthew Norman & Emily Stone

+ Writing the emotional nuance of love, loss, and laughter on the page

Dec 2, 2025

48:13

What Publishers Really Want with Simon & Schuster Senior Editor Lara Jones

+ Behind the scenes of a book deal, cover design & more

Aug 5, 2025

42:11

Pen Names, Backlist, & Reese's Book Club with Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times Bestselling Author

+ The advice that completely changed how she writes

Jul 29, 2025

35:43

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