Write to Survive Podcast
A writing podcast for everyone! Interviews with up-and-coming and established authors, writing news, and info on contests and journals. Writing doesn't begin and end with publication, and we want to cover everything else that makes up your writing life.
Episodes
April 29, 2021 • 48 mins
Dan sits down with one of the best flash fiction writers out there. Kim Chinquee, to discuss her journey as a writer, her new book Snow Dog, and how to keep writing when the world turn's upside down.
SnowDog: http://www.kimchinquee.com/
Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories: https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Fiction-Very-Short-Stories/dp/0393308839
Lydia Copeland Gwyn: https://www.pw.org/node/1078585
Kim Chinquee grew up on a dairy farm i...
SnowDog: http://www.kimchinquee.com/
Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories: https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Fiction-Very-Short-Stories/dp/0393308839
Lydia Copeland Gwyn: https://www.pw.org/node/1078585
Kim Chinquee grew up on a dairy farm i...
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February 11, 2021 • 58 mins
A new chapter begins for the Write To Survive Podcast. Two years since our last episode, we rejoin Dan as an MFA graduate out in the world trying to figure things out the best way he knows how: talking to other people. The first guest of the new era is Ross Wilcox, a recent PhD graduate from the University of North Texas and the author of The Golden Gate Jumper Survivors Society, out now from 7.13 Books.
Check out Ross's Book: h...
Check out Ross's Book: h...
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October 31, 2018 • 125 mins
This is a JAM-PACKED episode as we reach the best single day in the entire year: HALLOWEEN!
Light the pumpkins, spice the cider, and get ready for two hours of spooky, scary goodness!
First, Dan and Brigid discuss the War on Halloween and how they're celebrating the auspicious day.
Then, an interview with Nina Alvarez from Cosmographia books on her newly curated collection: "Early American Gothic: Stories and Poems." The...
Light the pumpkins, spice the cider, and get ready for two hours of spooky, scary goodness!
First, Dan and Brigid discuss the War on Halloween and how they're celebrating the auspicious day.
Then, an interview with Nina Alvarez from Cosmographia books on her newly curated collection: "Early American Gothic: Stories and Poems." The...
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October 30, 2018 • 34 mins
We have a whole mess of stuff this week as we prepare for the BEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR: Halloween! In lieu of our normal Monday episode, we're instead bringing you back-to-back interviews with horror writers leading up to an All-Hallows-Eve special! First on the Docket is Lisa Shea, who among many hats is a writer of mystery, romance, and more. She also runs the Horror Retweet Group on twitter, helping promote her fellow authors ...
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October 19, 2018 • 112 mins
Welcome back to the Spook to Survive Podcast ghosts and ghouls! This week, we delve into the depths of horror as Dan and Brigid try to figure out just what kind of horror they like and why people like it in the first place!
Then, Dan talks with poet and musician Joseph Van Buren, who has recently had his work appear in "Haunted Are These Houses" from Unnerving, and who has released his latest chapbook of dark poems "Mask...
Then, Dan talks with poet and musician Joseph Van Buren, who has recently had his work appear in "Haunted Are These Houses" from Unnerving, and who has released his latest chapbook of dark poems "Mask...
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September 27, 2018 • 90 mins
0:00 Hi's Hello's and Many Meetings
Brigid has a new job!
7:29 Self-Publishing Discussion
28:00 Interview with CA Worley
https://caworleyauthor.wordpress.com/
1:15:00 Publishing Opportunities
For show notes and other info, visit our website: www.writetosurvivecast.com
Follow us on Twitter: @WritingSurvivor
Become A Patron: Patreon.com/WriteToSurvive
Fallow Fellow by Cullah used under Creative Commons
Brigid has a new job!
7:29 Self-Publishing Discussion
28:00 Interview with CA Worley
https://caworleyauthor.wordpress.com/
1:15:00 Publishing Opportunities
For show notes and other info, visit our website: www.writetosurvivecast.com
Follow us on Twitter: @WritingSurvivor
Become A Patron: Patreon.com/WriteToSurvive
Fallow Fellow by Cullah used under Creative Commons
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September 11, 2018 • 92 mins
Happy September! We're all hyped up for fall and hope you crazy kids are happy to back in school, or hype to not be in school as the case may be. This week we have an interview with Monica Carter, the head of Lambda Literary's "LGBTQ Authors In Schools" program that promotes diversity through engagement between the LGBTQ community of writers and K-12 classrooms. Plus: Dan and Brigid recommend some books to get you i...
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September 6, 2018 • 30 mins
Do you get scared when you're out on the road, no cars in sight, with nothing but your headlights and a few stars between you and the crushing dark around you? Then you may just like "Lost Highways," the latest collection of dark fiction and horror from returning guest D Alexander Ward, who last appeared in our Halloween special! He and Dan discuss the genesis of the whole collection and we try to figure out what makes ...
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August 28, 2018 • 100 mins
It's Dan's first episode back in Kansas! He and Brigid are back this week with a full report on the Hugo Awards as well as a discussion on the fantastic human that is N.K Jemisin. Then, Dan sits down with poet, graphic novelist, and dark fiction writer Robin Sinclair to discuss how they figured out their path in writing, one that lead them to their debut chapbook Letters to My Lover From Behind Asylum Walls. Finally, its an...
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August 28, 2018 • 100 mins
WTSP: Forging Your Writing Identity w/ Robin Sinclair by Write to Survive
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August 16, 2018 • 127 mins
There's a lot of ways that we can fill our need to write. In this episode, Brigid and Dan discuss a few ways to use your skills in non traditional ways. Dan reports from GenCon and we discuss how games like Dungeons & Dragons or shows like The Adventure Zone are changing the rules of storytelling. Then, Dan sits down with horror author Christa Carmen to discuss her upcoming debut "Something Borrowed, Something Blood-soa...
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July 29, 2018 • 96 mins
Dan and Brigid hold it down this week as they interview acclaimed poet and children's book author Lesléa Newman. They discuss her education with the Beats, how her writing helps her heal, and how the Jewish concept of tikkun olam informs her mission to give voice to the voiceless. Then, Dan and Brigid are joined by WTS Special Library Correspondent Lily Jenness to tear apart Forbes's history of anti-library think pieces.
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July 15, 2018 • 101 mins
In this episode: Brigid puts away some graphs, Celia's brains leak out of her ears, and Dan commits troop crimes. Then, an interview with LA-based writer Dan Lopez on community, Lambda Litfest, and surviving in the wake of the 2016 Pulse Shooting. Finally, we visit the Extreme Teen Writer's Corner, discuss the new alt-Nobel Prize in Literature, and dip a toe into the insane world of right-wing thriller novels.
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June 23, 2018 • 97 mins
Lean and clean this week as Dan flies solo with an interview-only episode. No extra biz, no guff. Just our guests. And we've got a hell of a pair of guests this week. In our first dual interview, Dan spoke with legendary poet Mary Meriam and Canadian dancer-turned-poet Carolyn Boll, both from Lavender Press. We talk about everything from the Odyssey, to the state of poetry since Mary's MFA years, to whether or not Dan is up...
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June 13, 2018 • 172 mins
Boy, have we got an episode for you. Brigid and Dan do a deep dive into writing as bisexuals, the value of queer characters, and what still needs to be done on the representation front. Then, Dan talks with Tara Shea Burke, queer poet and editor for Sinister Wisdom, about the tight-rope act of erotic writing, her struggles with identity, and the power of the queer body in poetry. Finally, Brigid and Dan spotlight some of their favo...
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May 26, 2018 • 53 mins
The second installment of our interview series features writer, editor, and self-described bisexual nerd Gretchen Ellis, Managing Editor for The Fandomentals. We discuss the escapism of writing, the role we play in representation, and why fandom is important despite how silly it all can be.
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April 22, 2018 • 104 mins
In this episode: Dan nerds out over Balrogs, Celia is finally heard, and Brigid goes full librarian on us. Our main subject this week is the MFA. Long considered a "must have" to be a serious writer. But is that the case nowadays? We discuss our paths to, or away from, the MFA, as well as the many variations on the MFA. Also: An interview with Lily Jenness, a Bloomington based writer and librarian, plus our usual mix of new...
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April 1, 2018 • 117 mins
In this episode: Brigid yells about fanfiction, Dan forgets how to talk, and Celia rises from the grave. Plus: A discussion about Lonely Christopher and his...unique views on writing, an interview with crime writer and Miami PI Matt Ijac, and some great publishing opportunities from Tin House, Iron Horse, and more.
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March 4, 2018 • 89 mins
This week Celia is AWOL, but Brigid and Dan are holding down the fort. They discuss Not A Pipe Publishing, a house that has committed itself to only publishing women authors, as well as the gross male YA authors that necessitate such a commitment. Then, Dan talks with poet and writer Sandra Beasley about her work in Washington DC and her how she kept writing while holding down a 9-5 desk job. Plus: The Nebula Award nominees, publis...
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January 31, 2018 • 66 mins
Good conversation about men in publishing as Brigid, Celia, and Dan discuss the recent revelations about the Shitty Men In Media list. Plus: an Ursula Le Guin tribute, the pitfalls of classifying science fiction, and Junot Diaz's call for diverse bookshelves. Opportunities this week came from Pidgeonholes, Litro Magazine, Meow Meow Pow Pow, Sharkpack, and the Breakout 8 Writers Prize. Support us at patreon.com/WriteToSurvive
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