Write Now with Scrivener
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- Nov 4, 2026
About the podcast
Join journalist Kirk McElhearn, author of Take Control of Scrivener, as he interviews writers of all kinds about their processes, routines, and how they use Scrivener, the app dedicated to long-form writing. Writers share their experiences, their different approaches to getting words down on the page, and how they use Scrivener. Whether you’re a Scrivener user or just interested in writing, this podcast has something for you.
Episodes 68
Episode 68: Write Now with Scrivener, Episode No. 68: Dave Bartell, Author of Archeological Thrillers
Show notes: Dave Bartell Tahitian Vault Containment Threshold State The Inner Chamber: Why Characters Make Us Care Rebecca Boyle: Our Moon Learn more about Scrivener, and check out the ebook Take Control of …
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Show notes:
- Dave Bartell
- Tahitian Vault
- Containment
- Threshold State
- The Inner Chamber: Why Characters Make Us Care
- Rebecca Boyle: Our Moon
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Episode 67: Write Now with Scrivener, Episode no. 67: Jaima Fixsen, Mystery and Thriller Author
Show notes: Jaima Fixsen Don't Look Close Audrey Blake Books Navigating the Publishing Process: Traditional vs. Self-Publishing How to Self-Publish Your Books to Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, and Kobo …
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Show notes:
- Jaima Fixsen
- Don't Look Close
- Audrey Blake Books
- Navigating the Publishing Process: Traditional vs. Self-Publishing
- How to Self-Publish Your Books to Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, and Kobo
- Emma Donoghue: The Pull of the Stars
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Episode 66: Episode no. 66: John Degen, Author and Head of The Writers' Union of Canada
John Degen is the author of four books and is the head of The Writers' Union of Canada and Chair of the International Authors Forum. He wrote his latest novel, Seldom Seen Road, entirely on his iPhone with …
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John Degen is the author of four books and is the head of The Writers' Union of Canada and Chair of the International Authors Forum. He wrote his latest novel, Seldom Seen Road, entirely on his iPhone with Scrivener.
Show notes:
- John Degen
- The Uninvited Guest
- Seldom Seen Road
- Write Now with Scrivener Episode 63: Lili Taylor, Actor and Birder
- Jonathan Franzen: The End of the End of the Earth
- Shore Report — Covering Lake Huron's North Shore
- Write Now with Scrivener Episode 42: William Shaw, Author of Crime Fiction and Adventure Thrillers
- Joanne Harris
- William Kent Krueger: Purgatory Ridge
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Episode 65: Lancali, Author of I Fell in Love with Hope
Lancali is the author of I Fell in Love with Hope, a novel that "explores the turmoil of grief and illness while revealing the unequivocal power of friendship through an endearing cast of characters." Show …
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Lancali is the author of I Fell in Love with Hope, a novel that "explores the turmoil of grief and illness while revealing the unequivocal power of friendship through an endearing cast of characters."
Show notes:
- Lancali - Lou-Andrea Callewaert
- I Fell in Love with Hope
- Substack
- Julian Barnes: Departure(s)
- How Books Are Published, from Author to Agent to Publisher to Reader
- Why you shouldn't judge people by what they read - YouTube
- Does Scrivener use AI?
- How to Manage Your Characters in Scrivener
- Cormac McCarthy: The Road
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Episode 64: Tahmima Anam, Author of Uprising
Tahmima Anam's fifth novel, Uprising, is a finalist for the 2026 Orwell Prize. Show notes: Uprising The Power of Holding Silence: Making the Workplace Work for Women Write Now with Scrivener Episode 62: Erica …
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Tahmima Anam's fifth novel, Uprising, is a finalist for the 2026 Orwell Prize.
Show notes:
- Uprising
- The Power of Holding Silence: Making the Workplace Work for Women
- Write Now with Scrivener Episode 62: Erica Wagner, Novelist and Literary Editor
- The 100 best novels of all time - The Guardian
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
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Episode 63: Lili Taylor, Actor and Birder
Actor Lili Taylor is an avid birder, and she has written a book about her passion, Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing. Show notes: Lili Taylor Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing …
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Actor Lili Taylor is an avid birder, and she has written a book about her passion, Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing.
Show notes:
- Lili Taylor
- Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
- Merlin Bird ID
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
- How to Use Images in Your Scrivener Projects: Advanced Techniques for Ebooks (how to link to external images)
- Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
- Verlyn Klinkenborg, Several Short Sentences About Writing
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Episode 62: Erica Wagner, Novelist and Literary Editor
Erica Wagner has written Wash, a historical novel about Washington Roebling, the man who build the Brooklyn Bridge. Show notes: Erica Wagner Wash Daniel Kehlmann: The Director Learn more about Scrivener, and …
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Erica Wagner has written Wash, a historical novel about Washington Roebling, the man who build the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Episode 61: Lorraine Wilson, Speculative Fiction Author
Lorraine Wilson writes speculative fiction, which she says is "writing in between folklore and the wilderness." Show notes: Lorraine Wilson We Are All Ghosts In The Forest The Salt Oracle Christopher Caldwell …
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Lorraine Wilson writes speculative fiction, which she says is "writing in between folklore and the wilderness."
Show notes:
- Lorraine Wilson
- We Are All Ghosts In The Forest
- The Salt Oracle
- Christopher Caldwell: Call and Response
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Episode 60: John Garrison Marks, Historian
John Garrison Marks is a historian, whose latest book is Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory. Show notes: John Garrison Marks Thy Will Be Done: George …
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John Garrison Marks is a historian, whose latest book is Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory.
Show notes:
- John Garrison Marks
- Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory
- DEVONthink
- Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation
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Episode 59: Brad Bigelow, Biographer
Brad Bigelow has written a biography of the neglected author Virginia Faulkner. Show notes: Brad Bigelow Virginia Faulkner - A Life in Two Acts The Neglected Books Page The Space Age Pop Music Page A Dance to …
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Brad Bigelow has written a biography of the neglected author Virginia Faulkner.
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- Brad Bigelow
- Virginia Faulkner - A Life in Two Acts
- The Neglected Books Page
- The Space Age Pop Music Page
- A Dance to the Music of Time - musicoftime.com
- [A Dance to the Music of Time audiobook](Audible.com)
- Reading Pilgrimage
- Pilgrimage
- Paul Metcalf – Coffee House Press
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Episode 58: Tessa Hulls, Pulitzer Prize Winning Graphic Artist & Memoirist
Tessa Hulls is an artist and writer who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts. Note that the companion article for this episode on the Literature & Latte website includes some …
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Tessa Hulls is an artist and writer who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts.
Note that the companion article for this episode on the Literature & Latte website includes some screenshots of Tessa's project.
Show notes:
- Tessa Hulls
- Feeding Ghosts
- Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir, by Tessa Hulls - The Pulitzer Prizes
- Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
- Kaliane Bradley: The Ministry of Time
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Episode 57: Jonas Enander, Astrophysicist
Jonas Enander is an astrophysicist whose book is entitled Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth. Show notes: Jonas Enander Facing Infinity Jonas Enander on Instagram DEVONthink Ed Yong: An Immense …
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Jonas Enander is an astrophysicist whose book is entitled Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth.
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Episode 56: Alexander Rose, Historian
Alexander Rose is a historian whose latest book, Phantom Fleet, is about how the US Navy captured a German U-Boat on the day before D-Day. Show notes: Alexander Rose Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine …
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Alexander Rose is a historian whose latest book, Phantom Fleet, is about how the US Navy captured a German U-Boat on the day before D-Day.
Show notes:
- Alexander Rose
- Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II's Most Daring Heist
- Washington's Spies
- Spionage (Alexander's Rose's Substack)
- Voltaire: history of Charles XII, King of Sweden | Project Gutenberg
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Episode 55: Maria Reva, Booker Longlisted Author of Endling
Maria Reva's novel Endling about snails, romance tours, and the war in Ukraine, is longlisted for the Booker Prize. Show notes: Maria Reva Endling Ed Yong: The Last of Its Kind Salvador Plascencia: The People …
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Maria Reva's novel Endling about snails, romance tours, and the war in Ukraine, is longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Show notes:
- Maria Reva
- Endling
- Ed Yong: The Last of Its Kind
- Salvador Plascencia: The People of Paper
- Booker Prize Facebook post with photos of authors' workspaces
- Anelise Chen: Clamdown
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Episode 54: Tim Queeney, Author of a History of Rope
Tim Queeney is an experienced sailor, and his latest book is a Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization. Show notes: Tim Queeney Rope Knot (unit) - Wikipedia Sarah Wynn-Williams …
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Tim Queeney is an experienced sailor, and his latest book is a Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization.
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Episode 53: Isabella Valeri, Author of Letters from the Dead
Isabella Valeri's first novel, Letters from the Dead, is the story of a wealthy dynastic family and its secrets. Isabella lives under an assumed name somewhere in the Alps. Show notes: Isabella Valeri Letters …
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Isabella Valeri's first novel, Letters from the Dead, is the story of a wealthy dynastic family and its secrets. Isabella lives under an assumed name somewhere in the Alps.
Show notes:
- Isabella Valeri
- Letters from the Dead
- Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon, Sir William Quiller Orchardson
- How To Write A Novel Using The Snowflake Method
- Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus
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Episode 52: Jane Friedman, Publishing Industry Specialist
Jane Friedman has been analyzing and reporting on the publishing business for more than 25 years. Her latest book is the second edition of The Business of Being a Writer. Show notes: Jane Friedman The Business …
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Jane Friedman has been analyzing and reporting on the publishing business for more than 25 years. Her latest book is the second edition of The Business of Being a Writer.
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Episode 51: Lisa Yee, Author of Books for Children and Young Adults
Lisa Yee is a prolific author of books for children and young adults. Her latest series is The Misfits. Show notes: Lisa Yee The Misfits Miranda July: On All Fours Learn more about Scrivener, and check out the …
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Lisa Yee is a prolific author of books for children and young adults. Her latest series is The Misfits.
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Episode 50: Michael Jamin, TV and Comedy Writer
Michael Jamin has been writing for TV for decades, and just published his first book of humorous short stories, A Paper Orchestra. Show notes: Michael Jamin A Paper Orchestra Learn more about Scrivener, and …
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Michael Jamin has been writing for TV for decades, and just published his first book of humorous short stories, A Paper Orchestra.
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Episode 49: Nicolas Binge, Science Fiction Author
Nicolas Binge is an author of four science fiction novels; his latest is Dissolution. Show notes: Nicholas Binge Dissolution Richard Powers: Playground Learn more about Scrivener, and check out the ebook Take …
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Nicolas Binge is an author of four science fiction novels; his latest is Dissolution.
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Episode 48: Mimi Kwa, Author of a Memoir about Four Generations of a Chinese Family
Mimi Kwa is an Australian television personality and descendant of a Chinese family with a rich history. Her book, House of Kwa, tells about four generations of this family. Show notes: Mimi Kwa House of Kwa …
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Mimi Kwa is an Australian television personality and descendant of a Chinese family with a rich history. Her book, House of Kwa, tells about four generations of this family.
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Episode 47: April Davila, Novelist and Mindfulness Instructor
April Davila is a novelist, and she explores how mindfulness can help writers. Show notes: April Davila 142 Ostriches The Field Guide for Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit Learn more about Scrivener, and check out …
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April Davila is a novelist, and she explores how mindfulness can help writers.
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Episode 46: David Goodman, Spy Fiction Author
David Goodman's first novel, A Reluctant Spy, is a story about how a man makes a deal and gets more than he bargained for. Show notes: David Goodman A Reluctant Spy The Americans Moscow X, David McCloskey Learn …
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David Goodman's first novel, A Reluctant Spy, is a story about how a man makes a deal and gets more than he bargained for.
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Episode 45: Jean Kwok, Author of The Leftover Woman
Jean Kwok is the best-selling author of four novels, including her latest, The Leftover Woman. Show notes: Jean Kwok The Leftover Woman Danielle Trussoni: The Puzzle Box Learn more about Scrivener, and check …
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Jean Kwok is the best-selling author of four novels, including her latest, The Leftover Woman.
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Episode 44: Holly Seddon, Thriller Author
Holly Seddon has written several thrillers, and says that she "writes novels under cover of darkness." Show notes: Holly Seddon The Short Straw 59 Minutes (release August 2025 in the UK, and November 2025 in …
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Holly Seddon has written several thrillers, and says that she "writes novels under cover of darkness."
Show notes:
- Holly Seddon
- The Short Straw
- 59 Minutes (release August 2025 in the UK, and November 2025 in the US)
- Julie McDowall: Attack Warning Red!
- Gillian MacAllister, Just Another Missing Person
- Honest Authors Podcast
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Episode 43: Veronica Roth, Fantasy Author
Veronica Roth is the author of many fantasy novels, including the Divergent series. Show notes: Veronica Roth When Among Crows Veronica Roth's three favorite Scrivener features BBC interview with Ken Follett …
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Veronica Roth is the author of many fantasy novels, including the Divergent series.
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- Veronica Roth
- When Among Crows
- Veronica Roth's three favorite Scrivener features
- BBC interview with Ken Follett
- Why You Should Print Your Manuscript and Edit It on Paper
- The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennet
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Episode 42: William Shaw, Author of Crime Fiction and Adventure Thrillers
William Shaw writes crime fiction and adventure thrillers. Show notes: William Shaw The Wild Swimmers Aphantasia The Conspirators Raymond Carver: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Writers just want to …
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William Shaw writes crime fiction and adventure thrillers.
Show notes:
- William Shaw
- The Wild Swimmers
- Aphantasia
- The Conspirators
- Raymond Carver: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
- Writers just want to be left alone
- Elly Griffiths: The Locked Room
- Martin Green: Seven Types of Adventure Tale: An Etiology of a Major Genre
- The Interpreter
- Adam Higginbotham: Challenger
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Episode 41: Natasha Bell, Thriller Author and Creative Writing Teacher
Natasha Bell writes psychological thrillers and teaches creative writing. Show notes: Natasha Bell His Perfect Wife How author Ken Follett sold nearly 200 million books (video showing how he writes) Faber …
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Natasha Bell writes psychological thrillers and teaches creative writing.
Show notes:
- Natasha Bell
- His Perfect Wife
- How author Ken Follett sold nearly 200 million books (video showing how he writes)
- Faber Academy: Finish Your Draft
- Catherine Lacey: Biography of X
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Episode 40: Wendy Van Camp, Speculative Fiction Writer and Poet
Show notes: Wendy van Camp The Planets SFWA - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association The Curate’s Brother: A Jane Austen Variation of Persuasion NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Stuart Horwitz …
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Show notes:
- Wendy van Camp
- The Planets
- SFWA - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
- The Curate’s Brother: A Jane Austen Variation of Persuasion
- NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
- Stuart Horwitz: Blueprint Your Bestseller
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Episode 39: Kate Heartfield, Historical Fantasy Author
Kate Heartfield writes historical fantasy novels, games, and stories. Show notes: Kate Heartfield The Embroidered Book The Valkyrie John Gardner, Grendel Aeon Timeline Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright …
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Kate Heartfield writes historical fantasy novels, games, and stories.
Show notes:
- Kate Heartfield
- The Embroidered Book
- The Valkyrie
- John Gardner, Grendel
- Aeon Timeline
- Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors
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