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The Writer's Chair is your all-access seat to honest conversations about writing, craft, and the creative life.
Hosted by author, publisher, and podcaster Daniel Willcocks, each episode pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to build a writing life — from the first draft to the finished book, and everything in between. Whether you write horror, thriller, literary fiction, or something that defies a label, this is a show about the work. The doubt. The discipline. The long road of making something worth reading.
Expect raw truths, hard-won lessons, and the kind of unfiltered conversation that only happens when writers talk honestly about what this life really looks like.
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Building an Audience So Good That Publishers Come to You with CLARE SAGER
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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The Right Reader, the Right Offer, the Right Way with JOHNNY B. TRUANT
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Writing a Novel a Year, Every Year with CATHERINE CAVENDISH
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Every Book You Love Survived Hundreds of Rejections with AXL MALTON
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Seven Drafts in Two Years, One Draft in Twelve Weeks with ALEX HUNTER
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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After Four Years of Digital Marketing, We're Changing Everything — Here's Why with R.P. HOWLEY
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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The Novel That Took 16 Years and a Dozen Drafts to Get Right with JASPER BARK
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Say It Quicker, Say It Better: The Screenwriting Trick That Fixed His Prose with DAN HOWARTH
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Championing Indie Horror and Why Anyone Can Find Their People with KAYLEIGH DOBBS (Happy Goat Horror)
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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High-End Pulp and Why Dean Koontz Deserves More Credit with DAN SOULE
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May 29, 2026 |
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F**k Fear! Jack Ketchum's Two Words That Changed Everything with JONATHAN JANZ
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May 22, 2026 |
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Splatterpunk, Heavy Metal, and Women Who Are Not Ladylike with JULIE HINER
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May 08, 2026 |
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An Artist Is Someone Who Finishes with JOSH MALERMAN
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Why Atmosphere Beats Gore: Writing Horror That Stays With You with C.M. Forest
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Writing the Algorithm: Social Media, Obsession, and Horror That Hits Home with Matt Serafini
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Building a Sustainable Horror Press: Gatekeepers, Quality and the Long Game with Jennifer Barnes
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Writing Speculative Fiction: Genre, Craft, and Finding Your Story with Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Writing Horror on Your Own Terms: Independence, Obsession, and Craft with David Sodergren
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Exploring Fear, Fame, and the Heart of Modern Horror with Paul Tremblay
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Building a Horror Writing Career: Community, Craft, and Staying Sane Online with Tim Lebbon
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Building Twisted Tales in Public: Process, Pressure, and the Long Game with R.P. Howley and Daniel Willcocks
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Writing Weird Horror: Dream Logic, Cults, and Defying Genre with James Kennedy
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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What Ten Years of Writing Really Teaches You with Luke Kondor and Daniel Willcocks
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Human Monsters, Viral Horror and Writing Queer Darkness with Eric LaRocca
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Writing Dark Comedy, Horror and Heart with Michael David Wilson
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Writing Historical Horror: Research, Realism and Reader Trust with J.D. Parker
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Building a Horror Series: Co-Writing, Brand, and Long-Term Thinking with Twisted Tales
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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The Power of Short Horror Fiction: Craft, Rejection, and Community with The Earth Bleeds at Night
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Writing Visceral Horror: Disgust, Emotion, and Craft with Nick Cutter
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Welcome to the Writers Chair Podcast
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Jul 29, 2025 |