In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with bestselling author Mike Bond about creating interesting and engaging characters. Access the episode HERE Mike Bond is the author of nine critically acclaimed best-selling novels, an award-winning poet, ecologist, and journalist. He has covered wars, revolutions, terrorism, military dictatorships and death squads in the Middle […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author and two time winner of the Southern Book Prize, about writing. Access the episode HERE Wiley Cash is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home, the acclaimed This Dark Road […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Sam McGee, about balancing truth and fiction in historical fiction, using Sam’s debut historical novel as a guide for the discussion. Access the episode HERE Sam McGee is an author, trial lawyer and fisherman from North Carolina. His first book, Sidelines and Bloodlines, is a […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell and her life of writing and the writing process. Access the episode HERE Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone, as well as […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Khalisa Rae, a poet, journalist, essayist and soon to be novelist, about writing and publishing as a multi-genre writer. Access the episode HERE Khalisa Rae is a poet and journalist in Durham, NC She is the author of Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat (Red […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Muriel Sheubrooks, author of “Beyond the Fences,” about her experience publishing with a hybrid publisher. Access the episode HERE Muriel W. Sheubrooks enjoyed a lengthy and successful career as a real estate executive in North and South Carolina. She served on numerous non-profit boards, Wingate […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Holly Hughes, author of “Real, Not Perfect: How to Become Your Happy, Authentic Self,” about self-publishing the self-help book. Access the episode HERE Holly is an intuitive healer and author with a lifetime of experiences overcoming loss, trauma, and regaining self-worth and power. She helps […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and co-host Rachael Brooks have a conversation with Hope Anderson, author of several award-winning novels, a poetry book, and a memoir book about how to get unstuck and get published. Access the episode HERE Hope Andersen is a award winning author of two novels (The Book Sisters; When the […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Paul Attaway, author of “Blood in the Low Country,” about navigating writing as a career after a career. Access the episode HERE Paul Attaway was born and raised in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Paul and his wife, Lyn, met in college at Georgetown University and […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Carolyn Baker, author of “An Unintentional Accomplice: A Personal Perspective on White Responsibility,” about tips for writing about your writing. Access the episode HERE Award-winning author Carolyn L. Baker, M.Ed. grew up in Southern California during segregation and came of age in the counter-cultural climate […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and co-host Sarah Archer have a conversation with Joani Elliott, author of “The Audacity of Sarah Grayson,” about writing group advice, a topic she discusses and offers tips about on her website. Access the episode HERE Joani Elliott believes in the magic of stories, a good cup of tea, […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Vanessa Riley, author of a novel based on the true-life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free woman of color who rose from slavery to become one of the most successful and powerful landowners in the colonial West Indies, about writing the historical novel. Access […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Frye Gaillard, the award-winning author of more than 30 books, about writing non-fiction, biography and memoir and how to draw on fiction writing to improve all three. Access the episode HERE Frye Gaillard, writer in residence at the University of South Alabama and former […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with author Allie Coker about one approach to writing, which she calls the “unscheduled writer.” Access the episode HERE Allie Coker holds a BA in English from Davidson College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. Her first book, “What I Learned […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Rebecca Hodge about her journey from veterinarian to novelist and what she learned along the way. Access the episode HERE Rebecca Hodge is an author of fiction, a veterinarian, and a clinical research scientist who lives and writes in North Carolina. Fiction writing is […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Kristy Harvey about creativity in platform building. Access the episode HERE Kristy Woodson Harvey is the USA TODAY bestselling author of eight novels, including Feels Like Falling, The Peachtree Bluff series, and Under the Southern Sky. Her writing has appeared […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and co-host Christine Arvidson have a conversation with Writer, Musician, Kathleen Basi, about the intersection of music and writing. Access the episode HERE Kathleen M. Basi is the quintessential jack-of-all trades writer: musical composer and songwriter, feature writer, essayist, nonfiction author, and of course, storyteller. Basi spent her […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with award-winning novelist Chris Fabry, about writing, and his mantra, “Hey, You Can Write!” Access the episode HERE Chris Fabry is an award-winning author and radio personality who hosts the daily program Chris Fabry Live on Moody Radio. A graduate of the W. Page Pitt School […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Eric Dezenhall, the author of seven novels and four non-fiction books, many dealing with media-driven scandals, about back story and subplots. Access the episode HERE Eric is the CEO of Dezenhall Resources, Ltd., one of the nation’s first crisis management firms. He lives near Washington, […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with author Joel Burcat, series novelist and environmental lawyer, about what it takes to write a novel. Access the episode HERE Joel Burcat is a novelist and environmental lawyer. His debut novel, DRINK TO EVERY BEAST, about midnight dumping, was the first in his series of […]