Writers on Writing

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Marrie Stone

marriestone@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Writers on Writing is a weekly show about both the craft and the business side of writing, with authors discussing their process and decisions. It’s a strong fit for PR teams looking to place established (often award- and bestseller-level) book authors and writing professionals around craft, career strategy, and creative development—often including popular topics like AI and writing technique.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 308 followers

Contact Information

marriestone@gmail.com

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Host

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett - Hosted the show and interviews guests about the art and business of writing. In the provided episodes, she appears as a co-host for conversations with published authors.

Marrie Stone - Co-host of Writers on Writing focused on the art and business of writing. In the provided episodes, she leads/appears alongside Barbara DeMarco-Barrett in interviews with published authors.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Published authors with demonstrated literary visibility (e.g., bestselling status, major awards/prizes, notable media coverage/adaptations) and/or professional writing credentials in journalism/literary criticism or writing-to-fiction career transitions.
Required Achievements:  
New York Times bestselling author, Major prize or award winner (e.g., Thurber Prize), Major outlet recognition (e.g., Washington Post Notable Book), Book-to-film/TV adaptations (Oscar-nominated, Peabody Award-winning), Debut or early-career novels with substantial press coverage, Published writing in high-profile publications (e.g., The Guardian, The New Yorker)

Recent Guest Discussions

Steven Rowley - Moment He Knew To Write; Outlining; Side Characters; Crossover From Screenwriting; Choosing Joshua Tree As A Desert Setting; Endings; Ai.

Tom Perrotta - Writers’ Obsessions With Childhood Homes; Writing About Race And American Politics In Fiction; Straightforward Writing Effects; Point Of View.

Cassandra Neyenesch - What Kept Her Going Through Creative Setbacks; Crossover From Journalism To Fiction; Outlining; Landing The Ending; Trend Of Older Women Novelists Getting Published.

Recent Topics

Writing, Publishing, Authorship, Book, Literary

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Writers on Writing
:

Annie Hartnett, author of THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS

June 15, 2026

Annie Hartnett is the award-winning author of three novels: Rabbit Cake, Unlikely Animals, and the national bestseller The Road to Tender Hearts, which won the 2025 New England Book Award for fiction and was named a best book of 2025 from NPR, LitHub, and Southern Living. It’s now out and available in paperback, published by Ballentine. Along with the writer Tessa Fontaine, Annie co-runs Accountability Workshops for writers, helping writers commit to routines and embrace the long, slow, joy...

Steven Rowley, author of TAKE ME WITH YOU

June 09, 2026

Steven Rowley is the New York Times bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, The Editor, named by NPR as one of the Best Books of 2019, The Guncle, a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for 2021 Novel of the Year and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, The Celebrants, a TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club pick, and the instant USA Today Bestsellers The Guncle Abroad and The Dogs of Venice. His fiction has been published in twenty languages....

Tom Perrotta, author of GHOST TOWN

June 01, 2026

Tom Perrotta’s eleven works of fiction include Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. He’s now been on the podcast five times with Marrie. First in 2007 with The Abstinence Teacher, again in 2011 for The Leftovers, Mrs. Fletcher in 2017, and Tracy Flick Can’t Win in 2022. We return to familiar New Jersey territory in Ghost Town, a place reminiscent o...

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