Brendan O'Meara
@brendanomeara.bsky.social
Host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast ... The voice of a generation, haha ... Author of The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine (2025) ... Order: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-front-runner-brendan-omeara?variant=43044900962338
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So You Broke Up with Your Agent ... Now What?
Tracy Slater shares her agent pitch letter that earned her representation for "Together in Manzanar."
welcometopitchclub.substack.com
Hey, Issue 6 of Pitch Club (six months of Pitch Club?!). It's @tracyslater.bsky.social and her query to a literary agent that earned representation for Together in Manzanar.
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
Wow, this is so kind! Thank you, Tracy!
One of my favorite podcasts turns...500!! Way to go, @brendanomeara.bsky.social. Listen in @ brendanomeara.com/episode-500-... #writingcommunity 📚💙
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Wow, this is so kind! Thank you, Tracy!
I don't need to tell you that this was a toe-tappin' good time.
Pod experienced its 500th episode. Had to reach out to a hero of mine.
Pod experienced its 500th episode. Had to reach out to a hero of mine.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I don't need to tell you that this was a toe-tappin' good time.
Pod experienced its 500th episode. Had to reach out to a hero of mine.
Pod experienced its 500th episode. Had to reach out to a hero of mine.
Great chat with @maggiemertens.bsky.social about #book #writing and her wonderful debut work of historical narrative nonfiction Better Faster Farther. @algonquinbooks.bsky.social
Dig it wherever you get your pods!
Dig it wherever you get your pods!
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Great chat with @maggiemertens.bsky.social about #book #writing and her wonderful debut work of historical narrative nonfiction Better Faster Farther. @algonquinbooks.bsky.social
Dig it wherever you get your pods!
Dig it wherever you get your pods!
Reposted by Brendan O'Meara
Looking for a little free literary help? Support for a new agent pitch? Happy to offer an explanation and sample of the pitch letter that earned me the incredible good luck of signing with my current agent, Amy Bishop-Wycisk. 💜 #writingcommunity #booksky
Hey, Issue 6 of Pitch Club (six months of Pitch Club?!). It's @tracyslater.bsky.social and her query to a literary agent that earned representation for Together in Manzanar.
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
So You Broke Up with Your Agent ... Now What?
Tracy Slater shares her agent pitch letter that earned her representation for "Together in Manzanar."
welcometopitchclub.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Looking for a little free literary help? Support for a new agent pitch? Happy to offer an explanation and sample of the pitch letter that earned me the incredible good luck of signing with my current agent, Amy Bishop-Wycisk. 💜 #writingcommunity #booksky
Hey, Issue 6 of Pitch Club (six months of Pitch Club?!). It's @tracyslater.bsky.social and her query to a literary agent that earned representation for Together in Manzanar.
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
So You Broke Up with Your Agent ... Now What?
Tracy Slater shares her agent pitch letter that earned her representation for "Together in Manzanar."
welcometopitchclub.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hey, Issue 6 of Pitch Club (six months of Pitch Club?!). It's @tracyslater.bsky.social and her query to a literary agent that earned representation for Together in Manzanar.
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
Dig it.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...
Author @jeffpearlman.bsky.social stopped by ye ol' CNF Pod to talk about his new book "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur." In this clip, Jeff talks about book promotion.
Listen wherever you dig your pods, friend.
Listen wherever you dig your pods, friend.
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Author @jeffpearlman.bsky.social stopped by ye ol' CNF Pod to talk about his new book "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur." In this clip, Jeff talks about book promotion.
Listen wherever you dig your pods, friend.
Listen wherever you dig your pods, friend.
Rate and review.
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Rate and review.
Pod coming this Friday with @provenself.bsky.social, the one, the only, Peter Rubin!
We’ve curated nearly 14,000 stories in the past 16 years and published hundreds of original pieces. Today, we’re kicking off a member drive to keep the stories coming.
Won’t you join us?
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Won’t you join us?
longreads.com/2025/10/15/2...
Announcing Our 2025 Member Drive - Longreads
It's easy to think that thoughtful longform journalism is an endangered species. We refuse to believe that—and we need your help.
longreads.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Pod coming this Friday with @provenself.bsky.social, the one, the only, Peter Rubin!
Issue 1 of Pitch Club, the one that started it all, the phenomenon sweeping across the nation! Proof that the internet can, in fact, break.
Nick Davidson's Atavist Pitch for "The Balloon That Fell From the Sky"
In the first Pitch Club, Nick Davidson breaks down his pitch for The Atavist Magazine.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Issue 1 of Pitch Club, the one that started it all, the phenomenon sweeping across the nation! Proof that the internet can, in fact, break.
Oooooo, my ego could use a good gush today :)
Thanks to the pair of you CNFin' patrons!
Thanks to the pair of you CNFin' patrons!
I'm pretty sure I broke some basic "best practice" of podcasting by spending 5 minutes gushing about someone else's show (hey @brendanomeara.bsky.social), but it's my show, I do what I want.
And @tracyslater.bsky.social was so great! Listen now.
And @tracyslater.bsky.social was so great! Listen now.
So fun to chat w/ @tracyslater.bsky.social about TOGETHER IN MANZANAR! Learn how she found her way to narrative history & how she stays with her characters as she tells their story. She also made me blush talking abt how podcasts are part of her writing community draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oooooo, my ego could use a good gush today :)
Thanks to the pair of you CNFin' patrons!
Thanks to the pair of you CNFin' patrons!
I'm admittedly sad Marc sunsetted WTF. I listened to the final episode already. His episode from Thursday was the real final episode. Today seemed like a hidden bonus track.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...
Marc Maron on the End of His Landmark Podcast
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm admittedly sad Marc sunsetted WTF. I listened to the final episode already. His episode from Thursday was the real final episode. Today seemed like a hidden bonus track.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...
It's a different kind of clubbing!
I hope you'll join us!
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/justin-hec...
#freelance #querying #writing #journalism #pitching
I hope you'll join us!
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/justin-hec...
#freelance #querying #writing #journalism #pitching
Justin Heckert: 'This one hurt'
Getting, oh, so, close ...
welcometopitchclub.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's a different kind of clubbing!
I hope you'll join us!
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/justin-hec...
#freelance #querying #writing #journalism #pitching
I hope you'll join us!
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/justin-hec...
#freelance #querying #writing #journalism #pitching
Oh, wow, thanks for sharing Justin's Pitch Club, Mark!
My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @kerryhowley.bsky.social @nymag.com, Kari Howard, @miasato.bsky.social, @karenpalmer.bsky.social, @brendanomeara.bsky.social, Justin Heckert.
niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/03/s...
#journalism #longreads #storytelling #booksky
niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/03/s...
#journalism #longreads #storytelling #booksky
Scenes from a hacker house - Nieman Storyboard
The San Francisco AI gold rush. Plus: Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism, Justin Heckert's one that got away.
niemanstoryboard.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Oh, wow, thanks for sharing Justin's Pitch Club, Mark!
Episode 492: The Daniel Littlewood Takeover Extravaganza!
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September 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Brendan O'Meara
An honor and a delight to be a guest on one of the podcasts I listened to every single week while I was working on the book. Thx @brendanomeara.bsky.social of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast! brendanomeara.com/episode-491-... #writingcommunity 📚💙
September 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
An honor and a delight to be a guest on one of the podcasts I listened to every single week while I was working on the book. Thx @brendanomeara.bsky.social of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast! brendanomeara.com/episode-491-... #writingcommunity 📚💙
Reposted by Brendan O'Meara
Disney+ customer service line, for those getting blocked online: (888) 905-7888
I had about a 2 minute wait, and then was helped very cordially in canceling my subscription
I had about a 2 minute wait, and then was helped very cordially in canceling my subscription
September 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Disney+ customer service line, for those getting blocked online: (888) 905-7888
I had about a 2 minute wait, and then was helped very cordially in canceling my subscription
I had about a 2 minute wait, and then was helped very cordially in canceling my subscription
Hey, ya heard? I'm going to Boise soon, driving across the vast expanse of eastern Oregon to throw Front Runners at your face.
It's free, but ya getta dizcount if you RSVP and buy a ticket, which includes a signed and stamped book and a stern talkin' to.
www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-di...
It's free, but ya getta dizcount if you RSVP and buy a ticket, which includes a signed and stamped book and a stern talkin' to.
www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-di...
Reading & Discussion with Brendan O'Meara
The Lit Room at Oldspeak is excited to welcome author Brendan O'Meara to an author talk hosted by local author Kim Cross.
www.eventbrite.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hey, ya heard? I'm going to Boise soon, driving across the vast expanse of eastern Oregon to throw Front Runners at your face.
It's free, but ya getta dizcount if you RSVP and buy a ticket, which includes a signed and stamped book and a stern talkin' to.
www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-di...
It's free, but ya getta dizcount if you RSVP and buy a ticket, which includes a signed and stamped book and a stern talkin' to.
www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-di...
For the @atavist.com Robert Weintraub came by to talk about "American Hindenburg." Great talk!
September 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For the @atavist.com Robert Weintraub came by to talk about "American Hindenburg." Great talk!
@cassidyrandall.bsky.social stopped by Pitch Club HQ to talk about her @atavist.com pitch for her story "Alone at the Edge of the World," a story was anthologized in Year's Best Sports Writing 2023.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/how-to-wra...
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/how-to-wra...
How to Wrangle the Idea with Cassidy Randall
Cassidy Randall takes us to her Atavist Magazine pitch that earned her a nod in Year's Best Sports Writing 2023.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@cassidyrandall.bsky.social stopped by Pitch Club HQ to talk about her @atavist.com pitch for her story "Alone at the Edge of the World," a story was anthologized in Year's Best Sports Writing 2023.
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/how-to-wra...
welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/how-to-wra...
Reposted by Brendan O'Meara
Yep!! QB1!
September rager just went out: Author as QB1.
Author as QB1
Books by Lisa Loving, Jeff Pearlman, Seth Wickersham, and Tim Queeney, and a lot more junk.
rageagainstthealgorithm.beehiiv.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yep!! QB1!
It is science!
"It is your job to take this thing you planted, nurtured, fertilized, pruned, and harvested and bring it to market, to celebrate it. Because if you don’t, I’m here to tell you that nobody will." 👏🏾
@brendanomeara.bsky.social
#bringyourworth
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@brendanomeara.bsky.social
#bringyourworth
rageagainstthealgorithm.beehiiv.com/p/author-as-...
a man with a mustache says " it 's science "
ALT: a man with a mustache says " it 's science "
media.tenor.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It is science!
September rager just went out: Author as QB1.
Author as QB1
Books by Lisa Loving, Jeff Pearlman, Seth Wickersham, and Tim Queeney, and a lot more junk.
rageagainstthealgorithm.beehiiv.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
September rager just went out: Author as QB1.
Very nice of the author @timqueeney.bsky.social to write this kind and insightful review of "The Front Runner."
He's got a really cool book out called "Rope," and I'm eager AF to read it and speak with him about it.
timqueeney.com/more-than-ju...
He's got a really cool book out called "Rope," and I'm eager AF to read it and speak with him about it.
timqueeney.com/more-than-ju...
More Than Just a Sports Biography | Tim Queeney
Most sporting stories have a lifetime. A decade or maybe two after an athlete leaves the field or the court or the track, the memory of their exploits fades until only the historians of that sport are...
timqueeney.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Very nice of the author @timqueeney.bsky.social to write this kind and insightful review of "The Front Runner."
He's got a really cool book out called "Rope," and I'm eager AF to read it and speak with him about it.
timqueeney.com/more-than-ju...
He's got a really cool book out called "Rope," and I'm eager AF to read it and speak with him about it.
timqueeney.com/more-than-ju...
Whereby @leahsottile.bsky.social talks to me about lots of great stuff ... and bidets.
62.1. Good Talk #13: Brendan O'Meara
"I think that's why Oregonians gravitated toward [Prefontaine]. There was a working-class pugilistic ethic to him. He was homegrown."
substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Whereby @leahsottile.bsky.social talks to me about lots of great stuff ... and bidets.
I've taken, as part of my promoting people's appearances on the podcast, to including short, 5-star reviews on Amazon/ Goodreads. I use the same one for each.
Point being, these things matter, especially for little no-names like me.
If you like someone's work, go that little extra mile for them.
Point being, these things matter, especially for little no-names like me.
If you like someone's work, go that little extra mile for them.
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I've taken, as part of my promoting people's appearances on the podcast, to including short, 5-star reviews on Amazon/ Goodreads. I use the same one for each.
Point being, these things matter, especially for little no-names like me.
If you like someone's work, go that little extra mile for them.
Point being, these things matter, especially for little no-names like me.
If you like someone's work, go that little extra mile for them.