Two Writers Finding Joy

Maddy and Abigail chat about writing in different points of view. They chat about the differences and challenges between first person, second person, and third person points of view .

Maddy and Abigail chat about using their imagination. They discuss how they use imaginative play as adults versus when they were kids and how to microdose imagination.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores authors of Happy Wife. Meredith and Kendall discuss their journey from deciding to write a book together to working on their sophomore novel. Their new book Perfect Life is out now.

Jake Kyer returns to discuss querying with Maddy and Abigail. They give updates on their querying journey, discuss concerns about AI, and talk about navigating genre labels.

Maddy and Abigail chat about making connections. They discuss their experience forming connections and how their connections have helped them in their lives.

Maddy and Abigail chat about developing characters. They chat about some of their favorite tools to help them with characters and how the make characters in their own work.

Maddy and Abigail chat about finding joy in writing and in life during these unprecedented times. They chat about radical hope, the hard work you have to put in to find joy, and the ways they are avoiding joy.

Maddy and Abigail chat about common pieces of writing advice that they had to unlearn over the years. They chat about the five paragraph essay, "said is dead", and what it means to finish a project.

Maddy and Abigail reflect on the past two years, chatting about what the new year has in store and their favorite lessons from their podcast guests in 2025.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jandy Nelson author of The Sky is Everywhere, I'll Give You the Sun, and When the World Tips Over. Jandy shares her journey as a writer from poet to having one of her books adapted into a movie.