Frameworks for Community and Creativity with Cody Cook-Parrott

I’m thrilled to welcome Cody Cook-Parrott as my first guest on Honing In.

Cody is a writer, artist, teacher, dancer, quilter, and scholar currently pursuing an MFA at Naropa University. They’re the author of many books (including The Practice of Attention, forthcoming January 2026 via Sounds True), the host of the podcast Common Shapes, and they run a weekly online writing group called Landscapes.

You can learn more about Cody here.

In today’s episode, Cody and I chat about many things, including:

* Self-publishing and publishing with traditional presses

* Cody’s experience with projects, containers, experiments, and practices

* Boundaries around technology and social media

* Shifting between platforms when you run an online business

* The joys of archival research and Cody’s upcoming class on Joanne Kyger

Resources Mentioned

* Brick

* Wisephone

* Heather Anderson

If you’d like to learn more about my work, check out my website and download my free Sustainable Productivity Planner.

I’ll be opening my books soon to take on a few new Success & Accountability Coaching Clients to begin coaching packages in March 2025.

Big thanks to Softer Sounds Studio for podcast editing and support

What is Honing In?

Honing In is a podcast for creative thinkers where we’ll hone our skills, explore our passions, and nurture our dream projects into being.