Archive - Finding the Throughline

Novelist Catherine Bush wants you to trust your process, even when it makes you queasy

"With every big project I've taken on, there's been more than one moment where I felt sick to my stomach and just laying on the couch and thinking, 'I…

Aug 7 •

Finding the Throughline, ep. 62: Novelist Catherine Bush

On building a life--not just a career--around writing

Aug 4 •

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July 2025

Sheree L. Greer wants you to commit to the work "even when it hurts a little bit"

“You’ve just got to trust that something wonderful is going to happen on the page.”

Jul 24 •

Finding the Throughline, ep. 61: Essayist and writing instructor Sheree L. Greer

On being the first person in your family to pursue a passion as a career

Jul 22 •

1:00:54

Debut novelist Jinwoo Park wants you to stop waiting for someday

"You can't just have wild ideas and say, 'Okay, well, I'll do that later.' No, no, no. Do it now."

Jul 10 •

Finding the Throughline, ep. 60: Debut novelist Jinwoo Park

On finding the nerve to pursue writing as a career

Jul 9 •

55:07

Climate activist and graphic memoirist Denali Sai Nalamalapu wants you to embrace your stubbornness

"When you don’t see a lot of writers publishing that look like you, it’s very helpful to just put your head down and do what you set out to do."

Jul 9 •

June 2025

Finding the Throughline, ep. 59: Activist and author Shannon Watts

On loving yourself and pulling up your big-girl socks, simultaneously

Jun 24 •

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Finding the Throughline, ep. 58: Graphic novelist Denali Sai Nalamalapu

On creativity as a means of survival

Jun 9 •

57:42

May 2025

Debut novelist Christy Climenhage wants you to delight in being a beginner

Because really, no one has this writing thing all figured out

May 29 •

Finding the Throughline ep. 57: Cli-fi debut novelist Christy Climenhage

On navigating the "beautiful moment of transition" from unpublished to published author

May 27 •

45:36

Amy Shearn wants you to sync your writing goals to your actual life

"It is important and useful and freeing to remember that the kind of time you have shapes the book that you can write."

May 21 •

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