No Time to be Timid

Marion Roach Smith: Follow Your Curiosity (Part 2)


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In this episode, we talk with author and memoir coach Marion Roach Smith about knowing your genre, being hospitable to yourself and your work, and actually doing the work instead of just talking about it. Also, the importance of required reading! Whatever your medium, Marion’s thoughts on the creative process and what it takes to sustain a creative life will no doubt help you with your own practice. 


 

Check out these resources:


 

Marion's website, where you'll find links to her podcast, Qwerty; her blog; her fabulous book, The Memoir Project and other works; and class offerings. 


 

Writers and books mentioned during the show (don't forget to buy your books online at Interabang Books!):

Colson Whitehead

James McBride

Seth Godin

A lovely interview with Bonnie Garmus, the author of Lessons in Chemistry

Caroline Knapp, author of Drinking: A Love Story

Steven Pressfield, The War of Art


 

Here's the trailer for Barbie
 


 

And listen to her new song, The Clearing, performed by Rusty Gear

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