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Brigid Kemmerer’s story is one of the most encouraging we’ve heard yet, so if you’re a writer or artist or someone who just needs a little encouragement, go no further. A librarian recently asked Brigid how it felt for her book to be on the NYT best-seller list, an “overnight success,” and Brigid nearly laughed out loud. Her story is anything but an overnight success story. Join us today as she fills us in her writing journey. 

If you love the content we’re creating, or if you’d like access to some bonus interviews and other material, or if you’d just like to help us feed our six children, you can contribute $5 / month over at our Patreon account to make all of that happen. This podcast depends on listeners like you! Thank you!

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

And keep writing!

Maile shares a story of trying to get some revisions finished on her novel when the kids remind her she had promised them a walk to the dog park. Which raises the question…is my art a support system for my life, or is my life a support system for my art? Shawn also wrestles with the complicated creative legacy of Van Gogh. 

If you love the content we’re creating, or if you’d like access to some bonus interviews and other material, or if you’d just like to help us feed our six children, you can contribute $5 / month over at our Patreon account to make all of that happen. This podcast depends on listeners like you! Thank you!

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

And keep writing!

Author Adam Perry’s writing life is methodical. He works a full-time job, raises three kids with his wife, and still finds time to write every day. 600 words. 3,000 words a week. That’s about one book every six months. We ask him today about his confidence as a writer, how he decides to self-publish, and what his journey in the world of traditional publishing has been like. 

His new book is ‘The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children’s Books.’

If you love the content we’re creating, or if you’d like access to some bonus interviews and other material, or if you’d just like to help us feed our six children, you can contribute $5 / month over at our Patreon account to make all of that happen. This podcast depends on listeners like you! Thank you!

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

And keep writing!

A kind friend sent Shawn a book written in 1933 that rocks his world. Shawn and Maile talk about the book, which is all about the life of Vincent van Gogh. They wrestle with the question Van Gogh’s father asked him in his early days of creativity, “What if at the end the work remains poor? Are the rewards worth the gamble?”

The book discussed is Lust for Life by Irving Stone. 

If you love the content we’re creating, or if you’d like access to some bonus interviews and other material, or if you’d just like to help us feed our six children, you can contribute $5 / month over at our Patreon account to make all of that happen. This podcast depends on listeners like you! Thank you!

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

And keep writing!

Christiana Peterson, author of Awakened By Death, shares some stories with us today about what it was like to grow up with a fascination with death, nearly falling into a grave when she was a child, and how she talks to her own kids about mortality. They explore Shawn’s Amish roots and how that community deals with death and dying. And Christiana shares what her friends and family think about her strange obsession. 

To find out more about Christiana and her work, you can visit her HERE.

If you love the content we’re creating, or if you’d like access to some bonus interviews and other material, or if you’d just like to help us feed our six children, you can contribute $5 / month over at our Patreon account to make all of that happen. This podcast depends on listeners like you! Thank you!

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

And keep writing!

A little over a year ago, Leslie Bustard received a cancer diagnosis–Stage 2 breast cancer and Stage 4 melanoma. The side effects of immunotherapy have been harsh, the entire journey a roller coaster. And yet in the midst of it, life is beautiful, and she has discovered something new about herself: she is a poet. Today we talk with Leslie about finding beauty in the midst of difficult days. 

If you love the content we’re creating, or if you’d like access to some bonus interviews and other material, or if you’d just like to help us feed our six children, you can contribute $5 / month over at our Patreon account to make all of that happen. This podcast depends on listeners like you! Thank you!

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

And keep writing!