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
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!
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.
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!
Hey @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, our books are pals at an indie store in Springfield, OR!
August 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, our books are pals at an indie store in Springfield, OR!
Dana Jeri Maier, cartoonist extraordinaire, talking about #rejection on this week's CNF Pod, Ep. 480.
July 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dana Jeri Maier, cartoonist extraordinaire, talking about #rejection on this week's CNF Pod, Ep. 480.
Not that anyone will see this but ... come join us ... or don't ...
July 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Not that anyone will see this but ... come join us ... or don't ...
Had a really fun time speaking with @jeffsharlet.bsky.social on the podcast, Ep. 479. Available wherever you dig your pods, friend!
#writing #creativenonfiction
#writing #creativenonfiction
July 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Had a really fun time speaking with @jeffsharlet.bsky.social on the podcast, Ep. 479. Available wherever you dig your pods, friend!
#writing #creativenonfiction
#writing #creativenonfiction
Hey, Seattle #runners and #writers (both?), come check me and @maggiemertens.bsky.social out as we talk about The Front Runner and Steve Prefontaine!
Thursday night, 7 p.m.
Thursday night, 7 p.m.
July 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hey, Seattle #runners and #writers (both?), come check me and @maggiemertens.bsky.social out as we talk about The Front Runner and Steve Prefontaine!
Thursday night, 7 p.m.
Thursday night, 7 p.m.
Ten days, friend! I'll be chatting (and meeting) with @maggiemertens.bsky.social about The Front Runner. But I'm gonna be super sneaky and make her talk about Better, Faster, Farther, 2.
The 1st person who buys her book at the event will get one of mine on the house (I mean, like, I'll buy it).
The 1st person who buys her book at the event will get one of mine on the house (I mean, like, I'll buy it).
July 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ten days, friend! I'll be chatting (and meeting) with @maggiemertens.bsky.social about The Front Runner. But I'm gonna be super sneaky and make her talk about Better, Faster, Farther, 2.
The 1st person who buys her book at the event will get one of mine on the house (I mean, like, I'll buy it).
The 1st person who buys her book at the event will get one of mine on the house (I mean, like, I'll buy it).
July shenanigans. Hope to see you at one of these shindigs.
June 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
July shenanigans. Hope to see you at one of these shindigs.
Great to chat with @melissafebos.bsky.social on the podcast. Enjoy a coffee-stained quote card, a CNF Pod original!
June 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great to chat with @melissafebos.bsky.social on the podcast. Enjoy a coffee-stained quote card, a CNF Pod original!
Got to chat with @melissafebos.bsky.social and we had a pretty sweet jam sesh, not gonna lie, friend.
Listen wherever you get your pods, and be sure to check out the beefy shownotes.
brendanomeara.com/episode-472-...
Listen wherever you get your pods, and be sure to check out the beefy shownotes.
brendanomeara.com/episode-472-...
June 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Got to chat with @melissafebos.bsky.social and we had a pretty sweet jam sesh, not gonna lie, friend.
Listen wherever you get your pods, and be sure to check out the beefy shownotes.
brendanomeara.com/episode-472-...
Listen wherever you get your pods, and be sure to check out the beefy shownotes.
brendanomeara.com/episode-472-...
Want to see scintillating writer content? A new box for a new book! That's behind the scenes for you.
June 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Want to see scintillating writer content? A new box for a new book! That's behind the scenes for you.
Anyone near Portland? Do you have a robust Portland network that might like to come to @powells.bsky.social at Cedar Hills?
Please tell your friends! Tell your enemies!
Please tell your friends! Tell your enemies!
May 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Anyone near Portland? Do you have a robust Portland network that might like to come to @powells.bsky.social at Cedar Hills?
Please tell your friends! Tell your enemies!
Please tell your friends! Tell your enemies!
In a week! @rubygonewild.bsky.social will ask Qs and I will provide As @powells.bsky.social at Cedar Hills, Thursday, May 29, 7 p.m. All the cool kids will be there.
May 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In a week! @rubygonewild.bsky.social will ask Qs and I will provide As @powells.bsky.social at Cedar Hills, Thursday, May 29, 7 p.m. All the cool kids will be there.
Lot's of great insights from my dear friend @maggiemessitt.bsky.social. I hope this brings you inspiration and energy to your work, as I hope all these conversations do.
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
May 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Lot's of great insights from my dear friend @maggiemessitt.bsky.social. I hope this brings you inspiration and energy to your work, as I hope all these conversations do.
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
Goodness gracious, the show notes are out of control, what with the shuttering of the podstack.
Take a look at @maggiemessitt.bsky.social, who returns to the show after a 460 episode drought.
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
Take a look at @maggiemessitt.bsky.social, who returns to the show after a 460 episode drought.
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
May 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Goodness gracious, the show notes are out of control, what with the shuttering of the podstack.
Take a look at @maggiemessitt.bsky.social, who returns to the show after a 460 episode drought.
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
Take a look at @maggiemessitt.bsky.social, who returns to the show after a 460 episode drought.
brendanomeara.com/episode-468-...
It's always reassuring to have @leahsottile.bsky.social on the podcast to talk all things writing and reporting.
May 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's always reassuring to have @leahsottile.bsky.social on the podcast to talk all things writing and reporting.
Morning routines are for the birds. Miranda Green, the reporter behind @atavist.com's "All That Glitters," doesn't have one. In this day and age of "routine porn," this is refreshing.
May 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Morning routines are for the birds. Miranda Green, the reporter behind @atavist.com's "All That Glitters," doesn't have one. In this day and age of "routine porn," this is refreshing.
Hey! @leahsottile.bsky.social stopped by for a live taping of CNF Pod at Gratitude Brewing in Eugene. New episode airs on CNFriday. Here's a teaser.
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hey! @leahsottile.bsky.social stopped by for a live taping of CNF Pod at Gratitude Brewing in Eugene. New episode airs on CNFriday. Here's a teaser.
I did a thing and someone liked it.
April 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I did a thing and someone liked it.
In eight days! @leahsottile.bsky.social will join me for a live taping of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast. Dig it, friends.
April 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In eight days! @leahsottile.bsky.social will join me for a live taping of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast. Dig it, friends.
A teaser for Ep. 460 with Megan Marshall, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in biography. Her latest book is After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart. @marinerbooks.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A teaser for Ep. 460 with Megan Marshall, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in biography. Her latest book is After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart. @marinerbooks.bsky.social