Dan Patterson is a writer and reporter. He writes primary for CBS Interactive’s business technology site Techrepublic. In this interview Dan talks about the push and pull between creating assets that people will click on and creating journalist

24: Go Write Something Crazy with Christina Rasmussen

Oct 17th, 2016 1h 9m

Christina is a human being and a trained grief therapist who helps people start over after loss. She’s also someone who’s gone through a lot of loss herself and because of this her mission in life is to help free people from the chains of grief

23: Scientific Research and Serotonin with Amy Jo Martin

Oct 10th, 2016 41m 13s

Amy Jo Martin is the author of the NY Times best selling book Renegades Write the Rules. In addition to being a great writer, she’s also a speaker, entrepreneur and rookie scientific researcher. She’s spent most of her professional career in ma

22: Plan the Work and Work the Plan with Jocelyn K. Glei

Oct 3rd, 2016 52m 26s

Jocelyn K. Glei is a writer who writes about work and creativity in the Age of Distraction. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Jocelyn was the Founding Editor and Director of the 99U where she lead editorial as well as the creation of The 99

21: 3 Million Words in 3 Years with Jason Zook

Sep 28th, 2016 1h

Jason Zook is a writer and entrepreneur whose made over a million dollars wearing t-shirts, sold his last name (twice), wrote the first-ever fully sponsored book titled Creativity for Sale and is most recently selling his future. Yup, you read

20: The Right Book Right Now with Scott Hoffman

Sep 20th, 2016 59m 11s

Scott Hoffman is one of the founding partners of Folio Literary Management, a literary agency based in New York City. As a literary agent Scott serves as both a business manager and artistic advisor to authors. In this interview Scott talks abo

19: A Book a Year with Matthew Quirk

Sep 16th, 2016 45m 53s

Matthew writes thriller novels. He writes a new thriller every year and has a lot to say about what it takes to be able to do that (and how you can too.) In this interview Matthew talks about how to write by getting away from your computer, why

18: Getting Paid to Write with Steve Hall

Sep 14th, 2016 41m 27s

Steve Hall is an epic content creator. I In this interview Steve talks about why motivation is critical to any writing project and what it’s like when you’re writing about the news and not knowing what you’re going to write about much in advanc

17: The Modern Poet with Cebo Campbell

Sep 11th, 2016 49m 23s

Cebo Campbell makes things. Cebo uses all the tools in his toolbox. Whether it be with code, with colors or with words, Cebo is always expressing himself. In this interview Cebo talks the challenges our fast-paced world presents to all of us wh

16: Writing Great Headlines with Sally Tamarkin

Sep 8th, 2016 50m 56s

Sally Tamarkin is Senior Fitness Editor at Buzzfeed, where she writes and edits health and fitness content for Buzzfeed Health. Sally is also really into self-care and has a podcast of her own with her best friend Katharine Heller, where she an

15: Being a Braver Writer with Chantel Hamilton

Aug 31st, 2016 35m 43s

Chantel is a writer and editor for creative entrepreneurs. Her superpower is helping authors and business owners be braver writers. In this interview Chantel talks about loving books and helping them get made and how good editors are a gift to

14: The Art of the Interview with Sharí Alexander

Aug 26th, 2016 50m 9s

Sharí helps leaders and entrepreneurs be more persuasive. Everything she writes and teaches is based off of personally studying under master influencers, including CIA field agents, hostage negotiators, con-artists, HUMINT officers, interrogato

13: Telling Honest Stories with Ray Wert

Aug 23rd, 2016 30m 24s

Ray Wert tells stories for a living. He owns his own company Tiny Toy Car that helps automakers and anyone who wants to tell an automotive story to tell the stories that are going to engage the audiences that they want to target. Right now he i

12: Listening to the Muse with Rhonda Britten

Aug 18th, 2016 45m 29s

Rhonda Britten is an expert in helping people master emotional fear. She helps you understand how fear works and how to identify your fear so that it never runs your life. In this interview Rhonda talks about honoring the voice in your head and

11: Writing to Help Others with Chris Brogan

Aug 16th, 2016 29m 37s

Chris Brogan is CEO of Owner Media Group where he helps individuals and small businesses put more winds on their board. He reverse engineers everything that he does to help independent-type owners figure out what there going to do to make thems

10: Paying Attention with Faris Yakob

Aug 12th, 2016 46m 44s

Faris Yakob has been thinking about advertising, the internet and brands for a long time. He is the author of Paid Attention and the co-founder of a strategy and innovation consultancy, Genius Steals with his wife Rosie. Together they’ve been l

09: This Dream Picked You with Tommy Bahler

Aug 9th, 2016 36m 53s

Tommy Bahler is a singer, composer, songwriter, arranger, producer and author who strives to always be in service to others. He’s a bit of a legend in the world of music. He’s worked with Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Cher, Bill

08: Tune Into Your Creative Process with Pam Slim

Aug 7th, 2016 35m 51s

Pam Slim is a writer, speaker and small business coach. She loves working with business owners and is passionate about the healthy, thriving, creative ecosystem of people who are creating community and overall economic wellbeing for all. During

07: Telling Great Stories with Georgia Clark

Aug 2nd, 2016 36m 43s

Georgia Clark is a novelist, an Australian and a New Yorker who went to school for screenwriting and filmmaking and believes the reason she’s a published novelist is, in part, because she’s a failed screenwriter. And today, if you happen to be

06: The Long Game with David Moldawer

Jul 29th, 2016 50m 28s

David Moldawer is an editor and writer. He’s worked at several traditional book publishing houses in New York City and now as a freelance editor, he helps authors create book proposals and write books. David has been in the publishing world lo

05: Buying a Serendipity Lottery Ticket with Jenny Blake

Jul 26th, 2016 45m 37s

Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and speaker. Although she’s written two books, Jenny doesn’t consider herself a writer. She writes because she values big ideas and original thinking and presenting an original approach,

04: Manufacturing Consistency with Matt Kepnes

Jul 20th, 2016 29m 36s

Matt Kepnes is a travel writer who teaches people how to travel on a budget and runs an award winning budget travel site, Nomadic Matt. After a trip to Thailand in 2005, Matt decided to quit his job, finish his MBA and head off into the world.

03: Your Competitive Advantage with Colin Wright

Jul 19th, 2016 43m 21s

Colin has written a few dozen books, spread out across both fiction and nonfiction and runs a blog that brings in a few million readers a year. Colin is himself in everything he does because he believes that when you try to copy someone else, o

02: Becoming a Professional Writer with Al Pittampalli

Jul 17th, 2016 39m 29s

Al Pittampalli is the author of two books, Persuadable and Read This Before Our Next Meeting, which was the most popular kindle book in the world during the week of its release (over 100K copies to date). Both books combine two of Al’s greatest

01: Writing Your Book in 3 Months with Dorie Clark

Jul 17th, 2016 42m 53s

Dorie Clark is the author of several personal branding books including Reinventing You and Stand Out. She’s currently working on her 3rd book which is about monetizing your ideas. She has a method for writing a book in 3 months that doesn’t req