Elwood Flynn is the author of HOT LEAD, a pulpy Western novella that is for the kind of reader who thinks Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is for toddlers.
We’ll be discussing Westerns, violence, pulp fiction (the category, not the movie), launching a new series and much more!
Join us LIVE on Monday 22nd June, 8pm BST 9pm CEST 3pm EDT 2pm CDT 1pm MDT 12 noon PDT Tuesday 23rd 7am NZST Tuesday 23rd 5am AEST
Michael S Jackson, author of the epic Ringlander fantasy series, reveals how he lets the first draft storytelling flow in order to leave himself material that he can use in edits and rewrites. He also shares details of his new Kickstarter campaign!
WE DISCUSS
The balance between story, magic and worldbuilding
The importance of cover art and creating beautiful books
And the important of the Rubik’s Cube to his state of mind…
The 2026 Mysterious Murders Short Story competition is now open for entries! The Mysterious Murders Short Story Competition was created to honour Anja Boersma’s deep love of writing and to help nurture that same passion in others. I was lucky enough to be a judge on last year’s competition, and the standard was so high that I didn’t hesitate to return when organiser Angela Nurse asked me.
The theme this year is “Locked Room Murder Mystery”, the prizes are cash prizes, it’s free to enter and you’ve got till the end of September to submit. What are you waiting for? Click on the image below for more details…
I always have a good time on the Authorized Podcast, but the novel Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu by noted Libertarian SF author L Neil Smith is its own special kind of weird… and that’s not a bad thing! Step back and enjoy a time when Lucasfilm clearly wasn’t reading any of its tie-in material…
Michael S Jackson, author of the Ringlander fantasy series will be discussing high fantasy, creating beautiful editions of his books, selling direct, Kickstarters, writing sequels and much more!
I had a great time chatting to Wayne on the Write Place podcast about writing, why I love selling books at comic cons, why I’m not that worried about Ai, and why I like leaning into the weird.
You can listen to the podcast at all the usual providers and there are some Youtube snippets below to whet your appetite…
Karen Storey is the award-winning author of the brilliant debut novel THE APPROVAL OF SHEEP. Karen is a prolific short story writer, and and her memoir pieces have been published in The New York Times and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and… her newsletter is written by her cat Tiffany. We’re going to discuss why you should set up a website and newsletter before you’ve finished your debut novel and much more…
Kathleen Whyman, author of the MOTHER OF ALL COMEBACKS, reveals how her brilliantly funny novels are a combination of real life, invention and her imagination…