Shawn and Julie chat about historical mysteries, representing historical time periods accurately, writing short and long fiction, dogs and cats living together, and very hot peppers.

Shawn and Erica chat about playing violin at the Met, musicians turned authors, Charlotte Bronte, finding a publishing home for your series, and kindness.

Shawn and Marilyn chat about writing for adults and younger readers, Level Elevate, controlled chaos, eavesdropping in coffee shops, and coffee entrepreneurs/enthusiasts.

Shawn and Leah chat about her debut adult mystery novel, finding a location for a mystery series on a family trip, summers of our youth, finding time in the day, having young children, and their love of libraries.

Shawn and Des chat about his career in law enforcement and how it informs his fiction writing, writing multiple series, parents, comments on websites, and being told real experiences you've had wouldn't ever happen.

Shawn and Skye chat about historical mysteries, astrology, Skye founding Level Best Books, having characters speak to you while driving home, when heroin was legal, and writing both fiction and nonfiction works.

Shawn and Jeff chat about his storied career, writing close to fifty books, writing short stories for Amazon, how there are no writing prodigies, Quentin Tarantino and Dashiel Hammet, not playing well with others, an editing hack to improve your own writing, and great advice for students of writing from a master of the genre.

Shawn and Sophie chat about writing with small children around, multiple weddings of family members, divorce during childhoods, first draft messes, no more multiple timelines, how to keep writing, when it feels like you shouldn't, and discovering things about yourself during a pandemic.

Shawn and Mally chat about saying yes to things, putting yourself out there, a new definition of true authors, where we've been before, Charlaine Harris, and the Miss America Pageant.

Shawn and Rachel chat about game shows vs. bank job work, Judy Blume, An American Warewolf in London, feeling protective of your world, having a good writing day, and going with a positive flow.