The Write, Publish, and Shine Podcast
Author and literary magazine editor, Rachel Thompson, helps you write, publish, and shine. Learn how to write and share your brilliant writing with the world.
Episodes delve into how to polish and prepare your writing for publication, and the journey from emerging writer to published author.
87 // Grief is a Ghost with Poet and Artists Sarah Esmi (Ghosts #8)
This is the final episode in my series of special episodes of Write, Publish, and Shine that take a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, where I was lead editor of the issue....
Past Episodes
86 // Letting Your Work Fall Apart with Artist Amy Friend (Ghosts #7)
This is the seventh, wow!, in my series of special episodes of Write, Publish, and Shine as I take you on a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, where I was lead editor of the issue. In this issue, I spoke with our cover artist, Amy Friend, who was...
85 // Expanding on Your Vision with ViNa Nguyễn (Ghosts #6)
This is the sixth in my series of special episodes of Write, Publish, and Shine as I take you on a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, where I was lead editor of the issue. In this issue, I spoke with another incredible writer we published in the...
84 // Reviews Editor Micah Killjoy on learning craft from books (Ghosts #5)
This is the fifth in my series of special episodes as I take you on a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, where I was lead editor of the issue. In this episode, a luminous conversation with Room’s Book Reviews editor, Micah Killjoy. We delve into...
REPLAY 63 // Ghosts and Haunting with Room Editor Ellen Chang-Richardson
In this replay episode, Ellen Chang-Richardson and I both speak as editorial collective members at Room, and as editors of the (then) upcoming issue of Room’s Ghosts issue. Ellen and I get a little into how things work behind the scenes at Room, and how we (the...
83 // Our Ghostly Interactions Creating a Lit Mag with Publisher Nara Monteiro
The fourth in my series of special episodes of Write, Publish, and Shine as I take you on a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, where I was lead editor of the issue. In this issue, to my delight I sit down with Room’s publisher, Nara Monteiro. We...
82 // Talking to Spirits and Handling Success with Aviaq Johnston (Ghosts #3)
Welcome to the third in my series of special episodes of Write, Publish, and Shine as I take you on a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, where I was lead editor of the issue. One of my jobs as editor is to commission one established writer to be...
81 // Make It Personal with Room Writers Reyzl Grace & Annette C. Boehm (Ghosts #2)
Welcome to the second Ghost-themed special episodes of Write, Publish, and Shine as I take you on a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, Ghosts, where I was lead editor of the issue. Why do lit mag editors choose the pieces they do? One answer to...
80 // The Making of Room 46.3 Featuring Jennifer Cox & Yukti Narang (Ghosts #1)
Welcome to the first in a series of special episodes of Write, Publish, and Shine as I take you on a deep dive into the creation of Room magazine issue 46.3, where I was lead editor of the issue. When we made our call for submissions we invited writers and visual...
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61 // Staying True to You as You Publish [Replay]
Replay note: It felt like the right time—in this season when people join writing programs and restart sending out submissions to lit mags to replay—this episode on Staying True to Yourself. Even if you already heard this episode, I suggest a re-listen because it’s a...
79 // Three Lessons on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Your Writing
In this episode we talk all about the Write, Publish, Shine Intensive, which brings together my three courses, Write and Light, a course to get writers generating new, more profound work, Revision Love, my course on learning to self-edit your writing, and Lit Mag...
Five Things Writers Can Stop Doing PLUS a Wrap-Up on Agency for Writers
As I do each summer, I’m taking a break from my weekly love letters and podcast. There will be no more new episodes in June or July. Before I head out, I want to share my list of five things you can...
77 // Come From a Place of Passion and Honesty in Your Writing Life
Megan Beadle, an acquiring editor at Dundurn Press, ran her own literary agency for several years. So, if you’ve been listening to the last run of episodes, that word, agent, rings a bell. Ding,...
76 // Make Your Own Map with Memoirist Wendy Atwell
This is the continuation of our agency theme on the podcast... I interview another luminous Writerly Love community member, Wendy Atwell, who is earlier in the process than our previous member guest...
75 // Literary Agency with Room Editor and Multi-Hyphenate Geffen Semach
Geffen Semach is my colleague at Room magazine, and the editor of the most recent issue, Ley Line. And Geffen has a real 360 degree understanding of the business side of writing and publishing....
74 // Anchoring into Your Why with Memoirist Jessica Waite
The second in our series exploring the theme of agency for writers. It’s our double-entendre theme of both of intentionality for writers and really literal about finding an agent. Anchoring into the...
73 // Agency and Finding an Agent with Lacey Yong
The first in our series on the theme of agency—a term both literal (i.e. about finding an agent) and abstract, in that we talk about pursuing your writing life with intentionality. In this episode...
72 // Book Club: Voice First by Sonya Huber
In this episode it is our Book Club Conversation. We talk about Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto by Sonya Huber. It is my pleasure to introduce you to three lovely members of our Writerly Love...
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Minisode: Cool Loneliness [Replay]
Reflections on cool loneliness: When I’m not writing enough, I lose track of what I believe, who I am, and who I truly want to be. Also, Book Club Conversation is coming up. Be sure to check out...
71 // Touch, Sight, and the Sixth Sense in Your Writing
In this episode it’s part two of our most recent six senses showcase. The writers you will hear all participated in the workshop series I offered last year on the six senses. As I mentioned in part...
70 // Special Episode: State of our Writing Community with Meli Walker
In this episode, it’s a little peak behind the scenes with my Writerly Love Community Facilitator, Meli Walker. I have some real #transparency moments around what I’m hearing back from writers in...
69 // Sound, Smell, and Taste in Your Writing: Six Senses Showcase
In this episode, we come to our senses again. We had another LIVE showcase of writers in the Writerly Love community. The writers you will hear all participated in the workshop series I offered last...
68 // Craft Book Club Conversation—The Poet’s Companion by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux
In this episode it is my pleasure to introduce you to two members of our Writerly Love Community, Jennifer Robinson and Candace Webb, and bring you into our book club conversation. We’ve been doing...
Wrap-Up: Empathy for Writers
Welcome to a more interstitial episode of the Write, Publish, and Shine Podcast, a bonus episode, if you will, to wrap up the series of episodes we just had on empathy for writers. In a moment I’ll...
67 // Empathy for You and Your Reader with Lyric Writer, Christina Brobby
In this episode it’s my pleasure to welcome Christina Brobby to the podcast, a wonderful lyric writer and instructor. We start by getting into what exactly is lyric writing, if you’re wondering so...
66 // Empathy for Objects in Your Writing with Lyndall Cain
This episode is the second in our mini-series of three episodes on the theme of empathy for writers and a really interesting and unique take on empathy, as my guest is a curator and writer of...
65 // Empathy & POV with Naomi J. Williams
This episode is the first in a mini-series of three episodes on the theme of empathy for writers. In my membership community for writers, called Writerly Love, we have monthly themes that we look at...
64 // Using the Six Senses in Your Writing—Showcase PLUS Prompts
In this episode, I talk to six writers in my Writerly Love writing community about writing through the senses. This conversation was a follow up to a series of guided writing sessions we did, with...
63 // Ghosts and Haunting with Room Editor Ellen Chang-Richardson
In this episode, Ellen Chang-Richardson and I both speak as editorial collective members at Room, and as editors of the upcoming issue of Room’s Ghosts issue. That is issue number 46.3, if you’re...
62 // Seventeen “Craft” Books + Lessons Learned in Our Writerly Book Club
Welcome back to the Write, Publish, and Shine Podcast! Things have been moving sloowly here for now, with the Write, Publish, and Shine Podcast, as I’ve been honouring my imperfectionism. A new...
61 // Staying True to You as You Publish
This is a special episode of the Write, Publish, and Shine Podcast where you will hear from three writers on their publishing experiences and the journey they took to stay true to themselves as they...
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