
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
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.
Latest episodes

Aug 6, 2021 • 32min
Ep. 57 Ellen Abrams: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
The playwright, Ellen Abrams, discusses writing for the stage

Jul 23, 2021 • 30min
Ep. 56 Rachel Michelberg: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
How to write a difficult family memoir, with author Rachel Michelberg https://marionroach.com/

Jul 9, 2021 • 25min
Ep. 55 Travis Andrews: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Author Travis Andres talks about his new book with host Marion Roach Smith in this episode of the Qwerty podcast, a podcast by, for and about writers. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life. Read it, and begin your own journey to writing what you know. https://marionroach.com/

Jun 25, 2021 • 33min
Ep. 54 Allison Fallon: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Author Allison Fallon talks about the power of writing it down with host Marion Roach Smith in this episode of the Qwerty podcast, a podcast by, for and about writers. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life. Read it, and begin your own journey to writing what you know. https://marionroach.com/

Jun 11, 2021 • 29min
Ep. 53 Monica Wesolowska: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
On curating your own life, with Monica Wesolowska, author of Holding Silvan

May 28, 2021 • 28min
Ep. 52 Julie Metz: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
How and when to see your life as story, with bestselling author Julie Metzhttps://marionroach.com/

May 14, 2021 • 26min
Ep. 51 Ali Stafford: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
How to become a food writer, with cooking teacher and cookbook author Alexandra Stafford

Apr 30, 2021 • 23min
Ep. 50 Carol Edgarian: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Advice to young writers from bestselling author Carol Edgarian

Apr 16, 2021 • 35min
Ep. 49 Milo Beckman: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
On writing for visual thinkers, with Milo Beckman, author of Math Without Numbers

Apr 2, 2021 • 31min
Ep. 48 Toni Jensen: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
Toni Jensen, the author of Carry, a new memoir in essays, speaks on indigenous people and the gun crisis in America.