QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Marion Roach Smith
Welcome to Qwerty, the podcast for writers on how to live the writing life. Host Marion Roach Smith interviews the best writers in all genres to discover their process. Qwerty is by, about and for writers and explores the real challenges of writing and the steps anyone can take to become a better storyteller. Listen in for writing tips, publishing advice and encouragement on how to live the writing life.
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Jan 17, 2020 • 30min
Ep. 21: Jeff Goins: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Jeff Goins answers questions on how to find your writer's voice on this episode of the QWERTY podcast.
Jan 3, 2020 • 33min
Ep. 20: Jack Hitt: A Podcast for Writers on How to live the Writing Life
Jack Hitt, author, magazine writer and winner of two Peabody awards for his radio work, discusses how to craft a story.
Dec 20, 2019 • 32min
Ep. 19: Joe Bunting: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Joe Bunting, Creator of The Write Practice, visits the QWERTY podcast and talks about how to promote a self-published book.
Dec 13, 2019 • 31min
Ep. 18: David Leite: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Food writer David Leite and memoir coach and teacher, Marion Roach Smith, discuss the art and science of food writing.
Nov 29, 2019 • 31min
Ep. 17: Jane Friedman: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
How do you get an agent for your writing? This, and other questions on the business of publishing, are discussed when Jane Friedman visits the QWERTY podcast and talks with author, writer and teacher Marion Roach Smith.
Nov 15, 2019 • 41min
Ep. 16: William Kennedy: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Genius grant, William Kennedy knows about how to write from home. He has brought Albany, New York to the world through his work. Marion and David speak to one of America's greatest living writers.
Nov 1, 2019 • 32min
Ep. 15: Annotations II: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
In this second Annotations segment, Marion and David sit down together to discuss best writing practices and answer several listeners' questions.
Oct 18, 2019 • 31min
Ep. 13: Jill Smolowe: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Journalist and author Jill Smolowe discusses her memoir "Four Funerals and a Wedding" and the challenges she faced writing about the many facets of grief and healing.
Oct 11, 2019 • 4min
Welcome to Season 2: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Author and memoir writing teacher Marion Roach Smith and memorist and cookbook author David Leite kick off Season Two of QWERTY with a previerw of upcoming guests.
Aug 9, 2019 • 26min
Ep. 12: Julia Siler: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Two-time best-selling nonfiction author Julia Flynn Siler gives excellent advice to writers about writing what you believe in, testing your material and setting writing deadlines and goals to have a writing life.
