This is the Beautiful Writers Podcast. I'm Danielle Lipport, and I'm here with Linda Sieverts,

where we are chatting with some of the most amazing authors, publishing leaders, and creatives.

Between the two of us, Linda and I have written something like 12 books, including our co-creation, your big beautiful book plan.

And we're here because we love this game.

We love everything about the publishing industry, about getting ideas out into the world and being as creative as you possibly can.

This all started with us interviewing some of our favorite agents and fellow authors

for a membership group that we have called The Beautiful Writers Group.

And because we don't believe friends should let their friends write alone,

we are sharing the interviews with you.

So for the next 45 minutes, because 45 minutes is a new hour, we will be digging deep and going for the light. Thank you. So for the next 45 minutes, because 45 minutes is a new hour, we will be digging deep

and going for the light. Welcome.

Hello, everyone. This is Linda Siebertson, and today Danielle Leport and I are speaking with

Elizabeth Gilbert, the gal I call our

generations Mark Twain. You know her, of course, from her worldwide bestseller Eat, Pray, Love,

which was her fourth book. And now, three bestsellers later, she's just released Big Magic,

Creative Living Beyond Fear.

Welcome, my friend. Thank you for being here, Liz Love. Hi, guys. Thanks for having me on. Thanks for calling me Mark Twain. I like that. Another Connecticut resident. Right. Another nutmaker. With a happier life. I'm going to say that you are blessed with a happier life let's say that well yeah i live in an age where

my family members can have access to medicine so i don't have quite as many deaths in the family as that

poor man right poor man so daniel you want to ask liz we always start with a blessing so it goes like

this and we ask everybody just to pivot and take a deep breath,

ourselves included. So we're here now to give witness to a shared truth that absolutely everything

is progress, that we have all that we need, and that brilliance is unfolding and here and now. And so it is.

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