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Once you get past the football references, a no-nonsense talk with author Adam Plantinga (The Ascent, Hard Town), who breaks down his POV on un-meat-heading your writing, characters as “angry monks,” and navigating the elusive, often-mysterious Taco Bell wifi.

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“This is the most intimate I’ve ever been on a podcast.” Buckle up. A fast-paced convo with writer Bree Barton (Heart of Thorns, Zia Erases the World) on mental health, reading old notes from 9th grade, and reinventing yourself.

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All things PR in publishing with book publicist Julia Borcherts. Being a good “literary citizen,” some juicy secrets on author branding, the fun epiphanies of discovering why you wrote the story you wrote, and how to reclaim the power back from A.I. More about Julia here.

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Author of several thriller novels, former supervisory special agent Jeffrey James Higgins (The Havana Syndrome) talks about writing, conferences, and the very normal and chill job of wrestling suicide bombers... ⁠Learn more about Jeffrey.

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An open chat on poetry-to-fiction, the immigrant experience, the glory of nature, and some brief musings on the Buffalo, NY food scene with author Maria Kelson. Her debut novel “Not the Killing Kind” (Crooked Lane) is now available.

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Nebula Award nominated author Yaroslav Barsukov (Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory) on defying genre expectations, the punishment of originality, writing “between the notes,” and always leaving the “to” field empty until you’re done with the email.

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She's sold shows to Fox (Everyday Insanity) and [redacted streamer] (redacted name of show), and now, writer Laura Bensick is entering the foray of the publishing industry as she shops her first novel. A wide-ranging chat from TV to writing books to the glory of Austin, TX.

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A career consultant for film and TV writers, Lee Jessup discusses the perils and pitfalls in this new Golden Era of Hollywood (really stretching on that “Golden” moniker…it’s an era at least!).

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