Creative, Inspired, ALIVE

Evelyn Skye and Joanna Phoenix

Interviews with amazing authors and leading creativity experts about the creative process, the love of their craft, their biggest successes and disappointments, and of course, their latest books. All hosted by NYT Bestselling author Evelyn Skye and writer & creativity coach Joanna Phoenix. www.creativeinspiredalive.com

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Book Publicity for Introverts with Stacey Lee, NYT-Bestselling Author

    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 a founder of We Need Diverse Books. Today, we talk about: * venturing into Gothic literature, * the fun of historical research, * the current landscape of YA fiction, * and promoting books with the heart of an introvert. xo, Joanna & Evelyn 🎥 Watch the Conversation You can watch the full video on:→ Our Website | Youtube | Substack app Captions and full transcripts are always available on the website version (just click the “CC” button or the transcript tab below the video). 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Stream the episode wherever you get your podcasts:→ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | or your favorite platform 🎙️ Browse all past episodes HERE 📝 Want to Ask a Future Guest a Question? We invite the community to submit questions via our community chat—available in your browser or in the Substack app. We love including your curiosities in the conversation! Connect with Stacey: You can find Stacey Lee on Instagram. Her newest novel, Heiress of Nowhere, is available in bookstores everywhere or from your favorite online retailer! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    40 min
  2. 17 MAR

    Rebecca Serle on Emotional Depth and Literary Brevity

    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 her husband and daughter. Today, we talk about: * creative brainstorming, * motherhood and writing, * when time travel isn’t really time travel, * and so much more! xo, Joanna & Evelyn 🎥 Watch the Conversation You can watch the full video on:→ Our Website | Youtube | Substack app Captions and full transcripts are always available on the website version (just click the “CC” button or the transcript tab below the video). 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Stream the episode wherever you get your podcasts:→ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | or your favorite platform 🎙️ Browse all past episodes HERE 📝 Want to Ask a Future Guest a Question? We invite the community to submit questions via our community chat—available in your browser or in the Substack app. We love including your curiosities in the conversation! Connect with Rebecca Serle: You can find Rebecca on Instagram. Her newest novel, Once and Again, is available in bookstores everywhere or from your favorite online retailer! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    36 min
  3. 13 MAR

    The Studio for Serious Novelists

    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 Novelists Here’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 * Want developmental-level critique * Care about both craft and industry positioning * Take their work seriously This is not an introductory writing class. It is a professional room. REGISTER here: https://buy.stripe.com/fZu5kCgtd5PY1nV1Fs8EM00 Enrollment is first come, first served until the atelier reaches 12 writers. About the Studio Lead: I’m Evelyn Skye, a New York Times bestselling novelist and the author of eleven books, published by major houses including Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Disney, and translated into sixteen languages worldwide. I have also written for Netflix in a literary-film collaboration starring Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, and Robin Wright. My work has been featured in PEOPLE, Newsweek, The Hollywood Reporter, CBS New York, The Morning Blend on NBC, The Mirror, Woman’s World Magazine, South China Morning Post, Book Riot, PopSugar, Bustle, Psychology Today, Mochi Magazine, and more. I’ve been a featured speaker and guest of honor around the world—at the Festival du Livre de Paris, the Danish Fantasy Festival, San Diego Comic Con, Emerald City Comic Con, and more. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Russian literature from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Over the past decade, I’ve developed a deep understanding of what makes a manuscript not only compelling on the page, but viable in the marketplace. In this studio, I bring that experience directly to your opening pages. More details about the studio at: https://www.creativeinspiredalive.com/p/the-studio-for-serious-novelists-writing-workshop This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    10 min
  4. 3 MAR

    Multiple POVs and Family Secrets with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, NYT Bestselling Author

    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 with AMC Studios. Sweeney holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Today, we talk about: * writing distinct and integrated POVs, * finding the right pace of writing for yourself, * how we sometimes scare ourselves out of taking risks in writing, * the truth of having work developed into a TV series, * and so much more! xo, Joanna & Evelyn 🎥 Watch the Conversation You can watch the full video on:→ Our Website | Youtube | Substack app Captions and full transcripts are always available on the website version (just click the “CC” button or the transcript tab below the video). 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Stream the episode wherever you get your podcasts:→ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | or your favorite platform 🎙️ Browse all past episodes HERE 📝 Want to Ask a Future Guest a Question? We invite the community to submit questions via our community chat—available in your browser or in the Substack app. We love including your curiosities in the conversation! Connect with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney: You can find Cynthia on Instagram. Her newest novel, Lake Effect, is available in bookstores everywhere or from your favorite online retailer! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    41 min
  5. 17 FEB

    Co-writing Romance with Your Spouse, Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegmund-Broka

    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. They are also two-thirds of USA Today bestselling author E.B. Asher. So much teamwork! Seeing Other People is their latest novel. Today, we talk about: * writing in partnership, * trends in the romance genre, * incorporating speculative elements, * and the writing scene in LA. xo, Joanna & Evelyn 🎥 Watch the Conversation You can watch the full video on:→ Our Website | Youtube | Substack app Captions and full transcripts are always available on the website version (just click the “CC” button or the transcript tab below the video). 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Stream the episode wherever you get your podcasts:→ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | or your favorite platform 🎙️ Browse all past episodes HERE 📝 Want to Ask a Future Guest a Question? We invite the community to submit questions via our community chat—available in your browser or in the Substack app. We love including your curiosities in the conversation! Connect with Emily and Austin: You can find Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on Instagram. Their newest novel, Seeing Other People, is available in bookstores everywhere or from your favorite online retailer! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    35 min
  6. 3 FEB

    Playing Big in Our Creative Lives with Tara Mohr

    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 coaching certification, she also has an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Today Show, and the Harvard Business Review. Today, we talk about: * playing big in a creative career, * cultivating our inner mentor, * unhooking from criticism and praise, * promoting our art with courage, * and tapping our deepest authenticity. xo, Joanna & Evelyn 🎥 Watch the Conversation You can watch the full video on:→ Our Website | Youtube | Substack app Captions and full transcripts are always available on the website version (just click the “CC” button or the transcript tab below the video). 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Stream the episode wherever you get your podcasts:→ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | or your favorite platform 🎙️ Browse all past episodes HERE 📝 Want to Ask a Future Guest a Question? We invite the community to submit questions via our community chat—available in your browser or in the Substack app. We love including your curiosities in the conversation! Connect with Tara: You can find Tara Mohr on Instagram and access her Guided Inner Mentor Visualization on her website. Her book, Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, is available in bookstores everywhere or from your favorite online retailer! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    43 min
  7. 20 JAN

    Connections Across Time and Identity with Deepa Anappara, Award Winning Author

    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, Deepa Anappara, won the Edgar Award for Best Novel and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut novel, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line. Anappara is also the co-editor of Letters to a Writer of Colour, a collection of personal essays on fiction, race, and culture. Her next novel, The Last of Earth, is out now. Today, we talk about: - researching historical fiction, - the influence of her journalism on her fiction, - if and how an author should translate a culture, - building bridges between the writer and the character, - and the perseverance needed for publishing. xo, Joanna & Evelyn 🎥 Watch the Conversation You can watch the full video on:→ Our Website | Youtube | Substack app Captions and full transcripts are always available on the website version (just click the “CC” button or the transcript tab below the video). 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Stream the episode wherever you get your podcasts:→ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | or your favorite platform 🎙️ Browse all past episodes HERE 📝 Want to Ask a Future Guest a Question? We invite the community to submit questions via our community chat—available in your browser or in the Substack app. We love including your curiosities in the conversation! Connect with Deepa: You can find Deepa Anappara on Instagram or her website. Her newest novel, The Last of Earth, is available in bookstores everywhere or from your favorite online retailer! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    42 min
  8. 6 JAN

    Motherhood, Art, and Writing New Fairy Tales with Roshani Chokshi, New York Times Bestselling Author

    Hello, Protagonists! Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, Alive podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture. New Year, New Name! - Creative. Inspired. Happy is now Creative, Inspired, ALIVE! Our guest today is Roshani Chokshi, New York Times Bestselling author. Her books have been translated into over two dozen languages, and one of them was even named in Time Magazine‘s Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time. Her latest novel, The Swan’s Daughter, is out now. Today, we talk about: * using mythology and legend as inspiration in fiction, * how motherhood has changed her as a writer, * the long arc of a career over a decade, * shifting definitions of success, and so much more. xo, Joanna & Evelyn 🎥 Watch the Conversation You can watch the full video on:→ Our Website | Youtube | Substack app Captions and full transcripts are always available on the website version (just click the “CC” button or the transcript tab below the video). 🎧 Prefer to Listen? Stream the episode wherever you get your podcasts:→ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Audible | or your favorite platform 🎙️ Browse all past episodes HERE 📝 Want to Ask a Future Guest a Question? We invite the community to submit questions via our community chat—available in your browser or in the Substack app. We love including your curiosities in the conversation! Connect with Roshani: You can find Roshani on Instagram or her website. Her newest novel, The Swan’s Daughter, is available in bookstores everywhere or from your favorite online retailer! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.creativeinspiredalive.com/subscribe

    38 min

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Interviews with amazing authors and leading creativity experts about the creative process, the love of their craft, their biggest successes and disappointments, and of course, their latest books. All hosted by NYT Bestselling author Evelyn Skye and writer & creativity coach Joanna Phoenix. www.creativeinspiredalive.com

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