S3 E3: "This Is Stupid" with Author Andrew DeYoung
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Release Date: 07/09/2025
Still Writing Ep 2 Clip
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Still Writing: Pilot
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Still Writing has its very own feed! Please add it to your favorite podcast app, and let me know if you can't find it on yours.
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Still Writing Teaser
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In which Still Writing and its mystery cohost are revealed! Stay tuned for Still Writing ep 1 (also works for listening in your favoritie app like Overcast) Music ___ Thanks to for the theme music!
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S3 E16: Author Alyssa Sheinmel
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Alyssa Sheinmel's psychological thriller and adult debut, Such Sheltered Lives, it out now. In this episode, I spoke with Alyssa about what it's been like to publish in the adult category alongside her ongoing work in her teen lit roots, how she gets it done, and hey, what's going on in YA right now anyway? - Out from Atria 1/20/26 Learn more about me, my books, and my other projects at: Thanks to for the theme music!
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S3 E15: Annual Wrap-Up & Writers Circle Updates
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S3 E14: Seasonal Shifts + Joni Sensel and Wildly Inspired
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In which we don't write a novel in a month, and look to the seasons to inspire our writing focus. Special thanks to Joni Sensel. ! Thanks to for the theme music! Learn more about me, my books, and my other projects at:
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S3 E13: Jasminne Paulino's Notes to the Universe
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Many thanks to my guest Jasminne Paulino for sharing the story of how her debut novel, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez, came to be, how the pandemic led her to decide to pursue her MFA, and how a late-life diagnosis informs her writing. Find Jasminne on Instagram @jasminne.notes, and at her Find her book and all my guests' books at our Thanks to for the theme music! Learn more about me, my books, and my other projects at:
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S3 E12: The Autumn of My dis-Content
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Sorry about the unplanned hiatus! In this episode I talk about my break from online as my default environment, what that has to do with Our Times, and I guess I'm still learning how to pronounce "authoritarianism." Thanks to for the theme music! Learn more about me, my books, and my other projects at:
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S3 E11: Hannah V. Sawyerr & Truth Is
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From childhood journals to Pitch Wars to the Morris Award Honor to the National Book Award Longlist, Hannah V. Sawyerr has been on a journey! I so enjoyed this conversation and I know you will, too. Truth Is comes out September 23rd everywhere books are sold. at Bookshop & social links Thanks to for the theme music! Learn more about me, my books, and my other projects at:
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S3 E10: Reality-Based Goals
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Expanding on the first episode of this season, we ask what does "reality-based" mean when it comes to goals? Thanks to for the theme music! Learn more about me, my books, and my other projects at:
info_outlineIn the first interview episode of TCL 3.0, we bring back an old friend with a new book. Andrew DeYoung's new domestic thriller, Stay Away From Him, is out this week. We talk about Andrew's path from YA to speculative to thrillers, the pleasures of writing genre fiction, and how he gets it done. Also, why is everything in publishing so slow?
Help for writers and Writers Circle waitlist
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