Ep. 5 How To Start Your Writing Career With Elle Nash
In today’s episode I am talking to the very very cool Elle Nash. Elle is a writer, editor and lecturer who has published multiple novels over the last decade. Her debut novel, Animals Eat Each Other was kind of a surprise indie success, in 2018, it was featured in The Oprah Magazine and praised by Publishers Weekly as a “complex, impressive exploration of obsession and desire.” She’s since then wrote the short story collection Nudes (2021), the novella Gag Reflex (2022), and her latest novel Deliver Me (2023). Just from reading these titles you can hear that Elle’s work trangresses between body horror, a lingering erotiscims and an almost unsettling vulnerability which is also the vibe that comes across in her substack Fuck Marry Kill and her instagram handle @saderotica. Things that were mentioned: - Find all of Elle's books here- The Blair Witch Project 1999- Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia - Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club & Invisible Monsters- Chloe Caldwell, Women - Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck Thank you so much for listening, please like & subscribe to get the next episodes! Follow me on : Instagram: @sophiahembeck Writing: themuseletter.substack.com Shop: museletterpublishing.com REFERRAL CODE FOR OCTOPUS ENERGY: Use this link to sign up to Octopus Energy and get £50 in credit. https://share.octopus.energy/wind-star-923CONDITIONS: This offer may be revoked at any time.
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Ep. 4 How to Use Storytelling to Discover Who You Are With Morvern Graham
In today’s episode I am talking to the magical Morvern Graham. Morvern is a printmaker, illustrator and storyteller, who is currently growing a huge following on social media with her incredible storytelling videos of Scottish and Scandinavian folklore that intertwine mythology, her own visual art building a connection with her surroundings and the seasons. I saw Morvern perform here in Edinburgh at the Typewronger Bookshop a few weeks ago, where she told the story about how the oceans became salty, which centered around two female giants and I was so impressed because, it’s kind of rare I think that people who are online actually have the same kind of presence in reality but she was exactly the same. Follow Morvern on Instagram here. And her website here. Things that were mentioned: - get Morvern Graham's book The Huldufólk here- Leith, Edinburgh - Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck Thank you so much for listening, please like & subscribe to get the next episodes! Follow me on : Instagram: @sophiahembeck Writing: themuseletter.substack.com Shop: museletterpublishing.com REFERRAL CODE FOR OCTOPUS ENERGY: Use this link to sign up to Octopus Energy and get £50 in credit. https://share.octopus.energy/wind-star-923CONDITIONS: This offer may be revoked at any time.
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Ep. 3 How To Pursue The Life You Actually Want To Live With Megan Nolan
Today’s guest is the marvellous Megan Nolan, a journalist, essayist and author of two novels called Acts Of Desperation and Ordinary Human Failings. I remember reading Acts of Desperation which is a book about a pretty harrowing toxic romantic relationship and the reason why I remember it so well, is because when it came out, I was in a toxic relationship myself and I didn’t want to read it. And then after that ended I finally did and I realised: probably should have done that earlier. Follow Megan Nolan on Instagram here. Things that were mentioned: - All of Megan Nolan's books here- Little Women, 1990 - Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck Thank you so much for listening, please like & subscribe to get the next episodes! Follow me on : Instagram: @sophiahembeck Writing: themuseletter.substack.com Shop: museletterpublishing.com REFERRAL CODE FOR METTLE BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT: 1. Go to https://www.mettle.co.uk2. Open a bank account. 3. Within the first 30 days make a card payment and enter the code in the app. 4. CODE: FXVV65. Once the referral is verified you'll receive £50 in your bank account. CONDITIONS: You must have a side hustle, limited company with up to 2 owners, or be a sole trader. You must be based in the UK. This offer will end on 30th June 2025. This offer can be withdrawn at any time.
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Ep. 2 How To Embrace The Messiness of Change With Fariha Róisín
In today's episode I am talking-to the wonderful Fariha Róisín. Fariha is a multidisciplinary artist born in Canada, raised in Australia and now based in Los Angeles, California. They're a Muslim queer Bangladeshi interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. They're the author of the poetry collections, How to Cure a Ghost and Survival Takes A Wild Imagination and the novel Like a Bird. Or so it says in the book jacket of their latest nonfiction hybrid memoir, Who is Wellness For? I've come across Fariha's work five years ago via their substack, which is also called How to Cure a Ghost and named after their first poetry collection. And another thing that actually connects us is that when I was writing my second book, Things I Have Loved, I asked Fariha to quote a line from an essay that she wrote and they so kindly said yes. And so it feels a bit like a full circle moment for me to have you here on the podcast today. Follow Fariha on Instagram here and read her substack How To Cure A Ghost here. Things that were mentioned: - All of Fariha's books here - Braiding Sweetgrass & The Service Berry by Robin Wall Kimmerer - The podcast episode Fariha mentioned with the philosopher Bayo Akomolafe - Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck Thank you so much for listening, please like & subscribe to get the next episodes! Follow me on : Instagram: @sophiahembeck Writing: themuseletter.substack.com Shop: museletterpublishing.com
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Ep. 1 – How To Be Your Favourite Self And Not Make Art That You Hate With Will McPhail
In today’s episode I am talking to the hilarious Will McPhail whose cartoons are frequently published in The New Yorker. He wrote an incredibly beautiful graphic novel called IN about a twenty something guy called Nick who the girlies on TikTok would call emotionally unavailable but who is desperately trying to change, trying to connect. He‘s amassed a huge following on instagram, @willmcphail4 where he shares his insightful observations about the human condition and his obsession with key lime pie. Things that were mentioned: - Key Lime Pie - IN by Will McPhail- Pleasantville (1998) - Dune (1984)- Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck Thank you so much for listening, please like & subscribe to get the next episodes! Follow me on : Instagram: @sophiahembeck Writing: themuseletter.substack.com Shop: museletterpublishing.com REFERRAL CODE FOR METTLE BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT: 1. Go to https://www.mettle.co.uk2. Open a bank account. 3. Within the first 30 days make a card payment and enter the code in the app. 4. CODE: FXVV65. Once the referral is verified you'll receive £50 in your bank account. CONDITIONS: You must have a side hustle, limited company with up to 2 owners, or be a sole trader. You must be based in the UK. This offer will end on 30th June 2025. This offer can be withdrawn at any time.
Welcome to Things Change! A podcast where writer and multi-disciplinary artist Sophia Hembeck talks to other writers, artists and creative people about their pivotal life-changing moments, their successes, their setbacks and in general how they ended up in the life they're living now.
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