Making Trouble with Molly Naylor

Lizzy Stewart! Illustrator and writer! Molly's past collaborator!
Maybe you've seen her pictures in there's a Tiger in the Garden, or Lights, Planets, People!
Or perhaps you've read her book Alison? Her new book, The Wreck, is out NOW. It's a glorious genre-defying illustrated novel about the messy tangle of love, envy and desire that underpins our most precious relationships, and the difficult paths we must take to discover our true selves.
Join Lizzy and Molly for a chat about STRUCTURE. Mainly as it refers to the notion of building a fulfilling, successful, functioning life as a maker, but we also touch on structure and planning in relation to specific projects.
Learn about the magical joys of something called WEEKEND CLUB. Learn why Lizzy and Molly are terrified of group trips.
Is living a creative life just about running full pelt up hills, or can they learn to ride the worms? All this and more.

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It's Jessie Burton! is the multi-million best-selling author of four novels: The Miniaturist, The Muse, The Confession and The House of Fortune – all instant Sunday Times bestsellers. Her novels have been published in 40 languages.
The Miniaturist was adapted as a BBC One miniseries, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Romola Garai.
Join us for a chat about PERFECTIONISM. Where it comes from, what it feels like, how it helps and hinders our process and our lives. We also chat about ageing, mortality, Sylvanian Families and how writers are master manipulators (in a good way?).
The book Jessie recommended was The Maps We Carry by Rose Cartwright.
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Today we welcome the scriptwriter, comedian and journalist Athena Kugblenu for a chat about getting older. Which is good, because Molly needed to hear all this. We also talk about procrastination, what you get out of having a day job, industry rudeness and where Athena gets her ideas from.

You can buy Athena's latest children's history book History's Most Epic Fails here!

The book she recommended was Heiresses by Miranda Kauffman.
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This week I'm delighted to welcome Tim Clare, writer of fiction and non-fiction, for a chat about focus. We talk about planning, fractured focus & intense focus, confidence, editing and the theory that attention is the purest form of compassion.
Tim opens up about the specific pleasures and pitfalls of deep focus for neurodivergent people. We talk about experimental French literature group The Oulipo, we disappear up our own bumbles but we do come out again.
Tim's latest book is The Game Changers is published by Cannongate.
He also wrote Coward, in which he explores all possible cures for anxiety.
Check out his podcast Death of a 1000 Cuts, it's an amazing resource for writers!
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Alice is an award winning comedy writer, Broadcaster, and performer. Listed in the Telegraph’s 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century, her solo comedy shows have been commissioned as TV specials on Amazon Prime, NextUp and the ABC.
She has made four documentaries for Audible: Meditation 101, Habit Change, Wellness and Work Life Balance. She also co-hosted BBC Radio 4 series Stranger Than Sci Fi, about ongoing conversations between science and science fiction.
Alice recently published her first book A Passion for Passion: A Delirious Love Letter to Romance. It's a glorious homage to genre fiction, celebrating the solemn silliness of romance novels.
She has an excellent Patreon, where she writes a brilliant blog. She also hosts creative retreats in Switzerland! Let's all go!
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