Author Angela Brown talks with Kelley Vick about her sophomore novel, Some Other Time, what draws her to including speculative elements in her work, how years spent teaching rhetoric to high school students influences her writing, imposter syndrome, and much more.

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Author Jane Tara talks with Kelley Vick about her new novel, Tilda is Visible, the devastating diagnosis that inspired the book, how her regular meditation practice informs her writing, finding the courage to put more of herself into her fiction, publishing her first novel in the United States (after many others in Australia), and much more.

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Author Holly Brickley talks with Kelley Vick about her celebrated debut novel, Deep Cuts; why a desire to explore her envy of musicians led to writing the book; how, post-MFA, she found her way to writing the stories she feels she’s meant to write; the unusual (and super fun!) job that originally took her away from writing, and then led her back; and much more. 

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Five New York Times Bestselling authors: Emiko Jean, Fiona Davis, Julia Bartz, Marissa Stapley, and Lisa Barr, share their specific paths to publishing their first novels.

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Lexi Rosen, Co-Founder and Poetry Editor-in-Chief of Silly Goose Press, talks with Kelley Vick about starting and running a literary magazine, the importance of finding literary community, what it's like to work with close friends, being the only romance writer in an MFA program, and much more.

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Memoirist Wendy Dale talks with Kelley Vick about her new craft book, The Memoir Engineering System, the difference between a formula and a system, why most “tried and true” writing tips out there are wrong, the two principal components of a memoir, how memory can actually get in the way of a great story, how “show don’t tell” can destroy a book, and much more.

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Author Cynthia Weiner talks with Kelley Vick about her debut novel, A Gorgeous Excitement, her personal connection to the story and the infamous “Preppy Murder” in New York in 1986, how she knew when the short story she was working on was really a novel, finding your voice as an author (it starts with really knowing your narrator), and much more.

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Author Tara Dorabji talks with Kelley Vick about her debut novel, Call Her Freedom, how researching her first novel led to an award-winning documentary series on human rights defenders in Kashmir, how her work as an activist and journalist informs her fiction and vice versa, her unique road to publication as the winner of the Simon and Schuster Books Like Us Grand Prize, and much more.   

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New York Times bestselling Author Fiona Davis talks with Kelley Vick about her new novel, The Stolen Queen, how an international art plot involving Kim Kardashian inspired the story, what draws her to historical fiction, how she found her way to writing fiction later in life, why she believes everyone should change careers every 10 years, and much more.

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Author Jennifer McGaha talks with Kelley Vick about her new essay collection, The Joy Document, the conversation with her grandmother that inspired the project, defining moments of joy, writing as a spiritual practice, how her latest project has changed her, her road to publication, and much more.

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