In this episode, I talk about about the history of the dreaded comments section, why writers should actively avoid it, and why they keep going back.

In this episode, I welcome Katie Dalebout to the podcast. Katie is a writer, podcast producer, and host of the podcast LET IT OUT. In 2016 Katie published her first book let it out which is an interactive guide to journaling. She now lives in Lost Angeles and teaches a journaling workshops, an online class for independent podcasters, runs a digital group for creatives called: In-Process. In this interview, we’ll get to hear from Katie about how journaling and gratitude changed her life and how she’s using that change to better the lives of everyone she meets.

In today's episode, I am joined by author and artist Shubnum Khan. Earlier this year, Shubnum wrote about her experience as a single woman who had been preparing for the arrival of her husband all her life. In this episode, you'll hear her reaction to the responses she received, sent with the kind of love she was not expecting. In this interview, you'll also hear us talk about the responsibility writers have when we turn our loved ones into characters on the page.

On today's podcast, I'm joined by Laura Cathcart Robbins who is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Stash. In this raw conversation, you'll hear about how Laura’s relationship to creativity survived abuse and addiction and how she was eventually able to rebuild her writing life one experience at a time.

Welcome to Write Like You Mean It, a podcast where I have honest conversations about how and why we write. On this first episode, we talk about what it means to be a literary citizen, how to build your writing Karma and feed into your writing community.