Latest Episodes
Episode 98 - How to look after yourself and not be a jerk - living the writer's life well with Marie Bilodeau and Derek Künsken
This episode is a conversation with Ottawa based speculative writers Marie Bilodeau and Derek Künsken. In the conversation we explore how to live the...
Episode 97 - If you only get one thing right in your writing make it this
As of this month (April 2017) I’m working hard on the Creative Writer's Toolbelt Handbook. As I look back on nearly 100 episodes I’ve...
Episode 96 - Different routes into publishing: Interview with Wendy H Jones and Ryan Dalton
This episode is a conversation with two authors who have come to publication by different routes. Wendy H Jones has self published crime fiction...
Episode 95 Into the crucible - empowering your work with symbol dilemma and innovation
In episodes 92 and 94 we explored the landscape of genre and trope, theme and moral, and in this episode we continue that exploration...
Episode 94 Jesse Pinkman meets Lady Macbeth. Themes ethics and morality in your story
In this episode we explore the right and wrong way to handle themes in our work. We say 'no' to preaching and lecturing the...
Episode 93 - Interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky
This episode is an interview with award winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. Adrian and I talk about the long road to producing publishable quality material,...