Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley Kate Hanley
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Finding the Throughline: Conversations about the Creative Process invites you into the minds of writers and other creatives as they open up about their process, their doubts, and what kinds of changes they’re thinking about making. The questions are mildly invasive, honestly, and the answers are unvarnished…and so refreshing!
Whether your creative work is writing, painting, making music, parenting, or simply living, Finding the Throughline can help you get—and stay—inspired. Invigorated, even.
For detailed show notes on each interview, visit katehanley.substack.com. And if you’d like to hear these interviews in one ad-free episode (as opposed to broken up into three shorter episodes with a few ads sprinkled in to keep the lights on), become a paid subscriber once you’re there.
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[Daisy Alpert Florin, practical matters]: “Writing in to the abyss,” setting “super low goals” + finding your rhythm
Daisy Alpert Florin, author of a book I truly adored, My Last Innocent Year, about a young woman in her last year of college, which is recently out in paperbook and–hot tip–would make an excellent book group pick.
My Last Innocent Year was a New York Times Book Reviews Editor's Choice and Good Morning America called it one of those stories that stays with you.
I've had the pleasure of being on a writing retreat with Daisy and getting to know her both in person and on the page.And I am very excited to plumb the depths of her personal through line with you here today.
In this episode on the practical matters that inform her writing, we cover:
How she doesn’t tick the boxes of a ‘typical’ novelist’s path–majored in history, didn’t get an MFA, etc.
How Daisy feels about publishing her first novel at age 50 (hint: The movie Daisy watched for fun that gave her ideas for her current book
How writing a novel is like riding a horse
How she stays in the world of the novel so that her subconscious can be working things out even when she’s sleeping, showering or driving her car
How she captures the ideas she has when she’s sleeping, showering, or driving her car
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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[Nada Samih-Rotondo, part 3]: The joy of going down a research wormhole, a preview of her second memoir ) + matcha latte mustaches
A preview of her second memoir, which has a central theme of earthquakes, both the geological variety and the personal kind (it sounds amazing I cannot wait)
The allure of folk tales and fairy tales
The joy of going down a research wormhole
Nada’s current wormholes–turtle migration, and early African-American history in Rhode Island
Getting over the very human desire for external validation
Nada’s beautiful vision of a free Palestine
The YA novels Nada can’t put down
Oat milk matcha lattes (and why Nada hope they give her a green mustache at the coffeeshop)
The perfection of a Sunday morning and navigating the kitchen when you’re the only parent home
Nada’s favorite Palestinian dish (come to full show notes on Substack for a link)
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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[Nada Samih-Rotondo, part 2]: Reader feedback as creative rocketfuel, being the only Arab-American kid around + astrology talk!
In this episode I'm talking with Netta about what I call inner stuff, the thoughts, ideas, and attitudes that affect your work, even if you're not fully conscious of it, including:
The process of her least favorite part of writing (sharing her work) becoming her most favorite part
The type of reader feedback that fills her heart and lights her up and fuels her to create
Feeling out of step with the world–and being OK with that
Being the only Arab kid around in the 90s
Nada’s plea–that we wake up from the collective illusion of separateness
Finding points of connection, particularly with people you disagree with
Astrology talk! (She’s an Aries sun with a Pisces moon–equal parts ready to charge into a fight and to contemplate quantum physics.)
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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[Nada Samih-Rotondo, part 1]: Writing by feeling vs. knowing, pandemic productivity + the importance of getting out of the house
Nada Samih-Rotondo is a multi-genre Palestinian-American writer, teacher, and mother, who recently published her first book, a memoir called All Water Has Perfect Memory.
Born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, Nada immigrated to the U.S. at the age of six to Rhode Island. Her work has been published in the The Master's Review, Squat! Birth Journal, and Gulfstream Literary Magazine. Nada and I are talking on a school holiday because she is a teacher and I am so grateful that she made time for us.
How Nada started writing her novel during the pandemic while teaching from home and homeschooling three kids
Developing patience with the publishing process
Reading as a vital part of feeding your creativity
Writing in coffee shops (especially when you have kids)
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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[Chelsey Goodan, part 3: Owning your weird self as a way to find your people and your path]
In this final installment of my talk with Chelsey Goodan, author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls, we talk a lot about the many, many perks of embracing your particular brand of weirdness, as well as:
The power of friends to keep you inspired
What teens AND adults can do to find their people and make meaningful friendships
The payoff that comes from paying attention to what in your life needs to change
Using a milestone birthday–even one that’s a ways off–as fuel
Chelsey’s current favorite book on creativity
The Netflix show you should watch with your teen
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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[Chelsey Goodan, part 2: Balancing ambition with knowing you’re already enough + a super helpful skill-assessment tool]
In part 2 of my interview with Chelsey Goodan, author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls, we really break down the inner parts of writing, including how to be OK with the fact that people may misunderstand you.
Other things we cover:
The mistake most well-intentioned parents make
How Chelsey deals with her biggest fear about her work–being misunderstood
Dealing with a perfectionistic inner critic
Chelsey’s “intense” relationship to time
The one cultural belief Chesley would like to vaporize
The truth that Chelsey’s had to model for the teen girls in her life
The book and online personality assessment Chelsey swears by (and uses with the teens in her life, too)
For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.
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