In this episode, Julia reads the winning entry from the 2018 Spider Road Press flash fiction contest: "The Book You Find When You Really Can't Afford to Get Pregnant" by Jeana Jorgensen.

Full show transcript, including the text of the story and links to the honorable mention stories from the contest at https://www.juliarios.com/the-book-you-find/

This episode about how writers and editors collaborate was originally published for paid subscribers only in 2019. Now I'm releasing it to everyone! For full show notes and a transcript, visit https://www.juliarios.com/omg/

Part two of my discussion with Maya MacGregor about their process in writing The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester. This book is a delightful YA mystery/ghost story with an autistic and non-binary main character. Full show notes and transcript available at https://www.juliarios.com/maya-macgregor-talks-the-many-half-lived-lives-of-sam-sylvester-part-2/

Maya MacGregor joins me to discus their process in writing The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester. This book is a delightful YA mystery/ghost story with an autistic and non-binary main character. Full show notes and transcript available at: https://www.juliarios.com/maya-macgregor-talks-the-many-half-lived-lives-of-sam-sylvester-part-1/

This is part two of my interview with C. S. E. Cooney about her publishing journey for Saint Death's Daughter, featuring questions from my patrons.

Full show notes and transcript at: https://www.juliarios.com/c-s-e-cooney-talks-saint-deaths-daughter-part-2/

I invited the amazing C. S. E. Cooney to talk with me about her journey to publication (a journey that lasted 12 years!) for Saint Death's Daughter.

Full show notes and transcript at https://www.juliarios.com/c-s-e-cooney-talks-st-deaths-daughter-part-1/

I'm going to talk about my own process in writing one specific story, and that story is "Xtabay" which appeared in Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas, which came out from Hex Publishers in the autumn of 2021.

Full show notes and transcript at https://www.juliarios.com/mind/

Here is a recap of my 2021, including writing, editing, and podcasting work.

Full show notes and transcript available at https://www.juliarios.com/all-the-creative-work-i-did-in-2021/

Poems in Spanish with English translations, written, translated, and read by Héctor González. Full show notes and poem texts are at: https://www.juliarios.com/16-poemas-despues-de-la-muerte-poems-by-hector-gonzalez/.

Here's an awesome interview with Nebula and Shirley Jackson Award winning author, Sam J. Miller to start your 2021 off on a fun and interesting note!

Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/an-interview-with-sam-j-miller/