Bestselling author Charlie Donlea joins Clay Stafford for a candid conversation about the realities of the writing life. They discuss balancing creativity with a full-time career, facing fear and self-doubt, and finding strength through persistence. The conversation also explores how reading shapes storytelling, how setting becomes a character, and how theme anchors a novel’s emotional core.
Writing Through Crisis: Creativity, Community, and Change
Robert Mangeot moderates a conversation with Debra H. Goldstein, Linda Lovely, Maggie Toussaint, Roger Johns, and Sasscer Hill as they reflect on how the pandemic reshaped writing habits, creative focus, and community within the writing world.




