by SWMP Admin | Jul 25, 2022 | Podcasts
The Collaborative Force of Anthologies, featuring Stephanie Raffelock Anthologies date all the way back to the Renaissance and earlier, when important works of various authors were collected and bound. This week, Brooke and Grant discuss the modern anthology—what...
by SWMP Admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Podcasts
Straddling Lusciousness and Social Consciousness in Romance, featuring Angelina Lopez Romance often gets the short-shrift for being not a serious genre, or for being a guilty pleasure—and yet, it’s the best-selling genre there is. Which is why Grant and Brooke chose...
by SWMP Admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Podcasts
Executing Funny in Memoir with One of the Most Celebrated Cartoonists of Our Time, featuring David Sipress Do you have to be a comedian or a humorist to execute funny in memoir? We don’t think so—and this episode tackles how humor shows up in the everyday, in...
by SWMP Admin | Jul 4, 2022 | Podcasts
Genre-Blending and Bending, featuring Barbara Graham We’re having fun this holiday week talking about genre-blending and bending, and why it’s fun and freeing, but also often problematic from an industry standpoint when stories are not easily categorized. Join Brooke...
by SWMP Admin | Jun 27, 2022 | Podcasts
Making and Finding Meaning, featuring Kathryn Schulz This week’s episode brings to the fore why meaning in all its outward, bigger-than-a-single-individual forms is so profound in writing. The notion that your story is broader than your limited experience is something...
by SWMP Admin | Jun 20, 2022 | Podcasts
The Power of Omission, featuring Charmaine Wilkerson Omission—it’s something writers understand as meaningful to story, but don’t often execute well on the page. In this week’s episode, guest Charmaine Wilkerson offers solid pointers on how to think about omission and...
