Coffee & Ideas
Ashanti has written plays, poetry, and screenplays, and has recently released Black Under – which won the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition at Black Lawrence Press. She reads two of the poems from this collection for you all to enjoy; come revel with us in her vivid imagery and stunning clarity of phrase. … Continue…Episode 121 – Poetry with Ashanti
Meet the talented Brenda Clough, who has been putting a new book out nearly every month in 2021! Brenda is an inspiration of constant writing, publishing, and working with Book View Cafe. Her latest work is historical thriller, with a hint of fantasy as the series progresses. … Continue…Episode 120 – Interview with Brenda Clough
KL Gallagher joins us for her very first book interview! WDC is honoured to introduce you to her first novel: Hat Trick; a tale of romance, hockey, and lesbians taking over the world! (that last part may be exaggerated). KL talks about her inspiration, her guiding force, and finding her way from reader to author all in one wild year. … Continue…Episode 119 – The Hat Trick of Romance
Chaz has new books out and coming soon, and we are all terribly excited about it! Chaz talks about his new collection the “Best of”, along with a new story on Tor.Com. And then there’s the Boarding School books and Outremer and a cookbook for next Christmas. And Karen got in print, too! There’s tons to celebrate at the Brenchley house, and you’re invited to share it. … Continue…Episode 118 – Beans with Chaz
An interview with International Youth and Author Lisa Czarina Michaud, who brings the music of words to youth romance (is it romance? Is it love? It is a time of difficulties, both in age and in the United States.) It is a memoir of her youth in New York, and we’re glad she didn’t wait any longer to write it, because it’s wonderful. … Continue…Episode 117 – Interview with Lisa Czarina Michaud
Welcome to episode CXVI, where we talk to author Christine Cianci about her new book Walking the Mosaic. Christine is an amazing artist in multiple mediums, and adds science fiction to her portfolio with this new release. We caught up with her to talk about Rome, art, and the other influences in her creation.
Jeannie, John, Christine Cianci … Continue…Episode 116 – Interview with Christine Cianci
We sat down with Cassandra Alexander to talk about her writing career, and in particular her newest foray into non-fiction with a memoir called The Year of the Nurse. Her recounting of being an ICU nurse during the Covid crisis is by turns moving, chilling, and filled with the dark humor that is so often found in hospitals. … Continue…Episode 115 – Interview with Cassandra Alexander
Anyone can get blocked in writing. It can be agonizing over an opening and how much exposition to put in, plotting how to take over the world, or even just herding cats to give you time to write. Jeannie invited Madeleine Robins and Cliff Winnig back to talk about their individual blocks in an attempt to crowdsource ideas about building plot events as a demonstration of how you might be able to get past blocks of your own with friends. … Continue…Episode 114 – The Block Party
Todd Downing is a proper renaissance writer of Gen X. He’s been deeply involved in playing, running, and creating RPGs for decades. He’s written for stage, screen, comics, interactive and narrative games. He even records his own novels into audiobooks! … Continue…Episode 113 – Interview with Todd Downing
John and Dave interview Joel Righetti about his storytelling podcast. Tales from the Dungeon is a fantasy fiction podcast that will immerse you in a mystical world filled with swords and magic, heroes, and villains. … Continue…Episode 112 – Tales from the Dungeon