The 7am Novelist

<p>Today, I’m talking to Rosie Sulton & Barbara Best, directors of a new initiative called Peer Coaching for Writers.</p><p>Watch a recording here. This audio/video version is available for a few weeks. Missed it? Check...

<p>Today, I’m talking to Elizabeth Searle, author most recently of the story collection: THE DRAMA ROOM: A Collection in Three Acts. We’re going to be talking about how her scriptwriting has helped her fiction and vice...

<p>Today, I’m talking to Charlene Wang, whose debut novel, I’LL FOLLOW YOU, was released in October. We’re going to be talking about how she woke up her passive protagonist by paying attention to the tactile and—simply...

<p>Today, I’m so happy to get the chance to talk again with Sheri Joseph. I’ve always been a fan of her work, and her latest, Angels at the Gate, is the kind of dark, academic mystery that also takes its time in digging...

<p>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 book. It took...

<p>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 recent novel...

<p>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’ll discuss these...

<p>A short and special episode for those of you interested in our unique in-person novel revision program, now in its fifteenth year.</p><p>For more info: https://grubstreet.org/write/novel-incubator</p><p>To attend our...

<p>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 his subject gave...

<p>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 in an age when...

<p>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 to inherit a...

<p>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 one of the first...

<p>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 narrator or...

<p>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, and friend to many...

<p>We’ve got one of Boston’s best literary citizens with us, Jessica Kent. She’s the founder of Literary Boston, a website that covers the local literary community, marketing advice for authors, and a chance to take...