The 7am Novelist Podcast
1) Peter Orner: Saying Something Slowly
Today, I’m excited to have acclaimed writer Peter Orner with us, author most recently of The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter. We’ll be talking about how he struggled with the structure and timeline of the...Show More
2) Kristin Vukovic & Jo Piazza: The Complexities of Place
Today, I’m talking to Kristin Vukovic and Jo Piazza, who are co-instructors of the Adriatic Writers Conference that takes place on the island of Lošinj in Croatia’s Kvarner Bay. Jo finished her most r...Show More
3) Roundtable: Can Climate Fiction Move the Needle?
Today our roundtable focuses on Climate Fiction: What is it? Why do authors write it? What role does it have in today’s literature, in our environment, in the way writers and others see the world? We’...Show More
4) Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program
A short and special episode for those of you interested in our unique in-person novel revision program, now in its fifteenth year.For more info: https://grubstreet.org/write/novel-incubatorTo attend o...Show More
5) Josh Barkan: Writing a Memoir Before You Know Its Ending
Today, we’re talking to Josh Barkan, an author of three books of fiction, who has turned at last to memoir writing. We discuss his experience in writing about a particular moment in his life before hi...Show More
6) Milo Todd: Writing Challenging Fiction in a Flattening Culture
Today, we’ve got one of my favorites, Milo, who has just published his debut novel to critical acclaim. It’s called THE LILAC PEOPLE. He’s going to be talking to us about writing challenging fiction i...Show More
7) Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too)
Today, I’m talking to Jessica Francis Kane, author of the recently released novel, FONSECA, based on a trip that acclaimed English writer Penelope Fitzgerald took in the Winter of 1952 in an attempt t...Show More
8) Emily Ross: The Chicken or the Egg of Character and Plotting
Today, we’ve got one of our star Novel Incubator alums, Emily Ross, who has just published her second novel, SWALLOWTAIL, a book that combines mythology, teenage longing, and small-town murder. It’s o...Show More
9) Roundtable: The Knotty Question of Voice
Today we have another of our roundtables and we’re focusing on voice: What really is voice? How does a writer create it? Change it? How do we differentiate between the writer’s voice and that of the n...Show More
10) Some Words from the Late Charles Coe
Good morning everyone. Today’s short episode is dedicated to Charles Coe, who passed away suddenly this weekend. His death is a shock to a lot of us. He was a beloved poet, educator, arts advocate, an...Show More