Category: The Stories Between Us Podcast

Maile and I have the distinct privilege of speaking with Lore Ferguson Wilbert, writer and author of the new book on touch, Handle With Care. We explore why Lore, for many years, was hesitant to write a book, why she changed her mind, and what work the work can do in us. Lore also, interestingly enough, shares her thoughts on touch during a time when we are being asked to stay far apart from each other. It’s a particularly poignant conversation, given our current circumstances.

As always, there are a few ways to listen: click the play button in the image above, go to the webpage to hear this and all of our other episodes, or head on over to Apple podcasts or Spotify!

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! We’re doing a FREE 6-week book club for kids!

Get more details and SIGN UP FOR THE SPRING BOOK CLUB HERE!

“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights but you can make the entire trip that way.” E.L. Doctorow

We think living is a lot like that, too, especially in these uncertain days. So we talk about how our life fell apart in 2009, ten years ago, what it was like to see only as far as our headlights, and we try to encourage those of you who feel like your life has disintegrated in this most recent wave of uncertainty.

We’re all in this together.

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As always, there are a few ways to listen: click the play button in the image above, go to the webpage to hear this and all of our other episodes, or head on over to Apple podcasts or Spotify!

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! We’re doing a 6-week book club for kids! Here are the details:

WHAT: Story Starter Spring Book Club
PRICE: FREE
WHO: Recommended ages 12 – 16
WHEN: Saturdays at 1 p.m. EST: 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30
WHERE: A Zoom webinar where Maile and I will talk about that week’s book with a panel of young people. The chat will be open for attendees to give their own thoughts on the book.
WHY: The emphasis of the conversation will be examining each book and exploring the elements of writing in each one.
BOOKS:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Pax by Sarah Pennypacker
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The Day the Angels Fell by Shawn Smucker
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin

SIGN UP FOR THE SPRING BOOK CLUB HERE!

Today we talk with one of my favorite people: author, podcaster, and pastor Steve Wiens. He shares with us about collective grief, we talk about the toughest revisions we’ve ever been asked to make on a book, and he gives us plenty to be hopeful about.

Steve’s new book, Shining Like the Sun, releases today! Celebrate with all of us by ordering your own copy. And also check out his podcast, one of my favorites, This Good Word.

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As always, there are a few ways to listen: click the play button in the image above, go to the webpage to hear this and all of our other episodes, or head on over to Apple podcasts or Spotify!

Those in our Patreon community receive bonus material and have the opportunity to join in conversations about writing and creativity. This month’s book is Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.You can join our Patreon community at the $5 / month level HERE.

Finally, please leave a review wherever you listen! Reviews are so helpful.

Keep writing!

Today we speak with our creative doppelgangers, another couple trying to make it work in the freelance world. Leslie Verner is an author, freelance writer, and speaker, and her husband Adam is a book narrator. That’s right. He has the dream job of reading books FOR A LIVING. We talk about how to make it in the creative world, what it’s like living with another creative person, and serving the reader versus serving the work.

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As always, there are a few ways to listen: click the play button in the image above, go to the webpage to hear this and all of our other episodes, or head on over to Apple podcasts or Spotify!

Those in our Patreon community receive bonus material and have the opportunity to join in conversations about writing and creativity. This month’s book is Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.You can join our Patreon community at the $5 / month level HERE.

Finally, please leave a review wherever you listen! Reviews are so helpful.

Keep writing!

Yangsze Choo is the author of two amazing novels: The Night Tiger (a Reese Witherspoon book club pick) and The Ghost Bride (a new Netflix series), and this week she joins us to chat about procrastination, the quick fix versus the long work of writing, and how to write when the kids are home for summer vacation.

This episode was recorded before the Coronavirus became part of our everyday lives, which means much of what we talk about feels like it happens in another world, but Yangsze is such a calming, gentle voice. I know you’ll enjoy hearing from her.

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As always, there are a few ways to listen: click the play button in the image above, go to the webpage to hear this and all of our other episodes, or head on over to Apple podcasts or Spotify!

Those in our Patreon community receive occasional bonus material and have the opportunity to join in conversations about writing and creativity. This month’s book is The War of Art. You can join our Patreon community at the $5 / month level HERE.

Finally, please leave a review wherever you listen! Reviews are so helpful.

Keep writing!