Writer Experience

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Writer Experience episodes

  • Ep 97 - "How to Create an Anthology 101" with Stephen Coghlan, J.D. Sanderson, and B.K. Bass
    Stephen Coghlan, J.D. Sanderson, and B.K. Bass were all involved in the Remnants Collection, an anthology novel consisting of 14 tales of post-apocalyptic survival horror, with Stephen being its creator and the writer of the stories Resistance, A Final Longing, and Against the Darkness, J.D. being the writer of the story First Swarm, and B.K. being the editor.
    Hailing from the capital of the Great White North [Canada], Stephen Coghlan spends his days erecting buildings, and his nights reveling in the dreamscape. Since 2017, he has produced a myriad of flash fictions, short stories, novellas and novels, including, but not limited to, the GENMOS Saga, the Nobilis series, and has had his works read on podcasts and featured in anthologies.
    https://twitter.com/wordsbysc
    J.D. Sanderson lives with his wife, daughter, and mini poodle in South Dakota. A lifelong fan of science fiction, J.D. enjoys writing smaller scale stories that ponder how people deal with both progress and adversity. J.D. is eagerly looking forward to the debut of Around the Dark Dial with Kyanite Publishing. The short story collection is an ode to the 50’s audio dramas he grew up loving as a child.
    https://twitter.com/ascifiwriter
    B.K. Bass is an author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror inspired by the pulp fiction magazines of the early 20th century and classic speculative fiction. He is a student of history with a particular focus on the ancient, classical, and medieval eras. He has a lifetime of experience with a specialization in business management and human relations and served in the U.S. Army. B.K. is also the Acquisitions Director for Kyanite Publishing and the Editor-in-Chief of the Kyanite Press journal of speculative fiction.
    https://twitter.com/b_k_bass
    The Remnants Collection is on sale now.
    https://kyanitepublishing.com/home/catalog/remnants/
    1 hr
  • Ep 96 - "Screenwriting 101" with Gary Whitta, Writer, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book of Eli
    Gary Whitta is a Screenwriter, Author, Comic Book Writer, and Video Game Writer. His works include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Rebels, The Book of Eli, After Earth (which he co-wrote with M. Night Shyamalan), Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead, Marvel’s The Last Jedi comic book adaption, and Abomination, Gary’s debut novel, among many others.
    https://twitter.com/garywhitta
    1 hr 18 min
  • Ep 95 - "How to Write a Novel 101" with Don Winslow, NYT Best Selling Author, Broken
    Don Winslow is a New York Times Best Selling Author of over twenty crime and mystery novels, including The Cartel, The Force, and The Border, as well as many short stories and film screenplays. Every one of his books has been sold to a major film studio or network, some books two or three times, and several are in the works. His upcoming film and tv projects include The Cartel Trilogy, being adapted for a tv series by FX with Don, Shane Salerno, and Ridley Scott executive producing, as well as The Force with Matt Damon, director James Mangold, and screenwriter Scott Frank all attached.
    With the tour for his new book, Broken, which was set to begin on April 6, and included sold-out events at major cities across the country from NYC to LA, with major introductions by major authors like Lee Child, now cancelled, Don has launched a “virtual tour” strategy.
    DON'S NEW BOOK, BROKEN, IS ON SALE TODAY, APRIL 7!
    https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062988904/broken/
    https://twitter.com/donwinslow
    54 min
  • Ep 93 - "Documentary Storytelling" with Randall Lobb, Writer, Director, Producer of Turtle Power
    Randall Lobb is a Writer, Director, Producer and nerdiculturalist. He has recently found success in the world of iconic pop culture documentaries. He takes a grounded and authentic approach to the story of brands that create euphoric recall for fans and also opens up new audiences. His film Turtle Power, the definitive history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was sold to Paramount/Nickelodeon. He has licensed his documentary, The Power Of Grayskull (a definitive history of He-Man) to Netflix. Recently, he completed The Crystal Calls: Making The Dark Crystal for Netflix and is currently working on a Baywatch documentary.
    https://twitter.com/thelabcoatguy
    47 min
  • Ep 92 - "Entertainment Management" with Mark Wheeler, Founding Partner at Pathfinder Media
    Mark Wheeler is the CEO of Wheeler Company and a founding Partner at Pathfinder Media, as well as a Senior Consultant for Align Pictures US. Mark specializes in Entertainment Management and Production with an emphasis on building new creative businesses, client & IP management, as well as building and advising on independent co-productions. Pathfinder is a boutique entertainment Management, Production, Financing and Consumer Products firm based in Hollywood. Some of Pathfinder’s projects and client projects have included Conan the Barbarian (and the Robert E. Howard Library), Mad Men, Deadwood, The 100, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Blood Drive, and many more. Align is a film financing company launched by Adrian Politowski and Nadia Khamlichi in 2019.
    50 min
  • Ep 91 - "Writing TV and Comics" with Joe Pokaski, Creator and Showrunner, Marvel's Cloak and Dagger
    Joe Pokaski is the Creator, Showrunner, and Executive Producer of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. Previously, he served as Showrunner and Executive Producer of Underground alongside Misha Green,and was a Writer and Executive Story Editor on Heroes. He has also written Heroes tie-in products and a number of comics for Marvel Comics including the 2008 miniseries Secret Invasion: Inhumans and the last three issues of Ultimate ‪Fantastic Four‬, which was part of the "Ultimatum" storyline.
    https://twitter.com/joepokaski
    34 min
  • Ep 90 - "Writing Immersive Experience 101" with Spencer Williams, Creator, Walk the Night
    Spencer Williams is the Creator, Producer, and Director of Walk the Night, a five year long, large scale sandbox immersive series, based on Shakespearean works. Previously, he worked on feature films and TV including Castle on ABC, Hawthorne on TNT, and wrote, produced and starred in Milo Greene's visual album for Warner Records. His current projects are Tales by Candelight, a collaborative storytelling experience based in scent that creates a candle, and The Guest and The Host Make Music, a recording experience literally anyone can participate in that creates a song.
    https://towalkthenight.com/
    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep 89 - "Screenwriting 101" with Lucy Alibar, Academy Award-nominated Screenwriter
    Lucy Alibar is the writer of the new Amazon film Troop Zero, which was the first feature film from Amazon Studios to be released as streaming-only, on the Amazon Prime Video service this January, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in Feb 2019. Previously, she co-wrote the 2012 Academy Award-nominated film ‪Beasts of the Southern Wild‬ with Benh Zeitlin.
    https://twitter.com/alibarlucy
    38 min

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