The second in our series exploring the theme of agency for writers, our double-entendre theme of both intentionality and finding an agent. Jessica Waite, the author of the forthcoming memoir, The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards, shares her story of finding an agent slowly and then all of a sudden, and having her book sell very quickly BEFORE it could even go to auction with the big publishers.

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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 you'll hear from Lacey Yong, learn about her YA historical fantasy, writing in multiple genres, navigating writing as a new parent, and the idea of agency.

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In this episode it is our Book Club Conversation and we talk about Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto by Sonya Huber, sharing who we think the book is for, how it helped with our writing, and what it adds to our ongoing conversation about craft.Find episode show notes at https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/72

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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. Also, Book Club Conversation is coming up. Be sure to check out Voice First: A Writer's Manifesto by Sonya Huber and then listen to our next episode for the low-down on the book.Sign up for my Writerly Love Letters on https://rachelthompson.co/letters. Get show notes, transcripts, and more details on this minisode at rachelthompson.co/podcast/cool

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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 one of this series, we had so much goodness, that we did our showcase over two episodes. That’s why you’ll hear us mention the readers and speakers from our past episode, number 69, which featured Whitney French on the sense of sound, Cicely Belle on the sense of smell, Sarah Munn on the sense of taste. So, if you haven’t yet, I encourage you to go back and listen to that episode found at rachelthompson.co/podcast/69In this episode, we feature Tamara Jong on the sense of touch, A.L. Bishop on the sense of sight, and Candace Webb on the sixth sense.Listen to learn about how we’re comparing our “brain notes,” as our guide to sight, A.L. Bishop called it. Hear how the writers shifted their approach to these three senses and how that helped them bring their more embodied writing to life. (Or intuition in the case of the sixth sense.)At the end of our discussion, I will offer prompts on the sense of touch, sight, and the sixth sense for you to do some starter writing, a little free-writing that will help you hone in and bring more specificity, concrete, felt experience, and clarity to your own writing.You can download twelve prompts, two for each sense, in a PDF in the show notes for this episode. This is episode number 71, so you would go to https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/71/At the end of our discussion, I offer prompts on the sense of touch, sight, and the sixth sense for you to do some writing that will help you hone in and bring more specificity and clarity to your own writing.Download twelve prompts, two for each of the six senses, in a PDF in the show notes for this episode. Show notes and transcript at https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/71/

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In this episode, it’s a little peak behind the podcast. I have some real hashtag transparency moments around what I’m working on and what I have heard from writers in our broader community, which—in case you don't know—includes you!

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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 year on the six senses. This is our second showcase. A first group of writers also showcased the senses back in episode 64 ([https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/64/](https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/64/)).This time, we had so much goodness, that we’ll do this showcase over two episodes.In this episode, you will hear the first three of six writers discussing and reading their sensory work. So, today it’s all about Sound, Smell, and Taste.Listen to learn how these writers shifted their approach to these essential senses and bringing that embodied writing to life.At the end of our discussion, I will offer prompts on the sense for you to do some starter writing, a little free-writing that will help you hone in and bring more specificity, concrete, felt experience, and clarity to your own writing. When you get to the prompts, you could hit pause to write.Or, you could download all of the prompts in a PDF in the show notes for this episode. This is episode number 69, so you would go to: https://rachelthompson.co/podcast/69/

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In this episode it is my pleasure to introduce you to two members of our Writerly Love Community and bring you in to our book club conversation. We’ve been doing our close craft-book readings for a couple of years now. So, I love bringing you, dear listeners who are not members of the Writerly Love community—yet, into this conversation! (You can always learn more about the community and sign up at rachelthompson.co/join.)

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Wrap-Up: Empathy for Writers

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If you’re listening right when this episode comes out, it's not too late to join Christina Brobby in the workshop we're offering today. You can learn more and sign up at rachelthompson.co/workshopsIf it's after the 28th and you missed a chance to learn live from her, all of our workshops live on in our permanent collection in the member library. You can get all the details about the Writerly Love membership at rachelthompson.co/join. ***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 that will be cleared up right way. Christina also delves into the ways the “filter is the form” as she wonderfully sums it up.Listen for more of our exploration of empathy for writers, and Christina also kindly and insightfully brings in the necessity of practising empathy with yourself as a writer. And listen for ways she’s used the form to explore the impact our surroundings have on us, to see working in fragments as a feature and not a bug in our memories as creative nonfiction essay writers and to generally get excited about the variety of brilliant voices using lyric essay forms to tell their stories.

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