Genre Fiction Podcast

Let’s introduce this episode’s guest: Dr Ed Rosick is a writer and physician living in the urban wilds of central Michigan. His diverse works of speculative fiction, from the sublime to surreal, have appeared in numerous award-winning magazines and anthologies, including Pulphouse, Sick Cruising, The Half That You See and Monstrous Tales volume 2.

Ed is also an accomplished non-fiction writer, having authored hundreds of articles o...

Karl Hörnell, author of the Sci-Fi thriller, Singularity Minus Twelve, offers a thoughtful perspective on using Artificial Intelligence as a support tool—without surrendering the soul of the work.

In this interview, Karl discusses how AI can boost productivity and streamline parts of the writing process, while still preserving the one thing AI can’t replicate: a human’s life experience, intuition, and emotional depth. With the rise...

In this second and final episode with New York based author Michael Colon we take a deep dive into the underlying themes in his novel ‘The Gift From Aelius’ and how he uses futuristic fiction to address issues that are occurring in today’s world. He explains how writing allowed him to find his voice and discover his real self and how it provided him with a tool to express his observations about the world and humanity.  He explains ...

In this first of two episodes with New York based author Michael Colon we discuss his brand new debut novel ‘The Gift From Aelius’ which is a futuristic sci-fi about the interaction between A.I. robots and humans. Mike delves into the inspirations behind his novel and how he uses the main character, a robot named A191, to convey important themes about humanity and where he sees us heading as a species. He breaks down the motivation...

Carter Wilson is the USA Today bestselling author of ten critically acclaimed, standalone psychological thrillers, as well as numerous short stories. He is an ITW Thriller Award finalist, a five-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, and his works have been optioned for television and film. Additionally, he is the host of the Making It Up podcast and founder of the Unbound Writer company, which provides coaching services, writing ...

In this episode we chat with author Heidi Catherine about her learnings, successes and setbacks when submitting manuscripts to agents and publishers.

Introducing our guest for this episode, Heidi Catherine. Heidi is a Melbourne author who’s debut novel, The Soulweaver won the Romance Writers of Australia’s Emerald Pro award. This was followed up by her epic fantasy series The Kingdoms of Evernow which was a finalist in both the Aus...

Jessica Mudditt is the author of two memoirs, podcaster and the founder of Hembury Books, a Sydney based hybrid publisher. Her first book was self-published in 2021 and is called Our Home in Myanmar – Four Years in Yangon. Her second book is Once Around the Sun – From Cambodia to Tibet. It’s a two-part series, with Kathmandu to the Khyber Pass coming in 2025.

In this episode, Jessica chats with Rack Roney and Harry Colfer about her...

In episode 2 of 2, author Mary-Clare Terrill discusses the following writing tips:

1. writing is rewriting 2. getting the right kind of feedback and who to seek feedback from 3. resilience & getting comfortable with 'rejection' 4. time away from your project will give you perspective 5. when is your manuscript ready? 6. appreciating the process – trust in and have faith in your own process 7. calling yourself a ‘writer’ and see...

In this first of two episodes, we chat with Philadelphia based author C.J. Spataro about her recently released debut novel More Strange Than True. C.J. explains the inspirations for her story and how being a creative writing teacher has made her a better writer. She also provides advice for writers who are thinking of embarking on creative writing higher education. As an accomplished musician, C.J. goes on to explain the relationsh...

In this second episode with Brisbane author Diane Clarke, we delve into Diane's background as a speech pathologist and how skills learned in this profession heightened her ability to listen to and observe human interaction and verbal and non-verbal communication, and how she uses these skills to develop lifelike dialogue in her stories. We delve further into the key elements to writing realistic and engaging dialogue and how storie...

In this episode, we welcome Brisbane author Diane Clarke who explains how her debut novel 'The Photograph' was inspired by the evacuations of children in London during world war 2 with the plot centred around a missing boy and the discovery of an old photograph which uncovers a dark family secret. Her second novel, 'The Bracelet' is a family drama and murder mystery due for release in March 2025. During the discussion, Diane breaks...

In the second episode with author Alicia Thompson, the topic of author marketing is explored. Alicia breaks down marketing strategies that have worked for her including speaking events and workshops, registering with corporate book buyers, planning regional library road trips, networking within the writing community, social media, getting reviews, and thinking outside the box in terms of book distribution. A great episode for autho...

This week's special guest is author Alica Thompson whose debut novel 'Something Else' was published in 2021 and her follow up crime novel 'Ex' was released in 2024. Alicia has a masters in creative writing and delivers workshops for emerging authors. In this episode, we explore the topics Alicia teaches including how to kick start your novel, exercising your writing muscles, and finding the plot. She also provides advice for author...