Writing, Publishing, and Other Adventures with Lynne Golodner
03/14/23 • 33 min
“I've always been really focused on this idea of like, how do we make meaning, what's the purpose of our lives? ...Even when I was in my twenties as a journalist, you know, I like to say that I wrote about how people find meaning in the mundane.”
In today’s episode, Suzanne talks to author Lynne Golodner, who reveals some big news about next steps in her publishing career and talks about how she incorporates travel into her writing life.
About Our Guest:
Lynne Golodner is the author of eight books and thousands of articles as well as a marketing entrepreneur, writing coach and host of the Make Meaning Podcast. After working as a journalist in New York and Washington, D.C., Lynne returned to her native Detroit to pursue a freelance writing career and teach writing. In 2007, she created Your People, a marketing and public relations company with a focus on storytelling that guides authors in building their brands and marketing their work. Lynne’s writing has appeared in Saveur, the Chicago Tribune, Better Homes and Gardens, Midwest Living, the Detroit Free Press, Porridge Magazine, the Jewish Literary Journal, The Good Life Review, Hadassah Magazine, The Forward, Valiant Scribe, Story Unlikely, The Dillydoun Review, QuibbleLit and YourTango, among many more publications. Plus, one of Lynne’s creative nonfiction essays was a finalist in the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction contest at Bellingham Review. Lynne teaches writing around the world, leads writers retreats and facilitates The Writers Community (an intimate 6-month cohort). She also fuses her Marketing expertise with her Writing background in webinars and masterminds focused on arming writers with the tools to market their work and build consistent author brands. A former Fulbright Specialist, Lynne graduated from University of Michigan (BA, Communications/English) and Goddard College (MFA, Writing). She is the mother of four young adults and lives in Huntington Woods, Michigan.
Learn more about Lynne | lynnegolodner.com
Learn more about Scotia Road Books | scotiaroadbooks.com
Follow Lynn: Instagram: @lynnegolodner | Facebook: @lynnegolo | Twitter: @yourpeople
About the Host:
Suzanne Nugent is the bestselling author of Brunch and Other Obligations and an award-winning screenwriter of heartbreaking comedies and funny dramas.
Learn more | suzannenugent.com
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“I've always been really focused on this idea of like, how do we make meaning, what's the purpose of our lives? ...Even when I was in my twenties as a journalist, you know, I like to say that I wrote about how people find meaning in the mundane.”
In today’s episode, Suzanne talks to author Lynne Golodner, who reveals some big news about next steps in her publishing career and talks about how she incorporates travel into her writing life.
About Our Guest:
Lynne Golodner is the author of eight books and thousands of articles as well as a marketing entrepreneur, writing coach and host of the Make Meaning Podcast. After working as a journalist in New York and Washington, D.C., Lynne returned to her native Detroit to pursue a freelance writing career and teach writing. In 2007, she created Your People, a marketing and public relations company with a focus on storytelling that guides authors in building their brands and marketing their work. Lynne’s writing has appeared in Saveur, the Chicago Tribune, Better Homes and Gardens, Midwest Living, the Detroit Free Press, Porridge Magazine, the Jewish Literary Journal, The Good Life Review, Hadassah Magazine, The Forward, Valiant Scribe, Story Unlikely, The Dillydoun Review, QuibbleLit and YourTango, among many more publications. Plus, one of Lynne’s creative nonfiction essays was a finalist in the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction contest at Bellingham Review. Lynne teaches writing around the world, leads writers retreats and facilitates The Writers Community (an intimate 6-month cohort). She also fuses her Marketing expertise with her Writing background in webinars and masterminds focused on arming writers with the tools to market their work and build consistent author brands. A former Fulbright Specialist, Lynne graduated from University of Michigan (BA, Communications/English) and Goddard College (MFA, Writing). She is the mother of four young adults and lives in Huntington Woods, Michigan.
Learn more about Lynne | lynnegolodner.com
Learn more about Scotia Road Books | scotiaroadbooks.com
Follow Lynn: Instagram: @lynnegolodner | Facebook: @lynnegolo | Twitter: @yourpeople
About the Host:
Suzanne Nugent is the bestselling author of Brunch and Other Obligations and an award-winning screenwriter of heartbreaking comedies and funny dramas.
Learn more | suzannenugent.com
Instagram | @suzannenugent
Medium | @suzannenugent
Contact | [email protected]
Subscribe to Suzanne's newsletter.
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About Our Guest:
Nicole Blades is a novelist, speaker and journalist. With 20 years in the journalism game, Nicole's work has been published in The New York Times, Runner’s World, Women’s Health, Good Housekeeping, Health, MarieClaire.com, and more. Her three novels, HAVE YOU MET NORA?, THE THUNDER BENEATH US, and EARTH’S WATERS, are out there moving around in this world at bookstores and libraries and on people’s bookshelves, which continues to make her heart sing.
Learn more about Nicole | NicoleBlades.com
Follow Nicole: Instagram: @nicole_blades | TikTok: @just_blades | Twitter: @NicoleBlades
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Suzanne Nugent is the bestselling author of Brunch and Other Obligations and an award-winning screenwriter of heartbreaking comedies and funny dramas.
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Medium | @suzannenugent
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About Our Guest:
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Learn more about WriteGirl | writegirl.org
Follow WriteGirl on Twitter and Instagram | @WriteGirlLA
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Follow Keren: Twitter: @kerentaylor | Instagram: @kerentay |Facebook: facebook.com/kerentaylor1111
About the Host:
Suzanne Nugent is the bestselling author of Brunch and Other Obligations and an award-winning screenwriter of heartbreaking comedies and funny dramas.
Learn more | suzannenugent.com
Instagram | @suzannenugent
Medium | @suzannenugent
Contact | [email protected]
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