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Slow Writing: Create at Your Own Pace

Nicole Gulotta

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Frequency: 1 episode/36d. Total Eps: 69

Hosted by author Nicole Gulotta, Slow Writing helps you embrace the season you’re in, create at your own pace, and care for your mind and body along the way. No urgency. No keeping up. Just a sustainable writing life that honors your unique rhythms and inner wisdom. When we’re not taking a breather, new episodes arrive on the full and new moons.

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🇨🇦 Canada - Books
03/06/2026
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67. Fiction Has Nowhere to Hide with Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay

Sunday, May 31, 2026 • Duration 53:26

Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay “put away the call of her soul” to become a scientist, earning a PhD. in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology. But after two decades as a science writer, feeling grateful for her career wasn’t enough. Her debut novel, Chitra Demands to Go Home, was drafted in the car during her youngest kid’s tennis practice, and Raj proceeded to encounter the sheer vulnerability of fiction where you can’t hide behind rules, facts, or data.

Episode Highlights

Unique ways science storytelling prepared Raj for fiction
Moments of generosity that led to writing (and finishing) her novel
What happened when she accidentally showed up to an open mic night with nothing to read
First draft strategies: writing in the car and using a distraction-free typewriter
Navigating a story through ambiguity
How an ordinary conversation with her mom planted the seed of her novel idea
Writing the realistic yet mythological mother/son relationship in Bengali culture
The surprising reaction from her LinkedIn community after announcing her book
The vulnerability of publication after a lifetime of meeting external expectations

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⁠Chitra Demands to Go Home⁠, out from Modern Artist Press
⁠Freewrite travel typewriter⁠

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66. Creative Flow in Menopause with Vanessa Novissimo Wright

Thursday, May 14, 2026 • Duration 47:00

For Part 3 of our cycle series, I’m in conversation with Vanessa Novissimo Wright, a creative communications strategist, writer, and certified life coach for midlife creatives. Before she was fully tapped into her midlife joy and authenticity, Vanessa had a pretty rough perimenopause experience. She generously shares the low points in her journey, which led her to develop a self-care method that keeps her connected to herself and her creative well. If you’re struggling to make sense of this life stage and in need of some wisdom from someone who’s been through it, you don’t want to miss this one.

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How her perimenopause symptoms forced her into deep relationship with herself
The daily practice of surrender
The FLOW method that keeps her grounded
Vanessa’s “self-care-bag” and how she made her car a creative cocoon when her kids were young
How a “planting seeds” approach to pave the way for embracing creativity in menopause
Essential practices when you’re experiencing fatigue, brain fog, and can’t string sentences together
The creative permission slips she’s giving to midlife folks she coaches
Releasing perfectionism around journaling
The necessity of fun, whimsy, and joy on the journey

Meet Vanessa

Vanessa Novissimo Wright is a creative communications strategist, writer, and certified life coach for midlife creatives. She helps them navigate menopause with creativity and joy so they can show up vibrantly for their community. Using her FLOW self-care method, Vanessa guides clients to embrace this age and stage of life with clarity, creativity, and curiosity. Follow her on Instagram and Substack.

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65. Perimenopause Will Change Your Writing Life

Friday, May 1, 2026 • Duration 31:06

Perimenopause, over a period of many years, is a radical recalibration of brain and body. As Lisa Mosconi writes in her book THE MENOPAUSE BRAIN, “it’s not just brain energy that changes during menopause but that the brain’s structure, regional connectivity, and overall chemistry are also impacted.” We feel these changes physically, mentally, spiritually, and also creatively. This episode explores the tangible ways perimenopause symptoms require us to reimagine our writing life, and practical suggestions for navigating the sometimes choppy waters.

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Physical, mental, and spiritual symptoms of perimenopause
Reframing this transition as a creative rebirth
The moment Roxane Gay understood writer’s block as a menopause symptom and not a moral failure.
Honest reflections from my own perimenopause journey
Learning to move at the pace of fluctuating energy levels
3 perimenopause and menopause books to read

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64. The Wise Cycles of Nature & Our Bodies

Friday, April 17, 2026 • Duration 30:54

Welcome to Part 1 of a new 3-part series on cycles. (👀Coming up next? Perimenopause and menopause.) Even though the linear, Gregorian calendar has us celebrating the new year in the darkness of winter, nature and our bodies know the truth: cycles and seasons flow in their own time. But how can we embrace cyclical rhythms in a world designed to suppress or ignore them? It starts with noticing what’s available to us, and making subtle shifts in the direction of our inner knowing. Think of this episode like a buffet—there are myriad ways to engage with the cycles and seasons in our lives and creative practices.

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A grounding ritual to try anytime you drink coffee or tea
The main difference between cycles and seasons
The history of the Gregorian calendar and understanding “clock time”
Why “New Year, New You” energy doesn’t always feel aligned with our bodies
6 types of cycles available to us
How to choose which cycles and seasons to engage with

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63. Refining Our Raw Material with Allison Mei-Li

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 59:59

Every piece of writing starts the same way—as raw material. Fragmented lines in a notebook, messy, typed pages, and printed drafts that need the swipe of a colored pen. And once we have our start, there are so many craft choices to make along the way. Today’s guest, Allison Mei-Li, breaks down how to do it with intention, how to consider your reader’s experience, and above all, ways to care for yourself while working through difficult material.

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How the process of oysters creating pearls mirrors the writer’s life
Why becoming a mother motivated Allison to finally share her writing
The family emergency that caused her to question her path to publication, and how Allison wrote her way through a dark season of liminal space
Creating ceremony around writing sessions, and how the yogic principle of saucha supports her practice

Utilizing hermit crab essay principles in poetry (or anytime you need another way in)
Sequencing choices that orient the reader, especially when you’re not writing chronologically
The value of including cultural commentary and levity alongside difficult personal moments
Editing and arranging philosophies, including the value of giving it time and the necessity of getting to know your own work
Publication fatigue and how adrenaline masks the exhaustion underneath
The visceral reaction Allison had when her poem was torn apart on Reddit, our negativity bias, and how she didn’t let it stop her from publishing

Meet Allison

Allison Mei-Li is an author, poet, and mother based in Ventura County, CA. Known for her tender and honest writing style, Allison views poetry as a way to “go first,” offering language for the universal experiences we often carry quietly. She is a poetry reader at The Turning Leaf Journal and hosts creative gatherings for women both on and offline. Her work has been featured in Rust & Moth, Coffee + Crumbs, MER Literary, and others. Allison’s debut collection, A History of Holding, is now available.

62. How to Plan a Writing Retreat (Rerun)

Thursday, March 19, 2026 • Duration 39:40

In honor of spring break, we're revisiting a popular episode from 2024. If you’re ready to give yourself the gift of space, time, and rest, this episode is for you. I’m sharing the highs and lows of writing retreat I took with a friend, plus lots of takeaways to help you plan your own DIY getaway.

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Why even one night away is always worth it (and how to make the most of a short trip)
Thinking through the when, where, and how—logistics are covered
The pros and cons of solo vs. group retreats
The value of meal planning (including my favorite sparkling water and a tip for when you return home)
Seeing the momentum before and after a retreat as adding the overall experience
How to capture retreat magic at home

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61. Reading for Pleasure

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 • Duration 32:53

In the words of Anna Quindlen, “books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”

I can’t imagine a life without reading, but reading for pleasure can sometimes be harder than it sounds. Myriad responsibilities, relentless news cycles, and other factors can impact our desire and ability to read the way we’d like to. Consider this episode a gentle refresh. If you have a habit of checking out too many library books at once, struggle to get through the stack of books on your nightstand, or feel like your reading life is in a rut, today’s episode has some ideas to get curious about what you need in this particular season.

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4 questions to ask when evaluating your reading habits
Understanding your relationship with the library
Balancing research and pleasure reading
For a more fulfilling reading life, get specific (like, really specific)
Discover your book tracking style (with both app and analog options)
How to start a commonplace journal

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60. Fun & Flexibility with Heidi Fiedler

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 • Duration 56:16

Mary Oliver wrote that “joy is not made to be a crumb,” yet it’s often the first thing to go when we’re prioritizing survival as parents, employees, partners, and human beings witnessing the rupture of the world. But joy, delight, and creativity aren't frivolous. They're essential. Today I’m joined by writer and creative coach Heidi Fiedler to talk about daily delights, parenthood, self-publishing, and permission to walk away from our own work.

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The frustrating (and clarifying) constraints of parenthood
Heidi’s notecard strategy for finding a book's structure
The power of expanding our identities as writers
Rethinking the need to maximize every second of every hour
Trusting our creative process and being flexible might be the secret to getting anything done
Why we can’t future-forecast the breaks we need to take when writing a book
How Heidi decided to self-publish (and the disappointments and benefits along the way)
Self-publishing as a sustainable alternative to traditional publishing
Reframing play for adults, especially if you don’t love the word

Meet Heidi

Heidi Fiedler is a writer, editor, and creative coach. She writes books for kids and essays for grown ups. She’s the author of the new book Quickening: The Art of Being a Creative Mother, which is available at helloheidifiedler.com. You can find her on Instagram and on Substack @heidifiedler.

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59. What is Slow Writing?

Sunday, February 1, 2026 • Duration 29:58

The dictionary defines slow as a passive, sloth-like existence, but slow isn’t a symptom of falling behind—it’s actually the mechanism by which energy and creativity can return to us and regenerate. The world may want us to think about this differently, but we don’t actually thrive as humans with near-constant output, we thrive on gentle and predictable rhythms.

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A working definition of slow writing
Inspiration from other industries like food and fashion
3 guiding principles of slow writing
How to embrace this philosophy in the everyday

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58. Same Show, New Name

Monday, January 19, 2026 • Duration 21:32

The Wild Words podcast is now… Slow Writing! After a long hiatus, the show returns with new episodes and fresh cover art, but the same support and encouragement you’ve come to expect since the podcast debuted way back in 2019. Tune in for a behind-the-scenes update, what to expect from the upcoming season, and more.

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Why it took more than a year to return to podcasting
How to recognize if you’re in a creative winter
The Traditional Chinese Medicine theory that led to exploring a name change
Acknowledging when we accidentally cross our own boundaries

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