Living The Writing Life Podcast with Nancy Christie

In Conversation With … Elisabeth Sharp McKetta, author

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta is an award-winning author, teacher, and speaker who  teaches writing for Harvard and Oxford.

She is the author of thirteen books, including the novels Ark and She Never Told Me About the Ocean, the memoir-in-essays Awake with Asashoryu, and the guidebook Edit Your Life—which was inspired by her 2019 TEDxBoise talk.

She co-edited the anthology What Doesn’t Kill Her: Women’s Stories of Resilience, which Gloria Steinem described as stories that “will help each of us to trust and tell our own.”

Elisabeth’s work with myth and memoir, the focus of her doctorate, has been spotlighted in Harvard Magazine.

For more about Elisabeth, visit her website and follow her on Instagram.

In today’s conversation, we’ll be talking about how to adapt myths and fairy tales to reclaim your own life story.

Thoughts on writing and life for September 2024

Just a few thoughts on why we need to find our writing tribe.

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In Conversation With … Jeanne Blasberg, author and essayist

 

Jeanne Blasberg is an award-winning and bestselling author and essayist. Her first two novels, The Nine (released in 2019) and Eden (released in 2017), were both award winners, and the third in that trilogy, Daughter of a Promise, was just released this past April.

A Smith College graduate, Jeanne was named a Southampton Writer’s Conference BookEnds Fellow in April 2021. She is both a teacher of writing and a lifetime learner and co-chairs the board of the Boston Book Festival and serves on the Executive Committee of GrubStreet, one of the country’s preeminent creative writing centers.

Jeanne also reviews contemporary fiction for the New York Journal of Books. When not in New England, she splits her time between Park City, UT, and growing organic vegetables in Verona, WI.

For more about Jeanne, visit her website and follow her on Facebook, Substack and Instagram.

In today’s conversation, we’ll be talking about the intersection of her life stage and her occupation as a farmer with her life as a writer.

Thoughts on writing and life for August 2024

Just a few thoughts on how midlife can be our most creative stage—if we are open to it.

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Thoughts on writing and life for July 2024

Just a few thoughts on how I realized that I needed to "unpack" my brain from one book project before I started another.

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In Conversation With … author Delia Ephron

 Delia Ephron is a bestselling author, screenwriter, essayist, and playwright. Her novels include the New York Times bestseller Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life that came out in 2022, Siracusa, and The Lion Is In, several essay collections, and books for children and young adults.

Her movie credits include You've Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, This is My Life, Michael, and Hanging Up. Her play, "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," written with her sister Nora Ephron (based on the book by Ilene Beckerman), ran for two years off Broadway and has been performed internationally.

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In this conversation, we’ll discuss the intersection of life and the creative process: how one can affect, influence and impact the other.

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Thoughts on writing and life for June 2024

Just a few thoughts on why we shouldn’t confuse “I’ve never done it” with “I can’t do it.”

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In Conversation With … Jonathan Lewis, writer and assemblage artist

   Jonathan Lewis writes microfiction travelogues which he shares freely at his website. Each 500-word story follows an international traveler as he explores the world and tries to better understand his place in it.

Now retired, Jonathan has had an eclectic career: California State Senate legislative staffer; art gallery owner; founder/CEO of a global social enterprise financing small businesses owned by low-income women; real estate developer; visiting professor at NYU and UC Berkeley. He has written one nonfiction book on social entrepreneurship. Jonathan is also an assemblage artist working with recycled materials.

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In this conversation, we’ll discuss how travel can inspire creativity.

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Thoughts on writing and life for May 2024

Just a few thoughts on why we shouldn’t confuse creative dormancy with creative death.

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In Conversation With … Charlene Wexler, author

A native Chicagoan, Charlene Wexler has been a teacher, wife, dental office manager, mother and grandmother. In retirement, her lifelong passion for writing has led her to create several essays and novels. Her books include Murder on Skid Row, Milk and Oranges, Lori and Elephants In The Room.

Charlene’s newest book, Farewell To South Shore was released in 2024, and her next one, We Won't Go Back, is scheduled for 2025.

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In today’s conversation, we’ll be talking about creative transitions in the writing journey.