Still Writing
Corey Ann Haydu and Sara Zarr are two mid-career novelists who have lived through industry shifts, burnout, reinvention, and the constant recalibration that comes with staying in a creative career. They get together every couple of weeks to ask each other: are we still writing?
Episodes
6 episodes
5. A Reader Walks Into a Hair Salon...
Discussed in this episode: How the answer is in the work, Colson Whitehead, Lena Dunham, and summer camp. Also, we think we've successfully enabled Buzzsprout "fan mail," so if you ever have a response to our questions to the universe and liste...
4. Does "Feels Bad" = "Is Bad"?
Don't let the low energy intro fool you--in this one, we have so much to say. Along with our regular writing updates, we have reports from the field: Corey is our Threads correspondent, and Sara brings us the AI discourse. This was recorded sev...
3. In Which Corey Sells a Book, or, Story of an Agent
We go on the journey of how Corey's newest novel, Mothers and Other Strangers, came to be. Also: how and if we share work in progress, and Sara's Song Sung Blue crisis.Approximate chapters:0:00 - 29:00: Intro and...
2. The First Secret Question
We talk about if, how, and what we're still writing, and the inaugural Secret Question is asked. Also, once again we don't stick the landing.Some Margin Notes:Being Gordon Ramsay on NetflixThe Hyp...