What We Aim To Do
What We Aim To Do is a podcast about vocation. Featuring conversations with, artists, writers, and founders, host Megan Nichols asks questions about the challenges and joys of pursuing meaningful work, balancing ambition with well-being, and finding purpose in the work we share with the world.
What We Aim To Do
Free feedback for writers, running a nonprofit, & taking write-ins on tour! A convo with Jason W. McGlone
Jason McGlone runs Pencilhouse, a 501c3 organization that helps writers improve their craft and writing practice. They offer a free feedback program, host virtual and in-person writing room events, and publish the literary magazine Zero Readers.
In this episode, I ask Jason about Pencilhouse, his own writing journey, and we share our favorite feedback stories. If you're not a writer, you might want to sit this one out :)
About the guest:
Jason W. McGlone is the author of Look How We Are (2024, Plan B Press) His work has appeared in Stanchion Zine, Olney Magazine, Autofocus, X-R-A-Y, and BS/WS, from which he received a 2022 Best of the Net nomination. He runs the writing nonprofit Pencilhouse and is Publisher of its accompanying journal, Zero Readers. Jason lives in the Cincinnati area, where he lives with his family and their heterochromatic dog. He’s currently working on a novel and is on various socials @maoglone.
Links!
Pencilhouse.org
Support Pencilhouse on tour
Pencilhouse Patreon
Jason on Twitter!
Zero Readers
What We Aim To Do is a podcast about vocation. Featuring conversations with artists, writers, and founders, host Megan Nichols asks questions about the challenges and joys of pursuing meaningful work, balancing ambition with well-being, and finding purpose in the work we share with the world.
www.whatweaimtodo.com
Megan Nichols is the author of the chapbook Animal Unfit (Belle Point Press, 2023). Her poems have appeared in Iron Horse Literary Review, The Threepenny Review, Frontier Poetry and elsewhere. She lives in the Ozark Mountains.
