What happens when a life spent in international development turns into fiction? In this episode, debut novelist Johanna Kirwan joins me to talk about her stunning book Seven Lives — seven interconnected stories of women navigating love, loss, and purpose across the globe. We dive into: How Johanna transformed decades of field experience into layered, human storiesThe line between autofiction and memoir — and why she chose fictionThe creative freedom that comes with writing later in lifeHer ch...
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What happens when a life spent in international development turns into fiction? In this episode, debut novelist Johanna Kirwan joins me to talk about her stunning book Seven Lives — seven interconnected stories of women navigating love, loss, and purpose across the globe. We dive into: How Johanna transformed decades of field experience into layered, human storiesThe line between autofiction and memoir — and why she chose fictionThe creative freedom that comes with writing later in lifeHer ch...
From Stuck Writer to Cambridge Professor: Interview with Claire Benn, 90-Day Write Habit Accelerator Alum
The Write Habit
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2 months ago
From Stuck Writer to Cambridge Professor: Interview with Claire Benn, 90-Day Write Habit Accelerator Alum
In this conversation, I sit down with Claire Benn, a Write Habit Accelerator alum, to trace her journey of finishing: Showing up when it’s messy, rebuilding trust after stops and starts, and choosing tiny repeatable actions over grand plans. We talk about the difference between “trying to write” and quietly becoming the person who writes, what accountability looks like when life is full, and the simple practices that helped Claire steady her rhythm and bring a project across the l...
The Write Habit
What happens when a life spent in international development turns into fiction? In this episode, debut novelist Johanna Kirwan joins me to talk about her stunning book Seven Lives — seven interconnected stories of women navigating love, loss, and purpose across the globe. We dive into: How Johanna transformed decades of field experience into layered, human storiesThe line between autofiction and memoir — and why she chose fictionThe creative freedom that comes with writing later in lifeHer ch...
