Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!
By Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due | Realm
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Authors and screenwriters Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due (and guests!) on writing, the writer's life, Hollywood, the work/family balance and relationships - the tools writers need to make themselves the heroes/heroines of their own story. - LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) - Join our MAILING LIST at www.lifewritingweekly.com
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Best of Lifewriting - Nisi Shawl! (Kinning, Everfair) On Friendship with Octavia E. Butler
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May 19, 2024 |
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"So Be It! See To It!" Success Hacks for Writers
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May 12, 2024 |
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Guest Brent Lambert! (On A Necessary Chaos and Worldbuilding)
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May 05, 2024 |
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Guest David Dastmalchian! (Late Night with the Devil)
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Best of Lifewriting: Leigh Bardugo! (The Familiar, Hell Bent, Ninth House)
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Kat and Jazz from "Girl, That's Scary!" Podcast
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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The Black Guy Dies First! Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman & Mark H. Harris
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Guest Erin E. Adams! (Jackal, The Black Girl Survives in This One)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Guest Jonathan Janz! (Children of the Dark)
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Guest Lamar Giles! Ruin Road - On Writing YA (Horror)
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Guest Alma Katsu! (The Hunger, Red London) - On Genre Jumping
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Best of Lifewriting: LeVar Burton!
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Guest Joe Hill! (The Black Phone, The Fireman, NOS4A2)
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Best of Lifewriting: Horror Noire and Adaptation! (Victor LaValle and Stephanie Malia Morris)
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Marc Bernardin! (Star Wars: Mace Windu)
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Cynthia Pelayo! (The Shoemaker's Magician)
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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On Addressing Feedback Without Losing Your Way
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Guest Shane Hawk! - Never Whistle At Night (Indigenous Horror)
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Hollywood Horror Stories!
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Ezra Claytan Daniels! (The People Under the Stairs & Upgrade Soul)
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Best of Lifewriting: Make Your Short Film! (Guest Luchina Fisher)
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Guest Linda D. Addison! (On Befriending Your Demons)
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Our 102nd Episode Celebration!
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Guest Aaron Covington! (CREED)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Guest Daniel Kraus! (Whalefall)
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting: On Fighting Fear!
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Guest Silvia Moreno-Garcia! (Mexican Gothic, Silver Nitrate)
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Guests Omar Epps and Clarence A. Haynes! (NUBIA: The Reckoning)
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting: The Writers' Room Survival Guide! (Niceole Levy)
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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On Tananarive's Novel THE REFORMATORY - and Turning Heartache to Horror
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Our Favorite Horror Movies of 2023!
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Horror Movies You Should Watch (Or Rewatch) for Spooky Season!
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Guest Zakiya Dalila Harris! (The Other Black Girl)
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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The End of the WGA Strike! (And how the WGA's gains affect us all)
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Secrets to Writing Great Science Fiction!
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Guest Stephen Graham Jones! (The Only Good Indians, Don't Fear the Reaper)
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Guest Hilliard Guess! On the WGA Strike & Coping With Stress
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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It's Spooky Season! Secrets to Writing Great Horror
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Guest Gabino Iglesias! (The Devil Takes You Home: Bram Stoker Award winner)
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Guest Leigh Bardugo! (Six of Crows, Shadow and Bone, Hell Bent)
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Guest Nalo Hopkinson!
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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On Building Better Characters - And a Better Life!
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting: Guest Rodney Barnes! (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty)
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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A.I. and the Writer 2.0! - Guest Robert Vamosi
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Surviving in the Arts! Guest Kevin Grevioux (Underworld)
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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A.I. and the Writer!
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting: How to Murder Writer's Block In Its Sleep!
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Guest Zack Stentz! (X-Men: First Class, Fringe) - On Bouncing Back & the WGA Strike
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Horrors in Hollywood - Guest Maureen Ryan! (Burn It Down)
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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On Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse & the Joy of Inclusivity (Spoiler free!)
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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On Keeping Your Creative Fire Alive During the Storms
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Sheree Renée Thomas (Janelle Monáe's THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN)
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May 28, 2023 |
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Guest Cheo Hodari Coker! (Luke Cage, Creed II) & the WGA Strike
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May 21, 2023 |
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On the WGA strike, community for writers - and Clarion West!
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May 14, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting: Surviving Disappointment and Rejection!
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May 07, 2023 |
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Guest Naomi Ekperigin! On Horror and Comedy
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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On Tananarive's New Book - The Wishing Pool and Other Stories!
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Guest Victor LaValle! (Lone Women) - And Bringing The Changeling to TV!
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Guest Roy Wood, Jr.! (The Daily Show)
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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On Balancing Work, Art and Life!
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Guest Nisi Shawl! On New Suns 2 and her friendship with Octavia E. Butler
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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On Hauntings and Horror! Guest Johnny Compton - The Spite House
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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On the Power of a Mastermind Group (Lessons from TV Writers Rooms)
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Guest Ashley C. Ford! (Somebody's Daughter) - On Horror and Writing a Memoir
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Story is Story! On Creative Flexibility
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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On Breaking Into TV Writing! (Guest Al Letson)
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting - How to Collaborate Without Killing Each Other!
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting: A Deep Dive into Jordan Peele's NOPE!
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Guest Paul G. Tremblay on Getting Adapted (Knock at the Cabin)
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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On Staying Centered When Life Gets Busy
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Best of Lifewriting: Akela Cooper! (M3GAN, MALIGNANT, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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One Year Anniversary! And Making Your Short Film (Guest Luchina Fisher)
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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On Fighting for Your Dreams in 2023
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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On KINDRED'S Journey to the Screen! Guest: Executive Producer Courtney Lee-Mitchell
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Octavia E. Butler On Writing (Excerpts from our 2000 interview!)
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Behind the Scenes at the KINDRED Premiere (and a clip of Octavia E. Butler!)
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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On Fighting Fear!
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Patton Oswalt Returns! (I Love My Dad)
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Best of Lifewriting: The Soulmate Process!
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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On Anticipating Octavia Butler's KINDRED on TV - Guest Monica A. Coleman
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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On Keeping it Short! (The Joy and Power of Short Stories and Short Scripts)
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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On the 10th Anniversary of Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw (Guest: Win Rosenfeld, president)
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Horror Movies You Must Watch (Or Rewatch) for Spooky Season!
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Guest: Elvira!!! (Cassandra Peterson - Yours Cruelly, Elvira)
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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On the Legacy of Jim Henson! And Creative Couples (Craig Shemin & Stephanie D'Abruzzo!)
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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The Writers' Room Survival Guide (Guest Niceole Levy!)
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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A deep dive into The Woman King!!! (Mostly* spoiler free)
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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LeVar Burton! (Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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On THE KEEPER & Turning Disappointment into Triumph (Guest: Illustrator Marco Finnegan)
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Best of Lifewriting - Guest Bryan Fuller! (Hannibal, Queer for Fear)
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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On 2022 and the Rise of Marginalized Horror!
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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A Deep Dive into the Impact of Losing T'Challa (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Remembering Nichelle Nichols - Guest Ernest Dickerson! (The Walking Dead, Surviving the Game)
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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A Deep Dive Into Jordan Peele's NOPE (spoilers!)
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Guest: Reginald Hudlin! (Boomerang, DC's Milestones in History comic)
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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On NOPE (no spoilers) - and clips from our Jordan Peele Interview in 2018!
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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On Why Writers Should Study Acting (and Improv!) - with Colette Freedman
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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On Surviving Disappointment and Rejection
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Guest: Daniel José Older! (Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadowshaper)
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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On The Soulmate Process!
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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David Gerrold! (Star Trek's "The Trouble with Tribbles," Hugo winner)
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Tananarive Had COVID! On Writing When You Don't Feel Your Best
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Best of Lifewriting: N.K. Jemisin!
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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On Fighting Stress
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May 29, 2022 |
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Akela Cooper! (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Malignant)
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May 22, 2022 |
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Story is Story! On Creative Flexibility
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May 15, 2022 |
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Sheree Renée Thomas! (Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian)
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May 08, 2022 |
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How to Murder Writer's Block in its Sleep
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May 01, 2022 |
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Nalo Hopkinson! (The Sandman Universe and Skin Folk)
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Octavia E. Butler on Writing (From our 2000 recorded interview!)
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Rachel True! (The Craft & True Heart Intuitive Tarot)
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Hollywood Horror Stories!
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Rodney Barnes! ("Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty")
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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The Battle Over Outlines: Buzzkill or Game Changer?
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Special Guest: Bryan Fuller! ("Hannibal")
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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What's Up, Pitches? Talking Your Way Into Hollywood
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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How Comics Can Change the World - Guests Charles Johnson, John Jennings & Bryan Moss
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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How to Collaborate Without Killing Each Other
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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On Horror Noire - Special Guests: Victor LaValle & Stephanie Malia Morris!
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Special Guest: N.K. Jemisin!
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Entering "The Twilight Zone"
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Special Guest: Patton Oswalt!
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Special Guest: Roy Wood, Jr.!
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Virgin Voyage
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Jan 09, 2022 |