This Creative Life with Sara Zarr show

This Creative Life with Sara Zarr

Summary: Author Sara Zarr in conversation with other writers and creators with a focus on the practical and psychological aspects of our work and process, and the strange landscape where art meets commerce. Past guests include the author of If I Stay, Gayle Forman; literary agent Michael Bourret; and filmmaker Scott Derrickson.

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 Some 2024 Announcements! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 05:45

What's going on with This Creative Life? What am I doing? How old am I? Is there going to be a new podcast in this feed? All these questions and more answered in under 6 minutes! www.sarazarr.com services & rate sheet The Inbox Variations Get Kyra, Just for Today instagram

 87. Ashley C. Ford and the Ultimate Pivot - TCL Finale (?) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:59

I know you’ve been waiting a long time on a wish and a promise for this final episode in the Pivots, Comebacks, and Reinventions series. I appreciate your patience while I went and figured out myself and my own potential pivots and reinventions! The wait is over and I present to you my conversation with Ashley C. Ford, bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughterand lots more. I’m so grateful to Ashley for her time and generosity in this conversation. I know you’re going to love it as much as I did. Ashley’s web site Somebody’s Daughter The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Pre-order Kyra, Just for Today Get the This Creative Life book Thanks to Dave Connis for the theme music. www.sarazarr.com

 Audio Updates - October, 2023 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 08:40

Fall updates! New interview episode coming in November. Opting In, Opting Out Pre-Order Kyra, Just for Today The Inbox Variation newsletter (This Creative Life newsletter will be ending) Manucript consultation  

 TCL Mini: Updates & the Future | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 10:26

News about my next book, and an opportunity for space that I am taking! Get the show notes / newsletter This Creative Life ebook on sale for $2.99 through June! @ amazon @ everywhere else www.sarazarr.com  

 TCL Mini: The Writing Life Audit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:08

This is the audio version of the most recent newsletter PLUS some thoughts about what's next for the pod. Get the newsletter version of this post Get the book Get The Inbox Variations www.sarazarr.com  

 86. Melissa Walker Takes Action | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55:25

In late 2016, Melissa Walker was working on her 10th novel when she went to a holiday party and heard then Senator Daniel Squadron talk about the importance of state-level politics—even for the national landscape. She was inspired to take action. That action eventually grew into a pivot from full-time writing to full-time work with The States Project. This conversation is everything I wanted from the Pivots, Comebacks and Reinventions series. It’s a great example of how passion and purpose can realign for a season or a reason, while the writing is still always there. It got surprisingly emotional for both of us; I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. (This conversation is explicitly political in places, which may or may not be your jam!) Selected Links: The States Project - get involved Melissa's books Get the show notes / newsletter Get the book Thanks to Dave Connis for the theme music. www.sarazarr.com

 TCL Mini: No Sure Things | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 08:07

The audio version of this week's newsletter on living with the uncertainty of writing. Get the newsletter version of this post Get the book! www.sarazarr.com

 85. The Publishing Year in Review with Agent Michael Bourret | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:07:46

From the supply chain issues that started the year, to the conversation about AI that's ending it, I talk through the year in publishing with Michael Bourret of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Also, we answer listener questions! This will be the last episode for the year, and the last one before a break during which I'll go off to Boston to teach and maybe even revise my novel. I'll be back (most likely in February) to pick up the Pivots, Comebacks, and Reinventions series.  Get the show notes / newsletter Get the book (holiday pricing good through 12/21) Thanks to Dave Connis for the theme music Happy Holidays! www.sarazarr.com

 84. Bennett Madison's Permission to Let Go | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:07

What do you do when you've established a writing career and then it's not giving you what you came for? What does it look like to be a person who writes but whose entire identity isn't wrapped up in Being a Writer? Is there life on the other side, if you can just let go? Bennett Madison joins me for the first time since 2013 to talk about the work of deprofessionalizing his writing life to pivot to joy in creative work--and a steady paycheck doing something else. Get the show notes / newsletter Get the book Thanks to Dave Connis for the theme music! www.sarazarr.com

 TCL Archives: Bennett Madison in 2013 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:05

One from the 2013 archives to get you ready for next week's episode, when Bennett Madison comes back for the Pivots, Comebacks, and Reinventions series. 

 TCL Mini: Year In Review | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 08:51

New full episode next week! Until then, here's the audio version of this week's newsletter, with a question for YOU about your dream writing podcast. Get the newsletter version of this post Get the book www.sarazarr.com

 TCL Mini: Writing In Reality | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 07:45

Letting go of the idealized version of your writing experience. Get the newsletter version of this post Get the book Take the Google survey on 2023 classes. Happy Thanksgiving! www.sarazarr.com  

 TCL Mini: Creative Rest | File Type: audio/mp4 | Duration: 09:21

The audio version of this week's newsletter on resting before making the next creative decision. Find the text version here!  

 83. Tara Altebrando Is Solving the Puzzle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:41

In the third episode in the Comebacks, Pivots, and Reinventions series, my longtime friend and one-time (?) collaborator Tara Altebrando talks to me about her multiple pivots over a couple of decades as a working writer, and the driving forces behind those choices. Currently, she's working in scripted audio as the creator and writer of the Dream Breachers podcast at Pinna Audio and the President of Listen Like Thieves Productions. Get the show notes / newsletter Dream Breachers Thanks to Dave Connis for the theme music! www.sarazarr.com

 82. Malinda Lo Never Went Away | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:13

In the second episode in the Comebacks, Pivots, and Reinventions series, Malinda Lo and I talk about her huge year with Last Night at the Telegraph Club and what it has meant for her writing and life. But is it really a “comeback” if she never went away in the first place? Also we talk about her brand new book, A Scatter of Light. Get the show notes / newsletter Get A Scatter of Light Thanks to Dave Connis for the theme music! www.sarazarr.com

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