Write Hot Podcast

John Peragine is a published author of 13 books, has ghostwritten over 100 others and does freelance work for the New York Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg News. John ghostwrites for some of the top names in business, real estate, fitness and health. He has published articles in Writer's Digest, Wine Enthusiast, WineMaker Magazine, and Speaker Magazine to just name a few. John has been writing professionally since 2007, after working 13 years in Social Work and as a professional musician in the Western Piedmont Symphony. He has been providing services to the National Speakers Association since 2013. His expertise are personal memoirs, real estate, small business, Corporate Business, spirituality, health and fitness. You can find him at https://johnpwriter.com/. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Tawnya Benavides Bhattacharya is a writer/producer currently on ABC's A Million Little Things, a screenwriting instructor, and founder of Script Anatomy.

A screenwriting teacher for the past 13 years, Bhattacharya launched Script Anatomy in 2011 just as her career was taking off. Her objective: to use her experience of breaking into the TV industry and building a career to help other writers do the same.


She created a unique writing curriculum with trademark tools for development, writing and rewriting, which have helped hundreds of writers get a job writing for TV, find representation, or sell pilots, screenplays and novels.


As a guest instructor, Bhattacharya has brought the Script Anatomy method to ISA (the International Screenwriters Association), Stage 32, the TV Writers Fund, and, for the past 3 years, the Disney | ABC Writing Program. She has mentored for ISA and CineStory TV Writers Retreat in Idyllwild. Her column “Your TV Guide“ can be read in Script Magazine.


With her writing partner Ali Laventhol, she is currently a writer/supervising producer on ABC's upcoming A Million Little Things. They previously wrote on Famous in Love (Freeform), The Night Shift (NBC), Perception (TNT), The Client List (Lifetime) and Fairly Legal (USA).


They are former NBC Writers on the Verge fellows, and were semi-finalists for the ABC Disney Fellowship before getting a job that took them out of the running. Bhattacharya was also a FOX Writer’s Intensive fellow where her semi-autobiographical pilot was optioned. The team is repped by UTA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Morris Yorn.


Bhattacharya, an alumnus of Cornish College of the Arts Conservatory, studied acting and playwriting, and interned with playwright, Marie Irene Fornes and New City Theater in Seattle. She has performed in Seattle, Chicago, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic and LA.


Learn more at www.scriptanatomy.com or find her on social media @scriptanatomy. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44. You can also read more about Laura on her Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Laura-Powers/e/B009HW4YRW

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Tawnya Benavides Bhattacharya is a writer/producer currently on ABC's A Million Little Things, a screenwriting instructor, and founder of Script Anatomy.

A screenwriting teacher for the past 13 years, Bhattacharya launched Script Anatomy in 2011 just as her career was taking off. Her objective: to use her experience of breaking into the TV industry and building a career to help other writers do the same.

She created a unique writing curriculum with trademark tools for development, writing and rewriting, which have helped hundreds of writers get a job writing for TV, find representation, or sell pilots, screenplays and novels.

As a guest instructor, Bhattacharya has brought the Script Anatomy method to ISA (the International Screenwriters Association), Stage 32, the TV Writers Fund, and, for the past 3 years, the Disney | ABC Writing Program. She has mentored for ISA and CineStory TV Writers Retreat in Idyllwild. Her column “Your TV Guide“ can be read in Script Magazine.

With her writing partner Ali Laventhol, she is currently a writer/supervising producer on ABC's upcoming A Million Little Things. They previously wrote on Famous in Love (Freeform), The Night Shift (NBC), Perception (TNT), The Client List (Lifetime) and Fairly Legal (USA).

They are former NBC Writers on the Verge fellows, and were semi-finalists for the ABC Disney Fellowship before getting a job that took them out of the running. Bhattacharya was also a FOX Writer’s Intensive fellow where her semi-autobiographical pilot was optioned. The team is repped by UTA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Morris Yorn.

Bhattacharya, an alumnus of Cornish College of the Arts Conservatory, studied acting and playwriting, and interned with playwright, Marie Irene Fornes and New City Theater in Seattle. She has performed in Seattle, Chicago, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic and LA.

Learn more at www.scriptanatomy.com or find her on social media @scriptanatomy. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44. You can also read more about Laura on her Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Laura-Powers/e/B009HW4YRW

Claire Taylor is the director of programming at SeriesFest, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the art of episodic storytelling. With year-round initiatives and professional development opportunities focused on diverse and under-served voices, education programs for students, and an annual festival, which gives emerging artists a platform and place for discovery, SeriesFest is where new voices and storytellers have found a home.

The award-winning festival, SeriesFest: Season 5, will take place in Denver, Colorado – the birthplace of cable television – June 21-26, 2019. With a musical performance and network premiere at the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre and six days of in-competition screenings, panels, and network sneak peeks, the annual festival showcases compelling and creative content while celebrating television history and engaging in meaningful dialogue about serialized storytelling. To learn more and see upcoming events visit www.seriesfest.com. For 10% off your submission through Without-A-Box visit http://www.seriesfest.com/2019-submissions and use the promo code SeriesFest-Powers. They will be hosting two events at SxSW: a panel discussion on Funding Your Indie Episodic, https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/events/PP92374, and a meetup, Episodic Creator Meetup https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/events/PP92420. Visit https://www.seriesfest.com/artist-initiatives/women-directing-mentorship for information on their partnership with Shondaland in the new Women Directing Mentorship program. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram at laurapowers44.

Claire Taylor is the director of programming at Series Fest, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the art of episodic storytelling. With year-round initiatives and professional development opportunities focused on diverse and under-served voices, education programs for students, and an annual festival, which gives emerging artists a platform and place for discovery, SeriesFest is where new voices and storytellers have found a home.

The award-winning festival, SeriesFest: Season 5, will take place in Denver, Colorado – the birthplace of cable television – June 21-26, 2019. With a musical performance and network premiere at the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre and six days of in-competition screenings, panels, and network sneak peeks, the annual festival showcases compelling and creative content while celebrating television history and engaging in meaningful dialogue about serialized storytelling. To learn more and see upcoming events visit www.seriesfest.com. For 10% off your submission through Without-A-Box visit http://www.seriesfest.com/2019-submissions and use the promo code SeriesFest-Powers. They will be hosting two events at SxSW: a panel discussion on Funding Your Indie Episodic, https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/events/PP92374, and a meetup, Episodic Creator Meetup https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/events/PP92420. Visit https://www.seriesfest.com/artist-initiatives/women-directing-mentorship for information on their partnership with Shondaland in the new Women Directing Mentorship program. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram at laurapowers44.

Claire Taylor is the director of programming at SeriesFest, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the art of episodic storytelling. With year-round initiatives and professional development opportunities focused on diverse and under-served voices, education programs for students, and an annual festival, which gives emerging artists a platform and place for discovery, SeriesFest is where new voices and storytellers have found a home.
The award-winning festival, SeriesFest: Season 5, will take place in Denver, Colorado – the birthplace of cable television – June 21-26, 2019. With a musical performance and network premiere at the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre and six days of in-competition screenings, panels, and network sneak peeks, the annual festival showcases compelling and creative content while celebrating television history and engaging in meaningful dialogue about serialized storytelling. To learn more and see upcoming events visit www.seriesfest.com. For 10% off your submission through Without-A-Box visit http://www.seriesfest.com/2019-submissions and use the promo code SeriesFest-Powers. They will be hosting two events at SxSW: a panel discussion on Funding Your Indie Episodic, https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/events/PP92374, and a meetup, Episodic Creator Meetup https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/events/PP92420. Visit https://www.seriesfest.com/artist-initiatives/women-directing-mentorship for information on their partnership with Shondaland in the new Women Directing Mentorship program. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram at laurapowers44.

Lawrence C. Connolly’s books include the Veins Cycle novels Veins (2008), Vipers (2010), and Vortex (2014). His collections include Visions (2009), This Way to Egress (2010), and Voices (2011), which include his stories from Amazing Stories, Cemetery Dance, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Twilight Zone, Year’s Best Horror, and other top magazines and anthologies of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Voices was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Laura met Lawrence at the recent NYC Horror Film Fest and followed up to talk about his screenplay for This Way to Egress. Learn more at https://lawrencecconnolly.com or find him on Facebook @LawrenceCConnolly and on Twitter @LCConnolly. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Nate Hoffelder has been building and running Wordpress sites since 2010. He blogs about indie publishing and helps authors connect with readers by customizing websites to suit each author’s voice. You may have heard his site, The Digital Reader, mentioned on podcasts such as The Creative Penn, Wordslinger, or Sell More Books Show. In his spare time, he fosters dogs for A Forever Home, a local rescue group. Learn more at https://the-digital-reader.com/, find his Facebook group @TheHelpDesk, and find him on Twitter and Instagram @thDigitalReader. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

I met up with writer Isa Mazzei and director Daniel Goldhaber at the Denver Film Festival to talk about their recent psychological thriller, CAM. You can find them on Twitter: Daniel @chronopictures, Isa @isaiswrong, as well as @camthefilm. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

I met up with writer Isa Mazzei and director Daniel Goldhaber at the Denver Film Festival to talk about their recent psychological thriller, CAM. You can find them on Twitter: Daniel @chronopictures, Isa @isaiswrong, as well as @camthefilm. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.