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#StickWithIt

By KJ / Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Episode 48 Show Notes: #StickWithIt kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #StickWithIt Creative Nonfiction Misery, Stephen King Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore and Company Is it the homework, or is it your kid?, KJ Dell Antonia Write Your Book in 2017: How to Set Goals that Lead to Success, KJ Dell Antonia […]

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#SpeakingCircuit2

By KJ / Monday, April 3, 2017

Episode 47 Show Notes: #SpeakingCircuit2 kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #SpeakingCircuit2 **contract** **checklist** Ava Chin Moo.com Seth Godin The Creative Penn Using Improv Techniques for Creativity and Tips on Facebook Ads: Andrea Vahl #AmReading Language at the Speed of Sight: How we Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What […]

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#GiveItARest

By KJ / Monday, April 3, 2017

Episode 46 Show Notes: #GiveItARest kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #GiveItARest #AmReading The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup and One Family’s Quest for the Sweetest Harvest, Douglas Whynott Smithsonian Magazine Everywhere Wonder, Matthew Swanson & Robbi Behr I Stink! / I’m Dirty!, Kate McMullan, […]

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#FamilyMemoir

By KJ / Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Episode 45 Show Notes: #FamilyMemoir kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #FamilyMemoir Meghan Moravcik Walbert

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#GetTheFacts

By KJ / Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Episode 44 Show Notes: #GetTheFacts kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #GetTheFacts A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age, Daniel Levitin Dinner: A Love Story: It All Begins at the Family Table, Jenny Rosenstrach Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, Peter C. Brown, Henry […]

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#SpeakingCircuit

By KJ / Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Episode 43 Show Notes: #SpeakingCircuit kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #SpeakingCircuit Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail, Jessica Lahey, The Atlantic Madeline Levine The Opposite of Spoiled, Ron Lieber How to Raise An Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success, Julie […]

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#ThinkLikeAPirate

By KJ / Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Episode 42 Show Notes: #ThinkLikeAPirate kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #ThinkLikeAPirate Sarina Bowen Amazon Kobo GoodReads iBooks Google DMCA Dashboard Cease & Desist Letter Example Sarina’s Cease & Desist Letter Please note than when you issue a takedown (also known as a cease and desist or a DMCA letter) […]

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#VoiceofAuthority

By KJ / Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Episode 41 Show Notes: #VoiceofAuthority kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio Grown and Flown #VoiceofAuthority On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King Audible Davina Porter The Shepherd’s Life, James Rebanks How Design Thinking Became a Buzzword at School, Jessica Lahey Duct Tape Parenting: A Less is More Approach to Raising Respectful, […]

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#GettingItDone (Write More)

By KJ / Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Episode 40 Show Notes: #GettingItDone (Write More) kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WriterTaxes Shoeboxed Stamps.com Rev.com Insightly

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#WriterTaxes

By KJ / Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Episode 39 Show Notes: #WriterTaxes kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WriterTaxes Shoeboxed Stamps.com Rev.com Insightly

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#WriterFinances

By KJ / Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Episode 38 Show Notes: #WriterFinances kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WriterFinances Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living, Manjula Martin Roxane Gay Cheryl Strayed The Opposite of Spoiled, Ron Lieber Reading with Babies, Toddlers, and Twos: A Guide to Laughing, Learning, and Growing Together through Books, KJ Dell Antonia […]

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#OrganizedWriter 2

By KJ / Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Episode 37 Show Notes: #OrganizedWriter 2 kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #OrganizedWriter 2 Evernote Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales, Penn Jillette Insightly The Writers Guide to Getting Organized: Take Control of Your Life 10 Minutes at a Time, Lynn Johnston #AmReading Happier at Home, Gretchen […]

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#WriterTaxes

By KJ / Monday, February 6, 2017

Episode 39 Show Notes: #WriterTaxes kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WriterTaxes Shoeboxed Stamps.com Rev.com Insightly

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#WriterFinances

By KJ / Monday, February 6, 2017

Episode 38 Show Notes: #WriterFinances kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WriterFinances Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living, Manjula Martin Roxane Gay Cheryl Strayed The Opposite of Spoiled, Ron Lieber Reading with Babies, Toddlers, and Twos: A Guide to Laughing, Learning, and Growing Together through Books, KJ Dell Antonia […]

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#OrganizedWriter 2

By KJ / Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Episode 37 Show Notes: #OrganizedWriter 2 kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #OrganizedWriter 2 Evernote Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales, Penn Jillette Insightly The Writers Guide to Getting Organized: Take Control of Your Life 10 Minutes at a Time, Lynn Johnston #AmReading Happier at Home, Gretchen […]

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#OrganizedWriter 1

By KJ / Monday, January 9, 2017

Episode 36 Show Notes: #OrganizedWriter 1 kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #OrganizedWriter 1 Rev.com Time Capsule Shoeboxed MeetEdgar Tweetdeck Lindy West #AmReading YourTeen Magazine Sarina Bowen Homestead Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Our Hearth to Yours by Eve and Eivin Kilcher ?Alaska: The Last Frontier on the Discovery Channel Running Man, Charlie […]

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#ReadySetGoals2

By KJ / Monday, January 9, 2017

Episode 35 Show Notes: #ReadySetGoals2 kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #ReadySetGoals2 Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert Writers on a New England Stage I New Hampshire Public Radio Thanks to Gretchen Rubin for turning me on to the one-word idea years ago in her book, Happier at Home. Catch her Happier podcast—one of […]

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#ReadySetGoals

By KJ / Monday, January 9, 2017

Episode 34 Show Notes: #ReadySetGoals kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #ReadySetGoals Organize365 Podcasts, Lisa Woodruff OED Twitter Merriam Webster Word of the Day Susan David   Download our goal-setting worksheet here  

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#SnowDaysandHolidays

By KJ / Monday, December 19, 2016

Episode 33 Show Notes: #SnowDaysandHolidays kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio KJ’s Twitter Jess’ Twitter KJ’s Instagram Jess’ Instagram #Booksthatmakegreatgifts Jess: Loaded up on Jess’ Dad’s iPod: Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen’s new book, narrated by Bruce Springsteen The Martian by Andy Weir As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the […]

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#WriterGifts, ‘Tis the Season to Write

By KJ / Thursday, December 15, 2016

Episode 32 Show Notes: #WriterGifts, ‘Tis the Season to Write kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio KJ’s Twitter Jess’ Twitter KJ’s Instagram Jess’ Instagram #AmReading Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, Maria Semple Dublin Murder Squad Series, Tana French The Pie Life, Samantha Ettus Babies Ruin Everything, Matthew Swanson […]

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#WriteWhatYouKnow, Your Experience Is Valuable

By KJ / Sunday, December 4, 2016

Episode 30 Show Notes: #WriteWhatYouKnow, Your Experience Is Valuable kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WriteWhatYouKnow, Your Experience Is Valuable Locally Laid, Lucy B. Amundsen The Shephard’s Life, James Rebanks The Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda Owens What I Didn’t Know: True Stories of Becoming a Teacher, Edited by Lee Gutkind Searching for John Hughes: […]

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#NosyFamilies, Talking About Your Work

By KJ / Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Episode 30 Show Notes: #NosyFamilies, Talking About Your Work kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #NosyFamilies, Talking About Your Work Hungry Heart, Jennifer Weiner #BestPractices Scrivener #AmReading Hungry Heart, Jennifer Weiner Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah The Daily Show: An Oral History as told by Jon Stewart, […]

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#WhenToQuit, Get Your Butt Outta the Chair

By KJ / Monday, November 21, 2016

Episode 29 Show Notes: #WhenToQuit, Get Your Butt Outta the Chair kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WhenToQuit, Get Your Butt Outta the Chair Sarina Bowen Commonwealth, Ann Patchett The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend, Katarina Bivald A Field Guide to Lies, Daniel Levitin Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth […]

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#OpEd, Own Your Expertise

By KJ / Monday, November 21, 2016

Episode 28 Show Notes: #OpEd, Own Your Expertise kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #OpEd, Own Your Expertise Commonwealth, Ann Patchett Mary Laura Philpott Parnassus Books Katie Orenstein, The OpEd Project Am I Introverted, or Just Rude?, KJ Dell Antonia Modern Love, NY Times Ties, NY Times Parenting Section, Washington Post Requiem for […]

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#WriterFriends

By KJ / Monday, November 7, 2016

      Episode 27 Show Notes: #WriterFriends kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ The Atlantic Vermont Public Radio #WriterFriends Slate Reading with Babies, Toddlers, and Twos, KJ Dell Antonia Catherine Newman Jennie Rothenberg Gritz Gretchen Rubin Laurie Abkemeier Jenny Bent Sarina Bowen AJ Jacobs James Rivers Writers Conference Media Bistro Wendy Dale’s Memoir Writing for Genuises Laura […]

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#UniTasking, Is that a Thing?

By KJ / Friday, October 28, 2016

Episode 25 Show Notes: #UniTasking, Is that a Thing? kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio #UniTasking Scrivener Bullet Journal Mailchimp Raffle Copter Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, A Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle, Kristen Green Nikki Giovanni #AmReading The Bitch is Back: Older, Wiser, and (Getting) Happier, Cathi Hanauer […]

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#ReadingtheComments, the Good the Bad and the Ugly

By KJ / Thursday, October 27, 2016

Episode 25 Show Notes: #ReadingtheComments, the Good the Bad and the Ugly kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio Bullet Journal #ReadingtheComments Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, A Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle, Kristen Green The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr Jenny Lawson #AmReading The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend, […]

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#AskAnAgent, A Sit-Down with Jenny Bent

By KJ / Thursday, October 27, 2016

Episode 24 Show Notes: #AskAnAgent, A Sit-Down with Jenny Bent kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio The Bent Agency #AskAnAgent Publishers Marketplace Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton #AmReading Commonwealth, Ann Patchett The Balance Project, Susie Orman Schnall Why Knowledge Matters, E.D. Hirsch, Jr. Hackberry Holland Series, James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux Series, James Lee Burke […]

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#FirstWords, How to Start the Day

By KJ / Thursday, October 27, 2016

Episode 23 Show Notes: #FirstWords, How to Start the Day kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio #BestPractices John Irving Scrivener #AmWriting Suzuki Music The Virgin Blog, Richard Branson Your Teen Magazine Carol Blymire Blog Dorie Clark #AmReading Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It, Dorie Clark The Regulars: […]

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#OfficeWoes, Making Do with Little or No Office Space

By KJ / Thursday, October 27, 2016

Episode 22 Show Notes: #OfficeWoes, Making Do with Little or No Office Space kjdellantonia.com NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio #BestPractices Jess Lahey Blog WTF is a Bullet Journal and Why Should You Start One?  An Explainer, BuzzFeed Scrivener #AmReading Britt-Marie Was Here, Frederik Backman A Man Called Ove: A Novel, Frederik Backman My Grandmother Asked […]

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#BuildingAnAudience (Pretty Much What It Sounds Like)

By KJ / Thursday, October 27, 2016

Episode 21 Show Notes: #BuildingAnAudience (Pretty Much What It Sounds Like) NY Times Well The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio #Ow,ItHurts & #BestPractices The Art of the Book Proposal: From Focused Idea to Finished Proposal, Eric Maisel Light Up Pen for Night Writers Scrivener Dropbox #BuildingAnAudience Tim Grahl Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your eBook, […]

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#AmBlogging, Should I Start a Blog?

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ talk blogging, KJ tries bullet journaling and Jess needs help keeping her butt in the chair on the road (even her Mom is helping). Episode 20 Show Notes: #AmBlogging, Should I Start a Blog? “Bullet Journal” website “The Tech-Savvy To-Do List: A Bullet Journal,” the Wall Street Journal article on the Bullet Journal and its creator, Ryder Carrol Blogging: KJ’s blog Jess’ blog The thing KJ wrote that Jess totally loved, “I Woke Up Grumpy and Dragged […]

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#AgentSecrets, Finding and Getting an Agent

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ have a few tips for finding the right agent and crafting your query; also KJ goes off the grid to get some work done and Jess recommends sleep. Episode 19 Show Notes: #AgentSecrets, Finding and Getting an Agent The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio #BestPractices Scrivener #AmReading Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform […]

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#WorkingMess, Harnessing the Energy of Spontaneity

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ allow themselves to work messy. KJ picks up the pieces of a frustrating week, and Jess rushes to meet a 36-hour deadline. Episode 18 Show Notes: #WorkingMess, Harnessing the Energy of Spontaneity The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio #AmReading Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, Tim Harford Wired to Create: Unraveling […]

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#OwItHurts, Taking Care of the Body While Flexing the Mind

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ consider how to keep your muscles from waning as you wax poetic with pen and paper. KJ recommends getting messy with your creativity and Jess speaks to a physical trainer about staying limber in the chair. Episode 17 Show Notes: #OwItHurts, Taking Care of the Body While Flexing the Mind #AmReading Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford Adapt, also by Tim Harford!  The Undercover Economist Kazoo: The Magazine For Girls […]

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#FreshFallStart, Vacation Was Nice Now Back to Work

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ get ready to go back to school. Jess works on her dialogue with Aaron Sorkin and KJ recommends using the weekend to easy the little tensions of the week. Episode 16 Show Notes: #FreshFallStart, Vacation Was Nice Now Back to Work The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio Best Practices Scrivener Reading with Babies, Toddlers, […]

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#BeforeTheBook, Things You Can Do to Ensure the Success of Your Work

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ discuss identifying, building and engaging an audience that enjoys your work. Episode 15 Show Notes: #BeforetheBook, Things You Can Do to Ensure the Success of Your Work The Gift of Failure, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Vermont Public Radio Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail Your First 1000 Copies: The Step by Step Guide to Marketing Your Book, Tim Grahl Blog Her Crafty Chica Jenny Lawson Heather Armstrong Ilovetowatchyouplay.com Tough Sh**: […]

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#ItTakesTwo, How to Write with a Partner

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which romance novelist Sarina Bowen returns to speak with Jess and KJ about writing with a partner from establishing a workflow, to hashing out an agreement. Episode 14 Show Notes: #ItTakesTwo, How to Write with a Partner The Gift of Failure, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Sarina Bowen The Nanny Diaries, Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus The Understatement of the Year, Sarina Bowen Elle Kennedy Reading with Babies, Toddlers, and Twos: A Guide to Laughing, Learning and Growing […]

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#HowItsDone, A Step By Step for Self-Publishing

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ speak with romance novelist Sarina Bowen about self publishing, everything from choosing a pseudonym to marketing the finished product. Episode 13 Show Notes: #HowIt’sDone, A Step by Step for Self Publishing New York Times, Well Family The Gift of Failure, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ Sarina Bowen The Ivy Years, Sarina Bowen Purity, Jonathan Franzen Tom Wolfe MOBI EPUB Kindle Direct Author Central Draft2Digital iBooks KOBO BarnesandNoble Steadfast, Sarina Bowen Goodreads Rookie Move […]

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#MistakesWereMade, The Quest for Truth and Perfection

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ examine the spectrum of mistakes that writers can make, and they argue the merits of listening to an audiobook versus reading the book. Episode 12 Show Notes: #MistakesWereMade, The Quest for Truth and Perfection The Gift of Failure, Jess Lahey #AmWriting with Jess and KJ #Ow,ItHurts Anne of Green Gables Best Practices Dragon Naturally Speaking Steven Strogatz #AmReading The American Academy Of Pediatrics Just Changed Their Guidelines On Kids And Screen Time, Jordan Shapiro Flow […]

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#AmDissecting, Adding Structure to Creativity

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which KJ works on her Moth story and her book, Jess starts a project with her son, and your assignment – take something apart. Episode 11 Show Notes: #AmDissecting, Adding Structure to Creativity The Gift of Failure #AmWriting with Jess & KJ The Moth Podcasts Amy Brill’s Future Perfect Laura Vanderkam Angela Duckworth’s Grit Jennifer Senior’s All Joy and No Fun Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? The Secrets of Happy […]

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#WriteNow, Feed Your Writing, with Reading, Bouncy Balls and Silence

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which KJ abandons her To-Do List, Jess commits to writing 1,000 words a day on her vacation; and the virtues of busying the body to free the mind. Episode 10 Show Notes: #WriteNow, Feed Your Writing With Reading, Bouncy Balls, and Silence Brock Turner Story #Butts & Chairs Talks with Teachers, Jessica Lahey #Best Practices Stephen King I On Writing Daniel Radcliffe Interview BBC Documentary, JK Rowling The Maze Runner Tom Clancy Books Joseph Campbell Medium.com #StuffWeWishWe’dWritten The Focus […]

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#ActuallyTypingWords, Stay in the Chair and Write Now!

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess grapples with a perennial issue, KJ warns about using friends as writing fodder, and is it always a bad idea to procrastinate? Episode 9 Show Notes: #ActuallyTypingWords, Stay in the Chair and Write Now! Ow, It Hurts Grown & Flown ASJA Sunday Review #ActuallyWritingWords John Irving Sarah Stewart Taylor, The Expedition Logs Best Practices Stranded on Moral High Ground Chewbacca Mom’s Kids get Scholarships Octopus Video #StuffWeWishWe’dWritten Is Lizzie Grubman a Changed ‘Party Girl’? The View from […]

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#DeadofExposure, Should You Write for Free and Great Long Reads

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess’s heart acts up and KJ worries about the atrophy of certain writing muscles, and inspiration striking at the wrong time. Episode 8 Show Notes: #DeadofExposure, Should You Write for Free and Great Long Reads Should You Write for Free? I did, once, for The Atlantic. Here’s the piece I wrote for free that went viraland led to The Gift of Failure. Well Family pays! Washington Post On Parenting pays! Motherwell Magazine pays! Jess’ blog KJ’s blog College Application Essay by […]

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#AmResearching, Keep Those Notes Organized, and Remember When…

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which KJ and Jess talk about how they organize their research and wax nostalgic about their first successful pitches. #amwriting #ampitching #amprocrastinating Episode 7 Show Notes: #AmResearching, Keep Those Notes Organized, and Remember When… Best Practices: Organizing Research Scrivener, by Literature and Latte Our friend Sarah, who uses Scrivener for fiction Dropbox #AmPitching Mothering Magazine On Writing by Stephen King, in which he mentions paper clips, not staples.  Time Out: New York I wrote “Benjamin’s Bookshelf” for The King’s English Bookshop […]

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#AmRecommending, Tech Tools (High and Low) and A Special Contest

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess reminds us that word counts are not suggestions and KJ warns of the perils of the Butterfly Effect. Episode 6 Show Notes: #AmRecommending, Tech Tools (High and Low) and a Special Contest Ow, It Hurts Track Changes Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey Best Practices Bean Yoga Pillow TapeACall Olympus Digital Recorder Pound Foolish, Helaine Olen Rev.com Livescribe 3 #AmPitching Mothering Magazine Vermont Public Radio #StuffWeWishWe’dWritten Game of Throne’s Epidemic of Kid-Killing, Megan Garber Eligible, Curtis Sittenfield Nextdraft […]

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#AmConferencing, Writing it Down and Making Connections

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which Jess and KJ go into the closet (excuse the squeaky door) and discuss the values of the writers conference, and the dangers of writing in your head. #amwriting #ampitching #amprocrastinating Episode 5 Show Notes: #AmConferencing, Writing It Down and Making Connections This American Life, The Radio Drama Episode Light Up Pen Ow, It Hurts Grit, Angela Duckworth #AmPitching Conference: Association of Journalists and Authors Parent Hacks, Asha Dornfest #StuffWeWishWe’dWritten Illicit, Moises Naim Playing the Woman Card, The Washington […]

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#AmInterviewing, The Art of the Interview and Ignoring the Inbox

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which KJ shares her love of sheep and Jess offers some sensible sources for inspiration. #amwriting #ampitching #amprocrastinating #aminterviewing Episode 4 Show Notes: #AmInterviewing: The Art of the Interview and Ignoring the Inbox Ow, it Hurts Grit, by Angela Duckworth K.J.’s piece on Angela Duckworth and Grit, “Raising a Child with Grit Can Mean Letting Her Quit.” Vermont Public Radio Commentary Series Jess’ commentaries on Vermont Public Radio Stuff We Wish We’d Written “By the Light of The Moon,” […]

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#AmOverwhelmed, Killing Other People’s Darlings and Timing Pitches

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which KJ struggles with killing other people’s darlings and Jess waxes rhapsodic about audiobooks. #amwriting #ampitching #amprocrastinating Episode 3 Show Notes: #AmOverwhelmed, Killing Other People’s Darlings and Timing Pitches Foster Families Share Their Stories of Love and Loss at Well Family and the Foster Parent Diary column at what was Motherlode, now Well Family. Infomagical Challenge from the Note to Self Podcast with Manoush Zomorodi. “Six Hours, Eight Buses, the Extreme Sacrifices Detroit Parents Make to Access Better Schools.” by Erin […]

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#AmPitching, Good Strategies and Unexpected Hurdles

By KJ / Tuesday, September 20, 2016

…in which events conspire to put KJ behind on her assignments and Jess cancels plans for building a sauna. #AmPitching #AmProcrastinating #AmWriting Episode 2 Show Notes: #AmPitching, Good Strategies and Unexpected Hurdles The Professor in the Cage by Jonathan Gottschall The Informed Parent by Emily Willingham and Tara Haelle The Path by Christine Gross-Loh and Michael Puett Yes, I want a sauna but apparently don’t need one because it gets really hot in my eaves – I mean my podcast studio.

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