Category: The Stories Between Us Podcast

In the newest podcast episode (titled, “How Have We Screwed You Up”), Shawn and Maile invite their two oldest children onto the podcast to discuss everything creative: What’s it like being creative kids in a large family? How did they feel when they realized both of their parents are writers? Would Lucy, after seeing the creative struggles of her stay-at-home mom, choose to have children or get married someday?

Cade and Lucy shed some light on what it’s like to grow up in a creative household and how they think this will effect their futures.

To listen, click on the play button in the image above. You can also listen over at our website or in the Apple podcast app.

Maile and Shawn begin by talking about royalty statements and how sometimes they can be a twice-annual reminder of a book you wrote that didn’t quite meet your hopes or expectations. Shawn vents about online courses and how many of them try to exploit writers. And they each end the episode by mentioning something they’re thankful for in their writing life.

There may or may not be a child interrupting the end of the episode saying he has to “make a poop.” Oh, wait, that was last episode. Never mind.

You can listen by clicking the play button in the image above or by going to The Stories Between Us website. We’re also available on the iTunes podcast app–just search for The Stories Between Us.

Mentioned in the podcast:

Andi Cumbo-Floyd’s online Facebook community for writers
Hopewriters Community

This is it, the episode we’ve been putting off.

Maile reflects on how a recently-watched episode of the Berenstain Bears having to do with envy reflected some of her feelings of jealousy towards Shawn and where he is in his writing journey. Shawn admits his cluelessness about various aspects of their marriage. It’s also an episode where they talk about important questions that have come up in their lives.

Maile asks, “What am I doing to feel alive in my own right?”

Sam asked, “I thought Mom went to college to be a mom?”

There is the difficult conversation. And the even more difficult conversation. All in one episode.

To listen, click the play button in the image above.

To check out all five episodes, you can head over to the website for The Stories Between Us.

You can also find it on Apple podcasts. (If you listen there, please leave us a rating!)

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A few weeks ago, I came home and realized that Maile needed to get out of the house. ASAP. So, we fled to one of our favorite restaurants, at which point Maile looked at me and proceeded to burst into tears.

We had a long, hard conversation about being a mom and a writer was going for her.

Also, Maile heard back from an agent.

Today, we talk about it all on the podcast. To listen, click on the play button in the image above, go to our website, or listen on Apple podcasts.