Hosts Meg Thompson and Tiffany Graham Charkosky welcome listeners to the Writing Circles Podcast, a supportive space for writers seeking to advance their big projects and build community around their creative lives.
WRITING CIRCLE:
Noun: a group that comes together in community to write
Verb: the act of writing more than other people, as in “she is writing circles around you!”
Verb: spinning one’s wheels while trying to write, as in “I’m just writing in circles”
Noun: a podcast for writers looking for encouragement in their creative projects and who seek to foster literary community in support of their writing goals.
Gift-of-a-Human Brandi Larsen sits down with Tiffany to yap about how she went from a sixth grader writing poetry at the bus stop, to going to “a lot of colleges,” to misinterpreting a meeting with a publisher that was trying to compliment her, to working at Penguin Random House, and finally, much to our benefit, moving to Cleveland. Learn more about Brandi, her accomplishments that are too long to list, and her Golden Girls retreat at brandilarsen.com (http://brandilarsen.com).
Note: Meg was not available for co-swooning duties during this episode due to a sick kid.
2 Nov 2026
Starting a Writing Group
Tiffany and Meg discuss their origin story and give some practical advice for writers searching for their own supportive community.
26 Oct 2026
A Book is Born. . . So Now What?
One year ago, Tiffany’s memoir, Living Proof, came into the world. It was a fairly long gestation period, and Tiffany reflects on what it means to have a book in the world, how it feels to navigate the experience of marketing, and ways to keep going.
19 Oct 2026
It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye (To A Writing Project)
All writers, except Joyce Carol Oates, have to learn when to say good-bye to a writing project. Tiffany asks Meg about her recent decision to part ways with her essay collection and Meg shares helpful tips, like what 90s songs she hums to herself, and how when you say good-bye to one project, you say hello to another!
12 Oct 2026
Interview: Sonia Feldman Gets Real About Learning to Write Fiction
Tiffany and Meg sit down with Northeast Ohio gem of a person Sonia Feldman and talk about how she went from walking around downtown Cleveland playing Pokemon Go to writing and publishing Girl’s Girl, her stunning and beautiful debut novel. Special guest appearance: a leaf blower.
5 Oct 2026
Why We're Still Talking About The Bad Art Friend
Good Art Friends Meg and Tiffany revisit the wild ride that was the article "Who Is The Bad Art Friend?" published five years ago in The New York Times, and the ensuing/devastating Kidneygate that followed.
28 Sept 2026
The (Really) Bad Workshop
We’ve all been there. Meg and Tiffany talk about the toxic workshop model and why it persists.
21 Sept 2026
Happy Writer Thoughts
Standing in stark contrast to their Dark Writer Thoughts episode, Meg and Tiffany offer up the non-curmudgeonly side of their brains to talk about what they love about the writing world.
14 Sept 2026
It’s Okay To Ask For Help
What does it mean to have a writing partner, and what does it mean to give quality feedback? Tiffany talks about the first time she asks Meg to read an essay, and they both discuss how much they have evolved as writers and how necessary it is to know what type of feedback you want.
7 Sept 2026
Dark Writer Thoughts
Tiffany and Meg delve into the uncharted territory of their Writer Brains and reveal the unhinged thoughts that are probably what make them writers in the first place but also make them go a teensy bit nuts every day of their lives.
7 Sept 2026
The Overwhelm Is Real
Meg and Tiffany get real with the process of writing complex projects, taking a deep dive into how they change over time, the importance of titles, and the ways they convince themselves to keep showing up even when they have no idea what to do next.
7 Sept 2026
What Does It Actually Mean To Write Every Day?
Tiffany and Meg suss out what in God’s name it actually means to write every day and if this is something you can only accomplish if you are Hemingway or another old, dead selfish white a**hole.
3 Sept 2026
Trailer
Meg and Tiffany introduce the show and give delightful background information on one another.
Even though they went to the same small high school, they ran in slightly different social circles. Meg, for example, was really locked into the FFA soil judging team where she was very busy drawing her own flashcards and, interestingly, not having a boyfriend.
Tiffany spent most of her time pretending she was totally fine after losing her mom. Now, though, twenty-plus years later, Meg and Tiffany are in the same writing circle.
Important to note: they both have red hair, but they are not related.
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