Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe
Jane Ratcliffe, Lauren Hough, Julie Gabrielli, Judith Hannah Weiss, Paulette Bodeman, Amy Gabrielle, megan falley, Heather Abel, Eric Zimmer, The Talking Bone: Rene Denfeld, Darcey SteinkeIntimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers. An in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.
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Death Row, Exonerations, and the Investigator Trying To Find the Truth
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Rene Denfeld on writing The Talking Bone:
It took me almost twenty years to write this novel. I visited my first death row prison back in 2007, as a newly licensed investigator. In the years since I’ve worked hu...
It All Gets To Belong
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What Helps You Through Rough Times?
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A few weeks ago, I had a significant setback with my health and whilst I am slowly, slowly improving, it’s taken a toll physically, yes, but also mentally and emotionally.
I don’t like to share the details around mu...
Unruly Bodies and the Doctors Who Don’t Want To Hear About Them
Heather Abel
Heather Abel on writing The Emilys:
“Can you make the doctor nicer in this scene? More supportive? What if he held her hand or told her he believed her?”
My friend was sitting on my office floor with pages of my novel ma...
It Has To Have a Song to It: Craft Advice with Lauren Hough
Intimate conversations with our greatest heart-centered minds.
Cabin near Arnett, Oklahoma where Lauren tried to write Monster of a Land
What do I love about ’s writing? Her tenderness. Her vulnerability. The music of it; the rhythm. Her...
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Authors
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Jane Ratcliffe's work has appeared in The Sun Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Al Jazeera, Longreads, and Narratively, amongst others. http://janeratcliffe.com/writing/
NYT bestselling author of Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing and Monster of a Land, coming June 2026. (Say “huff.” Good job.)
In awe of nature’s design brilliance. I teach architecture and write stories and essays to cultivate hope. Born at 318 ppm.
Judith Hannah Weiss freelanced for Vogue and Vanity Fair and became a ghost. A Substack Bestseller, she has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and The Best American Essay. Her posts take less than 2 minutes to read and include her own art.
Braiding timeless teachings with the grit of daily life. Guiding you through the beautiful mess to find the wisdom waiting beneath the surface.
Multifaceted midlife woman and widowed mom. Exploring the intersection of sexuality and grief as a catalyst for growth after catastrophic loss. Follow along as I reinvent my life. Find me at amygabrielle.com
subject of academy award-nominated documentary "come see me in the good light". author of several books of poetry. continuing to write the substack of my late spouse, the luminary Andrea Gibson.
Heather is the author of THE EMILYS (Random House 2026). Together with her friend, Erin O. White, author of LIKE FAMILY (Dial Press, 2025) she writes I Meant To Tell You, a record of small joys that get us through the difficult days.
Host of the One You Feed podcast, author of How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life (Harper Mar 31, 2026), and creator of the Wise Habits program.
Rene Denfeld is the USA Today bestselling author of four novels, including THE CHILD FINDER. In addition to being a writer, she's a justice worker, a teacher and a coach. By day she works as a death row investigator, at night she writes.
Writer of novels and non-fiction. Book: This is the Door: The Body, Pain and Faith out from HarperOne in 2026
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