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Episode 528: Stuck? Ramona Ausubel Will 'Unstuck' You!
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- May 22, 2026
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Summary
"It all has to come from within. So we each have to be in conversation with ourselves and with the work. It's really a relationship, not a project," says Ramona Ausubel, author of Unstuck: A Writer's Guide. Today we have Ramona Ausubel, author of Unstuck: A Writer's Guide. It's published by Tin House. Ramona's curriculum vitae is pretty dope. She's the author of the novels The Last Animal, Sons and Daughters of East and Plenty and No One is Here Except All of Us and the craft book Unstuck: 101 Doorways Leading from the Blank Page to the Last Page. Had a TON of fun with this one and it's a craft bomb. Ramona's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, The New York Times, Electric Literature, and The Paris Review online. She has taught with Tin House, Bread Loaf, and she's a professor at Colorado State University. This is a really fun and really crafty chat. We talk about: * Why people want to be writers in the first place * The people who stick around * Coming up with ways through * It's a relationship not a project * No writing is ever wasted * Nobody needs a kind-of-written book * Submission clubs * The offering is the action * Community * Shame, doubt, and envy * Lifelong process of voice * Inviting in other influences * When querying asking 'who will you be?' * Platform You can learn more about Ramona at ramonaausubel.com [http://ramonausubel.com/] and follow her on Instagram @ramonaausubel. If you like this episode, I would definitely check out: * Eps. 48 and 207 with Roy Peter Clark * Ep. 49 with Dinty W. Moore * Ep. 50 with Ted Conover