Writers Drinking Coffee

As we keep maintaining that there are many career paths open to the aspiring writer, we’re focusing today on technical writing for fun and profit. We interviewed Paul Gustafson of Expert Support to hear about his views on what makes a good technical writer. … Continue...Episode 50 – Tech Writing for Fun and Profit

From space opera to fantasy and YA, Kate writes great character-driven stories for everyone. We contacted Kate from the ground-to-space zoom medium on Planet Hawaii, and with minor robotic interference here and there managed to get her to tell us how she does it. … Continue...Episode 49 – Kate Elliott Totally Rules

Alone. All alone. Jeannie considers how much she misses drinking coffee with her cohosts, and reads you a short science fiction story about a space maneuver called The Rising Sun … Continue...Episode 48 – The Rising Sun

Today we zoom into focusing on writing song lyrics and music. Our guest Jeff Brown is a singer and songwriter who talks about his writing process, how he got started writing his own music, and inspiration as well as methods. … Continue...Episode 47 – With a Song in my Heart

Today we sat down with Hugo-award winning author David D. Levine to talk about how he got started in writing from short stories up to his latest novels. Grab a coffee and come learn his path to being a novelist, from engineering to fiction. … Continue...Episode 46 – David Levine

We welcome John Baltisberger - horror writer, poet, publisher, and all-around amazing guy. John made the leap of faith into being full-time involved in the writing biz, and has enjoyed success through thrilling, chilling stories, hard work, and a lot of diversification. … Continue...Episode 45 – Oh, the Horror!

The Jeff Berry? Well, -A- Jeff Berry. Redeeming the name, we bring you the story of a man who studied Computers so he wouldn't have to wait tables, then ran away to New York to be an actor and playwright. Now he lives in England, and writes Medieval cooking articles as well as plays and stories. … Continue...Episode 44 – An Interview with Jeff Berry

Jeannie and John sit down with the splendid Madeleine Robins, author of multiple books and series. She talks about how she got started writing, her inspirations, and the constant love of research that helps her write great historic fiction. … Continue...Episode 43 – An Interview with Madeleine Robins

We have the answers – what were the questions? With so many universities and classes starting to have their various curricula online, we shopped around to look at various definitions and opinions on what elements make up stories of varying lengths. Then we throw out some of our favorite stories and compare against the formula, to test for accuracy. … Continue...Episode 42 – Life, the Universe, and Everything

Online writing sessions with friends has produced some interesting questions, and we chat about them today. How does the identity of the writer make a difference? How does identity inform the writing, and how does it portray the characters? We invite Alice Cornwell and Tiana Hanson back to the coffee couch to discuss the topic. … Continue...Episode 41 – The Writer’s Identity