Keeping a Notebook

About Keeping a Notebook

A podcast on writing that explores the craft of fiction, answers listeners' questions, and provides strategies for a fulfilling writing practice and creative life, hosted by bestselling, award-winning novelist Nina LaCour.

Publisher

Nina LaCour

Category

arts · arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Oct 2018

Latest episode

30 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Dec 2025

   Projects & Practice

   Nina returns after a very long break to contemplate the New Year and, as Joan Didion advised, keep in touch with people she used to be. Letting go of resolutions and welcoming experiments.

2. 

   23 Sept 2020

   Truth & Beauty

   It's the final episode of the season and Nina covers a lot of ground. Notes from a virtual launch. Upcoming workshops. The months ahead. Flowers on Justice Ginsburg's grave. A ray of light. Truth and beauty.

3. 

   22 Sept 2020

   Gaslight

   In the third installment of this Watch Over Me-themed season, Nina talks about darkness in her work. She shares a source of inspiration, reads an excerpt from Watch Over Me, and discusses what's gained by letting darkness into your work.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

174 ratings

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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