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Episode 164 – An Interview with Jo Fletcher

Jo Fletcher built a publishing house, and has recently returned to her love of finding really good authors and making them better with freelance editing. Jo talks about how to find your repetitions, your bad habits, and talks about some of her observations in trends and genres – what goes around comes around again. A good read is a good read! Jo gives new writers plenty to think about. … Continue…Episode 164 – An Interview with Jo Fletcher

Episode 151 – The Art & Business of Writing with Chris Jones

Chris Jones started his career as a sports writer, who branched out into other journalism, then editing, and wrote one of the best books we love on the business end of your writing career. Chris writes the truth: There is no 3-minute montage that works to make you a bestselling author. And his biggest lesson from 20 years of professional writing is that you have to go all business once you submit it. … Continue…Episode 151 – The Art & Business of Writing with Chris Jones

Episode 146 – Black Women Writing Horror with Sumiko Saulson

Sumiko Paulson is a polymath of creative endeavors, from short stories and graphic novel drawing through editing, writing, and journalism. They have received awards and scholarships for writing horror novels and stories, and are a clear voice for the narrative and perspective of black writing with a particular twist of adding the erotic to the fearful. … Continue…Episode 146 – Black Women Writing Horror with Sumiko Saulson

Episode 124 – Zombies Need Brains

Dr. Joshua Palmatier has tasty brains, and we pick them both on his writing while earning a PhD and on his successful press, and what it has taught him. You should listen and learn too about ZombiesEatBrains! … Continue…Episode 124 – Zombies Need Brains

A pencil, a ball point pen, and a quill sitting in lounge chairs drinking coffee; Title: Writers Drinking Coffee

Episode 89 – Interview with Jennifer Brozek

Jennifer has been nominated twice for the Bram Stoker award for horror, and won both the Bram Stoker and the Hugo Award for editing work. She’s written stories and novels for Battletech, Shadowrun, Valdemar, as well as many original stories and novels in YA Horror, Fantasy, and Sci Fi. She has the Best Quote Ever: You can be blunt or you can be vulgar but you can’t be both. … Continue…Episode 89 – Interview with Jennifer Brozek