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Brendan O'Meara

@brendanomeara.bsky.social

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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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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Jul 16

I put this on pause when I was in the heat of Prefontaine research, but I'm happy to bring the audio magazine back for Issue 4: Codes.

Read the guidelines, and send me your best! I pay $$$ to those who get published, from the O'Meara Grant. Yeah!

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Issue 4 of the Audio Magazine: CODES – Home of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast

photo “courtesy” of CNN.com

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · 2d

It's a different kind of clubbing!

I hope you'll join us!

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#freelance #querying #writing #journalism #pitching

Justin Heckert: 'This one hurt'

Getting, oh, so, close ...

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · 5d

So great! And I wasn't even thinking of the baseball playoffs now ... that was just coincidence!

BTW, I'm gonna be hanging with Kim Cross this weekend. I'm in Idaho for some Front Runnner stuff.

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, wow, thanks for sharing Justin's Pitch Club, Mark!

Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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#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.

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · 12d

My apologies.

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Episode 492: The Daniel Littlewood Takeover Extravaganza!

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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 18d

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 📚💙

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Lori Mortimer @lorimortimer.com · 20d

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

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · 28d

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.

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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.

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hey, all right! Thanks for sharing, Andrew! It is a great story!

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Sep 5

For the @atavist.com Robert Weintraub came by to talk about "American Hindenburg." Great talk!

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Sep 2

@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.

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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.

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Kate Hopper @mnkatehopper.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yep!! QB1!

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Sep 1

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.

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Sep 1

It is science!

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · Sep 1

"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." 👏🏾
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#bringyourworth

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a man with a mustache says " it 's science "

ALT: a man with a mustache says " it 's science "

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Sep 1

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

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

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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...

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 27

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."

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 26

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.

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 26

Oh, man, I was at Elliott Bay Books at the end of July for a book signing! I'm grateful for you spreading the word. That's how this book will succeed: hand to hand.

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wow! How nice to read this. Thanks, Candace!

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 25

Really, what a joy to be on @leahsottile.bsky.social's home turf for this bright and vibrant conversation about unauthorized biography, podcasting, and Steve Prefontaine.

Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · Aug 25

“I think that's why Oregonians gravitated toward him. There was a working-class pugilistic ethic to him.” I had the pleasure of speaking to @brendanomeara.bsky.social all about his book on Steve Prefontaine - a western figure of mythological proportions. open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...

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."

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 22

I want to try and collect them all ... probably have to hit up ebay for a good chunk of them.

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 21

And yet the Balrog from the 2001 Fellowship of the Ring is still amazing!

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 21

Does a particular volume, dating back to BASW, stand out to you as more memorable than others?

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hanif!

Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 15

Julia Barton was pretty dang cool.

Episode 483: Off the Page and Into the Ears with Julia Barton

Podcast Episode · The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara · 08/15/2025 · 1h 18m

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · Aug 14

The best-selling author Neal Bascomb wrote a WWII-era work of narrative nonfiction about auto racing titled Faster. If he's up for the work, he might be perfect for you.

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