Latest Writingstories Podcast Episodes
Interview with author Bradley Charbonneau
Myth and Magic - October 29, 2022 15:03 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhich, if any, of your published works do you think was your worst book? Have you yet produced your worst book? You should listen to this inspirational conversation with personal development author & paranormal thriller writer Bradley Charbonneau if you want to overcome your writing-related fe...
Interview with Beyond the Pen creator Maccabee Griffin
Myth and Magic - October 28, 2022 09:57 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week I chat with the Beyond the Pen podcast creator Maccabee Griffin. Each week Maccabee sits down with a new author to discover the real story behind their tale! But what is his own story? Find out here! Beyond the Pen is a podcast show that gives newly published and unknown authors a pla...
Interview with author Mark Bradford
Myth and Magic - June 17, 2022 18:42 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMark Bradford is the Wisconsin based author of The Sword and the Sunflower. Mark is also a work-life & work-relationship coach, a podcaster, a public speaker, and a UAV pilot! His recent post-dystopian fiction title explores the aftermath of a catastrophe. It has been described by readers as "co...
Interview with Annie Mydla, literary scholar and contest judge
Myth and Magic - June 16, 2022 07:29 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHow does a contest judge critique a manuscript for a literary prize? Here is valuable advice from an experienced judge at the highly respected North Street Book Prize. Annie offers practical tips, and she also chats about getting your manuscript ready for competition, the tendering process, and...
Interview with Jon DiSavino
Myth and Magic - June 01, 2022 17:32 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJon DiSavino is a professional actor, podcast host, voice artist, and creator of Short Story Today, a new podcast show that combines his love of voice acting with his love of literature. We chatted about audiobook storytelling, creating good dialects for your narrative, Shakespearean fantasy, an...
Interview with Chris Porter
Myth and Magic - May 31, 2022 21:17 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn interview with Los Angeles-based writer, award-winning composer, and sound designer Chris Porter who is the creator of a new audio sci-fi drama, SOLAR, with Jenny Curtis, that features Helen Hunt, Alan Cumming, Stephanie Beatriz, and Jonathan Bangs. We talk about ghosts, liminal spaces, and...
Inteview with P. Grace Lawson
Myth and Magic - May 27, 2022 13:44 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRise of the Ravenisha by P. Grace Lawson is a paranormal novel with action, humor, romance, and mystery. It encompasses fierce warrior women, power struggles, corrupt experiments, and were-panthers! In this show we discuss growing up in the South, and chat about poke sallet, gaited horses, great...
Interview with Mary Kendall
Myth and Magic - May 12, 2022 15:07 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMaryland historian Mary Kendall became a debut author with her tale of moonlit alleys, shadowy tunnels, and buried secrets. The Spinster's Fortune, a tale with gothic undertones, is about deceit in a family. We chat about writing complex stories and weaving mystery into a manuscript
Interview with J V Hilliard
Myth and Magic - April 19, 2022 10:17 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn interview with with the Pennsylvania based epic fantasy author J V Hilliard who recently arrived on the fantasy adventure scene with the first title in his Warminster Series. "The Last Keeper" is about a young boy who suffers prophetic visions. We chat about cryptids, fight scenes, and world ...
Interview with Warrior Muse: Shannon Lawrence
Myth and Magic - March 02, 2022 17:38 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsShort story author Shannon Lawrence has been described as the true queen of horror. She recently produced a nonfiction book “The Business of Short Stories: Writing, Submitting, Publishing, and Marketing". We chat about writing for anthologies, tips about writing shorts, and about how to come-up ...
Interview with Tanya Gough
Myth and Magic - February 23, 2022 14:12 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn interview with tech founder Tanya Gough, who created the StoryBilder writing program. With a background in fantasy writing, Tanya takes a unique approach to teaching authorship and wanted to create a tool that would help writers with the theory & practice of writing as she aspires to provide ...
Hard Fantasy
Myth and Magic - February 17, 2022 12:44 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat is hard fantasy? What is the so-called “Great Eagle Problem” that readers sometimes encounter in fantasy narratives? What does eucatastrophe mean? Also, why do some people resent artists and creatives? What bothers them about creativity?
How to complete a semi-finished work
Myth and Magic - February 10, 2022 10:36 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHow to get over a writing jam. Eight ways to overcome stagnation. What happens when momentum stops? Here's how to complete a semi-finished work
The Magical Power of Trees
Myth and Magic - February 01, 2022 17:03 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsToday I discuss the healing magic and mythical wisdom of trees; and why you should describe their superpowers in your fantasy fiction
Myth & Magic Episode 114
Myth and Magic - January 26, 2022 15:46 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat's in a name? How to name a protagonist. Here are 7 ways to create an appropriate and memorable name for your principal character
Myth & Magic Episode 113
Myth and Magic - January 19, 2022 17:27 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMy guest on the show is an author who has written half a million words! He is writing an organic epic… but what is an organic epic? Vance Neudorf is an award-winning author and podcaster, and creator of a 3-volume series of fantasy / science fiction audiobooks for young adults titled the Cor Ser...
Myth & Magic Episode 112
Myth and Magic - January 12, 2022 14:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week I'm chatting with published author Melissa Sercia, who delivers racy and hot paranormal fantasies! We talked about writing a gripping romance, living in an urban fantasy world, and her popular Immortal Billionaire series of novels.
Myth & Magic Episode 111
Myth and Magic - January 05, 2022 13:55 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWho put the elf into Twelfth Night? Why is today so magical? Plus, what is the difference between propensity and plasticity in a character?
Myth & Magic Episode 110
Myth and Magic - December 20, 2021 15:18 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMany felicitations for the season... but who was Felicity? Also, in this episode, what is an epiphany? What are the pre-epiphany conditions? And five helpful & personal epiphanies that all authors should be ready for!
Myth & Magic Episode 109
Myth and Magic - December 16, 2021 12:40 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHere are 28 things readers don't want to see! Things that infuriate the reader! What we can learn from the best-selling authors of 2021
Myth & Magic Episode 108
Myth and Magic - December 08, 2021 15:52 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA spirited interview with super talented authors Marie Sinadjan + Meri Benson who collaborated to write Hotel Fen, a dark fantasy, that has loads of Norse mythology. We chat about the handcraft + ingenuity that goes into authoring as these two outstanding writers explain that they are composing ...
Myth & Magic Episode 107
Myth and Magic - November 17, 2021 20:53 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the second half of NaNoWriMo we chatted with teen fantasy author Sarah Humpherys about taking the 50k word month-long challenge, and about landing herself an agent & publishing deal at the tender age of sixteen! Sarah also talks about world-building and the craft of authorship. Her new novel,...
Myth & Magic Episode 106
Myth and Magic - October 28, 2021 10:22 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn interview with the New Mexico based fantasy author Cassie Sanchez. Cassie chats about writing love-scenes, creating tension and researching magic for her new novel, Chasing the Darkness, which features the angel of death.
Myth & Magic Episode 105
Myth and Magic - October 27, 2021 11:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week I talk with award-winning English author Claire Buss. She chats about spice ghosts, the Gaia hypothesis, the golden squirrel awards, the rapid release strategy, author Wilbur Smith, and being the deputy editor of the Write On! magazine
Myth & Magic Episode 104
Myth and Magic - October 20, 2021 12:13 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCheck out this engaging Myth & Magic interview with the editor of the latest Australian speculative fiction magazine — Etherea, for science fiction and fantasy fans!
Myth & Magic Episode 103
Myth and Magic - October 13, 2021 07:04 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings12 ways to flip classic fantasy tropes on their head, plus what is a story frame?
Episode 102
Myth and Magic - September 30, 2021 11:38 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn interview with paranormal investigator Dr. Kristy Sumner. She is a founding member of Soul Sisters Paranormal. Her team investigate paranormal activity using scientific methods. If you are writing about the spirit world, hauntings, ghosts, or poltergeists, you will want to listen to this info...
Myth & Magic
Myth and Magic - September 28, 2021 18:52 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsParanormal: Why are ghosts found in haunted places? A study into haunting. Also, get creative — three easy ways to construct unique words for your fiction
Myth & Magic Episode 100
Myth and Magic - September 22, 2021 11:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCelebrating the 100th episode of the Myth & Magic podcast with the ten most popular shows so far. Also, break the yoke on your talent to take charge of your creativity!
Myth & Magic Episode 99
Myth and Magic - September 15, 2021 12:35 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat is the infinite transition process? How does it affect authorship (and a writer's reality?) Also, how to be proactive as a writer and what authors might learn from famous discoverers. Nine ways to be an adventurous writer.
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