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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.

Episode Highlights

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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Slow Writing Trailer

Sunday, December 21, 2025 • Duration 03:35

🎙️🐌 Big news, listeners!

Wild Words is now… Slow Writing.

After a year and a half hiatus, we're back with a new name, new cover art, and new episodes coming your way in January 2026.

This show might be freshened up on the outside, but we’ll still dig into all the same topics—seasonal creative living, separating our worth from productivity culture, untangling from social media, the relationship between writing and our bodies, and more.

Tune in for a preview of what’s on the horizon!

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57. Searching for White Space (Rerun)

Monday, June 10, 2024 • Duration 41:24

Closing out this batch of episodes and heading into summer, I'm re-releasing one of my most popular shows from last year: Searching for White Space.

Because we’re conditioned to link our productivity to self-worth, we’re not always practiced in the art of releasing and slowing down, so I wanted to share my own experience in an effort to help you find your own white space in whatever season you need it.

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White space on the page vs. the white space in our creative lives
Nature isn’t productive 24/7 and we shouldn’t be easier
How we can struggle with resistance when taking time to rest
A 4-step process you can implement to cultivate white space if you need it

Let’s Connect

Visit my website: nicolemgulotta.com
Sign up for my encouraging Substack newsletter
Curl up with one of my books: WILD WORDS and EAT THIS POEM
Say hi on Instagram: @nicolegulotta.author

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56. The Best Questions I've Been Asked on Book Tour

Monday, June 3, 2024 • Duration 22:11

Seven years ago this spring, I was in Brooklyn on book tour for my literary cookbook, Eat This Poem. I was there for a live radio spot and a bookstore event, and had time to find the cutest coffee shop where I parked myself for three hours to write the draft of my proposal for Wild Words, which came out a couple of years later.

When starting to work on episodes for this season of the podcast, I came across an old draft called “Notes from the Road.” This document was filled with questions I was asked at events—the kinds of questions that were so good I wanted to share them with everyone who wasn’t there in person.

Questions We Discuss

If you have 3 kids and 20 minutes of free time, what should you work on first?
How do you get back to writing if you haven’t done it in a while?
Does your writing process change with each book?
What’s the secret of balancing writing with everything else?
Have you ever been afraid of success?
When you do have a margin, how do you avoid just scrolling through Instagram?
How do you reconcile wanting to write for yourself, but also the desire to get affirmation for your work?
How do you be content with just being a writer, and not being the next Ann Patchett?

Linkable Mentions

Episode 45: Preparing Your Nervous System for Publication with Tiffany Clarke Harrison

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55. Are We Ever Really Finished?

Monday, May 20, 2024 • Duration 23:52

Today I’m answering a listener question: How do you know when you’re done? It seems straightforward on the surface—you’re done when the essay is published, when the book comes out, or when the workshop is over. But not every writing project has defined edges. In fact, this episode argues that when we’re wondering if we’re done with something, we’re actually asking the wrong question.

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“When something is finished, it might mean something is true. It could mean someone will read your words. It means you now need to relate to this part of your life differently. You need to tell a new story about what happened to yourself. None of these things are bad, but when we're habituated to the old narratives, change is always hard.”

Episode Highlights

Understanding completion as a phased experience
Questions to ask yourself to gauge where you are in the process
Examples of finishing—from blogging to Facebook groups
The advice MFK Fisher gave Ruth Reichel that changed the course of her career (and her relationship to finishing)

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Episode 26: Cultivating Trust in the Writer’s Life
Episode 50: Make Space, Not Time & Other Insights From the Sacred Pause
Julia Gets Real With Ruth Reichel

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Visit my website: nicolemgulotta.com

54. A Cyclical Approach to Social Media

Monday, May 13, 2024 • Duration 24:40

Because of social media’s shape-shifting nature (hello, algorithms) it’s useful to check in a few times a year to see if it’s still serving you, and if there’s anything you’d like to change about how you’re using it. This episode is less about whether or not you should be on these platforms in the first place, and more about how to be in relationship to our visibility and the internet at large in ways that are inspired by nature and our bodies.

Conversation Starters

“It might seem strange to give this much thought to how we’re using apps like Instagram, but I think it’s really important, especially because as Annie Dillard once wrote, “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

Episode Highlights

A framework for social media use based on your body’s inner seasons, the lunar calendar, and nature’s shifts
Prioritizing our needs within the framework of a larger digital ecosystem
5 suggestions for using social media based on your menstrual cycle
6 ways to play with the cyclical energy of your choosing (and still benefit from Instagram)

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53. Let's Plan a Writing Retreat!

Monday, May 6, 2024 • Duration 38:32

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 a recent writing retreat I took with a friend, plus lots of takeaways to help you plan your own DIY getaway.

Episode Highlights

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 to the overall experience
How to capture retreat magic at home

Linkable Mentions

Substack Newsletter: Diary of a Writing Retreat
Episode 52: Micro-Shifts to Prioritize Writing
What to bring on a writing retreat (Edan Lepucki)
Aura Bora sparkling water
Vacation Anticipation Can Boost Happiness (Well+Good)

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Visit my website: nicolemgulotta.com
Sign up for my encouraging Substack newsletter
Curl up with one of my books: and

52. Micro-Shifts to Prioritize Writing

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 • Duration 16:08

Writing in the margins isn’t just the actual time captured, it’s also the belief that these micro-moments add up to something. In Part 1 of our liminal space series, we discussed the “sacred pause,” Part 2 covered how to approach liminal seasons as a vacation from writing, and today we explore re-entry. What happens after we’ve moved through a pause, a break, or liminal season but also find the same schedules and demands waiting for us?

Conversation Starters

“Big shifts are harder to achieve and make sustainable long-term, so pick one, maybe two things to start with and see what happens when you prioritize your writing again with both your energy AND your time.”

Episode Highlights

How I moved through creative liminal space in 2023
Experiments to reconnect to your writing practice
Why writing magazines can help you feel connected
What’s happened since making micro-shifts to prioritize writing

Let’s Connect

Visit my website: nicolemgulotta.com
Sign up for my encouraging Substack newsletter
Curl up with one of my books: WILD WORDS and EAT THIS POEM
Say hi on Instagram: @nicolegulotta.author

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51. How to Take a Vacation from Writing

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 • Duration 20:32

After spending three weeks away from home this winter (more on why in the episode), it got me thinking about how we spend time off from our writing routines, and how to approach it when we do. This episode is full of real-time insights on preparing for a break, including suggestions for mindfully setting expectations and cultivating curiosity along the way.

Episode Highlights

What *not* to do when you’re preparing for a break or vacation
How to set realistic expectations
6 things to try when you’re out of your regular writing routine
My biggest takeaways from three weeks away from home

Let’s Connect

Visit my website: nicolemgulotta.com
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