Episodes

  • Nicole Cuffy, author of O Sinners!
    Apr 8 2025

    Annie and Tessa chat with Nicole Cuffy, author of O Sinners!

    Nicole Cuffy is the author of Dances,longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. Cuffy has an MFA from The New School and is a lecturer at the University of Maryland and… More about Nicole Cuffy

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    33 mins
  • Listener Question: Should I use AI to edit my book?
    Feb 20 2025

    A listener writes in with a question about whether AI could help edit her novel.

    And later, Annie asked listeners a super important and relatable question.

    If you're looking to connect with people to swap manuscripts, send emails to goodmomsonpaper@gmail.com.

    And send more listener questions, we love them!

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    43 mins
  • Shelby Van Pelt and How Her Three-Year-Old Helped with the Octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures
    Feb 14 2025

    All three good moms were SO LUCKY to talk to Shelby Van Pelt, who is a total star and lovely human being, about writing, parenting, research, her next book, the movie adaptation of Remarkably Bright Creatures and whether or not you can get free Starbursts at the movie theatre for being a famous writer.

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    48 mins
  • 100 Days of Writing, Sticker Charts, & Jakob Kerr, author of DEAD MONEY
    Jan 28 2025

    The Good Moms talk about the 100 days of writing project, sticker charts, and then with Jakob Kerr, the author of debut novel DEAD MONEY.

    “With Dead Money, Jakob Kerr has penned a stone-cold banger of a novel—a twisty journey through Silicon Valley’s dark side, all wrapped in a stunning mystery package with some wild surprises along the way. . . . Compulsively readable.”—​Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter

    “If you’ve ever dreamed of murdering a tech billionaire—or if you simply love a good story—Dead Money is for you.”—Nick Petrie

    Jakob Kerr is a lawyer and communications executive working in the tech industry. He was one of the first employees at Airbnb and spent over a decade shepherding the company from tiny startup to global phenomenon. He has also been a bartender, sportswriter, and—for one disastrous afternoon—the driver of an ice cream truck. After fifteen years in San Francisco, he recently returned to his native Pacific Northwest, where he now lives with his wife and children. Dead Money is his first novel.

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    46 mins
  • The Good Moms & Tidy Dad (AKA Tyler Moore, author of *Tidy Up Your Life* )
    Jan 24 2025

    Tessa & Annie talk to Tyler Moore, author of the new book "Tidy Up Your Life," about mental health, writing a book, deadlines, growing his audience, and making a "safety plan" after a book comes out.

    We also talk about our 100 days of writing 100 stickers challenge!

    Tyler Moore is the creator of the hugely popular “Tidy Dad” Instagram, TikTok, and website. A public school teacher in New York City, husband, and father of three young daughters, he has been featured on Good Morning America and in The Washington Post, The New York Times,New York Post, Better Homes & Gardens Secrets of Getting Organized magazine, Apartment Therapy, and many podcasts including HGTV and Minimalist Moms. During the school year, he lives with his wife, Emily, a pediatric occupational therapist, and daughters in Queens, New York. In the summer, they spend as much time as possible in their small but well-organized cottage in the Poconos.



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    1 hr
  • If It Was True Love I Could Have It: On Popsicles and Book Revision
    Jan 16 2025

    Annie Tessa & Ellen gab about what's going on with their kids and discuss a listener question about Book Revision.

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    48 mins
  • Season 4!! Annie's new book, writing camp debrief, and who is the boss of your house?
    Dec 8 2024

    We're back!! Really this time!! Exciting guests coming up this season and updates on Annie's new book The Road to Tender Hearts!! (please preorder!) and Tessa's update after the hurricane.



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    48 mins
  • Announcing: FALL WRITING CAMP! Nov 7 - 11 in New Hampshire!
    Aug 26 2024

    Tessa and Annie talk the details of Fall Writing camp -- 5 days and 4 nights of writing time, campfires, readings, craft talks, agent chats... but probably no karaoke. Nov 7-11 at Purity Springs Resort in NH.

    More details here: https://www.accountabilityworkshops.com/writing-camp

    We also talk hot writers and Annie says "anxiety" 400 times.

    Happy almost fall!!!

    xo
    The Good Moms

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    29 mins
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