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Nina LaCour just finished her fourth YA novel when we sat down to talk about everything from traumatic grad school workshops to tips for getting an agent to the difference between writing under contract and writing before publication.
We had a fascinating conversation with journalist and self-published author of a “long piece” on heterosexual, mixed HIV status couples who get pregnant through sex, Positively Negative.
"Part of your job is to be rejected," Steve Goldbloom says, and offers great inspiration for developing chutzpah and surviving failure and thriving.
Anthony Lucero is the writer/ director of the indie feature hit East Side Sushi, and he joins us to talk about storytelling in film.
Our conversation with Nina takes place as she launches into the writing of a new novel, beginning by exploring whether it is, indeed a novel--or a short story.
Lea Page is a wonderful writer and long-time Book Writing World student whose first book--Parenting in the Here and Now: Realizing the Strengths You Already Have--was recently published by Floris Press.
We met with Carolina just after she sent her work-in-progress to its first, early readers. The main questions she had, she told us, was: is it a book?
Mary is a master of many forms, and we discuss and compare writing screenplays, poetry and novels.
Talking with Meliza Banales is like riding some amazing, brightly-colored roller coaster through the church of creativity.
Rhona Berens is a life coach extraordinaire. We should know--we’ve worked with her, as have many “creatives.” She’s also got a background in film, screenwriting and writing for television, and writes poetry and other forms as well--so she was the perfect guest for Story Makers.
The wonderfully named Indigo Moore is three artists in one--at least. He’s a poet and a playwright who is now writing the screenplay for a play that was optioned for film. (Not to mention that he’s got a high-tech day job we talk about a little bit.)
"I don't get stuck," Jillian Lauren says. She tackles resistance. Pray to write the most mediocre page, she told us. Write through your writer’s block.
Christine is one of those overnight successes that is a decade in the making. Her essay about having a stroke at age thirty-three lead to a two-book contract: a memoir will be out in 2017 followed by a novel in 2018.
Boris is charismatic, one of those charming, larger-than-life, generous-hearted human beings who is also a brilliant writer.
