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• Imagine More Deeply with Cai Emmons, via Paul Calandrino

  This is one of Rachael’s favorite episodes, ever — join Paul as he tells us about Cai Emmons’s new book The Bells. Paul Calandrino is a playwright, educator, and actor based in Eugene, Oregon, where Cai and he lived until she died. Since she passed, he has been curating her literary legacy with the release of this book, and he is currently collecting her blog content into book form. Cai Emmons (1951-2023) was the author of seven novels and a story collection, Vanishing. The Bells, is her final novel. She held a BA from Yale University and two MFAs, one from New York University in film and the other from the University of Oregon in fiction. Before turning to fiction, Emmons wrote plays and screenplays. Winner of a Student Academy Award, an Oregon Book Award, and the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize, and finalist for the Narrative, The Missouri Review, and the Sarton awards, she taught at a variety of institutions, most recently in the creative writing program at the University of Oregon. She died in 2023 from Bulbar-onset ALS, a fast-progressing form of the disease that had taken her voice. The Bells, which features a protagonist with ALS, has just been released by Red Hen Press. Her final years are also the focus of an award-winning documentary Vanishing: A Love Story, directed by Sandra Luckow. ✏️ Writing in the Junkyard Online Writing Retreat! Join us! http://rachaelherron.com/retreat🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage(New perks, like editing!)📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publishEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list): ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Black Herron 38

  In which we catch up on two months! Sacha’s new goals, her amazing Shopify success, and Rachael’s new book idea (plus a challenge from Sacha). 🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage(New perks, like editing!)📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publishEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list): ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Give Yourself the Dignity of Writing it Your Way, with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

  I ADORE this episode, in which I talk to Louisa about making things by hand, including books! Louisa Owen Sonstroem considers garment-making skills to be deeply empowering. Louisa writes and teaches about patternmaking and hand stitching clothing. For most of a decade, she worked in technical design and patternmaking, most recently for Macy's and Eileen Fisher. Previous projects have included a self-published book called Hand Sewing Clothing: A Guide, as well as two seasons of “Patternmaking in Public Places,” an outreach project she started to democratize access to patternmaking skills. This year, Louisa is celebrating the August release of her newest book, The Handsewn Wardrobe: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes, from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches, in collaboration with Storey Publishing.https://theclothpurpose.substack.com/https://www.louisamerry.com/✏️ Writing in the Junkyard Online Writing Retreat! Join us! http://rachaelherron.com/retreat🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage(New perks, like editing!)📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publishEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list): ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• How to Start Again When it Feels Impossible, with Samantha Browning Shea

  Samantha Browning Shea is an agent who knows about selling books, and we talk about how it felt when her first book didn’t sell on submission, and how she started again. Also: on the struggle of the middle, on touring, and on how to keep readers reading (hint: it’s about those open loops). Samantha Browning Shea is an author and the vice president of Georges Borchardt, Inc. literary agency. A graduate of Colgate University, Samantha lives in Connecticut with her husband and their two daughters. Marrow is her debut novel.🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage(New perks, like editing!)📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publishEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list): ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Your Fear Is Not Relevant, with Becca Syme

  Becca Syme is at it again, telling us how to quit what we should quit (and how to keep going when it’s the right thing to do). Don’t miss this amazing episode! Becca Syme (MATL) is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and has individually coached more than 6000 authors at all levels. She is the author of the Quitbooks for Writers series and the popular Write Better-Faster course, and the host of the Quitcast for Writers podcast and YouTube channel. She also writes mystery novels and lives on one of the thousand lakes in Minnesota.All Becca’s links: http://betterfaster.com/linksBecca’s Kickstarter: http://rachaelherron.com/beccaRosie’s Kickstarter: http://rachaelherron.com/rosie🏠 Ink Village! Check it out here: http://rachaelherron.com/inkvillage(New perks, like editing!)📕 OUT NOW! The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland: http://rachaelherron.com❤️ Write in Italy May 2026: http://rachaelherron.com/italy2026🎉 Unstuck is now available here: https://rachaelherronbooks.com/Ink In Your Veins: How Writers Actually Write (and how you can, too)Writing doesn't have to be so hard. With internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron, learn how to embrace ease, reject perfectionism, and finally create your perfect writing process. (Formerly known as How Do You Write) Come for inspiration, stay for lots more.📙 Publish Your Book! https://rachaelherron.com/publishEXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITERS (join my writer's list): ➡️ How to Know If You’re Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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