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43:49

Dancing into YA Romance with Jasmine Guilory

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/10/09

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest today is Jasmine Guillory, a bestselling author of nine adult romance novels, including the Reese’s Book Club pick, The Proposal. This fall, she is trying something new, making her young adult debut with a Dirty Dancing-inspired story about a young girl finding her way back to dance and to love. Her latest book, It’s Only Dancing, is

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3:49

October Invite & September Replay: "Reading with...

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/09/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.comHello Protagonists! In this post, you’ll find:🎥 The video replay of our September meeting📚 Your invitation + discussion questions for The Everlasting, our next Book Pick🗓️ Upcoming Book Club Picks💛 RSVP & Zoom link (below the paywall)💕 JoannaThe “Reading with Wonder” Book Club is for our community members who want to dive deeper into how great books work and reflect on their creative process. ✨ Come

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49:03

Building a Hybrid Author Career with Bestselling...

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/09/22

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest today, Helen Scheuerer, is the Sunday Times bestselling romantasy author praised for their strong, flawed heroines and action-packed plots. Helen built her career as an indie author, and her new trilogy is published with Penguin and Simon & Schuster. Her latest book, Kiss of the Black Flame, the first in The Bookbinder’s Bargain

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41:26

The Wisdom of Mega Best-Seller Jodi Picoult

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/09/15

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest today is Jodi Picoult, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, with over 63 million books in print and translations in forty languages. She has written everything from her breakout novel, My Sister’s Keeper, to young adult books co-written with her daughter to musicals for the stage. She is also one of the

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49:34

Big Questions in Big Stories with Bestselling Author...

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/09/01

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest, CHLOE BENJAMIN, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists and The Anatomy of Dreams. The Immortalists was a #1 Indie Next pick and was named a best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post, and Entertainment Weekly. Her latest book, Under Story, is the September Good Morning America Book Club pick and is out

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50:37

Living an Ideal Writing Life with Evelyn Skye

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/08/18

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest, Evelyn Skye, is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of our very own Creative, Inspired, ALIVE community. She has written eleven novels, including collaborations with Netflix and Disney, spanning young adult fantasy to heartwarming contemporary women’s fiction. Her novel The Incredible Kindness of Paper was named one of

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54:35

Advocating for Artists with Tender Ferocity, A...

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2026/08/04

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guest, Amie McNee, is a writer, teacher, speaker, and incredible advocate for creativity. Her mission is to dismantle the limiting narrative surrounding creatives so that we may each become the Artists the world needs us to be. She has published three works of historical fiction, and her non-fiction, We Need Your Art, is our September

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36:28

Running a Literary Agency & Debuting a Novel with...

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/07/21

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guest, Catherine Cho, is the acclaimed author of The Devoted and the memoir Inferno. She was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2020 and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Catherine also runs her own literary agency, Paper Literary. Originally from the United States, she now lives with her family in London.Today,

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50:58

Award-winning Writer and Showrunner Mara Brock Akil...

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2026/07/07

Hello Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest, Mara Brock Akil, is an award-winning writer, producer, director, and showrunner. At the age of 30, she became the youngest African American showrunner on broadcast network television with her sitcom Girlfriends. She created BET’s first drama series, Being Mary Jane, and co-created the romantic drama, Love Is, on OWN. She founded

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48:02

The Trick of Time Travel with Jessica Goldstein

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2026/06/23

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest, Jessica Goldstein, is a style, arts, and humor writer. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Marie Claire, Vulture, and the humor site McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Her debut novel, Retro, published by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is out now.Today, we talk about:* the ins and

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43:07

Sarah MacLean from Historical Romance to Women's Fiction

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/06/09

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest, Sarah MacLean, is a New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestselling author. Vulture Magazine writes - “MacLean is a master at weaving passion and vulnerability equally in her characters. When it comes to historical romance, she’s one of the best…” These Summer Storms is her first contemporary novel. In addition to her

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49:58

Freeing Your Creative Mind with Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/05/19

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guest, Donna Jackson Nakazawa, is an award-winning science journalist and an internationally-recognized speaker whose work explores the intersection of neurobiology and human emotion. Her book, Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media, was named a best book of 2022

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49:50

Laurie Frankel on the NYT Bestselling Edge of Our...

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2026/05/05

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guest, Laurie Frankel, is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author known for emotional, character-driven fiction exploring modern family dynamics, including This Is How It Always Is, One Two Three, and Family Family. Her latest book, Enormous Wings, is out now.Today, we talk about:* writing about issues on the edge of

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46:38

Book Publicity - Everything You Want to Know

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2026/04/21

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guests are three amazing book publicists from Lavender PR–Carla Bruce, Brittani Hilles, and Amelia Possanza. This team has over three decades of combined experience at publishers like HarperCollins, Little, Brown, Riverhead Press, Flatiron Books, St. Martin’s Press, Algonquin Books, and more. They craft high-impact campaigns for

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39:44

Book Publicity for Introverts with Stacey Lee,...

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2026/04/07

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guest, Stacey Lee, is a NYT and Indie bestselling author of historical and contemporary YA and middle grade fiction, including The Downstairs Girl, a Reese’s Book Club pick, Kill Her Twice, a school Library Journal best book of the year, and her most recent novel, Heiress of Nowhere. Stacey is a fourth-generation Chinese American and

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36:07

Rebecca Serle on Emotional Depth and Literary Brevity

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/03/17

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guest, Rebecca Serle, is the New York Times bestselling author of Once and Again, Expiration Dates, One Italian Summer, In Five Years, and The Dinner List, to name a few. Serle also developed the hit TV adaptation Famous in Love, based on her YA series of the same name. She is a graduate of USC and The New School and lives in LA with

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10:16

The Studio for Serious Novelists

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/03/13

This spring, I’m going to try a small experiment: a live studio for writers actively building a novel, where I’ll read your opening pages and we’ll work on them together, live.____Atelier Skye: The Studio for Serious NovelistsHere’s what this will look like:Twelve novelists. Six Saturdays. Live sessions. Direct developmental critique.No recordings. No passive consumption. A working studio.This studio is designed for writers who:* Are actively drafting a novel* Have 8–10 strong opening pages ready*

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41:06

Multiple POVs and Family Secrets with Cynthia D’Aprix...

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2026/03/03

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guest, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling novels The Nest (named a best book of the year by People, the Washington Post, and NPR) and Good Company (a Read with Jenna selection). Her work has been translated into more than 28 languages, and The Nest is in development as a limited series

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35:00

Co-writing Romance with Your Spouse, Emily Wibberly...

Creative, Inspired, ALIVE ·

2026/02/17

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our next guests, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegmund-Broka, are a married Romance writing team! They met and fell in love in high school. Austin went on to graduate from Harvard, while Emily graduated from Princeton. Together, they are the authors of multiple novels, including The Roughest Draft and Reese’s YA Bookclub Pick Heiress Takes All

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42:45

Playing Big in Our Creative Lives with Tara Mohr

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2026/02/03

Hello, Protagonists!Welcome to another episode of the Creative. Inspired. ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.Our guest, TARA MOHR, is an internationally renowned coach and educator on women’s leadership and well-being. She is also the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, which empowers women to overcome self-doubt and pursue their dreams by finding their voice and taking bold action.Along with her

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