In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with author Lainey Cameron, founder and host of The Best of Women’s Fiction interview series and podcast, and proud member and volunteer with Women’s Fiction Writers Association, about writing strong but relatable female characters. Access the episode HERE Lainey Cameron is a digital nomad and author […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and co-host Alice Osborn speak with New York Times bestselling author, Jason Mott, about writing in third person and other writerly topics. Access the episode HERE Jason Mott received his BFA and MFA from UNC Wilmington. He has published several works of poetry and fiction, including two poetry collections […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Brad Taylor, author of 15 New York Times bestselling thriller books, about writing. Access the episode HERE Pamela Fagan Hutchins is a mystery/suspense/thriller novelist, animal rescuer, and big horse enthusiast who lives, writes, and plays in “Snowheresville,” Wyoming on the eastern face of the Bighorn […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with author Marc Jampole about book marketing from the perspective of a writer who brings to the task thirty years of ownership of a public relations firm. Access the episode HERE Marc Jampole is the author of The Brothers Silver (Owl Canyon Press, 2021), Music from […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and cohost David Collins have a conversation with author Alex George, owner of Skylark Bookshop and executive director of Unbound Book Festival, in Columbia, MO, about independent book stores and book festivals. Access the episode HERE Alex George is a writer, a bookseller, a director of a literary festival, […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Brad Taylor, author of 15 New York Times bestselling thriller books, about writing. Access the episode HERE Brad Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), is a 21–year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces, including eight years with the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment—Delta, popularly […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation Katey Schultz, author and founder of Maximum Impact, a transformative mentoring service for creative writers that has been recognized by both CNBC and the What Works Network, about the art of revision. Access the episode HERE Katey Schultz is the author of Flashes of War, which […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and co-host Michele Tracy Berger have a conversation about writing and editing essays with award-winning author, Julia Jordan-Zachery, editor of and contributor to “Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag: Twenty-First Century Acts of Self-Definition.” Access the episode HERE Julia S. Jordan-Zachery is professor and chair of the Africana Studies […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with author and creative writing instructor Kevin McIlvoy about how age makes a difference in writing, from the perspective of an author who published his first book at 27 and his most recent book at 68. Access the episode HERE Kevin McIlvoy is the author of […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with biographer and non-fiction author Howard Covington about writing biography. Access the episode HERE Howard E. Covington Jr. is native of Concord, N.C., and a 1965 graduate of the University of Florida. He was a University Fellow of the American Political Science Association at the University […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and co-host George Hovis have a conversation with award-winning author and teacher of writing, Clyde Edgerton, about writing. Access the episode HERE Clyde Edgerton is a member of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame and the author of ten novels, a book of advice, a memoir, short stories, […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Jack Allison about the music he made while serving in the Peace Corps and beyond and how it became the heart of his memoir, with some memoir writing tips, too. Access the episode HERE Dr. Jack Allison served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi, […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with New York Times Best Selling author John Gilstrap on how to build an author YouTube channel and the why of it. Access the episode HERE John Gilstrap is the New York Times bestselling author of award-winning action novels, including the Jonathan Grave Thrillers and the […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Robert Fitzpatrick about the challenges of writing and publishing controversial non-fiction, which grows out of his quest to expose the truth behind multi-level marketing. Access the episode HERE Robert FitzPatrick is a native of Charlotte, NC. In 1997, he co-authored the book False Profits, which […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Jacqui Castle, the 2020 Indie Author of the Year by the Indie Author Project (in collaboration with Library Journal and Biblioboard) about marketing book outside the box. Access the episode HERE Jacqui Castle is a professional freelance writer and novelist. She lives and writes in […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade and cohost Heather Bell Adams have a conversation with award-winning author Ron Rash about all things writing. Access the episode HERE RON RASH is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall, in addition to four prizewinning novels, including The […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Gene Hoots about how to take an interesting story with numbers and make it readable. Access the episode HERE Gene Hoots is author of “Going Down Tobacco Road: R.J. Reynolds’ Tobacco Empire: The Gold Leaf and North Carolina.” Using his twenty–one years of experience working […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Nancy Stancill about her career as an investigative journalist and the writing craft tips she picked up doing that work that helped her as a fiction writer and memorist. Access the episode HERE Nancy Stancill spent more than 30 years as a newspaper reporter and […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with award-willing author Jill McCorkle about writing. Access the episode HERE Jill McCorkle’s first two novels were released simultaneously when she was just out of college, and the New York Times called her “a born novelist.” Since then, she has published five novels and four collections […]
In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Jennipher Tripp, an experienced bookish administrative assistant to independent authors about her tips for funnels, promotions, reviews and other tasks an experienced assistant can help an independent author with to make their lives easier and more productive. Access the episode HERE Jennipher Tripp has had […]