
Episode 74: The Creative Act
Meredith and Kristin discuss THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING by Rick Rubin as part of their continuing writing "book club." They share their favorite nuggets, and how reading generally about creativity can be helpful fo

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Meredith and Kristin discuss THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING by Rick Rubin as part of their continuing writing "book club." They share their favorite nuggets, and how reading generally about creativity can be helpful fo

Kristin and Meredith talk about their recent projects, and then chat with Brooklyn-based author Cassandra Neyenesch about her debut novel A LITTLE BIT BAD.

In chatting about their own work, Meredith and Kristin discuss nonfiction book proposals before bringing Brooke McIntyre to talk writing for young readers. Brooke brings a delightful curiosity and passion for the natural

Kristin and Meredith talk with Natasha Joukovsky about her book, Medium Rare , her invention of the recursive estimation algorithm, and how she juggles her writing with a busy corporate career.

Meredith and Kristin talk about moderating panels at the recent Virginia Festival of the Book, and then discuss Ray Bradbury's entertaining book ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING as their writing "book club" continues.

Valerie Perreault , a Florida Keys resident whose visual artwork has appeared in all sorts of illustrious places, shares with Meredith and Kristin her journey of returning to her long-time creative love, poetry. Valerie'

It's a new year, and Kristin and Meredith have decided to use half their episodes in 2026 for a writing "book club". They'll be reading books about writing and sharing their thoughts. This month, they discuss the classic

Kristin and Meredith talk about their writing projects and then get inspired by chatting with songwriter Susan Munson about her creative process.

Kristin and Meredith get together to celebrate the first novel release of Kristin Swenson's new four book historical series set in Babylon/Persia, Howl of the Golden Jackal , on Amazon Kindle. Since recording the podcast

Meredith and Kristin talk about mixing genres, and then chat with Charlottesville poet Nin Andrews about her memoir in prose poems, Son of a Bird .

Kristin and Meredith talk about writing while traveling (or not), and then chat with author Jay Kauffmann about his book, The Mexican Messiah , inspired by his international travels when he worked as a model and travel w

Kristin and Meredith talk to two friends, Lisa and Bremond, who have started their own publishing company: Quite Literally Books . Their focus is "discovering and reissuing ought-to-be-in-print books by American women au

Meredith and Kristin talk about their new multimedia projects, and then chat with Meredith's former blogging partner from the Debutante Ball, Kristina Riggle about her writing journey and her latest book, VIVIAN IN RED.

Meredith and Kristin talk about pacing and shorter attention spans, and then chat with Charlotte Matthews about her newest book of noticings. Charlotte also talks about her writing method for essays and poems.

Kristin and Meredith talk about writing during the holiday season and interview Dean King , bestselling author of Skeletons on the Zahara. They discuss his most recent book Guardians of the Valley, and how he writes and

It's a popular question that writers get a lot when they're on tour: where do you get your ideas? Kristin and Meredith like the question, and attempt to answer it for a few of their books.

Kristin and Meredith discuss their complicated feelings about social media, and how they've seen writers use it to help (or hurt) their sales/craft.

Virginia Pye returns to talk with Kristin and Meredith about her latest historical novel, THE LITERARY UNDOING OF VICTORIA SWANN . They talk about publishing in the Gilded Era, and how many of the issues that women and w

Kristin and Meredith talk about filling up their creative well and share great writing advice they've received.

Kristin and Meredith talk about their literary adventures and travels, and then chat with author Tim Wendel about REBEL FALLS , his historical novel set on the Canadian border during the Civil War.
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