The Write, Publish, and Shine Podcast
A podcast for emerging writers who want to publish and shine, from literary magazine editor, Rachel Thompson.
Recent Episodes
122 // Your Draft Hasn’t Changed, You Have
Sometimes a draft changes when you look again. Sometimes the draft hasn't changed at all—you have. In this season-ending episode, I reflect on returning: to the page, to a draft, and to yourself as a writer after life has changed you. I share the story of my own...
121 // Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos of Raw Lit Mag on “Fit” for Editors
In this episode of Write, Publish, and Shine, I’m talking with Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos, founder and editor of Raw Lit, an online, issue-based literary magazine that publishes curated lineups of prose, poetry, artwork, and hybrids. We talk about what Raw...
120 // The Garden Draft: A Guided Writing Practice for Unfinished Work
In this solo episode, I’m sharing a Draft & Redraft session called The Garden Draft. It’s a thirty-minute guided practice for the season when you’re not blocked exactly, but perhaps a little saturated. We work with compost as a metaphor for revision, and the...
119 // Short Forms for Summer
In this solo episode, I’m talking about short forms (flash memoir, prose poetry, and other tiny pieces) as the most genuinely doable way back to the page in a busy season. If summer looks spacious from far away but fills up fast once you’re in it, this is a small...
118 // Chemistry Reading for Writers with Chimedum Ohaegbu
Episode summary: In episode 118 of Write, Publish, and Shine, I talk with Room Magazine’s managing editor, Chimedum Ohaegbu (a three-time Hugo Award–winning editor, as part of the editorial team at Uncanny Magazine), about speculative writing, revision, and what...
117 // The Long Game of Telling the Truth with Author Tamara Jong
Episode summary In episode 117 of Write, Publish, and Shine, I talk with writer Tamara Jong, author of Worldly Girls, about the long, real arc of making a book, and the stamina it takes to bring it to completion. I also ask Tamara about the season after a debut,...
116 // How to Build a Soft-Steadfast Submission Practice
Summary In this episode, I talk to the unpublished writer part of you, i.e. the part that wants to send your writing out in the world, but gets a little cagey in the moment before you press submit. I share what I’ve been calling a soft-steadfast submission...
115 // Radical Softness and Rage with author Rayya Liebich
Summary In this episode, I talk with writer and educator Rayya Liebich about what it means to keep making art in a time of unrest. Rayya was the commissioned author for Room 48.3: Rest/Unrest (where I was issue editor), and we return to the idea of radical softness...
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