Hosted by author Nicole Gulotta, Slow Writing helps you embrace the season you’re in, create at your own pace, and care for your mind and body along the way. No urgency. No keeping up. Just a sustainable writing life that honors your unique rhythms and inner wisdom. When we’re not taking a breather, new episodes arrive on the full and new moons.
Wild Words
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Hosted by author Nicole Gulotta, Slow Writing helps you embrace the season you’re in, create at your own pace, and care for your mind and body along the way. No urgency. No keeping up. Just a sustainable writing life that honors your unique rhythms and inner wisdom. When we’re not taking a breather, new episodes arrive on the full and new moons.
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June 15, 2026
68. Find Your Creative Center
<p>In the early 1950s, Anne Morrow Lindbergh—writer, pilot, mother of five, and wife to aviator Charles Lindbergh—spent two weeks alone in a small cottage on Florida’s Captiva Island. During this trip she collected shells, cooked simple meals, and wrote about the trappings of modernity and the search for simplicity. Although this was before cell phones, the internet, and social media, her insights are just as relevant today.</p><p><strong>Episode Highlights</strong></p><ul><li><p>What Anne Morrow Lindbergh considers to be the true enemy of creativity</p></li><li><p>How distraction “pulls one off center,” and ways to remedy this shift</p></li><li><p>Gentle ways to reduce the noise in your life</p></li><li><p>What it means to ‘create a container’ around your writing, and ideas for summer (or any season)</p></li><li><p>Simplification as an intentional, inside job</p></li><li><p>Invitation vs. optimization</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>+ Go to the <a href="http://nicolemgulotta.com/shownotes" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">show notes</a> for links and resources mentioned in the episode</p><p>+ Sign up for my <a href="http://nicolemgulotta.com/newsletter" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">encouraging newsletter</a></p><p>+ Curl up with one of my books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/8148/9781611806656" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">WILD WORDS</a> and<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/8148/9781611804010" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> EAT THIS POEM</a></p>
May 31, 2026
67. Fiction Has Nowhere to Hide with Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay
<p>Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay “put away the call of her soul” to become a scientist, earning a PhD. in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology. But after two decades as a science writer, feeling grateful for her career wasn’t enough. Her debut novel, Chitra Demands to Go Home, was drafted in the car during her youngest kid’s tennis practice, and Raj proceeded to encounter the sheer vulnerability of fiction where you can’t hide behind rules, facts, or data. </p><p>Episode Highlights</p><ul><li><p>Unique ways science storytelling prepared Raj for fiction</p></li><li><p>Moments of generosity that led to writing (and finishing) her novel</p></li><li><p>What happened when she accidentally showed up to an open mic night with nothing to read</p></li><li><p>First draft strategies: writing in the car and using a distraction-free typewriter</p></li><li><p>Navigating a story through ambiguity</p></li><li><p>How an ordinary conversation with her mom planted the seed of her novel idea</p></li><li><p>Writing the realistic yet mythological mother/son relationship in Bengali culture</p></li><li><p>The surprising reaction from her LinkedIn community after announcing her book</p></li><li><p>The vulnerability of publication after a lifetime of meeting external expectations</p></li></ul><p>Links + Mentions</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://modernartistpress.com/books/chitra-demands-to-go-home/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chitra Demands to Go Home</a>, out from Modern Artist Press</p></li><li><p><a href="https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler?srsltid=AfmBOorxQw9m5u6uPq8N6xnwZDBww3eJCKKf8LGW2hzxPvXrvDLaJA_I" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Freewrite travel typewriter</a></p></li></ul><p>Let’s Connect</p><ul><li>Sign up for my <a href="http://www.nicolegulotta.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">encouraging newsletter</a></li><li>Curl up with one of my books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/8148/9781611806656" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">WILD WORDS</a> and<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/8148/9781611804010" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> EAT THIS POEM</a></li></ul>
May 14, 2026
66. Creative Flow in Menopause with Vanessa Novissimo Wright
<p>For Part 3 of our cycle series, I’m in conversation with Vanessa Novissimo Wright, a creative communications strategist, writer, and certified life coach for midlife creatives. Before she was fully tapped into her midlife joy and authenticity, Vanessa had a pretty rough perimenopause experience. She generously shares the low points in her journey, which led her to develop a self-care method that keeps her connected to herself and her creative well. If you’re struggling to make sense of this life stage and in need of some wisdom from someone who’s been through it, you don’t want to miss this one.</p><p><strong>Episode Highlights</strong></p><ul><li><p>How her perimenopause symptoms forced her into deep relationship with herself</p></li><li><p>The daily practice of surrender </p></li><li><p>The FLOW method that keeps her grounded</p></li><li><p>Vanessa’s “self-care-bag” and how she made her car a creative cocoon when her kids were young</p></li><li><p>How a “planting seeds” approach to pave the way for embracing creativity in menopause</p></li><li><p>Essential practices when you’re experiencing fatigue, brain fog, and can’t string sentences together</p></li><li><p>The creative permission slips she’s giving to midlife folks she coaches</p></li><li><p>Releasing perfectionism around journaling</p></li><li><p>The necessity of fun, whimsy, and joy on the journey</p></li></ul><p><strong>Meet Vanessa</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.vanessanwright.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Vanessa Novissimo Wright</a> is a creative communications strategist, writer, and certified life coach for midlife creatives. She helps them navigate menopause with creativity and joy so they can show up vibrantly for their community. Using her FLOW self-care method, Vanessa guides clients to embrace this age and stage of life with clarity, creativity, and curiosity. Follow her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vanessanwright/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://vanessanovissimowright.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Substack</a>.</p><p>+ Go to the <a href="http://nicolemgulotta.com/shownotes" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">show notes</a> for links and resources mentioned in the episode</p><p>+ Sign up for my <a href="http://nicolemgulotta.com/newsletter" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">encouraging newsletter</a></p><p>+ Curl up with one of my books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/8148/9781611806656" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">WILD WORDS</a> and<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/8148/9781611804010" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> EAT THIS POEM</a></p>
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