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Is AI the Most Urgent Issue Facing Writers?

26 Jun 2026

Thank you to everyone who tuned in live for my conversation with Leigh Stein! In this important convo, we discussed the legal, professional, ethical, and existential challenges generative AI poses for authors and society as a whole. (Subscribers received this recording in their inboxes via a cro ...

00:57:38

"We're throwing a party to celebrate books and literature and literacy and free expression of ideas for our community—that's the mindset with which we approach it."

20 Mei 2026

I loved peppering Abra McAndrew, who runs the excellent Substack The Booktender and is executive director of the storied Tucson Festival of Books, with all my burning questions about book festivals! We went deep on: * How Abra became the director of an event that draws more than 300 authors and ...

01:00:03

"Feeling hopeless and atomized is exactly what people with power want us to feel right now."

6 Mei 2026

I learned so much from my chat with Saul Austerlitz, who wrote HOW TO ASSEMBLE AN ACTIVIST, and AurelioAguirre, software developer and cofounder of The Users Union, about how people with concerns about AI can find the best and most impactful ways to join the fight. We discussed: * Why now is suc ...

00:46:55

"Why haven't scholars cared about agents? Why are writers so obsessed? And what is that mismatch telling us about what's going on in this industry?"

4 Mei 2026

I had the best time chatting with author and academic Laura B. McGrath, whose new nonfiction book, Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction, is on shelves now. We nerded out on: * When agents burst onto the scene (and why publishers loathed them at first) * Where the title c ...

01:06:06

"I really see newsletters like any extension of an author's work. And [Substack] is a place where a lot of agents are."

9 Mar 2026

I LOVED going live with non-fiction agent Sally Ekus, whose generous and candid approach to the industry is such a breath of fresh air! We went deep on: * How authors can use their newsletters to connect with readers * Whether author newsletters translate to sales—or event attendance * What mak ...

01:03:08

"My big theory about life is that we're all desperate to connect with each other and just need that nudge."

10 Dis 2025

I loved my convo with Nancy Reddy, the author of THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH and the Substack Be Less Careful. We discussed what people really want from book events, specific tricks to make a book launch interactive and memorable, where events fit into the author-brand ecosystem, the best book release ...

00:58:21

"We're not athletes—we don't need to retire at 30. We're gonna keep writing, and we're gonna keep getting better."

24 Nov 2025

I adored my chat with Amie McNee, beautifully transparent and inspiring Substacker and the author of WE NEED YOUR ART, among other books. We discussed her new historical mystery, TO KILL A QUEEN, as well as trad- vs. self-publishing, figuring out how to tell a detective story, balancing business ...

00:56:31

"Professionals associated with that IP are gonna be like, 'I don't want to work with that person. They seem like a dick.'"

17 Nov 2025

I loved sitting down with the hilarious, prolific, and insightful Mike Chen, who’s turned his nerdy fandom (said lovingly) into a badass career as the New York Times bestselling author of both original commercial spec fic novels (including, most recently, A Quantum Love Story) and contributions ...

01:00:59

"I want to talk about history because I think it's echoing all the time, especially right now."

24 Okt 2025

I had the best time chatting with Vanessa Lillie about her new thriller, THE BONE THIEF, as well as the Anthropic lawsuit, my run-in with Reese Witherspoon (!), what it was like writing and selling a sequel, how we prep ourselves for the pub-week tornado, and more. Big thanks to Olivia Muenter, ...

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