The Editor's Inkpot
A podcast from author & coach Margaret McNellis. In each short episode, we explore the writer’s life—its delights, dilemmas, and enduring questions—through the lens of history, craft, and creative living. Whether you’re a reader curious about the writer’s world or a writer seeking kinship and clarity, pour a cup and settle in. The inkpot is full. mcnelliswrites.substack.com
Episodes
In this (slightly longer than usual) episode, I run through the writing process and share insights from my own writing adventures on the first part: ideation.
Show Notes
Do you have a book in you? I coach fiction writers, and even offer free weekly writing sessions with live coaching: https://www.thesensibilitysociety.com/writers
In the Connecticut area? I’d love if you joined in for a free author talk at the Wesleyan RJ Julia Booksto...
In this episode, I talk about how a watercolor bird spurred my creative writing.
Show Notes
Want to come play with your writing? Join one of my free Write with Me sessions: https://www.thesensibilitysociety.com/write-with-me
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Read Daughter of the Seven Hills and/or The Golden Apple.
Head over to my Substack to see my little Bluebird.
Want to paint your own watercolor bi...
In this episode, I share my journey working through and dumping imposter syndrome for good — and explain why we shouldn’t settle for suffering from it.
Show Notes
Want to join my free weekly Write with Me session(s)? https://www.thesensibilitysociety.com/write-with-me
Join me on Substack (also free): https://substack.thesensibilitysociety.com
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In this episode, I talk about my months-long ChatGPT and ProWritingAid experiment with creative writing, manuscript assessment, reading, and more. Like discussing story craft and the creative journey? Make sure to subscribe or follow so you don’t miss an episode.
Show Notes
Here is the MIT study I mentioned in this episode: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
🎙️ Episode 002: The Romance Confession: How I Stopped Looking Down on Love Stories
Episode Length: 15 minutes
Show Notes:
Once upon a time, I turned my nose up at romance. I wanted to be taken seriously as a writer, a thinker, a student of literature. Romance, I believed, was too soft, too predictable, too unserious.
In this episode, I share how I came to eat those words, with gratitude.
We explore how genre snobbery gets tangled with ...
🎙️ Episode 001 – Welcome to The Editor’s InkpotIn this short introductory episode, host Margaret McNellis (author, artist, and founder of The Sensibility Society) invites you into a quiet, literary corner of the world.
The Editor’s Inkpot is a short-form podcast about writing, creativity, history, and the enduring charm of storytelling in all its forms. This episode sets the tone for what’s to come: thoughtful reflections, behind-t...
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