Jo Fletcher built a publishing house, and has recently returned to her love of finding really good authors and making them better with freelance editing. Jo talks about how to find your repetitions, your bad habits, and talks about some of her observations in trends and genres - what goes around comes around again. A good read is a good read! Jo gives new writers plenty to think about. … Continue...Episode 164 – An Interview with Jo Fletcher

Laura Anne Gilman is a delightfully prolific author with a bent for the detective story, the noir in any setting from fantasy, sci fi, historic fiction - you name it. Urban supernatural sleuths chase elusive (and sometimes equally supernatural) victims and perps alike through history and fantasy, and Laura Anne’s world building immerses the reader deep within her vision. Her latest book, Uncanny Times, is coming out shortly and we can’t wait to read it! … Continue...Episode 163 – Interview with Laura Anne Gilman

Jonathan R. Rose describes himself as “painfully cynical”, and takes you on a journey to What If, from dark urban fantasy to just a little dystopian future sci fi that explores how humans relate to one another. His characters strive to discover who they are and what they value by looking outward at the world around them, and discover their truth by how they relate to the people in their spheres. From north to south, he has ranged across the continent and brought back flavors from each culture to present his own spin. Jonathan says, “You can live off writing! Just not book writing.” (At least at first!) Enjoy his newest book, Wedlock. … Continue...Episode 162 – Interview with Jonathan R. Rose

1950 – 2022 Annie O’Neill Stein was a retired actress turned journalist turned novelist (who also made a living doing costumes for commercials and photoshoots for a while, then did

Continue...Episode 161 – Eulogy and a First Novel with Annie O’Neill Stein

They say everyone living in California has written a screenplay. Now, that's technically an utter lie, but the truth is many screenplays get written and sit in the back of people's computers or desks because no one knows how to pitch them. What you need to do to find someone who wants to invest in your script and turn it into a movie. It's not easy - but Nate McCoy and Lynn Harrod from Only Human Productions are here to share some tips with you. … Continue...Episode 160 – So how do you pitch that in Hollywood? – with Nate McCoy and Lynn Harrod

Lynn Harrod is an award-winning screenwriter, author, and all-around raconteur. Come listen to him chat about how to move a story between four mediums: short screenplay, short story, feature screenplay, and novel — as he did for his novel The Queen's Angel. … Continue...Episode 159 – Interview with Lynn Harrod

Come with us to hear the beginnings of a media empire. Keegan Patterson discusses turning his experience of dating a prisoner into a blog, a podcast, and a series of novels. If you want to know about prison relationships, he has a lot to tell you. If you want ideas about how to write, he has a lot of good notes about how to tell it in multiple formats. Have a listen, it's not illegal to talk! … Continue...Episode 158 – Interview with Keegan Patterson

Dr. Natalia Molina joins us to talk about her latest book, A Place at the Narayit, a non-fiction historical account about her grandmother’s restaurant opened in Los Angeles in the 1960s. It’s a fascinating history of the region, both from the perspective of laws and statues designed to limit where immigrants could live, and a celebration of life and diversity that grew and flowered into a cultural space in the Echo Park neighborhood. … Continue...Episode 157 – Scenes from a Latinx Restaurant

Stina is a Crawford & Astounding Award finalist, a fierce feminist, and a fantasy and science fiction author. From gender altered reinterpretation of the Seven Samurai tropes to some of the most entertaining short stories, she talks about the importance of representation, snappy dialogue, and a bit of humor to move the plot along. … Continue...Episode 156 – Interview with Stina Leicht

You've heard of people diving into all kinds of projects during Covid. Meet Don Fike, who actually wrote a novel over the last two years. We ask Don how he did it. Also, the most brilliant book club in North San Diego County, if not the world. … Continue...Episode 155 – Interview with Don Fike