The Write Attention Podcast

In episode 3, season 2 of The Write Attention podcast Brittany and Jeannetta discuss style in light of Miciah Bay Gault’s craft essay on style (link below) and the influence our real and adopted selves have on the form and content of the work we create. They jointly work on the exercise offered in Gault’s essay to write on loss in the style of another writer. Craft essay refere

Brittany and Jeannetta welcome Amelia Louise Herridge Ishak to the podcast to discuss reading as a writer. Amelia comes from London, England and has an MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic and moved to Aarhus, Denmark hunting for viking myths and monsters. Norse mythology and the rawness of Scandinavian nature inspires her work. She joined the Aarhus Women Write in 2017 and took

As Brittany and Jeannetta bring in the new year and season 2(!) of The Write Attention podcast, they discuss time, Susan Rich’s craft essay on revision (link below), especially her thoughts on slow writing, how to connect inward to move revision forward and figuring out the start and the finish and what you’re trying to say. Show Notes Rest as Resistance, Tricia Hersey, https:/

Join us for Episode 11, our final episode of The Write Attention podcast Season 1. Brittany and Jeannetta reflect on the conversations and lessons learned this year. We discuss how our process has changed over a year, including how we have learned from other art forms, which guests/ideas from the podcast which have influenced us, and importantly, how to let-go and let-come in our p

Join us in welcoming guest Nicola Andrews to The Write Attention podcast Episode 10: Mentorship & Community. Nicola Andrews (Māori, Pākehā) is a member of the Ngāti Paoa iwi, currently living on Ramaytush Ohlone territory. They are the winner of the 2023 AAALS Indigenous Writers Prize for Poetry, and their writing has been supported by communities including the Kearny Stree

Join us in welcoming guest Colette Walker on The Write Attention podcast for our discussion on personal revelation and audience responsibility in Episode 9. The group dives into when they first identified as writers and share effective strategies and resources for making writing workshops work to the writer’s advantage, discussing writing the way into personal revelations or a pe

Cultivating and caring for our creativity with full schedules is no easy task. Jeannetta and Brittany dive into questions about boundaries, balancing work, weathering those summer social invitations, and ways to feed their imagination and creativity. Working full time has changed quite a bit about daily life, but we want to stay consistent with keeping writing high on the list of p

Our guest co-host. Arianna Reiche, is a Bay Area-born writer based in London. She is the author of the two-story chapbook Warden / Star (Tangerine Press), and At The End Of Every Day (Artia Books/Simon & Schuster). She was also nominated for the 2020 Bridport Prize and the 2020 PANK Magazine Book Contest. She won first prize in Glimmer Train’s 2017 Fiction Open and Tupelo Qua

In Episode 6, Lauren joins us for a conversation about Support and Embodiment for the Writing Self**. * * This episode contains explicit content which may not be appropriate for younger listeners. We discuss ways community and support nourish our writing practice, the importance of embodiment and presence, and how support and taking care of the self are all ways of taking care of t

We welcome guest co-host, Míša Hejná, to The Write Attention podcast to discuss poetics, performance, and personhood. Míša Hejná writes and performs poetry in Aarhus, Denmark. She is also a member of Aarhus Women Write. Her work is primarily meditative and focuses on existential questions by combining the textual, the visual, and the aural. In Episode 5, Míša captivates us