Write Now with Scrivener

By Literature & Latte

Join journalist Kirk McElhearn, author of Take Control of Scrivener, as he interviews writers of all kinds about their processes, routines, and how they use Scrivener, the app dedicated to long-form w... more

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The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.

Write Now with Scrivener episodes:

June 03, 2026Episode 63: Lili Taylor, Actor and Birder
Actor Lili Taylor is an avid birder, and she has written a book about her passion, Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing.
Show notes:
Lili Taylor
Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
Merlin Bird ID
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
How to Use Images in Your Scrivener Projects: Advanced Techniques for Ebooks (how to link to external images)
Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Verlyn Klinkenborg, Several Short Sentences About Writing
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33min
May 06, 2026Episode 62: Erica Wagner, Novelist and Literary Editor
Erica Wagner has written Wash, a historical novel about Washington Roebling, the man who build the Brooklyn Bridge.
Show notes:
Erica Wagner
Wash
Daniel Kehlmann: The Director
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33min
April 01, 2026Episode 61: Lorraine Wilson, Speculative Fiction Author
Lorraine Wilson writes speculative fiction, which she says is "writing in between folklore and the wilderness."
Show notes:
Lorraine Wilson
We Are All Ghosts In The Forest
The Salt Oracle
Christopher Caldwell: Call and Response
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29min
March 04, 2026Episode 60: John Garrison Marks, Historian
John Garrison Marks is a historian, whose latest book is Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory.
Show notes:
John Garrison Marks
Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory
DEVONthink
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation
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29min
February 04, 2026Episode 59: Brad Bigelow, Biographer
Brad Bigelow has written a biography of the neglected author Virginia Faulkner.
Show notes:
Brad Bigelow
Virginia Faulkner - A Life in Two Acts
The Neglected Books Page
The Space Age Pop Music Page
A Dance to the Music of Time - musicoftime.com
[A Dance to the Music of Time audiobook](Audible.com)
Reading Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage
Paul Metcalf – Coffee House Press
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33min
January 06, 2026Episode 58: Tessa Hulls, Pulitzer Prize Winning Graphic Artist & Memoirist
Tessa Hulls is an artist and writer who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts.
Note that the companion article for this episode on the Literature & Latte website includes some screenshots of Tessa's project.
Show notes:
Tessa Hulls
Feeding Ghosts
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir, by Tessa Hulls - The Pulitzer Prizes
Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
Kaliane Bradley: The Ministry of Time
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32min
December 03, 2025Episode 57: Jonas Enander, Astrophysicist
Jonas Enander is an astrophysicist whose book is entitled Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth.
Show notes:
Jonas Enander
Facing Infinity
Jonas Enander on Instagram
DEVONthink
Ed Yong: An Immense World
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30min
November 05, 2025Episode 56: Alexander Rose, Historian
Alexander Rose is a historian whose latest book, Phantom Fleet, is about how the US Navy captured a German U-Boat on the day before D-Day.
Show notes:
Alexander Rose
Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II's Most Daring Heist
Washington's Spies
Spionage (Alexander's Rose's Substack)
Voltaire: history of Charles XII, King of Sweden | Project Gutenberg
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31min
October 01, 2025Episode 55: Maria Reva, Booker Longlisted Author of Endling
Maria Reva's novel Endling about snails, romance tours, and the war in Ukraine, is longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Show notes:
Maria Reva
Endling
Ed Yong: The Last of Its Kind
Salvador Plascencia: The People of Paper
Booker Prize Facebook post with photos of authors' workspaces
Anelise Chen: Clamdown
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31min
September 03, 2025Episode 54: Tim Queeney, Author of a History of Rope
Tim Queeney is an experienced sailor, and his latest book is a Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization.
Show notes:
Tim Queeney
Rope
Knot (unit) - Wikipedia
Sarah Wynn-Williams: Careless People
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30min

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