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Beautiful Writers Podcast

Listen in as author Linda Sivertsen (aka Book Mama) brings together the world’s most beloved bestselling authors to chat about writing, publishing, deal-making, spirituality, activism, and the art of romancing creativity. Now streaming on American Airlines, these up-close conversations are a fan favorite, downloaded millions of times, and frequently profiled on “Best Podcast” lists (i.e., The Motley Fool’s “10 Best Podcasts for Women”) while gracing the "Popular Podcasts, Books" (formerly Literature) page of iTunes/Apple Podcasts nearly every day since the show's launch in 2015. Join Linda (herself an award-winning, bestselling author, writing coach, and ex-ghostwriter + magazine editor) and her celebrity co-hosts for deep, funny interviews w/ top authors on breakout success to staying power. Heart-centered encouragement, street-smart advice, and insider success (and failure!) stories for every writer and creative type. Biggest mistakes, best shortcuts, behind-the-scenes agent, press, and publishing stories help you gain the courage to get your book, blog, ballad, or biz birthed into the world. Guests include Jenny Lawson, Martha Beck, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patricia Cornwell, Marie Forleo, Van Jones, Cheryl Strayed, Nia Vardalos, Terry McMillan, Joel Stein, Deepak Chopra, Tom Hanks, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Candice Bergen, Meg Wolitzer, Austin Channing Brown, Dean Koontz, Ann Patchett, Maria Shriver, Steven Pressfield, Anita Moorjani, Tosca Lee, Brené Brown, Lee Child, Anne Lamott, Rob Bell, Dani Shapiro, Gabby Bernstein, Seth Godin, Danielle LaPorte, Marianne Williamson, Arianna Huffington, Mary Karr, Gretchen Rubin, #1 NYT Fantasy Authors (and besties) Tomi Adeyemi & Sabaa Tahir, US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, and former WME super-agent Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. If you’ve ever wished you could sit down with your favorite writers over coffee to ask them how they do it, year after year, book after book, consider this your new, not-so-guilty pleasure. Take your dreams from idea to done with us. The Beautiful Writers Podcast. Where inspiration is constant, and swearing, optional (although highly appreciated). Find out more: https://www.beautifulwriterspodcast.com

Books Arts Writing Society & Culture
Update frequency
every 27 days
Average duration
61 minutes
Episodes
75
Years Active
2015 - 2024
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Arianna Huffington: Revolutionizing Sleep for Creativity (… and everything else)

Arianna Huffington: Revolutionizing Sleep for Creativity (… and everything else)

You know her as the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post—a position that’s garnered Arianna the title of “the 52nd most powerful woman in the world” (Forbes, 2014). But for the girl …

00:27:20  |   Thu 19 May 2016
Leeza Gibbons: Embracing Fierce Optimism

Leeza Gibbons: Embracing Fierce Optimism

If for some reason you can’t place the beautiful face of Leeza Gibbons, you’re going to remember the voice. Leeza is one of the iconic voices of our time. She was a longtime correspondent for Enterta…

00:51:34  |   Sat 23 Apr 2016
Robert McKee: Story is Everything

Robert McKee: Story is Everything

In Hollywood, Mr. Robert McKee is a living legend, a kind of “God" among storytellers. This creative writing instructor teaches a program to sold out audiences worldwide that he developed as a profes…
01:00:05  |   Sat 19 Mar 2016
Brené Brown: Daring to Create Greatly

Brené Brown: Daring to Create Greatly

One of today’s most beloved authors, Dr. Brené Brown shares behind-the-scenes details of her incredible life and career including: What it’s like to have 3 books on the New York Times bestseller’s li…
00:41:00  |   Fri 19 Feb 2016
Seth Godin: Tribes, Blogs and Book Biz

Seth Godin: Tribes, Blogs and Book Biz

Seth Godin is one of the world’s most successful authors and bloggers, and has changed the way people think about marketing and work. He's written 18 international bestsellers that have been translat…
00:39:35  |   Wed 20 Jan 2016
Steven Pressfield : Resistance and Invoking the Muse

Steven Pressfield : Resistance and Invoking the Muse

In this lively chat with a legend of contemporary literature (The War of Art, Gates of Fire, The Legend of Bagger Vance … ), Steven Pressfield shares details of his own hero's journey, and his best p…
00:48:28  |   Mon 21 Dec 2015
Mary Karr : Write the Next True Thing

Mary Karr : Write the Next True Thing

Known for her dry humor and unrelenting honesty, bestselling memoirist Mary Karr shares how she threw away the equivalent of four finished books, how she gets through the “scary blankness” of bad wri…
00:35:08  |   Fri 20 Nov 2015
Elizabeth Gilbert : The Big Magic of Creative Living

Elizabeth Gilbert : The Big Magic of Creative Living

In this conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert, our generation's "Mark Twain," we unpack the inherent magic of language, embracing the sacred "No," what it takes to have the things you say you want, and…
00:28:47  |   Mon 19 Oct 2015
Martha Beck : Shortcuts to More Magic

Martha Beck : Shortcuts to More Magic

This interview is so full of magic it’s not even funny. Except that it is! Martha Beck's passion for writing (and life!)is infectious, and you'll quickly see why she's so prolific (recently completin…
00:34:00  |   Tue 13 Oct 2015
Kyle Gray : Inviting Angels into Your Book

Kyle Gray : Inviting Angels into Your Book

This tapped-in, tattooed 27-year-old Angel communicator hails from Scotland, and brings a laid back approach to spirit. He's authored 4 Hay House books and a deck series including Angel Prayers and W…
00:36:02  |   Thu 01 Oct 2015
Gretchen Rubin : Creativity-Saving Habits

Gretchen Rubin : Creativity-Saving Habits

Gretchen Rubin is the author of 3 blockbuster New York Times bestsellers—The Happiness Project, Happier at Home, and now Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. Her books have…
00:39:18  |   Thu 01 Oct 2015
Laura Yorke : What Agents Really Want

Laura Yorke : What Agents Really Want

Laura is a veteran book editor, publisher, literary agent and writer who has published many bestselling authors, including: Maria Shriver, Mary Tyler Moore, and Jodi Picoult. She began her 25-year ca…

00:41:17  |   Thu 01 Oct 2015
Jillian Lauren : Writing the Hard Stuff

Jillian Lauren : Writing the Hard Stuff

You may know NYT best-selling memoirist Jillian Lauren from her Jersey-girl-ends-up-as-harem-girl story (really)in Brunai (the subject of her first book, SOME GIRLS). Now we celebrate motherhood in h…
00:32:17  |   Thu 01 Oct 2015
Sarah Manguso : When Writing Heals the Writer

Sarah Manguso : When Writing Heals the Writer

Like most of our favorite authors to interview, Sarah Manguso is a writer’s writer. Linda and Danielle were texting each other during the interview as true blue fans: “She's the REAL DEAL!” May her i…
00:38:33  |   Thu 01 Oct 2015
Dani Shapiro : Behind the Scenes Writing

Dani Shapiro : Behind the Scenes Writing

Bestselling author Dani Shapiro (of the memoirs DEVOTION and SLOW MOTION, five novels, and her latest: STILL WRITING: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life)talks with Linda Sivertsen & Danielle…
00:36:59  |   Thu 01 Oct 2015
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