Writing Circles

All writers, except Joyce Carol Oates, have to learn when to say good-bye to a writing project. Tiffany asks Meg about her recent decision to part ways with her essay collection and Meg shares helpful tips, like what 90s songs she hums to herself, and how when you say good-bye to one project, you say hello to another!

Tiffany and Meg sit down with Northeast Ohio gem of a person Sonia Feldman and talk about how she went from walking around downtown Cleveland playing Pokemon Go to writing and publishing Girl’s Girl, her stunning and beautiful debut novel. Special guest appearance: a leaf blower.

Good Art Friends Meg and Tiffany revisit the wild ride that was the article "Who Is The Bad Art Friend?" published five years ago in The New York Times, and the ensuing/devastating Kidneygate that followed.

We’ve all been there. Meg and Tiffany talk about the toxic workshop model and why it persists.

Standing in stark contrast to their Dark Writer Thoughts episode, Meg and Tiffany offer up the non-curmudgeonly side of their brains to talk about what they love about the writing world.

What does it mean to have a writing partner, and what does it mean to give quality feedback? Tiffany talks about the first time she asks Meg to read an essay, and they both discuss how much they have evolved as writers and how necessary it is to know what type of feedback you want.

Tiffany and Meg delve into the uncharted territory of their Writer Brains and reveal the unhinged thoughts that are probably what make them writers in the first place but also make them go a teensy bit nuts every day of their lives.

Meg and Tiffany get real with the process of writing complex projects, taking a deep dive into how they change over time, the importance of titles, and the ways they convince themselves to keep showing up even when they have no idea what to do next.

Tiffany and Meg suss out what in God’s name it actually means to write every day and if this is something you can only accomplish if you are Hemingway or another old, dead selfish white a**hole.

Meg and Tiffany introduce the show and give delightful background information on one another.

Even though they went to the same small high school, they ran in slightly different social circles. Meg, for example, was really locked into the FFA soil judging team where she was very busy drawing her own flashcards and, interestingly, not having a boyfriend. 

Tiffany spent most of her time pretending she was totally fine after losing her mom. Now, though, twenty-plus years later, Meg and Tiffany are in the same writing circle.

Important to note: they both have red hair, but they are not related.