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245. The Yarn in Knitting, and The Yarn in Stories: An Interview with Debbie Macomber

Sarah chats with New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber about her writing career, and the many ways that career has grown in unique directions. They discuss the ways she’s adapted her writing to accommodate her dyslexia, the start of her writing career, and what her writing experience has taught her and other writers. They also talk about her Blessings Box, her recipes, her readership, how knitting and romance go together so well, and about her newest book, If Not for You, which she calls a “healing book.”  As always, we find out what she’s reading — and what she’s currently knitting!

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You can learn more about Debbie Macomber at her website, and about her charity, Knit One Bless Two.

 

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This Episode's Music

This is from Caravan Palace, and the track is called “Gramophone.”

You can find their two album set with Caravan Palace and Panic on Amazon and iTunes.

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  1. Jazzlet says:

    This is very appropriate for me today, I’m mending the last jumper my MIL knitted for Mr Jazz. She died on Monday (at 98, with no memory of family and often inconsolably unhappy this was far more of a relief than a sad death) but had been unable to knit for years due to arthritis. However knitting was one of our shared loves and keeping this jumper going seems an appropriate way to celebate her. So thank you even more than usual!

  2. SB Sarah says:

    @Jazzlet: I’m amazed by the coincidence, and I’m glad this episode was comfort at the right time. My condolences on your family’s loss.

  3. denise says:

    really enjoyed this.

  4. Christine says:

    Jesus, Sarah, your closing… you just made me cry in the middle of Trader Joe’s! Damn you…

  5. Stefanie Magura says:

    So I just wanted you to know that your podcast is available in the directory for a podcast app for blind listeners called QCast. I’m not sure to thank you guys or those who make the directory, but that app is yet another way for those who enjoy the podcast to listen to it.
    Also, if you think you could go back and label all the webpages where the podcasts and show notes are located, and label the links to things which were discussed in each episode that would be very helpful. While I’ve noticed that most of these pages are labeled, some of the earlier podcast pages are not, and this might be something to fix while you go back and add missing transcripts to podcast episodes.
    This is not meant to be a putdown of how you run the website and podcast in general, and I hope you don’t see it that way. In fact, the only reason I know, is that my best friend who is also blind,was interested in going back to the first podcast episodes, and cataloging each book which is mentioned so she could see if she could find it in blind book reading services such as Bookshare and the Library of Congress. I kind of think it is madness to do all that, but at the same time she decided to do this, we were discussing starting our own blog, and she reads books more quickly than I so maybe those two are part of the reason. I apologize for this being such a longwinded comment and if you would lie me to express my thoughts in a more private way such as email I can do that as well.

  6. Kareni says:

    My sympathies to Sassy.

    And a big thank you to Garlic Knitter from one who reads each transcript.

  7. EC Spurlock says:

    I just wanted to say to Ms Macomber that for all the years I tried to get my hubby to try some of my romance books like Linda Howard and Suzanne Brockmann, the one romance series he finally glommed onto was her Cedar Cove TV series on Hallmark Channel. By that time his stroke and subsequent tumor had made reading virtually impossible for him, but he LOVED that show, and when I showed him the books it was based on he was astounded. If I remember correctly he downloaded a couple of the audiobooks and really enjoyed them. So I just want to say thank you for making his last couple of years much brighter and giving him a lot of enjoyment.

    And also my thanks to garlicknitter for the transcripts, which I find much easier to manage than the podcasts. Thanks for all you do.

    And my sympathies to Sassy, I know how hard the loss of such a longtime friend and companion is.

  8. Stefanie Magura says:

    After reading my comment, I realize I should have written links instead of pages. Excuse my typo. And related specifically to this podcast, I’m interested in checking out the Cedar Cove books and TV series.

  9. Kim says:

    Oh my goodness. I listen to the podcast while walking one of our dogs. We host her for Leader Dogs for the Blind (http://leaderdog.org/) and she is a leader dog mom. Her puppies will go into training to become leader dogs. Hearing the end of the show had me in tears. Thanks for providing the entertainment while I keep the mom for future leader dogs in shape! Here’s her official portrait: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSAE-3NBbdW/?taken-by=ldmdixie

  10. Elizabeth says:

    CJ Archer – one of my favourite authors.

  11. Jen says:

    This was just a lovely interview. I almost skipped over this one because Ms Macomber’s books are not at all my cuppa, but she was so delightful and I 100% enjoyed the episode! Thank you for facilitating a really great conversation, Sarah!

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