#amwriting With Jess & Kj

Hi all, Jess here. This episode was Sarina’s idea, and when you listen you will understand why. It can be hard to focus on the work, whether it’s editing, world building, conjuring meet cutes, or translating research-based hope for the next generation. That said, it’s important that we keep creating and putting our words out into the world. We hope you are able to keep working while navigating the a balance between consuming, processing, and reacting to the news cycle and shutting the world out in self preservation.  Stuff we talked about Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Writing and the Creative Life by Kate McKean Kate Mckean’s website We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter (release date August 12, 2025) The OpEd Project Authors Against Book Bans Possession by A.S. Byatt and the film I adore based on the book A Complete Unknown film Hamilton, Non-Stop (“why does he write like he’s running out of time?”) On Writing by Stephen King All In by Billie Jean King Permission by Elissa Altman M