Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write More
Level up your writing practice with readings from a diverse array of womxn writers, and discover their tips and tricks. For writers and would-be writers looking for a dose of confidence, Fierce Womxn Writing delivers weekly inspiration and information. Host Sara Gallagher interviews guests on their practice and process, and the author reads from their work. The show ends with a writing prompt for you to use at home. Join the community conversation between episodes on Instagram @fiercewomxnwriting.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
Maisy Card - Author of These Ghosts Are Family, a novel exploring family secrets
This week our guest is Maisy Card, author of the new novel, These Ghosts Are Family. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Never getting rid of anything you love that you edit out
- Writi…
Christina Hammonds Reed - Author of The Black Kids, a YA Novel
This week our guest is Christina Hammonds Reed author of the new YA novel, The Black Kids. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- How screenwriting helped her develop her novel
- When she …
Melissa Faliveno - Editor, Essayist, and Author of Tomboyland
This week our guest is Melissa Faliveno, editor, teacher, and author of Tomboyland. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Carving out just five minutes a day
- Reading and editing other p…
Chet'la Sebree - Author of the poetry collection Mistress
This week our guest is Chet’la Sebree, author of poetry collection Mistress, and the forthcoming lyric meditation Field Study. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- What really makes a…
Lacy Crawford - Author of Notes on a Silencing, the memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after sexual assault, and the efforts of a powerful New England boarding school to silence her at any cost
This week our guest is memoirist Lacy Crawford, author of the memoir Notes on a Silencing, the journalistic account of being sexual assaulted as a teenager at a private school that spent decades cove…
Melissa Valentine - Author of the memoir The Names of All the Flowers
This week our guest is memoirist Melissa Valentine, author of The Names of All the Flowers, which explores growing up mixed race in Oakland, being part of a family fractured by the school to prison p…
Juli Delgado Lopera - Colombian author of the queer multilingual novel, Fiebre Tropical
This week our guest is Colombian writer Juli Delgado Lopera, author of the queer multilingual novel, Fiebre Tropical. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Editing with an inquisitive …
Casey Cep - New Yorker Writer and Author of the NYT Bestseller, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
This week our guest is New York Times bestselling author and staff writer at the New Yorker, Casey Cep. Her recent book is Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, which was li…
Trina Greene Brown - Author of Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children
This week our guest is author Trina Greene Brown, author of Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Trusting your inner know…
Jaquira Díaz - Author of Ordinary Girls
This week our guest is memoirist Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls - a story of growing up queer in Puerto Rico and Miami. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Listening to yours…
Liara Tamani - Author of the young adult novel, All the Things We Never Knew
This week our guest is novelist Liara Tamani, author of All the Things We Never Knew, a young adult novel that follows two Black teenagers as they discover how first love, heartbreak, betrayal, and f…
Aja Black - Songwriter, Vocalist, Musican from The Reminders
This week our guest is Aja Black - songwriter, musician, vocalist, and one half of the creative duo The Reminders. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Asking questions with your writ…
Minna Salami - Author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
This week our guest is Minna Salami, author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Showing up for your muse
- Having an idea …
Bishakh Som - Author of Apsara Engine, a collection of graphic short stories
This week our guest is Bishakh Som, author of Apsara Engine, a collection of graphic short stories. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- Turning everything off
- Making sure your work isn…
Aimee Liu - Author of WWII novel Glorious Boy
This week our guest is Aimee Liu, author of Glorious Boy, a novel set in World War II. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- Who to include in your writing group
- Having an abiding questi…
Valencia Robin - Author of Ridiculous Light, an Award-Winning Poetry Collection
This week our guest is Valencia Robin, visual artist, poet, and author of Ridiculous Light. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- The power of a writing group
- Toggling between painting a…
Deborah Paredez - Author of the poetry collection Year of the Dog
This week our guest is Deborah Paredez, co-founder of CantoMundo, and author of Year of the Dog, a book of poetry. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- Submitting more, and submitting …
Dallas Woodburn - Author of The Best Week That Never Happened
This week our guest is Dallas Woodburn, author of the young adult novel, The Best Week That Never Happened. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- Accidentally making external critics in…
Kristen Millares Young - Author of Subduction
This week our guest is Kristen Millares Young, author of Subduction. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- Parenting and writing in short periods of time
- Allusion and the tension of the …
Luba Vikhanski - Author of Gender Mosaic
This week our guest is Luba Vikhanski, author of Gender Mosaic.
In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- Adding tension and suspense to any writing
- The importance of your opening
- Working on w…