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The Courage to Look Foolish
21 Questions with Cate Hall on agency, ambition, and why embarrassment is a feature, not a bug.
 • Panio Gianopoulos and Cate Hall
How to Get Unstuck and Finish Your Book
An excerpt from The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide by Marisa Solis and Elizabeth Dougherty
 • Elizabeth Dougherty and Marisa Solis
What Makes a Debut Writer Stand Out?
A live Q&A with India Lena González, senior editor at Poets & Writers Magazine
 • Panio Gianopoulos
The 200-Day Writing Streak
21 Questions with leadership author and podcast host Ryan Hawk
 • Panio Gianopoulos
How to Talk About Your Book on Camera (Without Hating Yourself)
Media coach Kim Rittberg on overcoming camera anxiety, preparing stronger sound bites, and speaking with confidence without sounding scripted
 • Panio Gianopoulos
When French Philosophy Was Cool
21 Questions with debut author Emily Eakin
 • Panio Gianopoulos
Why the Reader Is the Hero of Your Nonfiction Book
Book coaches Marisa Solis and Elizabeth Dougherty on writing for a specific reader, using personal stories with purpose, and building a book around…
 • Panio Gianopoulos, Elizabeth Dougherty, and Marisa Solis
The Art of Sustainable Ambition
21 Questions with award-winning science writer Elizabeth Svoboda
 • Panio Gianopoulos and Elizabeth Svoboda
What Makes Someone Jump Into Freezing Water?
The award-winning journalist on cold plunges, creative procrastination, and why writing never gets easier.
 • Panio Gianopoulos

June 2026

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