http://www.kickapps.com/Mike's Writers Network New blogs from PaulaB on Mike's Writers Network Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:37:31 GMT Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:37:31 GMT mgeffy@gmail.com (writermike) mgeffy@gmail.com (writermike) KickApps Feed Builder 2009-06-07T15:37:31Z 29 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=30146&sortType=recent 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Changed-My-Life-1/BLOG/338466/30146.html RSS LinkWith authors Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, and David Silva[image][image][image]From left: Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, David SilvaDOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "HOW WRITING CHANGED MY LIFE #1" MP3 HEREJoin us for this inspiring show in which three writers explain how writing has changed their lives.Melissa Mendelson is an author and poet. Her prose poetry collections include Silent Dreams and Tears of Sand.  She appeared on "Homework," an ABC News program, in 2007 and in Cinematherapy, 2008. She was a news reporter for Long Island's Smithtown Messenger and wrote freelance for The Photo News. Her poetry has been published by The Outreach for Breast Health Foundation and appears in Names in a Jar: A Collection of Poetry by 100 Contemporary American Poets. Her short stories have been published by Bartleby Snopes Literary Magazine, The Subway Chronicles, and Literary Masters, Inc.Michell Plested is an amateur writer with three completed books and a handful of short-stories to his credit. Two of the books, a YA adventure and an adult fantasy, are currently in front of publishers. Michell is the creator of the podcast "Get Published," featuring guest writers, editors and agents. He is currently doing final edits on a book that is rumored to be on next year's release schedule for a small press. You can read Michell's blog entries and book reviews and hear episodes of "Get Published" at MichellPlested.com .David Wayne Silva is an eighty-year-old retired teacher and school administrator who spent 38 years working with teachers, children, and parents of all races and backgrounds. In that capacity, he found himself providing a good deal of family counseling. After the death of his wife, he met others who were seeking help and soon found himself facilitating a counseling group for widowers. The author of two nonfiction books and a collection of short stories, Silva encourages other seniors to write their own stories and memoirs. He now lectures senior citizen groups on living with the problems of aging. Suddenly, he says, life is once again an adventure, and aging is only a necessary annoyance.Interviewees: Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, and David Silva Host: Paula B. Date: June 7, 2009 Running time: 37:01 File size: 18 megabytes Rating: G Melissa Mendelson's Web site: MelissaMendelson.com Mike Plested's Web site: MichellPlested.com David Silva's Web site: SeniorMomentsBooks.com RSS LinkWith authors Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, and David Silva[image][image][image]From left: Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, David SilvaDOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "HOW WRITING CHANGED MY LIFE #1" MP3 HEREJoin us for this inspiring show in which three writers explain how writing has changed their lives.Melissa Mendelson is an author and poet. Her prose poetry collections include Silent Dreams and Tears of Sand.  She appeared on "Homework," an ABC News program, in 2007 and in Cinematherapy, 2008. She was a news reporter for Long Island's Smithtown Messenger and wrote freelance for The Photo News. Her poetry has been published by The Outreach for Breast Health Foundation and appears in Names in a Jar: A Collection of Poetry by 100 Contemporary American Poets. Her short stories have been published by Bartleby Snopes Literary Magazine, The Subway Chronicles, and Literary Masters, Inc.Michell Plested is an amateur writer with three completed books and a handful of short-stories to his credit. Two of the books, a YA adventure and an adult fantasy, are currently in front of publishers. Michell is the creator of the podcast "Get Published," featuring guest writers, editors and agents. He is currently doing final edits on a book that is rumored to be on next year's release schedule for a small press. You can read Michell's blog entries and book reviews and hear episodes of "Get Published" at MichellPlested.com .David Wayne Silva is an eighty-year-old retired teacher and school administrator who spent 38 years working with teachers, children, and parents of all races and backgrounds. In that capacity, he found himself providing a good deal of family counseling. After the death of his wife, he met others who were seeking help and soon found himself facilitating a counseling group for widowers. The author of two nonfiction books and a collection of short stories, Silva encourages other seniors to write their own stories and memoirs. He now lectures senior citizen groups on living with the problems of aging. Suddenly, he says, life is once again an adventure, and aging is only a necessary annoyance.Interviewees: Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, and David Silva Host: Paula B. Date: June 7, 2009 Running time: 37:01 File size: 18 megabytes Rating: G Melissa Mendelson's Web site: MelissaMendelson.com Mike Plested's Web site: MichellPlested.com David Silva's Web site: SeniorMomentsBooks.com Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:37:31 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Changed-My-Life-1/BLOG/338466/30146.html PaulaB 2009-06-07T15:37:31Z Mike's Writers Network RSS LinkWith authors Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, and David Silva[image][image][image]From left: Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, David SilvaDOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "HOW WRITING CHANGED MY LIFE #1" MP3 HEREJoin us for this inspiring show in which three writers explain how writing has changed their lives.Melissa Mendelson is an author and poet. Her prose poetry collections include Silent Dreams and Tears of Sand.  She appeared on "Homework," an ABC News program, in 2007 and in Cinematherapy, 2008. She was a news reporter for Long Island's Smithtown Messenger and wrote freelance for The Photo News. Her poetry has been published by The Outreach for Breast Health Foundation and appears in Names in a Jar: A Collection of Poetry by 100 Contemporary American Poets. Her short stories have been published by Bartleby Snopes Literary Magazine, The Subway Chronicles, and Literary Masters, Inc.Michell Plested is an amateur writer with three completed books and a handful of short-stories to his credit. Two of the books, a YA adventure and an adult fantasy, are currently in front of publishers. Michell is the creator of the podcast "Get Published," featuring guest writers, editors and agents. He is currently doing final edits on a book that is rumored to be on next year's release schedule for a small press. You can read Michell's blog entries and book reviews and hear episodes of "Get Published" at MichellPlested.com .David Wayne Silva is an eighty-year-old retired teacher and school administrator who spent 38 years working with teachers, children, and parents of all races and backgrounds. In that capacity, he found himself providing a good deal of family counseling. After the death of his wife, he met others who were seeking help and soon found himself facilitating a counseling group for widowers. The author of two nonfiction books and a collection of short stories, Silva encourages other seniors to write their own stories and memoirs. He now lectures senior citizen groups on living with the problems of aging. Suddenly, he says, life is once again an adventure, and aging is only a necessary annoyance.Interviewees: Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, and David Silva Host: Paula B. Date: June 7, 2009 Running time: 37:01 File size: 18 megabytes Rating: G Melissa Mendelson's Web site: MelissaMendelson.com Mike Plested's Web site: MichellPlested.com David Silva's Web site: SeniorMomentsBooks.com nonadult false Podcast: Writing Changed My Life #1 text blog 56 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 338466 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Announcing-The-Writing-Show-2009-Halloween-Short-Story-Contest/BLOG/299272/30146.html RSS LinkWith Writing Show host Paula B.[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR HALLOWEEN SHORT STORY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT HEREWriting Show host Paula B. announces our 2009 Halloween short story contest.Host: Paula B. Date: June 2, 2009 Running time: 01:02 minutes File size: 1 megabyte Rating: G RSS LinkWith Writing Show host Paula B.[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR HALLOWEEN SHORT STORY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT HEREWriting Show host Paula B. announces our 2009 Halloween short story contest.Host: Paula B. Date: June 2, 2009 Running time: 01:02 minutes File size: 1 megabyte Rating: G Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:19:24 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Announcing-The-Writing-Show-2009-Halloween-Short-Story-Contest/BLOG/299272/30146.html PaulaB 2009-06-02T18:19:24Z Mike's Writers Network RSS LinkWith Writing Show host Paula B.[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR HALLOWEEN SHORT STORY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT HEREWriting Show host Paula B. announces our 2009 Halloween short story contest.Host: Paula B. Date: June 2, 2009 Running time: 01:02 minutes File size: 1 megabyte Rating: G nonadult false Podcast: Announcing The Writing Show 2009 Halloween Short Story Contest text blog 51 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 299272 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-News-About-The-Writing-Show/BLOG/162465/30146.html With Writing Show host Paula B.[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCEMENT HEREPaula B. announces that The Writing Show is (mostly) going on hiatus but she'll still be available for mentoring.Host: Paula B. Date: January 11, 2009 Running time: 1:41 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G The Writing Show Web site: WritingShow.com  With Writing Show host Paula B.[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCEMENT HEREPaula B. announces that The Writing Show is (mostly) going on hiatus but she'll still be available for mentoring.Host: Paula B. Date: January 11, 2009 Running time: 1:41 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G The Writing Show Web site: WritingShow.com  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:42:53 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-News-About-The-Writing-Show/BLOG/162465/30146.html PaulaB 2009-01-13T15:42:53Z Mike's Writers Network With Writing Show host Paula B.[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCEMENT HEREPaula B. announces that The Writing Show is (mostly) going on hiatus but she'll still be available for mentoring.Host: Paula B. Date: January 11, 2009 Running time: 1:41 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G The Writing Show Web site: WritingShow.com  nonadult false Podcast: News About The Writing Show text blog 63 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 162465 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-How-to-End-Your-Screenplay-Storming-the-Castle/BLOG/149480/30146.html With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON ENDINGS HEREIn this commentary, Blake explains how to end your movie.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: December 10, 2008 Running time: 3:57 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON ENDINGS HEREIn this commentary, Blake explains how to end your movie.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: December 10, 2008 Running time: 3:57 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:48:54 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-How-to-End-Your-Screenplay-Storming-the-Castle/BLOG/149480/30146.html PaulaB 2008-12-10T14:48:54Z Mike's Writers Network With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON ENDINGS HEREIn this commentary, Blake explains how to end your movie.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: December 10, 2008 Running time: 3:57 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com nonadult false Podcast: How to End Your Screenplay: Storming the Castle text blog 69 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 149480 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Historical-Fiction/BLOG/148114/30146.html RSS LinkWith Christine Blake, author of Woman Redeemed, a story of Mary Magdalene[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO CHRISTINE BLAKE MP3 HEREHow do you write a historical novel about a person so shadowy that almost nothing is known about her?ChristineBlake has taught literature and writing for many years and has served as a youth minister and speaker at schools, churches, and women's groups. She lives in Evergreen, Colorado with her husband and two boys.Please join Christine Blake and host Paula B. as they discuss:How we know what we do about Mary Magdalene Which sources Christine relied on, and how she evaluated them What she extrapolated, and how she came up with her conclusions How she handled contradictions in her sources How important it is to be accurate in historical fiction. Interviewee: Christine Blake Host: Paula B. Date: December 7, 2008 Running time: 42:39 File size: 20 megabytes Rating: G Christine Blake's Web site: WomanRedeemedNovel.com RSS LinkWith Christine Blake, author of Woman Redeemed, a story of Mary Magdalene[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO CHRISTINE BLAKE MP3 HEREHow do you write a historical novel about a person so shadowy that almost nothing is known about her?ChristineBlake has taught literature and writing for many years and has served as a youth minister and speaker at schools, churches, and women's groups. She lives in Evergreen, Colorado with her husband and two boys.Please join Christine Blake and host Paula B. as they discuss:How we know what we do about Mary Magdalene Which sources Christine relied on, and how she evaluated them What she extrapolated, and how she came up with her conclusions How she handled contradictions in her sources How important it is to be accurate in historical fiction. Interviewee: Christine Blake Host: Paula B. Date: December 7, 2008 Running time: 42:39 File size: 20 megabytes Rating: G Christine Blake's Web site: WomanRedeemedNovel.com Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:30:35 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Historical-Fiction/BLOG/148114/30146.html PaulaB 2008-12-07T16:30:35Z Mike's Writers Network RSS LinkWith Christine Blake, author of Woman Redeemed, a story of Mary Magdalene[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO CHRISTINE BLAKE MP3 HEREHow do you write a historical novel about a person so shadowy that almost nothing is known about her?ChristineBlake has taught literature and writing for many years and has served as a youth minister and speaker at schools, churches, and women's groups. She lives in Evergreen, Colorado with her husband and two boys.Please join Christine Blake and host Paula B. as they discuss:How we know what we do about Mary Magdalene Which sources Christine relied on, and how she evaluated them What she extrapolated, and how she came up with her conclusions How she handled contradictions in her sources How important it is to be accurate in historical fiction. Interviewee: Christine Blake Host: Paula B. Date: December 7, 2008 Running time: 42:39 File size: 20 megabytes Rating: G Christine Blake's Web site: WomanRedeemedNovel.com nonadult false Podcast: Writing Historical Fiction text blog 110 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 148114 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Getting-the-Most-Out-of-Writers-Conferences/BLOG/143567/30146.html With literary agent Kristin Nelson and writers Frances Julia Kemp and Del Landis[image][image][image]From left: Kristin Nelson, Frances Julia Kemp, Del Landis.DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO WRITERS' CONFERENCES MP3 HEREWriters' conferences can be expensive. Are they worth it? Get the lowdown from an agent and two veteran conference attendees. Kristin Nelson learned the ropes from another literary agent before opening her own Nelson Literary Agency. She has been a college English teacher, freelance writer, and corporate trainer. She studied creative writing with National Book Award Nominee Patricia Henley at Purdue University, where she earned her M.A. This experience made her particularly interested in representing fiction.Frances Kemp's short story "Black Infinity" won the Australian Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Young Writer's Award; this year she placed third in The Writing Show's own First-Chapter-of-a-Novel Contest. Originally from Australia, she lives in Peoria, Illinois.  Del Landis has written five unpublished novels in the romantic suspense genre.  Affaire de Coeur magazine published his short story, "Unasked Prayers." A career in aerospace engineering has allowed Del to travel and collect experiences to use in his fiction. He studies history and different cultures. His writing training is self-directed and includes conferences, workshops, and personal training by industry pros.Please join agent Kristin Nelson, writers Frances Julia Kemp and Del Landis, and host Paula B. as they tour the conference landscape, including:What to expect from a conference How much writers' conferences cost What agents who go to conferences are looking for How to pitch agents and publishers at conferences What to wear How best to enjoy a tipple at a conference. Interviewees: Kristin Nelson, Frances Julia Kemp, Del Landis Host: Paula B. Date: November 23, 2008 Running time: 01:09:35 File size: 33 megabytes Rating: G Kristin Nelson's Web site: NelsonAgency.com Frances Julia Kemp's Web site: FJKLiterary.com With literary agent Kristin Nelson and writers Frances Julia Kemp and Del Landis[image][image][image]From left: Kristin Nelson, Frances Julia Kemp, Del Landis.DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO WRITERS' CONFERENCES MP3 HEREWriters' conferences can be expensive. Are they worth it? Get the lowdown from an agent and two veteran conference attendees. Kristin Nelson learned the ropes from another literary agent before opening her own Nelson Literary Agency. She has been a college English teacher, freelance writer, and corporate trainer. She studied creative writing with National Book Award Nominee Patricia Henley at Purdue University, where she earned her M.A. This experience made her particularly interested in representing fiction.Frances Kemp's short story "Black Infinity" won the Australian Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Young Writer's Award; this year she placed third in The Writing Show's own First-Chapter-of-a-Novel Contest. Originally from Australia, she lives in Peoria, Illinois.  Del Landis has written five unpublished novels in the romantic suspense genre.  Affaire de Coeur magazine published his short story, "Unasked Prayers." A career in aerospace engineering has allowed Del to travel and collect experiences to use in his fiction. He studies history and different cultures. His writing training is self-directed and includes conferences, workshops, and personal training by industry pros.Please join agent Kristin Nelson, writers Frances Julia Kemp and Del Landis, and host Paula B. as they tour the conference landscape, including:What to expect from a conference How much writers' conferences cost What agents who go to conferences are looking for How to pitch agents and publishers at conferences What to wear How best to enjoy a tipple at a conference. Interviewees: Kristin Nelson, Frances Julia Kemp, Del Landis Host: Paula B. Date: November 23, 2008 Running time: 01:09:35 File size: 33 megabytes Rating: G Kristin Nelson's Web site: NelsonAgency.com Frances Julia Kemp's Web site: FJKLiterary.com Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:07:36 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Getting-the-Most-Out-of-Writers-Conferences/BLOG/143567/30146.html PaulaB 2008-11-23T16:07:36Z Mike's Writers Network With literary agent Kristin Nelson and writers Frances Julia Kemp and Del Landis[image][image][image]From left: Kristin Nelson, Frances Julia Kemp, Del Landis.DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO WRITERS' CONFERENCES MP3 HEREWriters' conferences can be expensive. Are they worth it? Get the lowdown from an agent and two veteran conference attendees. Kristin Nelson learned the ropes from another literary agent before opening her own Nelson Literary Agency. She has been a college English teacher, freelance writer, and corporate trainer. She studied creative writing with National Book Award Nominee Patricia Henley at Purdue University, where she earned her M.A. This experience made her particularly interested in representing fiction.Frances Kemp's short story "Black Infinity" won the Australian Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Young Writer's Award; this year she placed third in The Writing Show's own First-Chapter-of-a-Novel Contest. Originally from Australia, she lives in Peoria, Illinois.  Del Landis has written five unpublished novels in the romantic suspense genre.  Affaire de Coeur magazine published his short story, "Unasked Prayers." A career in aerospace engineering has allowed Del to travel and collect experiences to use in his fiction. He studies history and different cultures. His writing training is self-directed and includes conferences, workshops, and personal training by industry pros.Please join agent Kristin Nelson, writers Frances Julia Kemp and Del Landis, and host Paula B. as they tour the conference landscape, including:What to expect from a conference How much writers' conferences cost What agents who go to conferences are looking for How to pitch agents and publishers at conferences What to wear How best to enjoy a tipple at a conference. Interviewees: Kristin Nelson, Frances Julia Kemp, Del Landis Host: Paula B. Date: November 23, 2008 Running time: 01:09:35 File size: 33 megabytes Rating: G Kristin Nelson's Web site: NelsonAgency.com Frances Julia Kemp's Web site: FJKLiterary.com nonadult false Podcast: Getting the Most Out of Writers' Conferences text blog 102 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 143567 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Meet-Our-2008-First-Chapter-Contest-Winner/BLOG/139793/30146.html With Writing Show First-Chapter Contest Winner Linda Simoni-Wastila[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO LINDA SIMONI-WASTILA MP3 HERE Read Linda's winning chapter from Brighter Than Bright.Find out what our 2008 first-prize winner is all about.By day, Linda Simoni-Wastila is a denizen of the ivory tower, crunching numbers to reveal trends and factors associated with psychiatric and substance abuse maladies. Recognizing that  each data point is a living being who possesses a tale, Linda was inspired to write a novel, Brighter Than Bright. So involved is she with her characters that she woke one morning and panicked because a young man she knew only through her imagination was in trouble.A nationally-recognized academic, Simoni-Wastila has authored numerous published studies that are frequently cited in the mainstream press. Her passion for mental health and substance abuse research underpins many of her stories and poems, and compels her to put a human face to psychiatric conditions. An avid writer, blogger, reader, and gardener, she lives in the greater Baltimore/DC area with her two children and husband.Please join Linda Simoni-Wastila and host Paula B. as they explore:Where her story came from What it was like to write in the voice of a 19-year-old boy How she would describe her style What was easy and difficult in the writing of Brighter Than Bright What her writing goals are What she'd like her Contemporary Authors entry to say Why she writes about the things she does. Interviewee: Linda Simoni-Wastila Host: Paula B. Date: November 16, 2008 Running time: 55:54 File size: 27 megabytes Rating: G Linda Simoni-Wastila's Web site: LeftBrainWrite With Writing Show First-Chapter Contest Winner Linda Simoni-Wastila[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO LINDA SIMONI-WASTILA MP3 HERE Read Linda's winning chapter from Brighter Than Bright.Find out what our 2008 first-prize winner is all about.By day, Linda Simoni-Wastila is a denizen of the ivory tower, crunching numbers to reveal trends and factors associated with psychiatric and substance abuse maladies. Recognizing that  each data point is a living being who possesses a tale, Linda was inspired to write a novel, Brighter Than Bright. So involved is she with her characters that she woke one morning and panicked because a young man she knew only through her imagination was in trouble.A nationally-recognized academic, Simoni-Wastila has authored numerous published studies that are frequently cited in the mainstream press. Her passion for mental health and substance abuse research underpins many of her stories and poems, and compels her to put a human face to psychiatric conditions. An avid writer, blogger, reader, and gardener, she lives in the greater Baltimore/DC area with her two children and husband.Please join Linda Simoni-Wastila and host Paula B. as they explore:Where her story came from What it was like to write in the voice of a 19-year-old boy How she would describe her style What was easy and difficult in the writing of Brighter Than Bright What her writing goals are What she'd like her Contemporary Authors entry to say Why she writes about the things she does. Interviewee: Linda Simoni-Wastila Host: Paula B. Date: November 16, 2008 Running time: 55:54 File size: 27 megabytes Rating: G Linda Simoni-Wastila's Web site: LeftBrainWrite Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:25:47 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Meet-Our-2008-First-Chapter-Contest-Winner/BLOG/139793/30146.html PaulaB 2008-11-16T15:25:47Z Mike's Writers Network With Writing Show First-Chapter Contest Winner Linda Simoni-Wastila[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO LINDA SIMONI-WASTILA MP3 HERE Read Linda's winning chapter from Brighter Than Bright.Find out what our 2008 first-prize winner is all about.By day, Linda Simoni-Wastila is a denizen of the ivory tower, crunching numbers to reveal trends and factors associated with psychiatric and substance abuse maladies. Recognizing that  each data point is a living being who possesses a tale, Linda was inspired to write a novel, Brighter Than Bright. So involved is she with her characters that she woke one morning and panicked because a young man she knew only through her imagination was in trouble.A nationally-recognized academic, Simoni-Wastila has authored numerous published studies that are frequently cited in the mainstream press. Her passion for mental health and substance abuse research underpins many of her stories and poems, and compels her to put a human face to psychiatric conditions. An avid writer, blogger, reader, and gardener, she lives in the greater Baltimore/DC area with her two children and husband.Please join Linda Simoni-Wastila and host Paula B. as they explore:Where her story came from What it was like to write in the voice of a 19-year-old boy How she would describe her style What was easy and difficult in the writing of Brighter Than Bright What her writing goals are What she'd like her Contemporary Authors entry to say Why she writes about the things she does. Interviewee: Linda Simoni-Wastila Host: Paula B. Date: November 16, 2008 Running time: 55:54 File size: 27 megabytes Rating: G Linda Simoni-Wastila's Web site: LeftBrainWrite nonadult false Podcast: Meet Our 2008 First-Chapter Contest Winner text blog 95 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 139793 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-How-to-Bury-Exposition-in-Your-Screenplay-The-Pope-in-the-Pool/BLOG/138128/30146.html With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON EXPOSITION HEREIn this commentary, Blake explains how you can sneak exposition into your script and entertain viewers at the same time.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: November 12, 2008 Running time: 03:19 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON EXPOSITION HEREIn this commentary, Blake explains how you can sneak exposition into your script and entertain viewers at the same time.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: November 12, 2008 Running time: 03:19 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:02:40 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-How-to-Bury-Exposition-in-Your-Screenplay-The-Pope-in-the-Pool/BLOG/138128/30146.html PaulaB 2008-11-12T15:02:40Z Mike's Writers Network With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON EXPOSITION HEREIn this commentary, Blake explains how you can sneak exposition into your script and entertain viewers at the same time.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: November 12, 2008 Running time: 03:19 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com nonadult false Podcast: How to Bury Exposition in Your Screenplay: The Pope in the Pool text blog 70 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 138128 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-What-Do-Publishers-Want-from-Query-Letters-and-Proposals/BLOG/136751/30146.html With Jennifer Silva Redmond, Editor-in-Chief of Sunbelt Publications[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO JENNIFER SILVA REDMOND MP3 HEREOne of the most common questions writers ask is how to query agents and publishers. Here's one editor's take.Jennifer Silva Redmond is Editor-in-Chief of Sunbelt Publications, an award-winning small press that celebrates the natural and cultural history of the Californias. She has written for publications as diverse as Science of Mind, Cruising World, and Dog Fancy; one of her stories is featured in Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature (Bilingual Review Press, March 2008). Co-founding editor of Sea of Cortez Review (1998-2001), Ms. Silva Redmond joined Sunbelt in 2000; she enjoys speaking to writers’ groups and guiding both well-known and first-time authors through the acquisition, editing, and production of their books.Please join Jennifer Silva Redmond and Paula B. as they reveal what editors are really thinking, including:How to select a publisher to query What the difference between a query letter and a proposal is How to write a great query (and what not to do) How to talk yourself up without being obnoxious Why you should adhere to publishers' guidelines (and what happens when you don't) How long is reasonable to wait for an answer. Interviewee: Jennifer Silva Redmond Host: Paula B. Date: November 9, 2008 Running time: 01:06:12 File size: 32 megabytes Rating: G The Sunbelt Publications Web site: Sunbelt Books With Jennifer Silva Redmond, Editor-in-Chief of Sunbelt Publications[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO JENNIFER SILVA REDMOND MP3 HEREOne of the most common questions writers ask is how to query agents and publishers. Here's one editor's take.Jennifer Silva Redmond is Editor-in-Chief of Sunbelt Publications, an award-winning small press that celebrates the natural and cultural history of the Californias. She has written for publications as diverse as Science of Mind, Cruising World, and Dog Fancy; one of her stories is featured in Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature (Bilingual Review Press, March 2008). Co-founding editor of Sea of Cortez Review (1998-2001), Ms. Silva Redmond joined Sunbelt in 2000; she enjoys speaking to writers’ groups and guiding both well-known and first-time authors through the acquisition, editing, and production of their books.Please join Jennifer Silva Redmond and Paula B. as they reveal what editors are really thinking, including:How to select a publisher to query What the difference between a query letter and a proposal is How to write a great query (and what not to do) How to talk yourself up without being obnoxious Why you should adhere to publishers' guidelines (and what happens when you don't) How long is reasonable to wait for an answer. Interviewee: Jennifer Silva Redmond Host: Paula B. Date: November 9, 2008 Running time: 01:06:12 File size: 32 megabytes Rating: G The Sunbelt Publications Web site: Sunbelt Books Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:15:52 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-What-Do-Publishers-Want-from-Query-Letters-and-Proposals/BLOG/136751/30146.html PaulaB 2008-11-09T17:15:52Z Mike's Writers Network With Jennifer Silva Redmond, Editor-in-Chief of Sunbelt Publications[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO JENNIFER SILVA REDMOND MP3 HEREOne of the most common questions writers ask is how to query agents and publishers. Here's one editor's take.Jennifer Silva Redmond is Editor-in-Chief of Sunbelt Publications, an award-winning small press that celebrates the natural and cultural history of the Californias. She has written for publications as diverse as Science of Mind, Cruising World, and Dog Fancy; one of her stories is featured in Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature (Bilingual Review Press, March 2008). Co-founding editor of Sea of Cortez Review (1998-2001), Ms. Silva Redmond joined Sunbelt in 2000; she enjoys speaking to writers’ groups and guiding both well-known and first-time authors through the acquisition, editing, and production of their books.Please join Jennifer Silva Redmond and Paula B. as they reveal what editors are really thinking, including:How to select a publisher to query What the difference between a query letter and a proposal is How to write a great query (and what not to do) How to talk yourself up without being obnoxious Why you should adhere to publishers' guidelines (and what happens when you don't) How long is reasonable to wait for an answer. Interviewee: Jennifer Silva Redmond Host: Paula B. Date: November 9, 2008 Running time: 01:06:12 File size: 32 megabytes Rating: G The Sunbelt Publications Web site: Sunbelt Books nonadult false Podcast: What Do Publishers Want from Query Letters and Proposals? text blog 131 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 136751 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Im-No-Fan-O-NaNoWriMo/BLOG/134875/30146.html Commentary by Jeffrey R. DeRego[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "I'M NO FAN O' NANOWRIMO" MP3 HEREIn this standalone commentary, Jeff DeRego explains why he doesn't participate in National Novel Writing Month.Commentator: Jeffrey R. DeRego Date: November 5, 2008 Running time: 6:11 File size: 3 megabytes Rating: G Jeffrey R. DeRego's Web site: MySpace.com/jrderegowriter Commentary by Jeffrey R. DeRego[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "I'M NO FAN O' NANOWRIMO" MP3 HEREIn this standalone commentary, Jeff DeRego explains why he doesn't participate in National Novel Writing Month.Commentator: Jeffrey R. DeRego Date: November 5, 2008 Running time: 6:11 File size: 3 megabytes Rating: G Jeffrey R. DeRego's Web site: MySpace.com/jrderegowriter Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:48:50 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Im-No-Fan-O-NaNoWriMo/BLOG/134875/30146.html PaulaB 2008-11-05T14:48:50Z Mike's Writers Network Commentary by Jeffrey R. DeRego[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "I'M NO FAN O' NANOWRIMO" MP3 HEREIn this standalone commentary, Jeff DeRego explains why he doesn't participate in National Novel Writing Month.Commentator: Jeffrey R. DeRego Date: November 5, 2008 Running time: 6:11 File size: 3 megabytes Rating: G Jeffrey R. DeRego's Web site: MySpace.com/jrderegowriter nonadult false Podcast: I'm No Fan O' NaNoWriMo text blog 118 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 134875 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Fiction-with-Susan-Choi/BLOG/132495/30146.html With Susan Choi, author of the novel A Person of Interest[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SUSAN CHOI MP3 HERE"Professor Lee, an Asian-born mathematician nearing retirement age, would seem the last person likely to attract the attention of FBI agents. Yet after a popular young colleague becomes the latest victim of a serial bomber, Lee's detached response and maladroit behavior lead the FBI, the national news media, and even his own neighbors to regard him with damning suspicion.Amid campus-wide grief over the murder, Lee receives a cryptic letter from a figure out of his past. The letter unearths a lifetime of shortcomings – toward his dead wife, his estranged only daughter, and a long-denied son. Caught between his guilty recollections and the scrutiny of the murder investigation, determined to face his tormentor and exonerate himself, Lee sets off on a journey that will bring him face-to-face with his past – and that might even win him redemption."Novelist Susan Choi likes prickly, difficult characters. In this fascinating interview, she explains why.Susan Choi was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised there and in Houston, Texas. She studied literature at Yale and writing at Cornell, and worked for several years as a fact-checker for The New Yorker.Her first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction, and her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize.With David Remnick she co-edited the anthology Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker, and her non-fiction has appeared in publications including Vogue, Tin House, Allure, O and The New York Times and in anthologies including Money Changes Everything and Brooklyn Was Mine.A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, she lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Pete Wells, and their sons Dexter and Elliot.Please join Susan Choi and host Paula B. as they discuss:Whether protagonists need to be likeable Whether protagonists of advanced years are rare in literature Why she relies so heavily on description Why much of the story is told through flashbacks How she got the FBI to help her research the story. Interviewee: Susan Choi Host: Paula B. Date: November 2, 2008 Running time: 38:48 File size: 19 megabytes Rating: G Susan Choi's Web site: SusanChoi.com With Susan Choi, author of the novel A Person of Interest[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SUSAN CHOI MP3 HERE"Professor Lee, an Asian-born mathematician nearing retirement age, would seem the last person likely to attract the attention of FBI agents. Yet after a popular young colleague becomes the latest victim of a serial bomber, Lee's detached response and maladroit behavior lead the FBI, the national news media, and even his own neighbors to regard him with damning suspicion.Amid campus-wide grief over the murder, Lee receives a cryptic letter from a figure out of his past. The letter unearths a lifetime of shortcomings – toward his dead wife, his estranged only daughter, and a long-denied son. Caught between his guilty recollections and the scrutiny of the murder investigation, determined to face his tormentor and exonerate himself, Lee sets off on a journey that will bring him face-to-face with his past – and that might even win him redemption."Novelist Susan Choi likes prickly, difficult characters. In this fascinating interview, she explains why.Susan Choi was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised there and in Houston, Texas. She studied literature at Yale and writing at Cornell, and worked for several years as a fact-checker for The New Yorker.Her first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction, and her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize.With David Remnick she co-edited the anthology Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker, and her non-fiction has appeared in publications including Vogue, Tin House, Allure, O and The New York Times and in anthologies including Money Changes Everything and Brooklyn Was Mine.A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, she lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Pete Wells, and their sons Dexter and Elliot.Please join Susan Choi and host Paula B. as they discuss:Whether protagonists need to be likeable Whether protagonists of advanced years are rare in literature Why she relies so heavily on description Why much of the story is told through flashbacks How she got the FBI to help her research the story. Interviewee: Susan Choi Host: Paula B. Date: November 2, 2008 Running time: 38:48 File size: 19 megabytes Rating: G Susan Choi's Web site: SusanChoi.com Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:15:56 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Fiction-with-Susan-Choi/BLOG/132495/30146.html PaulaB 2008-11-02T16:15:56Z Mike's Writers Network With Susan Choi, author of the novel A Person of Interest[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SUSAN CHOI MP3 HERE"Professor Lee, an Asian-born mathematician nearing retirement age, would seem the last person likely to attract the attention of FBI agents. Yet after a popular young colleague becomes the latest victim of a serial bomber, Lee's detached response and maladroit behavior lead the FBI, the national news media, and even his own neighbors to regard him with damning suspicion.Amid campus-wide grief over the murder, Lee receives a cryptic letter from a figure out of his past. The letter unearths a lifetime of shortcomings – toward his dead wife, his estranged only daughter, and a long-denied son. Caught between his guilty recollections and the scrutiny of the murder investigation, determined to face his tormentor and exonerate himself, Lee sets off on a journey that will bring him face-to-face with his past – and that might even win him redemption."Novelist Susan Choi likes prickly, difficult characters. In this fascinating interview, she explains why.Susan Choi was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised there and in Houston, Texas. She studied literature at Yale and writing at Cornell, and worked for several years as a fact-checker for The New Yorker.Her first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction, and her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize.With David Remnick she co-edited the anthology Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker, and her non-fiction has appeared in publications including Vogue, Tin House, Allure, O and The New York Times and in anthologies including Money Changes Everything and Brooklyn Was Mine.A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, she lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Pete Wells, and their sons Dexter and Elliot.Please join Susan Choi and host Paula B. as they discuss:Whether protagonists need to be likeable Whether protagonists of advanced years are rare in literature Why she relies so heavily on description Why much of the story is told through flashbacks How she got the FBI to help her research the story. Interviewee: Susan Choi Host: Paula B. Date: November 2, 2008 Running time: 38:48 File size: 19 megabytes Rating: G Susan Choi's Web site: SusanChoi.com nonadult false Podcast: Writing Fiction, with Susan Choi text blog 83 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 132495 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Irish-Crime-Fiction-with-Declan-Burke-A-Mick-Halpin-Interview/BLOG/128309/30146.html With author/journalist Declan Burke, interviewed by guest host Mick Halpin[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO DECLAN BURKE MP3 HEREMick Halpin returns with another great Irish crime fiction author interview!Born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1969, Declan Burke is the author of The Big O (2007) and Eightball Boogie (2003). The Big O has just been published in the U.S. by Harcourt, with its sequel due in 2009. He blogs at Crime Always Pays, a site devoted to Irish crime fiction.A freelance writer, Declan is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, and "The Last Word" programme on Today FM. He is married to Aileen; the couple has have a beautiful baby daughter, Lily. He lives in Wicklow, Ireland, and is not allowed to own a cat.Please join guest host Mick Halpin and Declan Burke as they explore:Why Declan turned to writing crime fiction How Irish crime fiction differs from that of other countries How fiction helps people deal with their fears Why so many crime fiction books are written by journalists Why his novels are so different from each other Why crime fiction follows the money. Interviewee: Declan Burke Host: Mick Halpin Date: October 26, 2008 Running time: 42:55 File size: 21 megabytes Rating: G Declan Burke's Web site: Crime Always Pays With author/journalist Declan Burke, interviewed by guest host Mick Halpin[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO DECLAN BURKE MP3 HEREMick Halpin returns with another great Irish crime fiction author interview!Born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1969, Declan Burke is the author of The Big O (2007) and Eightball Boogie (2003). The Big O has just been published in the U.S. by Harcourt, with its sequel due in 2009. He blogs at Crime Always Pays, a site devoted to Irish crime fiction.A freelance writer, Declan is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, and "The Last Word" programme on Today FM. He is married to Aileen; the couple has have a beautiful baby daughter, Lily. He lives in Wicklow, Ireland, and is not allowed to own a cat.Please join guest host Mick Halpin and Declan Burke as they explore:Why Declan turned to writing crime fiction How Irish crime fiction differs from that of other countries How fiction helps people deal with their fears Why so many crime fiction books are written by journalists Why his novels are so different from each other Why crime fiction follows the money. Interviewee: Declan Burke Host: Mick Halpin Date: October 26, 2008 Running time: 42:55 File size: 21 megabytes Rating: G Declan Burke's Web site: Crime Always Pays Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:53:11 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Irish-Crime-Fiction-with-Declan-Burke-A-Mick-Halpin-Interview/BLOG/128309/30146.html PaulaB 2008-10-26T14:53:11Z Mike's Writers Network With author/journalist Declan Burke, interviewed by guest host Mick Halpin[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO DECLAN BURKE MP3 HEREMick Halpin returns with another great Irish crime fiction author interview!Born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1969, Declan Burke is the author of The Big O (2007) and Eightball Boogie (2003). The Big O has just been published in the U.S. by Harcourt, with its sequel due in 2009. He blogs at Crime Always Pays, a site devoted to Irish crime fiction.A freelance writer, Declan is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, and "The Last Word" programme on Today FM. He is married to Aileen; the couple has have a beautiful baby daughter, Lily. He lives in Wicklow, Ireland, and is not allowed to own a cat.Please join guest host Mick Halpin and Declan Burke as they explore:Why Declan turned to writing crime fiction How Irish crime fiction differs from that of other countries How fiction helps people deal with their fears Why so many crime fiction books are written by journalists Why his novels are so different from each other Why crime fiction follows the money. Interviewee: Declan Burke Host: Mick Halpin Date: October 26, 2008 Running time: 42:55 File size: 21 megabytes Rating: G Declan Burke's Web site: Crime Always Pays nonadult false Podcast: Writing Irish Crime Fiction, with Declan Burke: A Mick Halpin Interview text blog 56 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 128309 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Wisdom-from-a-Long-Writing-Career/BLOG/123160/30146.html With Maralys Wills, author of Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO MARALYS WILLS MP3 HEREIf you've ever become discouraged about how hard it is to get published, you must listen to this show. Better yet, read Maralys' book for an inspiring tale of dedication in the face of rejection after rejection.Maralys Wills’s twelve published books span a variety of genres and publishers. Her fiction includes four romance novels and a techno-thriller about airplane sabotage. The New York Times said ofScatterpath: “exciting, down-to-the-wire stuff . . her cockpit sequences all but put the reader at the controls.”Her nonfiction works include Manbirds: Hang Gliders and Hang Gliding, published by Prentice-Hall; a party game book from Price/Stern/Sloan; and her family story about hang gliding champions, Higher Than Eagles. Sadly, the Wills family lost two sons to the sport, and Wills’s account of those years--initially exhilarating, then tragic--earned her high marks in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Higher Than Eagles garnered five movie options, including one from Disney.Wills’s book on addiction, Save My Son, is the result of years of trauma with an addicted son. Her recent light-hearted memoir, A Circus without Elephants, earned a national award from Writer’s Digest. The sequel, A Clown in the Trunk, was published in May, 2008. Her writing book, Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead, debuts in the fall of 2008.Wills is the mother of six children--five boys and a girl. Her husband is a lawyer. She studied at Stanford and UCLA, earning a B.A. and later a teaching credential. She once helped her sons run a hang gliding manufacturing business, but after family tragedies she went home to write books.For the past 21 years, Wills has taught college-level novel-writing. She speaks often and has presented numerous college and conference writing seminars. She is a past president of the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Please join Maralys Wills and host Paula B. as they discuss:How she's ended up working in so many genres How jumping around has affected her writing career What it's like to work in each genre Whether she'd jump from genre to genre if she had it to do over What her most useful writing tricks are. Interviewee: Maralys Wills Host: Paula B. Date: October 19, 2008 Running time: 01:03:49 File size: 30 megabytes Rating: G Maralys Wills'Web site: Maralys.com With Maralys Wills, author of Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO MARALYS WILLS MP3 HEREIf you've ever become discouraged about how hard it is to get published, you must listen to this show. Better yet, read Maralys' book for an inspiring tale of dedication in the face of rejection after rejection.Maralys Wills’s twelve published books span a variety of genres and publishers. Her fiction includes four romance novels and a techno-thriller about airplane sabotage. The New York Times said ofScatterpath: “exciting, down-to-the-wire stuff . . her cockpit sequences all but put the reader at the controls.”Her nonfiction works include Manbirds: Hang Gliders and Hang Gliding, published by Prentice-Hall; a party game book from Price/Stern/Sloan; and her family story about hang gliding champions, Higher Than Eagles. Sadly, the Wills family lost two sons to the sport, and Wills’s account of those years--initially exhilarating, then tragic--earned her high marks in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Higher Than Eagles garnered five movie options, including one from Disney.Wills’s book on addiction, Save My Son, is the result of years of trauma with an addicted son. Her recent light-hearted memoir, A Circus without Elephants, earned a national award from Writer’s Digest. The sequel, A Clown in the Trunk, was published in May, 2008. Her writing book, Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead, debuts in the fall of 2008.Wills is the mother of six children--five boys and a girl. Her husband is a lawyer. She studied at Stanford and UCLA, earning a B.A. and later a teaching credential. She once helped her sons run a hang gliding manufacturing business, but after family tragedies she went home to write books.For the past 21 years, Wills has taught college-level novel-writing. She speaks often and has presented numerous college and conference writing seminars. She is a past president of the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Please join Maralys Wills and host Paula B. as they discuss:How she's ended up working in so many genres How jumping around has affected her writing career What it's like to work in each genre Whether she'd jump from genre to genre if she had it to do over What her most useful writing tricks are. Interviewee: Maralys Wills Host: Paula B. Date: October 19, 2008 Running time: 01:03:49 File size: 30 megabytes Rating: G Maralys Wills'Web site: Maralys.com Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:36:31 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Wisdom-from-a-Long-Writing-Career/BLOG/123160/30146.html PaulaB 2008-10-19T14:36:31Z Mike's Writers Network With Maralys Wills, author of Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO MARALYS WILLS MP3 HEREIf you've ever become discouraged about how hard it is to get published, you must listen to this show. Better yet, read Maralys' book for an inspiring tale of dedication in the face of rejection after rejection.Maralys Wills’s twelve published books span a variety of genres and publishers. Her fiction includes four romance novels and a techno-thriller about airplane sabotage. The New York Times said ofScatterpath: “exciting, down-to-the-wire stuff . . her cockpit sequences all but put the reader at the controls.”Her nonfiction works include Manbirds: Hang Gliders and Hang Gliding, published by Prentice-Hall; a party game book from Price/Stern/Sloan; and her family story about hang gliding champions, Higher Than Eagles. Sadly, the Wills family lost two sons to the sport, and Wills’s account of those years--initially exhilarating, then tragic--earned her high marks in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Higher Than Eagles garnered five movie options, including one from Disney.Wills’s book on addiction, Save My Son, is the result of years of trauma with an addicted son. Her recent light-hearted memoir, A Circus without Elephants, earned a national award from Writer’s Digest. The sequel, A Clown in the Trunk, was published in May, 2008. Her writing book, Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead, debuts in the fall of 2008.Wills is the mother of six children--five boys and a girl. Her husband is a lawyer. She studied at Stanford and UCLA, earning a B.A. and later a teaching credential. She once helped her sons run a hang gliding manufacturing business, but after family tragedies she went home to write books.For the past 21 years, Wills has taught college-level novel-writing. She speaks often and has presented numerous college and conference writing seminars. She is a past president of the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Please join Maralys Wills and host Paula B. as they discuss:How she's ended up working in so many genres How jumping around has affected her writing career What it's like to work in each genre Whether she'd jump from genre to genre if she had it to do over What her most useful writing tricks are. Interviewee: Maralys Wills Host: Paula B. Date: October 19, 2008 Running time: 01:03:49 File size: 30 megabytes Rating: G Maralys Wills'Web site: Maralys.com nonadult false Podcast: Wisdom from a Long Writing Career text blog 95 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 123160 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Working-with-Theme-in-Your-Screenplay/BLOG/116439/30146.html With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON THEMES HEREWith this podcast, we begin a series of commentaries by screenwriter Blake Snyder.This time, Blake explains why "theme" in a movie is important and how to work with it.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: October 8, 2008 Running time: 04:20 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON THEMES HEREWith this podcast, we begin a series of commentaries by screenwriter Blake Snyder.This time, Blake explains why "theme" in a movie is important and how to work with it.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: October 8, 2008 Running time: 04:20 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:22:24 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Working-with-Theme-in-Your-Screenplay/BLOG/116439/30146.html PaulaB 2008-10-09T15:22:24Z Mike's Writers Network With screenwriter Blake Snyder[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BLAKE ON THEMES HEREWith this podcast, we begin a series of commentaries by screenwriter Blake Snyder.This time, Blake explains why "theme" in a movie is important and how to work with it.In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Disney, and "Nuclear Family" for Steven Spielberg — both million-dollar sales. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its tenth printing. It has prompted standing room only author appearances in major cities around the world. Apparently the book is not quite the last book on screenwriting you’ll ever need. The sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Every Story Ever Told, published in October, 2007, shot to number 1 in the "screenwriting," "screenplay," and "movies, history and criticism" categories on Amazon.com.Commentator: Blake Snyder Date: October 8, 2008 Running time: 04:20 File size: 2 megabytes Rating: G Blake Snyder's Web site: BlakeSnyder.com nonadult false Podcast: Working with "Theme" in Your Screenplay text blog 108 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 116439 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-the-Personal-Essay/BLOG/113580/30146.html With essayist/poet/author Sheila Bender[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SHEILA BENDER MP3 HEREWhen most people hear the word "essay," they think of the horrors of school exams. But this week's guest shows us that essays can be as expressive as poetry and a whole lot of fun.Sheila Bender's essays and poems appear online and in numerous North American literary magazines and anthologies including Poetry Northwest, The Seattle Review, The Bellingham Review, Tiny Lights, and Tidepools, among others.Sheila's passion is helping those who want to break their writing out into new forms, revise effectively, generate more writing, or facilitate the writing of others. In the last three decades, she has worked with hundreds of people in colleges, universities, and workshops helping them write personal essays, poetry, and writer's journals and allow writing a serious place in their lives.Each year, Sheila is joined by a renowned faculty for the Writing It Real in Port Townsend Writers' Conference.Please join Sheila Bender and host Paula B. as they probe:What a personal essay is, and why you might want to write one What you should and shouldn't do when writing a personal essay What sorts of obstacles confront writers of personal essays Whether writing personal essays is self-indulgent How to publish personal essays How to overcome fears associated with writing personal essays. Interviewee: Sheila Bender Host: Paula B. Date:   October 5, 2008 Running time: 56:10 File size: 27 megabytes Rating: G Sheila Bender's Web site: WritingItReal.com With essayist/poet/author Sheila Bender[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SHEILA BENDER MP3 HEREWhen most people hear the word "essay," they think of the horrors of school exams. But this week's guest shows us that essays can be as expressive as poetry and a whole lot of fun.Sheila Bender's essays and poems appear online and in numerous North American literary magazines and anthologies including Poetry Northwest, The Seattle Review, The Bellingham Review, Tiny Lights, and Tidepools, among others.Sheila's passion is helping those who want to break their writing out into new forms, revise effectively, generate more writing, or facilitate the writing of others. In the last three decades, she has worked with hundreds of people in colleges, universities, and workshops helping them write personal essays, poetry, and writer's journals and allow writing a serious place in their lives.Each year, Sheila is joined by a renowned faculty for the Writing It Real in Port Townsend Writers' Conference.Please join Sheila Bender and host Paula B. as they probe:What a personal essay is, and why you might want to write one What you should and shouldn't do when writing a personal essay What sorts of obstacles confront writers of personal essays Whether writing personal essays is self-indulgent How to publish personal essays How to overcome fears associated with writing personal essays. Interviewee: Sheila Bender Host: Paula B. Date:   October 5, 2008 Running time: 56:10 File size: 27 megabytes Rating: G Sheila Bender's Web site: WritingItReal.com Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:05:03 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-the-Personal-Essay/BLOG/113580/30146.html PaulaB 2008-10-05T15:05:03Z Mike's Writers Network With essayist/poet/author Sheila Bender[image]DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SHEILA BENDER MP3 HEREWhen most people hear the word "essay," they think of the horrors of school exams. But this week's guest shows us that essays can be as expressive as poetry and a whole lot of fun.Sheila Bender's essays and poems appear online and in numerous North American literary magazines and anthologies including Poetry Northwest, The Seattle Review, The Bellingham Review, Tiny Lights, and Tidepools, among others.Sheila's passion is helping those who want to break their writing out into new forms, revise effectively, generate more writing, or facilitate the writing of others. In the last three decades, she has worked with hundreds of people in colleges, universities, and workshops helping them write personal essays, poetry, and writer's journals and allow writing a serious place in their lives.Each year, Sheila is joined by a renowned faculty for the Writing It Real in Port Townsend Writers' Conference.Please join Sheila Bender and host Paula B. as they probe:What a personal essay is, and why you might want to write one What you should and shouldn't do when writing a personal essay What sorts of obstacles confront writers of personal essays Whether writing personal essays is self-indulgent How to publish personal essays How to overcome fears associated with writing personal essays. Interviewee: Sheila Bender Host: Paula B. Date:   October 5, 2008 Running time: 56:10 File size: 27 megabytes Rating: G Sheila Bender's Web site: WritingItReal.com essays, memoirs nonadult false Podcast: Writing the Personal Essay text blog essays,memoirs 91 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 113580 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Publishing-Economics/BLOG/104922/30146.html RSS Link With Carolyn Hayes Uber, president of Stephens Press [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO CAROLYN HAYES UBER MP3 HERE It may come as no surprise that most published authors don't understand the economics of their industry. This week's guest offers some enlightenment for those of us who are still in the dark. Carolyn Hayes Uber is president of Stephens Press, LLC, the book publishing division of Stephens Media. Headquartered in Las Vegas on the campus of the Las Vegas Review-Journal , the company publishes books on a wide variety of subjects, often collaborating with newspapers or other media organizations. Stephens has published books on topics such as the history of boxing, an insider's celebrity guide to Las Vegas, a guide to southwestern road trips, a children's history textbook of Las Vegas, and even an examination of the sex industry in Nevada. Carolyn is herself the author of Traveling Smart: The Know-Before-You-Go Guide to International Travel , but these days she much prefers bringing the words of others to print. "Grammy" to three adorable grandkids, Carolyn splits her time each week between California and Nevada - a lifestyle she claims is not as chaotic as it sounds, although she frequently forgets which refrigerator needs milk! Please join Carolyn Hayes Uber and Paula B. as they explore: Where the money comes from when publishers start up What sources of income publishers have What publishers spend their money on How much booksellers and wholesalers pay for books How Amazon affects publishers and authors What industry practice makes her tear her hair out What she considers the most astonishing fact of publishing economics. Interviewee : Carolyn Hayes Uber Host : Paula B. Date : September 21, 2008 Running time: 1:08:56 File size: 33 megabytes Rating : G The Stephens Press Web site : StephensPress.com RSS Link With Carolyn Hayes Uber, president of Stephens Press [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO CAROLYN HAYES UBER MP3 HERE It may come as no surprise that most published authors don't understand the economics of their industry. This week's guest offers some enlightenment for those of us who are still in the dark. Carolyn Hayes Uber is president of Stephens Press, LLC, the book publishing division of Stephens Media. Headquartered in Las Vegas on the campus of the Las Vegas Review-Journal , the company publishes books on a wide variety of subjects, often collaborating with newspapers or other media organizations. Stephens has published books on topics such as the history of boxing, an insider's celebrity guide to Las Vegas, a guide to southwestern road trips, a children's history textbook of Las Vegas, and even an examination of the sex industry in Nevada. Carolyn is herself the author of Traveling Smart: The Know-Before-You-Go Guide to International Travel , but these days she much prefers bringing the words of others to print. "Grammy" to three adorable grandkids, Carolyn splits her time each week between California and Nevada - a lifestyle she claims is not as chaotic as it sounds, although she frequently forgets which refrigerator needs milk! Please join Carolyn Hayes Uber and Paula B. as they explore: Where the money comes from when publishers start up What sources of income publishers have What publishers spend their money on How much booksellers and wholesalers pay for books How Amazon affects publishers and authors What industry practice makes her tear her hair out What she considers the most astonishing fact of publishing economics. Interviewee : Carolyn Hayes Uber Host : Paula B. Date : September 21, 2008 Running time: 1:08:56 File size: 33 megabytes Rating : G The Stephens Press Web site : StephensPress.com Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:57:44 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Publishing-Economics/BLOG/104922/30146.html PaulaB 2008-09-21T14:57:44Z Mike's Writers Network RSS Link With Carolyn Hayes Uber, president of Stephens Press [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO CAROLYN HAYES UBER MP3 HERE It may come as no surprise that most published authors don't understand the economics of their industry. This week's guest offers some enlightenment for those of us who are still in the dark. Carolyn Hayes Uber is president of Stephens Press, LLC, the book publishing division of Stephens Media. Headquartered in Las Vegas on the campus of the Las Vegas Review-Journal , the company publishes books on a wide variety of subjects, often collaborating with newspapers or other media organizations. Stephens has published books on topics such as the history of boxing, an insider's celebrity guide to Las Vegas, a guide to southwestern road trips, a children's history textbook of Las Vegas, and even an examination of the sex industry in Nevada. Carolyn is herself the author of Traveling Smart: The Know-Before-You-Go Guide to International Travel , but these days she much prefers bringing the words of others to print. "Grammy" to three adorable grandkids, Carolyn splits her time each week between California and Nevada - a lifestyle she claims is not as chaotic as it sounds, although she frequently forgets which refrigerator needs milk! Please join Carolyn Hayes Uber and Paula B. as they explore: Where the money comes from when publishers start up What sources of income publishers have What publishers spend their money on How much booksellers and wholesalers pay for books How Amazon affects publishers and authors What industry practice makes her tear her hair out What she considers the most astonishing fact of publishing economics. Interviewee : Carolyn Hayes Uber Host : Paula B. Date : September 21, 2008 Running time: 1:08:56 File size: 33 megabytes Rating : G The Stephens Press Web site : StephensPress.com publishing nonadult false Podcast: Publishing Economics text blog publishing 89 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 104922 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Short-Story-Beginnings/BLOG/90562/30146.html With short story writers Melissa Palladino and Randall Brown [image] [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SHORT STORY BEGINNINGS MP3 HERE If you've ever wondered how to begin your short story, this show is for you! Melissa Palladino lives in New England and has been writing fiction for seven years. She came to short stories only recently, and this is where she has picked up speed. Her story, “Spring Cleaning,” which was a published finalist in Inkwell’s annual short story competition, was nominated by them for the 2009 Pushcart Prize. She has also been published online at Vocabula.com and was recently longlisted for the Fish Prize. She is an active workshop participant both in person and online at Zoetrope Virtual Studio and The Fiction Workhouse. In real life she’s a private chef; you can read about her adventures (and misadventures) in cooking at melissacooksgourmet.blogspot.com. Randall Brown teaches at Saint Joseph's University. He holds an MFA from Vermont College. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cream City Review, Hunger Mountain , Connecticut Review , Saint Ann's Review , Evansville Review , Laurel Review , Dalhousie Review, upstreet , and others. He is the author of the award-winning collection Mad to Live (Flume Press, 2008). Please join Melissa, Randall, and Paula B. as they explore: What a short story beginning should achieve What sorts of beginnings there are Which sorts of beginnings work and don't work How beginnings and endings are related. Interviewees : Melissa Palladino and Randall Brown Host : Paula B. Date : August 17, 2008 Running time: 01:04:19 File size: 31 megabytes Rating : A tiny bit of sex Randall Brown's Web site : RandallDouglasBrown.blogspot.com Melissa Palladino's Web site : MelissaCooksGourmet.blogspot.com With short story writers Melissa Palladino and Randall Brown [image] [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SHORT STORY BEGINNINGS MP3 HERE If you've ever wondered how to begin your short story, this show is for you! Melissa Palladino lives in New England and has been writing fiction for seven years. She came to short stories only recently, and this is where she has picked up speed. Her story, “Spring Cleaning,” which was a published finalist in Inkwell’s annual short story competition, was nominated by them for the 2009 Pushcart Prize. She has also been published online at Vocabula.com and was recently longlisted for the Fish Prize. She is an active workshop participant both in person and online at Zoetrope Virtual Studio and The Fiction Workhouse. In real life she’s a private chef; you can read about her adventures (and misadventures) in cooking at melissacooksgourmet.blogspot.com. Randall Brown teaches at Saint Joseph's University. He holds an MFA from Vermont College. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cream City Review, Hunger Mountain , Connecticut Review , Saint Ann's Review , Evansville Review , Laurel Review , Dalhousie Review, upstreet , and others. He is the author of the award-winning collection Mad to Live (Flume Press, 2008). Please join Melissa, Randall, and Paula B. as they explore: What a short story beginning should achieve What sorts of beginnings there are Which sorts of beginnings work and don't work How beginnings and endings are related. Interviewees : Melissa Palladino and Randall Brown Host : Paula B. Date : August 17, 2008 Running time: 01:04:19 File size: 31 megabytes Rating : A tiny bit of sex Randall Brown's Web site : RandallDouglasBrown.blogspot.com Melissa Palladino's Web site : MelissaCooksGourmet.blogspot.com Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:50 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Short-Story-Beginnings/BLOG/90562/30146.html PaulaB 2008-08-17T14:45:50Z Mike's Writers Network With short story writers Melissa Palladino and Randall Brown [image] [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO SHORT STORY BEGINNINGS MP3 HERE If you've ever wondered how to begin your short story, this show is for you! Melissa Palladino lives in New England and has been writing fiction for seven years. She came to short stories only recently, and this is where she has picked up speed. Her story, “Spring Cleaning,” which was a published finalist in Inkwell’s annual short story competition, was nominated by them for the 2009 Pushcart Prize. She has also been published online at Vocabula.com and was recently longlisted for the Fish Prize. She is an active workshop participant both in person and online at Zoetrope Virtual Studio and The Fiction Workhouse. In real life she’s a private chef; you can read about her adventures (and misadventures) in cooking at melissacooksgourmet.blogspot.com. Randall Brown teaches at Saint Joseph's University. He holds an MFA from Vermont College. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cream City Review, Hunger Mountain , Connecticut Review , Saint Ann's Review , Evansville Review , Laurel Review , Dalhousie Review, upstreet , and others. He is the author of the award-winning collection Mad to Live (Flume Press, 2008). Please join Melissa, Randall, and Paula B. as they explore: What a short story beginning should achieve What sorts of beginnings there are Which sorts of beginnings work and don't work How beginnings and endings are related. Interviewees : Melissa Palladino and Randall Brown Host : Paula B. Date : August 17, 2008 Running time: 01:04:19 File size: 31 megabytes Rating : A tiny bit of sex Randall Brown's Web site : RandallDouglasBrown.blogspot.com Melissa Palladino's Web site : MelissaCooksGourmet.blogspot.com nonadult false Podcast: Short Story Beginnings text blog 97 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 90562 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-When-Youre-Visually-Impaired/BLOG/86376/30146.html With freelance writer/author Bruce Atchison [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BRUCE ATCHISON MP3 HERE This week's guest reminds us that you don't have to be able to see to write. Bruce Atchison spent his formative years in the small Canadian city of Fort Saskatchewan. As a child, he was operated on for congenital cataracts and left with poor vision; in his teens, he got glaucoma. In spite of his extremely limited vision, he has had articles published in such widely divergent publications as New Age Journal , Monitoring Times , Spilled Milk , Teak Roundup , West Word , Absolute Write , Upper Room , Miquelon Lake Summer Times , Dialogue , and The Blindman Valley Horizon . Atchison's 2006 debut book, When a Man Loves a Rabbit (Learning and Living With Bunnies) is a memoir of his up-close-and-personal discoveries about rabbits and their private lives. His latest book, Deliverance From Jericho: Six Years in a Blind School , is a memoir that takes the reader behind the impressive facades and manicured lawns of a once-proud institution. Atchison lives in Radway, a hamlet located 95 kilometers northeast of Edmonton. He is currently working on a third book, How I Was Razed (and How I Found Authentic Christianity). He lives with his three opinionated house rabbits, Neutrino, Sierra, and Deborah. Please join Bruce Atchison and host Paula B. as they discuss: What it was like to write before personal computers arrived What his first computer was like, and how it changed his life What hardware and software he uses now How he deals with graphics and illustrations What advantage he enjoys that sighted writers can share in. Interviewee : Bruce Atchison Host : Paula B. Date : August 3, 2008 Running time: 46:33 File size: 22 megabytes Rating : G Contact Bruce at : batchison@mcsnet.ca With freelance writer/author Bruce Atchison [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BRUCE ATCHISON MP3 HERE This week's guest reminds us that you don't have to be able to see to write. Bruce Atchison spent his formative years in the small Canadian city of Fort Saskatchewan. As a child, he was operated on for congenital cataracts and left with poor vision; in his teens, he got glaucoma. In spite of his extremely limited vision, he has had articles published in such widely divergent publications as New Age Journal , Monitoring Times , Spilled Milk , Teak Roundup , West Word , Absolute Write , Upper Room , Miquelon Lake Summer Times , Dialogue , and The Blindman Valley Horizon . Atchison's 2006 debut book, When a Man Loves a Rabbit (Learning and Living With Bunnies) is a memoir of his up-close-and-personal discoveries about rabbits and their private lives. His latest book, Deliverance From Jericho: Six Years in a Blind School , is a memoir that takes the reader behind the impressive facades and manicured lawns of a once-proud institution. Atchison lives in Radway, a hamlet located 95 kilometers northeast of Edmonton. He is currently working on a third book, How I Was Razed (and How I Found Authentic Christianity). He lives with his three opinionated house rabbits, Neutrino, Sierra, and Deborah. Please join Bruce Atchison and host Paula B. as they discuss: What it was like to write before personal computers arrived What his first computer was like, and how it changed his life What hardware and software he uses now How he deals with graphics and illustrations What advantage he enjoys that sighted writers can share in. Interviewee : Bruce Atchison Host : Paula B. Date : August 3, 2008 Running time: 46:33 File size: 22 megabytes Rating : G Contact Bruce at : batchison@mcsnet.ca Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:05:30 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-When-Youre-Visually-Impaired/BLOG/86376/30146.html PaulaB 2008-08-03T15:05:30Z Mike's Writers Network With freelance writer/author Bruce Atchison [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BRUCE ATCHISON MP3 HERE This week's guest reminds us that you don't have to be able to see to write. Bruce Atchison spent his formative years in the small Canadian city of Fort Saskatchewan. As a child, he was operated on for congenital cataracts and left with poor vision; in his teens, he got glaucoma. In spite of his extremely limited vision, he has had articles published in such widely divergent publications as New Age Journal , Monitoring Times , Spilled Milk , Teak Roundup , West Word , Absolute Write , Upper Room , Miquelon Lake Summer Times , Dialogue , and The Blindman Valley Horizon . Atchison's 2006 debut book, When a Man Loves a Rabbit (Learning and Living With Bunnies) is a memoir of his up-close-and-personal discoveries about rabbits and their private lives. His latest book, Deliverance From Jericho: Six Years in a Blind School , is a memoir that takes the reader behind the impressive facades and manicured lawns of a once-proud institution. Atchison lives in Radway, a hamlet located 95 kilometers northeast of Edmonton. He is currently working on a third book, How I Was Razed (and How I Found Authentic Christianity). He lives with his three opinionated house rabbits, Neutrino, Sierra, and Deborah. Please join Bruce Atchison and host Paula B. as they discuss: What it was like to write before personal computers arrived What his first computer was like, and how it changed his life What hardware and software he uses now How he deals with graphics and illustrations What advantage he enjoys that sighted writers can share in. Interviewee : Bruce Atchison Host : Paula B. Date : August 3, 2008 Running time: 46:33 File size: 22 megabytes Rating : G Contact Bruce at : batchison@mcsnet.ca nonadult false Podcast: Writing When You're Visually Impaired text blog 58 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 86376 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Writing-Plays/BLOG/82621/30146.html With playwright, author, director Alretha Thomas [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO ALRETHA THOMAS MP3 HERE Alretha Thomas' plays have received rave reviews. In this high-energy interview, we focus on two of them: a comedy, Reddie Maid Wife , and a drama, Sacrificing Simone . Author, playwright, producer, and director Alretha Thomas graduated from USC with a degree in journalism. She hoped to be the next Barbara Walters, but instead she discovered play writing. After penning more than a dozen plays for her church, she ventured out into the community with the NAACP-nominated A Shrine to Junior (2002), NAACP-award-winning Civil Rites (2004), critically acclaimed Grandpa's Truth (2006), and a play The Los Angeles Times called "an inspirational crowed pleaser," Sacrificing Simone (2007). Alretha recently published her first novel, Daughter Denied . Please join Alretha and host Paula B. as they discuss: What she writes about and why Where she starts when she sets out to write a play Why she uses mistaken identity in her work, and what challenges she faces in using that device Why her works include so many characters What she's learned in directing her own work (and that of others) How her acting background has affected her writing What her overall approach to playwriting is. After Alretha's interview, Jeff DeRego tells us why he hates fantasy. Interviewee : Alretha Thomas Host : Paula B. Date : July 20, 2008 Running time: 53:10 File size: 25 megabytes Rating : G Alretha's Web site : DaughterDenied.com With playwright, author, director Alretha Thomas [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO ALRETHA THOMAS MP3 HERE Alretha Thomas' plays have received rave reviews. In this high-energy interview, we focus on two of them: a comedy, Reddie Maid Wife , and a drama, Sacrificing Simone . Author, playwright, producer, and director Alretha Thomas graduated from USC with a degree in journalism. She hoped to be the next Barbara Walters, but instead she discovered play writing. After penning more than a dozen plays for her church, she ventured out into the community with the NAACP-nominated A Shrine to Junior (2002), NAACP-award-winning Civil Rites (2004), critically acclaimed Grandpa's Truth (2006), and a play The Los Angeles Times called "an inspirational crowed pleaser," Sacrificing Simone (2007). Alretha recently published her first novel, Daughter Denied . Please join Alretha and host Paula B. as they discuss: What she writes about and why Where she starts when she sets out to write a play Why she uses mistaken identity in her work, and what challenges she faces in using that device Why her works include so many characters What she's learned in directing her own work (and that of others) How her acting background has affected her writing What her overall approach to playwriting is. After Alretha's interview, Jeff DeRego tells us why he hates fantasy. Interviewee : Alretha Thomas Host : Paula B. Date : July 20, 2008 Running time: 53:10 File size: 25 megabytes Rating : G Alretha's Web site : DaughterDenied.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:13:18 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Writing-Plays/BLOG/82621/30146.html PaulaB 2008-07-20T15:13:18Z Mike's Writers Network With playwright, author, director Alretha Thomas [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO ALRETHA THOMAS MP3 HERE Alretha Thomas' plays have received rave reviews. In this high-energy interview, we focus on two of them: a comedy, Reddie Maid Wife , and a drama, Sacrificing Simone . Author, playwright, producer, and director Alretha Thomas graduated from USC with a degree in journalism. She hoped to be the next Barbara Walters, but instead she discovered play writing. After penning more than a dozen plays for her church, she ventured out into the community with the NAACP-nominated A Shrine to Junior (2002), NAACP-award-winning Civil Rites (2004), critically acclaimed Grandpa's Truth (2006), and a play The Los Angeles Times called "an inspirational crowed pleaser," Sacrificing Simone (2007). Alretha recently published her first novel, Daughter Denied . Please join Alretha and host Paula B. as they discuss: What she writes about and why Where she starts when she sets out to write a play Why she uses mistaken identity in her work, and what challenges she faces in using that device Why her works include so many characters What she's learned in directing her own work (and that of others) How her acting background has affected her writing What her overall approach to playwriting is. After Alretha's interview, Jeff DeRego tells us why he hates fantasy. Interviewee : Alretha Thomas Host : Paula B. Date : July 20, 2008 Running time: 53:10 File size: 25 megabytes Rating : G Alretha's Web site : DaughterDenied.com nonadult false Writing Plays text blog 89 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 82621 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Makeover-1/BLOG/80522/30146.html With freelance editor Ann Paden and writer Jim Nevling [image] [image] Ann Paden left; Jim Nevling DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO MAKEOVER #1 MP3 HERE With this podcast, we launch our new makeover series. In this fascinating and fun hands-on set of programs, our editors will critique and help you polish your work while The Writing Show community looks on. Everyone wins: writers get professional advice and encouragement; the community gets to see how it’s done, one step at a time. We start with writer Jim Nevling and the first chapter of his novel Burned . Editor Ann Paden critiques. Jim Nevling was born near Pittsburgh and moved to California when he was sixteen. After his U.S. Army service in Okinawa during the Viet Nam conflict, he worked in electronics, logistics, and contracts for the U.S. Navy. Late in his career he began his novel, Burned , which he recently completed. “The story was always there; now all I had to do was learn to write," he says. "Like most writers, I’m still learning.” Ann Paden is a writer and editor who worked as a manuscript editor for academic and commercial presses before becoming a feature writer for a national newspaper chain and later account manager for a Chicago-based advertising agency. Since 1990 Ann has worked as an independent writer specializing in business histories and as-told-to biographies and as an editor specializing in manuscript analysis and critique. Jim Nevling's original first chapter of Burned Ann Paden's critique Jim Nevling's revised first chapter Interviewees : Ann Paden and Jim Nevling Host : Paula B. Date : July 13, 2008 Running time: 01:10:33 File size: 34 megabytes Rating : G With freelance editor Ann Paden and writer Jim Nevling [image] [image] Ann Paden left; Jim Nevling DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO MAKEOVER #1 MP3 HERE With this podcast, we launch our new makeover series. In this fascinating and fun hands-on set of programs, our editors will critique and help you polish your work while The Writing Show community looks on. Everyone wins: writers get professional advice and encouragement; the community gets to see how it’s done, one step at a time. We start with writer Jim Nevling and the first chapter of his novel Burned . Editor Ann Paden critiques. Jim Nevling was born near Pittsburgh and moved to California when he was sixteen. After his U.S. Army service in Okinawa during the Viet Nam conflict, he worked in electronics, logistics, and contracts for the U.S. Navy. Late in his career he began his novel, Burned , which he recently completed. “The story was always there; now all I had to do was learn to write," he says. "Like most writers, I’m still learning.” Ann Paden is a writer and editor who worked as a manuscript editor for academic and commercial presses before becoming a feature writer for a national newspaper chain and later account manager for a Chicago-based advertising agency. Since 1990 Ann has worked as an independent writer specializing in business histories and as-told-to biographies and as an editor specializing in manuscript analysis and critique. Jim Nevling's original first chapter of Burned Ann Paden's critique Jim Nevling's revised first chapter Interviewees : Ann Paden and Jim Nevling Host : Paula B. Date : July 13, 2008 Running time: 01:10:33 File size: 34 megabytes Rating : G Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:01:59 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Makeover-1/BLOG/80522/30146.html PaulaB 2008-07-12T22:01:59Z Mike's Writers Network With freelance editor Ann Paden and writer Jim Nevling [image] [image] Ann Paden left; Jim Nevling DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO MAKEOVER #1 MP3 HERE With this podcast, we launch our new makeover series. In this fascinating and fun hands-on set of programs, our editors will critique and help you polish your work while The Writing Show community looks on. Everyone wins: writers get professional advice and encouragement; the community gets to see how it’s done, one step at a time. We start with writer Jim Nevling and the first chapter of his novel Burned . Editor Ann Paden critiques. Jim Nevling was born near Pittsburgh and moved to California when he was sixteen. After his U.S. Army service in Okinawa during the Viet Nam conflict, he worked in electronics, logistics, and contracts for the U.S. Navy. Late in his career he began his novel, Burned , which he recently completed. “The story was always there; now all I had to do was learn to write," he says. "Like most writers, I’m still learning.” Ann Paden is a writer and editor who worked as a manuscript editor for academic and commercial presses before becoming a feature writer for a national newspaper chain and later account manager for a Chicago-based advertising agency. Since 1990 Ann has worked as an independent writer specializing in business histories and as-told-to biographies and as an editor specializing in manuscript analysis and critique. Jim Nevling's original first chapter of Burned Ann Paden's critique Jim Nevling's revised first chapter Interviewees : Ann Paden and Jim Nevling Host : Paula B. Date : July 13, 2008 Running time: 01:10:33 File size: 34 megabytes Rating : G nonadult false Podcast: Writing Makeover #1 text blog 89 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 80522 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-The-Writers-Voice-The-Mystery-Excerpts-Identified/BLOG/76923/30146.html With Writing Show host Paula B. [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE WRITER'S VOICE EXCERPTS IDENTIFIED MP3 HERE On our March 16th show, I explained the importance of the writer's voice and read 14 examples of distinctive voices from well-known authors. Now I reveal the identities of the mystery authors and the names of their works. Interviewee/host : Paula Berinstein Date : June 29, 2008 Running time: 17:18 File size: 9 megabytes Rating : Mentions of sex and drugs With Writing Show host Paula B. [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE WRITER'S VOICE EXCERPTS IDENTIFIED MP3 HERE On our March 16th show, I explained the importance of the writer's voice and read 14 examples of distinctive voices from well-known authors. Now I reveal the identities of the mystery authors and the names of their works. Interviewee/host : Paula Berinstein Date : June 29, 2008 Running time: 17:18 File size: 9 megabytes Rating : Mentions of sex and drugs Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:55:47 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-The-Writers-Voice-The-Mystery-Excerpts-Identified/BLOG/76923/30146.html PaulaB 2008-06-29T15:55:47Z Mike's Writers Network With Writing Show host Paula B. [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE WRITER'S VOICE EXCERPTS IDENTIFIED MP3 HERE On our March 16th show, I explained the importance of the writer's voice and read 14 examples of distinctive voices from well-known authors. Now I reveal the identities of the mystery authors and the names of their works. Interviewee/host : Paula Berinstein Date : June 29, 2008 Running time: 17:18 File size: 9 megabytes Rating : Mentions of sex and drugs nonadult false Podcast: The Writer's Voice: The Mystery Excerpts Identified text blog 118 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 76923 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Getting-Published-with-Jean-Tennant-Episode-8/BLOG/76248/30146.html RSS Link With author Jean Tennant [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO GETTING PUBLISHED WITH JEAN TENNANT, EPISODE 8 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 1 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 2 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 3 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 4 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 5 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 6 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 7 HERE READ JEAN’S PROLOGUE HERE READ CHAPTER 1 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE READ CHAPTER 2 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE READ JEAN’S AGENT QUERY LETTER HERE READ JEAN’S REJECTION LETTER HERE READ JEAN’S REWRITTEN CHAPTER 1 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE Since September of 2006, we’ve been following Jean as she attempts to find an agent to represent her intergenerational novel Karaoke Nights at the Twilight Lounge . In episode 8, we hear what Jean is going to do about Karaoke Nights , which has not garnered interest from agents. We find out how her children's picture book turned out and learn that she's changed her mind about self-publishing--something she never thought she'd do. We invite you to offer your feedback on Jean’s work by writing to Paula B. at paula@writingshow.com. Or, stop by Jean’s Web site and give her an atta girl. Interviewee : Jean Tennant Host : Paula B Date : June 26, 2008 Running time: 52:13 File size: 25 megabytes Rating: G Jean Tennant’s Web sites: JeanTennant.com; Midwest Writer RSS Link With author Jean Tennant [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO GETTING PUBLISHED WITH JEAN TENNANT, EPISODE 8 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 1 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 2 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 3 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 4 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 5 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 6 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 7 HERE READ JEAN’S PROLOGUE HERE READ CHAPTER 1 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE READ CHAPTER 2 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE READ JEAN’S AGENT QUERY LETTER HERE READ JEAN’S REJECTION LETTER HERE READ JEAN’S REWRITTEN CHAPTER 1 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE Since September of 2006, we’ve been following Jean as she attempts to find an agent to represent her intergenerational novel Karaoke Nights at the Twilight Lounge . In episode 8, we hear what Jean is going to do about Karaoke Nights , which has not garnered interest from agents. We find out how her children's picture book turned out and learn that she's changed her mind about self-publishing--something she never thought she'd do. We invite you to offer your feedback on Jean’s work by writing to Paula B. at paula@writingshow.com. Or, stop by Jean’s Web site and give her an atta girl. Interviewee : Jean Tennant Host : Paula B Date : June 26, 2008 Running time: 52:13 File size: 25 megabytes Rating: G Jean Tennant’s Web sites: JeanTennant.com; Midwest Writer Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:10:48 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Getting-Published-with-Jean-Tennant-Episode-8/BLOG/76248/30146.html PaulaB 2008-06-26T14:10:48Z Mike's Writers Network RSS Link With author Jean Tennant [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO GETTING PUBLISHED WITH JEAN TENNANT, EPISODE 8 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 1 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 2 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 3 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 4 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 5 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 6 HERE LISTEN TO EPISODE 7 HERE READ JEAN’S PROLOGUE HERE READ CHAPTER 1 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE READ CHAPTER 2 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE READ JEAN’S AGENT QUERY LETTER HERE READ JEAN’S REJECTION LETTER HERE READ JEAN’S REWRITTEN CHAPTER 1 OF KARAOKE NIGHTS AT THE TWILIGHT LOUNGE HERE Since September of 2006, we’ve been following Jean as she attempts to find an agent to represent her intergenerational novel Karaoke Nights at the Twilight Lounge . In episode 8, we hear what Jean is going to do about Karaoke Nights , which has not garnered interest from agents. We find out how her children's picture book turned out and learn that she's changed her mind about self-publishing--something she never thought she'd do. We invite you to offer your feedback on Jean’s work by writing to Paula B. at paula@writingshow.com. Or, stop by Jean’s Web site and give her an atta girl. Interviewee : Jean Tennant Host : Paula B Date : June 26, 2008 Running time: 52:13 File size: 25 megabytes Rating: G Jean Tennant’s Web sites: JeanTennant.com; Midwest Writer nonadult false Podcast: Getting Published, with Jean Tennant: Episode 8 text blog 99 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 76248 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Popularizing-Science/BLOG/68718/30146.html RSS Link With Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, author of The Physics of NASCAR [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO DIANDRA NASCAR MP3 HERE Many people think science is irrelevant to their daily lives. This week's guest has a surprise for them. A group of racecars piloted by the best drivers in NASCAR is turning a corner. Without warning, one of the cars suddenly hits the outside wall. None of the cars touched, there were no engine failures or flat tires. What happened? This is the question that sparked Diandra Leslie-Pelecky’s interest in the science of NASCAR. Finding the answers to this and other questions took the University of Nebraska, Lincoln professor from behind the scenes at top race shops to the asphalt at Texas Motor Speedway. With exclusive access to the inner workings of NASCAR teams, she brings the science of NASCAR to fans using engaging, high-octane prose. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky is Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas and a nationally recognized researcher in magnetic nanomaterials. Her work focuses on a fundamental understanding of magnetic materials and the application of those materials to medical diagnosis and treatment. Professor Leslie-Pelecky is nationally recognized for her work in science education for K-12 schools, future science teachers, and the public. She has directed educational projects funded in excess of $4 million and is developing materials on NASCAR science for middle and high schools. Professor Leslie-Pelecky is married to physicist and educator Robert Hilborn. Although they remain officially neutral, their two cats, Chaos and Vector, cheer for the 22 car. Their dog, Darwin (a hound dog mutt) is an Elliott Sadler fan. Please join Diandra Leslie-Pelecky and Paula B. as they explore: Why anyone should care about the physics of auto racing What kinds of science she covers Why she inserted herself into the book How she keeps readers engaged How she documented everything she saw as she did her research How it felt to drive a race car Whether she financed her own travel How being on the front page of The New York Times has changed her life. Interviewee : Diandra Leslie-Pelecky Host : Paula B. Date : June 22, 2008 Running time: 59:35 File size: 28 megabytes Rating : G Diandra Leslie-Pelecky's Web site : Stock Car Science RSS Link With Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, author of The Physics of NASCAR [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO DIANDRA NASCAR MP3 HERE Many people think science is irrelevant to their daily lives. This week's guest has a surprise for them. A group of racecars piloted by the best drivers in NASCAR is turning a corner. Without warning, one of the cars suddenly hits the outside wall. None of the cars touched, there were no engine failures or flat tires. What happened? This is the question that sparked Diandra Leslie-Pelecky’s interest in the science of NASCAR. Finding the answers to this and other questions took the University of Nebraska, Lincoln professor from behind the scenes at top race shops to the asphalt at Texas Motor Speedway. With exclusive access to the inner workings of NASCAR teams, she brings the science of NASCAR to fans using engaging, high-octane prose. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky is Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas and a nationally recognized researcher in magnetic nanomaterials. Her work focuses on a fundamental understanding of magnetic materials and the application of those materials to medical diagnosis and treatment. Professor Leslie-Pelecky is nationally recognized for her work in science education for K-12 schools, future science teachers, and the public. She has directed educational projects funded in excess of $4 million and is developing materials on NASCAR science for middle and high schools. Professor Leslie-Pelecky is married to physicist and educator Robert Hilborn. Although they remain officially neutral, their two cats, Chaos and Vector, cheer for the 22 car. Their dog, Darwin (a hound dog mutt) is an Elliott Sadler fan. Please join Diandra Leslie-Pelecky and Paula B. as they explore: Why anyone should care about the physics of auto racing What kinds of science she covers Why she inserted herself into the book How she keeps readers engaged How she documented everything she saw as she did her research How it felt to drive a race car Whether she financed her own travel How being on the front page of The New York Times has changed her life. Interviewee : Diandra Leslie-Pelecky Host : Paula B. Date : June 22, 2008 Running time: 59:35 File size: 28 megabytes Rating : G Diandra Leslie-Pelecky's Web site : Stock Car Science Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:01:57 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Popularizing-Science/BLOG/68718/30146.html PaulaB 2008-06-22T15:01:57Z Mike's Writers Network RSS Link With Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, author of The Physics of NASCAR [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO DIANDRA NASCAR MP3 HERE Many people think science is irrelevant to their daily lives. This week's guest has a surprise for them. A group of racecars piloted by the best drivers in NASCAR is turning a corner. Without warning, one of the cars suddenly hits the outside wall. None of the cars touched, there were no engine failures or flat tires. What happened? This is the question that sparked Diandra Leslie-Pelecky’s interest in the science of NASCAR. Finding the answers to this and other questions took the University of Nebraska, Lincoln professor from behind the scenes at top race shops to the asphalt at Texas Motor Speedway. With exclusive access to the inner workings of NASCAR teams, she brings the science of NASCAR to fans using engaging, high-octane prose. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky is Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Dallas and a nationally recognized researcher in magnetic nanomaterials. Her work focuses on a fundamental understanding of magnetic materials and the application of those materials to medical diagnosis and treatment. Professor Leslie-Pelecky is nationally recognized for her work in science education for K-12 schools, future science teachers, and the public. She has directed educational projects funded in excess of $4 million and is developing materials on NASCAR science for middle and high schools. Professor Leslie-Pelecky is married to physicist and educator Robert Hilborn. Although they remain officially neutral, their two cats, Chaos and Vector, cheer for the 22 car. Their dog, Darwin (a hound dog mutt) is an Elliott Sadler fan. Please join Diandra Leslie-Pelecky and Paula B. as they explore: Why anyone should care about the physics of auto racing What kinds of science she covers Why she inserted herself into the book How she keeps readers engaged How she documented everything she saw as she did her research How it felt to drive a race car Whether she financed her own travel How being on the front page of The New York Times has changed her life. Interviewee : Diandra Leslie-Pelecky Host : Paula B. Date : June 22, 2008 Running time: 59:35 File size: 28 megabytes Rating : G Diandra Leslie-Pelecky's Web site : Stock Car Science nonadult false Podcast: Popularizing Science text blog 67 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 68718 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-to-Inspire/BLOG/64898/30146.html RSS Link With Dr. Paul Bernstein, author of Courage to Heal: A Novel [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO PAUL BERNSTEIN MP3 HERE This week's guest has been so inspired by the life and accomplishments of one man that he wrote a book about him. Courage to Heal is the fictionalized account of the life of Dr. Sidney Garfield, who changed medicine forever. Dr. Paul Bernstein is chief of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and the regional chief in Southern California. He is also assistant clinical professor at the University of California at San Diego Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He started the Kaiser Permanente Historical Society to preserve the organization's history and culture. Dr. Bernstein's novels have won numerous awards, including first place in the San Diego Book Awards and the Hannah Fiction Award at the Asilomar Writers’ Conference. He has appeared as a medical expert on "Good Morning America" and San Diego television and was featured on the cover of MD magazine. With his wife Judith and son Clifford, Dr. Bernstein mentors and provides support for several young Sudanese refugees. Please join Paul Bernstein and host Paula B. as they discuss: Why he wrote Sidney Garfield's true story as fiction Why he wrote it in the first person How he did his research Whether he stayed perfectly true to the facts Why most of the book is dialogue What U.S. medicine was like in the 1940s and why Dr. Garfield had to fight so hard to change it. Interviewee : Paul Bernstein Host : Paula B. Date : June 8, 2008 Running time: 54:03 File size: 26 megabytes Rating : G Paul Bernstein's Web site : Courage to Heal RSS Link With Dr. Paul Bernstein, author of Courage to Heal: A Novel [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO PAUL BERNSTEIN MP3 HERE This week's guest has been so inspired by the life and accomplishments of one man that he wrote a book about him. Courage to Heal is the fictionalized account of the life of Dr. Sidney Garfield, who changed medicine forever. Dr. Paul Bernstein is chief of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and the regional chief in Southern California. He is also assistant clinical professor at the University of California at San Diego Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He started the Kaiser Permanente Historical Society to preserve the organization's history and culture. Dr. Bernstein's novels have won numerous awards, including first place in the San Diego Book Awards and the Hannah Fiction Award at the Asilomar Writers’ Conference. He has appeared as a medical expert on "Good Morning America" and San Diego television and was featured on the cover of MD magazine. With his wife Judith and son Clifford, Dr. Bernstein mentors and provides support for several young Sudanese refugees. Please join Paul Bernstein and host Paula B. as they discuss: Why he wrote Sidney Garfield's true story as fiction Why he wrote it in the first person How he did his research Whether he stayed perfectly true to the facts Why most of the book is dialogue What U.S. medicine was like in the 1940s and why Dr. Garfield had to fight so hard to change it. Interviewee : Paul Bernstein Host : Paula B. Date : June 8, 2008 Running time: 54:03 File size: 26 megabytes Rating : G Paul Bernstein's Web site : Courage to Heal Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:38:26 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-to-Inspire/BLOG/64898/30146.html PaulaB 2008-06-08T16:38:26Z Mike's Writers Network RSS Link With Dr. Paul Bernstein, author of Courage to Heal: A Novel [image] DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO PAUL BERNSTEIN MP3 HERE This week's guest has been so inspired by the life and accomplishments of one man that he wrote a book about him. Courage to Heal is the fictionalized account of the life of Dr. Sidney Garfield, who changed medicine forever. Dr. Paul Bernstein is chief of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and the regional chief in Southern California. He is also assistant clinical professor at the University of California at San Diego Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He started the Kaiser Permanente Historical Society to preserve the organization's history and culture. Dr. Bernstein's novels have won numerous awards, including first place in the San Diego Book Awards and the Hannah Fiction Award at the Asilomar Writers’ Conference. He has appeared as a medical expert on "Good Morning America" and San Diego television and was featured on the cover of MD magazine. With his wife Judith and son Clifford, Dr. Bernstein mentors and provides support for several young Sudanese refugees. Please join Paul Bernstein and host Paula B. as they discuss: Why he wrote Sidney Garfield's true story as fiction Why he wrote it in the first person How he did his research Whether he stayed perfectly true to the facts Why most of the book is dialogue What U.S. medicine was like in the 1940s and why Dr. Garfield had to fight so hard to change it. Interviewee : Paul Bernstein Host : Paula B. Date : June 8, 2008 Running time: 54:03 File size: 26 megabytes Rating : G Paul Bernstein's Web site : Courage to Heal nonadult false Podcast: Writing to Inspire text blog 73 0 0.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 64898 2364513 Member 0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Short/BLOG/62911/30146.html With journalist Michelle V. Rafter and colleagues from LinkedIn [image] Michelle Rafter [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] From left: Doreen Dvorin, Alan Eggleston, Bill Hinchberger (photo credit David Willard), David Howard, and Walter Glenn Not shown: Joanne Mason and Kent Oswald DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO WRITING SHORT MP3 HERE This show came about in an unconventional way. Journalist Michelle V. Rafter had posted an open question on business network LinkedIn: "For freelancers, reporters and other non-fiction types: how do you write short?" The answers she got were so impressive that we thought, "This would make a great show!" And it does. Michelle's commentary and her responders' tips comprise this brief but pithy podcast full of great techniques for "writing short." Michelle Vranizan Rafter is a Portland, Oregon, freelance writer covering technology, workplace issues, and business. Her current clients include Inc. magazine's tech Web site, IncTechnology.com; Workforce Management ; and Oregon Business . She's written for The Los Angeles Times , The Chicago Tribune , The Industry Standard , Internet World , and Reuters, and was previously a staff writer at The Orange County Register . Rafter started a blog called WordCount in September 2007 to dish about freelance writing in the 21st century. The other participants are: Doreen Dvorin, a writer by trade and a problem solver by inclination. Her advertising career includes "...all the right agencies; all the right awards" and she's not stopping yet. Doreen established what was the most successful copywriting program in the country and believes her 15 years of teaching is merely an extension of her work. Alan Eggleston, a Web writer and editor from Michigan with a love of words and a passion for brevity. He learned his craft during more than 10 years writing for the Internet and more than 20 years writing for print. Walter Glenn, who has been working in the computer industry for 20 years and writing for 10. He has a degree in literature from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the city in which he works as a consultant, trainer, and award-winning writer. Bill Hinchberger, a native Californian who's been working as a journalist in Brazil since 1986. A former correspondent in Brazil for The Financial Times , Business Week , Advertising Age , and Variety , he now contributes to publications like ARTnews , Metropolis , National Wildlife , and Science as well as The Brazil Reader anthology (Duke University Press) and The Green Globe Yearbook 1993 (Oxford University Press). David Howard, a technology marketing consultant and writer in the San Francisco Bay area, focused on helping young technology companies grow. Freelance writer Joanne Mason, who lives in Massachusetts and has published essays in the Boston Sunday Globe , Field Notes , and Verbatim . Kent Oswald, a book and magazine editor currently freelancing as a writer (tennisweek.com; Draft magazine; U.S. Airways Magazine , etc.), as well as producing Whinydad.com. Interviewee : Michelle Rafter Host : Paula B. Date : June 1, 2008 Running time: 34:22 File size: 17 megabytes Rating : G Michelle Rafter's Web site : Word Count Doreen Dvorin's Web site : CreativeHotlist.com/DDvorin Alan Eggleston's Web site : E-Messenger-Consulting.com Walter Glenn's Web site : WalterGlenn.com Bill Hinchberger's Web site : BrazilMax.com David Howard's Web site : Consultiq Joanne Mason's Web site : JoanneMason.com Kent Oswald's Web site : WhinyDad.com With journalist Michelle V. Rafter and colleagues from LinkedIn [image] Michelle Rafter [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] From left: Doreen Dvorin, Alan Eggleston, Bill Hinchberger (photo credit David Willard), David Howard, and Walter Glenn Not shown: Joanne Mason and Kent Oswald DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO WRITING SHORT MP3 HERE This show came about in an unconventional way. Journalist Michelle V. Rafter had posted an open question on business network LinkedIn: "For freelancers, reporters and other non-fiction types: how do you write short?" The answers she got were so impressive that we thought, "This would make a great show!" And it does. Michelle's commentary and her responders' tips comprise this brief but pithy podcast full of great techniques for "writing short." Michelle Vranizan Rafter is a Portland, Oregon, freelance writer covering technology, workplace issues, and business. Her current clients include Inc. magazine's tech Web site, IncTechnology.com; Workforce Management ; and Oregon Business . She's written for The Los Angeles Times , The Chicago Tribune , The Industry Standard , Internet World , and Reuters, and was previously a staff writer at The Orange County Register . Rafter started a blog called WordCount in September 2007 to dish about freelance writing in the 21st century. The other participants are: Doreen Dvorin, a writer by trade and a problem solver by inclination. Her advertising career includes "...all the right agencies; all the right awards" and she's not stopping yet. Doreen established what was the most successful copywriting program in the country and believes her 15 years of teaching is merely an extension of her work. Alan Eggleston, a Web writer and editor from Michigan with a love of words and a passion for brevity. He learned his craft during more than 10 years writing for the Internet and more than 20 years writing for print. Walter Glenn, who has been working in the computer industry for 20 years and writing for 10. He has a degree in literature from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the city in which he works as a consultant, trainer, and award-winning writer. Bill Hinchberger, a native Californian who's been working as a journalist in Brazil since 1986. A former correspondent in Brazil for The Financial Times , Business Week , Advertising Age , and Variety , he now contributes to publications like ARTnews , Metropolis , National Wildlife , and Science as well as The Brazil Reader anthology (Duke University Press) and The Green Globe Yearbook 1993 (Oxford University Press). David Howard, a technology marketing consultant and writer in the San Francisco Bay area, focused on helping young technology companies grow. Freelance writer Joanne Mason, who lives in Massachusetts and has published essays in the Boston Sunday Globe , Field Notes , and Verbatim . Kent Oswald, a book and magazine editor currently freelancing as a writer (tennisweek.com; Draft magazine; U.S. Airways Magazine , etc.), as well as producing Whinydad.com. Interviewee : Michelle Rafter Host : Paula B. Date : June 1, 2008 Running time: 34:22 File size: 17 megabytes Rating : G Michelle Rafter's Web site : Word Count Doreen Dvorin's Web site : CreativeHotlist.com/DDvorin Alan Eggleston's Web site : E-Messenger-Consulting.com Walter Glenn's Web site : WalterGlenn.com Bill Hinchberger's Web site : BrazilMax.com David Howard's Web site : Consultiq Joanne Mason's Web site : JoanneMason.com Kent Oswald's Web site : WhinyDad.com Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:10:45 GMT http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Podcast-Writing-Short/BLOG/62911/30146.html PaulaB 2008-06-01T15:10:45Z Mike's Writers Network With journalist Michelle V. Rafter and colleagues from LinkedIn [image] Michelle Rafter [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] From left: Doreen Dvorin, Alan Eggleston, Bill Hinchberger (photo credit David Willard), David Howard, and Walter Glenn Not shown: Joanne Mason and Kent Oswald DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO WRITING SHORT MP3 HERE This show came about in an unconventional way. Journalist Michelle V. Rafter had posted an open question on business network LinkedIn: "For freelancers, reporters and other non-fiction types: how do you write short?" The answers she got were so impressive that we thought, "This would make a great show!" And it does. Michelle's commentary and her responders' tips comprise this brief but pithy podcast full of great techniques for "writing short." Michelle Vranizan Rafter is a Portland, Oregon, freelance writer covering technology, workplace issues, and business. Her current clients include Inc. magazine's tech Web site, IncTechnology.com; Workforce Management ; and Oregon Business . She's written for The Los Angeles Times , The Chicago Tribune , The Industry Standard , Internet World , and Reuters, and was previously a staff writer at The Orange County Register . Rafter started a blog called WordCount in September 2007 to dish about freelance writing in the 21st century. The other participants are: Doreen Dvorin, a writer by trade and a problem solver by inclination. Her advertising career includes "...all the right agencies; all the right awards" and she's not stopping yet. Doreen established what was the most successful copywriting program in the country and believes her 15 years of teaching is merely an extension of her work. Alan Eggleston, a Web writer and editor from Michigan with a love of words and a passion for brevity. He learned his craft during more than 10 years writing for the Internet and more than 20 years writing for print. Walter Glenn, who has been working in the computer industry for 20 years and writing for 10. He has a degree in literature from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the city in which he works as a consultant, trainer, and award-winning writer. Bill Hinchberger, a native Californian who's been working as a journalist in Brazil since 1986. A former correspondent in Brazil for The Financial Times , Business Week , Advertising Age , and Variety , he now contributes to publications like ARTnews , Metropolis , National Wildlife , and Science as well as The Brazil Reader anthology (Duke University Press) and The Green Globe Yearbook 1993 (Oxford University Press). David Howard, a technology marketing consultant and writer in the San Francisco Bay area, focused on helping young technology companies grow. Freelance writer Joanne Mason, who lives in Massachusetts and has published essays in the Boston Sunday Globe , Field Notes , and Verbatim . Kent Oswald, a book and magazine editor currently freelancing as a writer (tennisweek.com; Draft magazine; U.S. Airways Magazine , etc.), as well as producing Whinydad.com. Interviewee : Michelle Rafter Host : Paula B. Date : June 1, 2008 Running time: 34:22 File size: 17 megabytes Rating : G Michelle Rafter's Web site : Word Count Doreen Dvorin's Web site : CreativeHotlist.com/DDvorin Alan Eggleston's Web site : E-Messenger-Consulting.com Walter Glenn's Web site : WalterGlenn.com Bill Hinchberger's Web site : BrazilMax.com David Howard's Web site : Consultiq Joanne Mason's Web site : JoanneMason.com Kent Oswald's Web site : WhinyDad.com nonadult false Podcast: Writing Short text blog 91 1 5.0 http://affiliate.kickapps.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2364513&as=30146 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/30146/photos/PHOTO_1207967_30146_2364513_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 62911 2364513 Member 0