Hosts Janeen Ippolito and H.L. Burke crack the code on humor writing in this Psych-tastic episode! Includes the cathartic effects of humor, how contrasting characters are an easy cheat, and the words that make or break a funny moment. Listen for some hilarity-making hijinks and helpful hints!

Join hosts Janeen Ippolito and H. L. Burke as they answer listener either/or questions like: unicorn or pegasus (Alicorns), ice or hot coffee (COFFEE!), and other geeky and writerly inquiries. PLUS learn our theme for April!

Hosts Janeen Ippolito and H.L. Burke chat with author guest Carrie Anne Noble in this special interview feature! Tune in for the very unfortunate way that fate manifests in Carrie's book The Gold-Son, get some advice on using destiny and choice in your stories, and learn what bats have to do with everything! Plus, one unconventional way to get a publishing break. You won't want to miss this golden episode!

Learn about the crazy amounts of bookish work and activities your friendly hosts Janeen Ippolito and H.L. Burke have on their plates pretty much all the time! Includes sneak peeks of exciting book and anthology releases, updates on Heidi's cat-life (and Matt-life), behind-the-scenes on Janeen's room of swords, and why series can be one of the scariest things to write.

Janeen Ippolito and H.L. Burke tackle common tropes in destiny, luck, fate, and their usages in storytelling in this epic writing craft episode. Learn when prophecies do (and don't) work, how deus ex machina can be your friend, and the one aspect of plotting that almost always allows for random happenstances.

Join your friendly hosts Janeen Ippolito and H. L. Burke in this winsome, fortune-filled variety episode focused on luck and superstition! Highlights include Norwegian butter cats, a volcano omen from New Zealand, and what bird poop and good luck have in common.

Janeen Ippolito and H.L. Burke feature snarky fairy tale author Kyle Robert Shultz on this special interview episode of Indie Book Magic! Learn what inspires Kyle's Afterverse, why he writes romantic subplots in his stories, what makes a shippable couple, AND his answer to the all-important Random Question (yes, it involves cat-dragons).

Hosts Janeen Ippolito and H.L. Burke tackle the inclusion of love, sex, and marriage in fiction in this special (and yes, PG-rated) episode of Indie Book Magic! Includes discussing what to do when your heat comfort level doesn't match genre expectations, how to handle problematic characters, and why marriage might not be necessary in speculative fiction.

Join Janeen Ippolito and H.L. Burke as they explore all manner of non-romantic pairings, from mentor-student to best bros (and gals) to treasured pets! Learn about the secret plotting of cats to be THE go-to animal for intelligent pet friends, the layers of the friendship pairing (love/hate, besties, fate bond, all still apply), and the sad fate of mentor characters in books (hint: it tends to traumatize the MC).

Janeen Ippolito and H. L. Burke tackle how to handle romantic tropes in honor of February, the month of love. Features a surprise porg interruption, much snark, what's wrong (and what can go right) with insta-love, why true love's kiss is sweet (or potentially gross), and how romantic subplots can work in stories and add to the main plot.