Maggie Smith, DEAR WRITER: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith returns to the podcast to discuss DEAR WRITER: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life. Maggie shares the long journey of writing this book (she drew from twenty years of teaching experience and her popular Substack newsletter!), her love of craft books, and her desire to demystify the creative process for writers and readers alike. She also talks about how delicate ideas are, the importance of staying open and receptive to creativity, the power of silencing your inner critic, and, ultimately, how we are all, at our core, poets.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive
0:24.0	look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't
0:29.3	have to.
0:30.3	Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.
0:36.2	For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram
0:40.2	at Zibby Owens. Maggie Smith is the author of Dear Writer, Peptalks and Practical Advice for
0:48.6	the Creative Life. By the way, this was recorded during our Scottsdale retreat.
0:57.1	Maggie was supposed to be with us in person, but sadly couldn't be there.
1:01.1	Instead, we did a Zoom, and I made this into a live podcast.
1:06.1	So we recorded this a while back, but I hope you enjoy it, and it is still relevant today.
1:11.5	Maggie Smith is the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of eight books of poetry and prose,
1:18.2	including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Keep Moving, and My Thoughts Have Wings.
1:23.1	A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts,
1:28.9	Maggie has also received a push-cart prize and numerous grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets,
1:34.7	the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council,
1:37.1	and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
1:41.4	She has been widely published, appearing in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, the nation,
1:45.1	the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Best American Poetry, and more.
1:47.6	You can follow her on social at Maggie Smith Poet.
1:52.7	Thank you so much for coming back on Momsdon have time to read books to discuss your new book,
1:53.5	which is so good.
1:57.7	Dear writer, pep talks, and practical advice for the creative life. Congratulations.
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