Lit Local Podcast

Novelists and Film: with Liz Kerin & Paul Inman

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today we are excited to be talking with two amazing novelists(Liz Kerin and Paul Inman) who also work in the film industry, about the intersection of the two mediums.  
Paul Inman has a passion for storytelling across many platforms, including all genres of films, music, podcasts, and writing. He has film accolades from the South Carolina Underground Film Festival, the Foothills Film Festival, and Southern States Indie FanFilmFest. Currently, some of his short films can be seen on Shorts TV and Amazon Prime.
Liz Kerin is the author of The Phantom Forest and the Night's Edge duology, forthcoming from Tor Nightfire/Macmillan. She is also a playwright and a screenwriter. She is currently developing a number of feature and television projects, and is the co-founder of Script Prescriptions, where she works as a story consultant. 
 
Keep up with guests:
Liz Kerin: 
Instagram - @LizKerin
Website - https://www.lizkerin.com/
Script Prescriptions - https://www.scriptprescriptions.com/
The Phantom Forest by Liz Kerin
 
Paul Inman: 
Twitter - @paulinmansc
Instagram - @paulinmansc
Ageless by Paul Inman
X.I.A on Amazon Prime
 
 
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Horror Short Stories with David Allen Voyles and Kyle Winkler

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today we are excited to be talking about Writing Horror short stories with David Voyles & Kyle Winkler.
Kyle Winkler is the author of the cosmic horror novella The Nothing That Is. He has published a range of stories in Conjunctions, The Rupture, Annalemma, Novel Noctule, & one forthcoming from Coffin Bell, among many other places. He's an Assistant Professor of English at Kent State University at Tuscarawas. He received a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in NE Ohio. 
Some of the tales in David Allen Voyles' collections of original horror stories, The Thirteenth Day of Christmas and Tales from the Hearse were those he told while conducting tours for his ghost tour company, Dark Ride Tours in Asheville, NC. Having taught literature for thirty years, Voyles is no stranger to weird tales and horror fiction in general. His lifelong obsession with Halloween ensured that it was just a matter of time before he published his own tales of terror. In addition to publishing his stories in various anthologies, he is also the creator of the horror podcast, Dark Corners with David Allen Voyles.
 
 
Keep up with guests:
Kyle Winkler:
Twitter - @bleakhousing
Instagram - @bleakhousing
Website - https://kylewinkler.net/
 
David Allen Voyles:
Twitter - @davidavoyles
Instagram - @davidallenvoyles
Facebook - @DavidAVoyles13
Website: davidallenvoyles.com
Horror Podcast: Dark Corners with David Allen Voyles (Available on most podcast apps and here: gestalt-media.com/dark-corners)
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Writing Complex Villains with Anna Mocikat & J.F. Dubeau

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today Becca and Jacqui are talking about Writing Complex Villains with JF Dubeau & Anna Mocikat!
Anna Mocikat is the award-nominated, internationally published author of Behind Blue Eyes, the Tales of the Shadow City series and the MUC series. Before becoming a novelist, she graduated from Film School and worked as a screenwriter and game writer for over a decade. Anna Mocikat lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
J.F. Dubeau is a writer of science fiction and paranormal horror. His debut novel, The Life Engineered was chosen for the Sword & Laser Collection on Inkshares. His second book, A God in the Shed was chosen as part of the Top 20 Horror Novels of 2017 on Goodreads and has been optioned for television to be produced by Akiva Goldman. He’s also the writer of the Achewillow podcast, a ‘cozy’ horror fiction podcast. Song of the Sandman, the sequel to A God in the Shed is to be released in October of 2021.
 
Keep up with guests:
Anna Mocikat:
Twitter - @anna_mocikat
Instagram - @annamocikat
Facebook - amocikat
Website - https://www.annamocikat.com
 
J.F. Dubeau:
Twitter - @jfdubeau
Instagram - @j.f.dubeau
Facebook - jfdubeau.writer
Website - https://www.jfdubeau.com/
Archewillow Podcast 
Resources Mentioned:
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
 
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Genre Hopping with Rachael Sparks and Shaun Manning

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today we are excited to be talking about Genre Hopping with Rachael Sparks & Shaun Manning.
Shaun Manning is the writer and co-creator of the graphic novels 'Macbeth: The Red King,' 'Hell, Nebraska,' and 'Interesting Drug.' He has written for 'Star Wars Adventures,' 'Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood,' 'Thought Bubble,' and more. Shaun's work has appeared on BBC Radio 4 as well as in literary magazines and on stage. He lives in Ann Arbor with his wife, their child, and two cats learning to get along.
Rachael Sparks is the author of the 2018 novel Resistant, which was a finalist for the Global Thriller Award and the National Indies Excellence Award. After a decade-long career in Austin, Texas, as a transplant specialist, she joined a startup fighting healthcare-acquired infections, thus satisfying her lifelong interest in infectious diseases and the science of human health. After relocating with her husband, daughter, and mother to Asheville, North Carolina, she finally put her first novel onto the page. In her free time, she serves on the board of the Asheville Museum of Science and loves to cook, brew, garden, and spend time with friends and family.
 
KEEP UP WITH OUR GUESTS! 
Rachael Sparks: 
Twitter - @SparkytheAuthor
Instagram - @RachaelSparksAuthor
Website - https://www.rachaelsparks.com/
 
Shaun Manning:
Twitter - @fasterthanshaun
Instagram - @fasterthanshaun
Website - https://shaunmanning.com
Booksweet Bookstore - https://www.shopbooksweet.com/
Facebook and Twitter - @shopbooksweet
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Time Travel with Kosoko Jackson and A.C. Merkel

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today Cari and Jacqui are joined by authors Kosoko Jackson and A.C. Merkel to talk about TIME TRAVEL!
A.C. Merkel is an author, musician, and digital artist. What if you could watch history unfold? Take a ride on the Orient Express? Rock out at CBGB in its heyday? Go dancing in post prohibition Chicago? Pick berries under billions of pure starlit pinpoints in 1540s France? That is the premise of his debut urban fantasy.
Kosoko Jackson is a digital media specialist, focusing on digital storytelling, email, social and SMS marketing, and a freelance political journalist. Occasionally, his personal essays and short stories have been featured on Medium, Thought Catalog, The Advocate, and some literary magazines. When not writing YA novels that champion holistic representation of black queer youth across genres, he can be found obsessing over movies, drinking his (umpteenth) London Fog, or spending far too much time on Twitter. His YA debut, YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, will come out in 2021, published by SourceBooks Fire and his adult #OwnVoices queer Romcom, I’M SO (NOT) OVER YOU will come out in 2022, by Berkley Romance.
Resources/Media Mentioned:
The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
@TudorTweep on Twitter
About Time(Movie)
Doctor Who(TV Show)
 
Keep up with our guests!
Kosoko Jackson: 
Twitter - @kosokojackson
Instagram - @kosokojackson
Website - https://kosokojackson.com/
A.C. Merkel:
Twitter - @Blink_Drive
Instagram - @acmerkel
Facebook - @authormerkel
Website - https://acmerkel.com/
QueerIndie.com
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Proliferation by Erik Otto
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Writing About Sex with Deesha Philyaw

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today Becca is joined by author Deesha Philyaw to talk WRITING ABOUT SEX! 
Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction, The Story Prize (2020/2021), the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and a 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies focuses on Black women, sex, and the Black church.
Deesha is also the co-author of Co-Parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Two Households After Divorce, written in collaboration with her ex-husband. Her work has been listed as Notable in the Best American Essays series, and her writing on race, parenting, gender, and culture has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, Brevity, dead housekeeping, Apogee Journal, Catapult, Harvard Review, ESPN’s The Undefeated, The Baltimore Review, TueNight, Ebony and Bitch magazines, and various anthologies. Deesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and a past Pushcart Prize nominee for essay writing in Full Grown People.
Keep up with our guest! 
Twitter - @DeeshaPhilyaw
Facebook -  @DeeshaPhilyawWriter
Instagram - @DeeshaPhilyaw
Website - https://www.deeshaphilyaw.com/
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Cover Collaboration

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today we're excited to be talking about Cover Collaboration with G.A. Finocchiaro & Rachel Perciphone
Rachel Perciphone creates empowering fantasy art that encourages the viewer to confidently explore their own stories. Her work is most heavily inspired by mythology, fairy-tales, folklore, and all things fantasy as well as music, nature, and ethereal subjects. She illustrates strong, diverse characters within magical and colorful worlds for book covers and anywhere good stories are found. 
GA Finocchiaro is a Philadelphia area author, who loves good burgers, Gritty, and playing air guitar when nobody's looking. 
 
Keep up with guests:
Preorder The Raptor by G.A. Finocchiaro, illustrated by Rachel Perciphone
Rachel Perciphone: 
Twitter - @Perciphone
Instagram - @RachelPerciphone
Facebook -  @RachelPerciphone
Website - www.RachelPerciphone.com
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/RachelPerciphone
G.A. Finocchiaro
Twitter - @G_A_Fino
Facebook -  @GAFinocc
Website - http://www.gafino.com
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Anxiety in Fiction with Amalie Jahn

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today Becca and I are excited to be talking about Anxiety in Fiction with Amalie Jahn 
USA Today Bestselling author Amalie Jahn is the recipient of the Literary Classics Seal of Approval and the Readers' Favorite Gold Medal for her debut YA novel, THE CLAY LION. Her first YA contemporary, THE NEXT TO LAST MISTAKE, won the prestigious IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in 2020. She is a contributing blogger with the Huffington Post and Southern Writers Magazine, as well as a finalist in the 2015 Kindle Book Awards. A TED speaker, human rights advocate, and active promoter of kindness, she lives in North Carolina with her husband, two children, and three extremely overfed cats. 
Resources/Books Mentioned
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Nevin
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
 
Anxiety & Depression Association of America resource list
 
Keep up with our guest:
Twitter - @amaliejahn
Instagram - @amalie.jahn.official
Facebook - @amaliejahn
Website - amaliejahn.com
Phoebe Unfired by Amalie Jahn
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Romance: Tropes VS Cliches

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today Becca and I are excited to be talking about Romance Tropes and Cliches with Renée Gendron. 
Renée Gendron is a multi-genre romance author. She is a regular contributor to A Muse Bouche Review and a structural editor. 
 
Resources Mentioned: 
Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
2k to 10k Writing Faster, Writing, Better, and Writing More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron
5,000 Words per Hour by Chris Fox 
Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes and Natalie Duke
 
Renée's recommmended "friends to lovers" reads:
Cloak and Silence, Book 7 of The League Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Conquered by a Highlander by Paula Quinn
Running Wild by Linda Howard and Linda Jones
The Girl of his Dreams by Susan Mallery
Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
Dearest Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt
 
Keep up with our guest:
Twitter - @reneegendron
Instagram - @reneegendronauthor
Website - https://reneegendron.com/
Books by Renée Gendron 
 
We will be taking a brief summer break, and will be back with new episodes in August! 
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Fresh Take on Superheroes with Mike Chen and Matt Harry

Welcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today Cari and I are excited to be talking about Superheroes with authors Mike Chen and Matt Harry. 
Mike Chen is the author of We Could Be Heroes, Here And Now And Then, and A Beginning At The End. He has contributed to Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View and covered geek culture for sites such as Tor.com, The Mary Sue, and StarTrek.com. In previous lives, he has been a musician, DJ, aerospace engineer, and credentialed NHL reporter. Mike lives in the Bay Area with his wife, daughter, and rescue animals.
Matt Harry is the author of Sorcery for Beginners and its sequel, Cryptozoology for Beginners, which Booklist called a "clever, often hilarious adventure." He received an MFA in Film Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and has worked as a filmmaker, editor, screenwriter, college professor, movie critic, and story consultant. He has also written articles for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Akron Beacon-Journal, and the textbook The Elements of Style. His work has received accolades from the FOX Comedy Script Contest, the Austin Film Festival, the Launchpad Manuscript Competition, and the Nicholl Fellowships. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
 
Keep up with our guests:
Mike Chen
Twitter - @mikechenwriter 
Instagram - @mikechenwriter
Website - https://www.mikechenbooks.com/
Order We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen
 
Matt Harry
Twitter - @mattharrymh
Instagram - @matt_harry_mh
Website - http://www.mattharrywork.com/
Preorder SuperKid by Matt Harry
 
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Proliferation by Erik Otto
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