More to the Story Podcast with Janna Maron

All things writing & publishing creative nonfiction with book coach, editor & lit mag publisher Janna Marlies Maron, on a mission to help as many woman as possible write the books they need to write. moretothestory.substack.com

More to the Story Podcast with Janna Maron is a arts podcast hosted by Janna Marlies Maron, with 57 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Janna Marlies Maron hosts More to the Story Podcast with Janna Maron, a arts show with 57 episodes published.

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  Following the Energy of Your Writing

  Apr 7, 202651 minS0

  <p>Today on More to the Story Podcast: Writing, Energy, and the Creative Life with Susie Pratt</p><p>On essay collections, self-doubt, literary community, and following the energy of your work</p><p>Today I’m joined by my client Susannah (Susie) Pratt, author of More or Less: Essays from a Year of No Buying, a prize-winning essay collection that explores what it means to raise a family inside consumer culture and how our identities are shaped by what we own—and don’t.</p><p>In this conversation, Susie and I talk about the evolution of her essay collec...

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  When Linked Essays Become a Memoir

  Mar 24, 202639 minS0

  <p>Today on More to the Story Podcast, I’m talking with my client, Margaret Whitford, whose forthcoming memoir The History We Carry (She Writes Press, June 2026) explores the impact of generational trauma, a mother–daughter relationship shaped by wartime history, and how personal narrative becomes a place of refuge.</p><p>Margaret and I began working together several years ago on the early draft of her book, and in this conversation she shares the long, patient journey from dense essays to a full manuscript—and ultimately to publication.</p><p>About Margaret</p><p>Margaret Whitford served in leadership positi...

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  How a Private Blog Became a Memoir that Resonated with Hundreds

  Mar 3, 202635 minS0

  <p>Today on More to the Story Podcast: Returning Home, Rewriting Life — A Conversation with Chick Morgan</p><p>Today I’m talking with my client Eileen “Chick” Morgan, a writer, singer-songwriter, podcaster, cabaret performer, and arts entrepreneur whose creative life is as rich and layered as her memoir, Everything’s a Two-Step But a Waltz: The Reluctant Texan Comes Home.</p><p>Chick spent decades building a global corporate career before eventually returning—reluctantly—to Texas. What began as a deeply personal, private email blog shared with a handful of close friends grew into a powerful story of heartbreak, reinvention, i...

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  How One Writer Found the Heart of Her Story Through Intuition and Lineage

  Feb 17, 202647 minS0

  <p>Today on More to the Story Podcast: Following the Thread — Intuition, Ancestry & Storytelling with Joella Aragón</p><p>How a multigenerational story finds its form through lineage, spirituality, and lived experience</p><p>Today I’m joined by my client Joella Aragón, a writer whose multigenerational, genre-bending book has been evolving for years — from memoir to fiction to speculative nonfiction and back again. Joella and I first met at a Shut Up & Write group I used to host at Old Soul Coffee in Sacramento, and from the beginning she was someone who carried a deep, intuitive relationship with sto...

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  Growing as a Writer (Even When the Book Isn’t Finished)

  Feb 3, 202629 minS0

  <p>Today on More to the Story Podcast: Talking Writing, Meditation, and the Long Journey of Memoir with Lori Wald</p><p>This week I’m joined by my former client Lori Wald, mindfulness meditation teacher, personal essayist, and author of the Substack newsletter Tuesdays with Lori. Lori and I worked together back in 2020 on a full draft of her memoir, and in this conversation she shares where the project has taken her since then, what she’s learning about structure, and how meditation is woven through both her life and her storytelling.</p><p>We talk about the nonlinear natu...

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