Write, Publish, and Shine

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 featured in the magazine. To do so, I started by searching for writers working in the genre of ghosts and scary stories and was pleased to come across an anthology of Arctic horror stories, *[Taaqtumi](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44222604-taaqtumi)* and thought, oh, yes, when I read Aviaq Johnston’s piece in the anthology. I invited her to be our commissioned writer for Room 46.3 and she said yes.Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuk author from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her debut novel *Those Who Run in the Sky* was released in the spring of 2017 and shortlisted for a Governor General’s award that year. In 2014, she won first place in the Aboriginal Arts and Stories competition for her short story “Tarnikuluk,” which also earned her a Governor General’s History Award.You can pick up your copy of Room 46.3, Ghosts (digital or print) at roommagazine.com.All of the notes for this episode are up at rachelthompson.co/podcast/82—WRITERLY LOVE LETTERS: Sent each week to your inbox. rachelthompson.co/letters

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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 this question is “deeply personal”—by which I mean we pick work that resonates because of the deeply personal revelations and subject matter inside. In this episode of Write, Publish, and Shine, hear from two writers working in that deep, personal space in their writing, Reyzl Grace and Annette C. Boehm. You can pick up your copy of Room 46.3, Ghosts (digital or print) at roommagazine.com.All of the notes for this episode are up at rachelthompson.co/podcast/81—LAST DAY TO JOIN (as of this release): Do you crave support and structure so you can write your most luminous work? The Write, Publish, Shine Intensive starts soon. Write, Revise, and Publish Your Luminous Writing with lots of support from me. Learn More + Register at rachelthompson.co/intensive.

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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 artists to come haunt us. And they did. In this episode of Write, Publish, and Shine, you’ll hear my conversation with two writers we published in the issue, how and why they submitted their ghostly-themed writing, and learn more about their writing, submitting, and publishing practices as emerging writers.You can pick up your copy of Room 46.3, Ghosts (digital or print) at roommagazine.com.All of the notes for this episode are up at rachelthompson.co/podcast/80--Do you crave support and structure so you can write your most luminous work? The Write, Publish, Shine Intensive starts soon. Write, Revise, and Publish Your Luminous Writing with lots of support from me. Learn More + Register at rachelthompson.co/intensive.

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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 lesson we’re all apparently learning and relearning together…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 write and publish their writing in journals.Find the show notes for this episode up at rachelthompson.co/podcast/61Do you crave support and structure so you can write your most luminous work? The Write, Publish, Shine Intensive starts soon. Write, Revise, and Publish Your Luminous Writing with lots of support from me. Learn More + Register at rachelthompson.co/intensive.

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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 Love, my flagship course on getting published in literary journals.Grab all of the lessons and resources mentioned in the episode up at rachelthompson.co/podcast/79And learn more and sign-up for the Write, Publish, Shine Intensive at rachelthompson.co/intensive. (Starts soon!)

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Kavita Das really takes us on an intentional journey with her deep knowledge of social justice work and challenges us to unpack our motivations for writing about an issue and to understand that “writing, irrespective of genre or outlet, is an act of political writing,” regardless of intention.Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues by Kavita Das, was published by Beacon Press in 2022 http://www.beacon.org/Craft-and-Conscience-P1859.aspxYou can find the show notes for this episode at rachelthompson.co/podcast/78

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Kavita Das really takes us on an intentional journey with her deep knowledge of social justice work and challenges us to unpack our motivations for writing about an issue and to understand that “writing, irrespective of genre or outlet, is an act of political writing,” regardless of intention.

Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues by Kavita Das, was published by Beacon Press in 2022 http://www.beacon.org/Craft-and-Conscience-P1859.aspx

You can find the show notes for this episode at rachelthompson.co/podcast/78

If you’re just tuning into my podcast, welcome. I’m on a break, but I will be back in late August. Pick up a copy of our book club read, Craft and Conscience by Kavita Das, to join our book-club conversation, which will appear in this feed here in August. To catch up over the summer, I encourage you to listen to my recent episode series on Agency for Writers, starting with episode 73 in this feed.Show notes and episode transcript: rachelthompson.co/podcast/agency/

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Megan Beadle 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, ding! We’re still talking about literary agency with the intention of both demystifying the role of agents a little and encouraging you, dear writer, to follow your path with intentionality and self-knowledge.Trends come and go, as she says, by being honest with yourself, you can always be proud of the work you produce.If you’re new to the podcast and started listening here, I encourage you to go back and check out those previous conversations, starting with episode 73, where Lacey Yong talks about how she found an agent and kept her own agency in the process, episode 74, in which Jessica Waite talks about navigating family relationships when publishing a memoir that spills some family tea, episode 75, in which my colleague at Room Geffen Semach takes us through the vast landscape of literary folks who work behind the scenes, and episode 76, in which Wendy Atwell talks about making her own map, finding the shape of her non-traditional formed memoir.Find a transcript and all the show notes for this episode on http://rachelthompson.co/podcast/77

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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 who secured agents, Lacey Yong and Jessica Waite.Wendy is writing and revising her memoir, and I think it’s the perfect time to check in with her because she has made some great choices for her work that took a lot of intention and self-trust, i.e. agency.She is also someone who takes in a lot of information about writing from great teachers and books and then—with lots of agency—discerns what will serve her story, including finding an unconventional structure for her work.You can find the show notes for this episode at rachelthompson.co/podcast/76

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