Karelia Stetz-Waters joins us to discuss her novel Worth the Wait (Out in Portland), how her activist past fueled her passion to write, and why the LGBTQ crowd needs slightly different Happily Ever Afters!

Brenda Murphy joins us to discuss her novel Both Ends of the Whip, working as a creative person with ADHD/ADD, and to give some methods for attaining focus and getting the work done.

Asta Idonea joins us to discuss how she became an author, her two upcoming releases: Beastly Businessmen and Guitar Gods and Super for You, Bad for Me. We also discuss myth and fairy tales and the archetypes for both and writing superhero novels with a twist. Asta then contributes to our growing list of RFQs and what's next for her.

Vance took the streets of the world, both digital and real, to ask "What does American mean to you?" The answers are powerful. We at the WROTE Podcast wish you a happy and safe Independence Day.

JS Fields returns to share Ardulum Third Don, the final book in her trilogy - except for maybe a fourth, to share how fungi respond to Michael Bublé, and to reveal the story behind the scene readers have been wanting!

JP Jackson returns to the show to give us a behind-the-scenes on his new novel Magic or Die, explains the continued percolation of the apocalypse, and encourages you to try new things!

This week Katze Snow joins us to share her novel Sinister Hunger, along with the re-release of Conflicted. She also talks about her love of dark, twisted men and tatties-mince-and-dough-balls.

Craig Barker (T.C. Orton) joins us to talk about what he's been up to since we last talked, letting go of one genre (MM) to write LGBT Lit Fic under his own name, the fear of reading base not following, and discovering new readers who will appreciate the direction he is going.

Gabriel Lyons joins us to talk about his latest novel, Ice on Fire. He also shares how writing as therapy has helped face an attack in his past.

Be advised this episode does briefly mention rape.

Hans M. Hirschi returns to the show to share his latest novel Returning to the Land of the Morning Calm, to talk about how he weaves all the elements of life into a story, and why he's a feel-good writer.