This week, I talk to Ali Chappell about the challenges of directing and acting in her own projects, her desire to create a romantic comedy horror film and championing women in horror.

On a bonus episode, I talk to Dr. Pamela Steiner, from the Harvard School of Public Health, about the Armenian Genocide.

This week, I talk to Dania Ramos about creating audio dramas, writing for a young audience and the importance of challenging yourself as a writer.

This week, I talk to Aaron Poochigian about Verse Novels, what brought him into poetry and his process writing verse narratives.

This week, I talk to Sheryl St. Germain about substance addiction, losing a loved one to substance abuse and finding new ways to inspire people.

This week, I talk to Tim Seibles, the Poet Laureate of Virginia, about Jimi Hendrix, avoiding monotony in his work, and writing poems in the voice of Blade the Daywalker.

This week, I talk to Donna Talarico about the real people in our lives that become characters in our work, her lack of a creative writing process, and Hippocampus, her creative non-fiction magazine and conference.

This week, I talk to Nisha Sharma about retelling works of Shakespeare, the books that unlocked her love for reading  and how her approach to writing changes for each project.

This week, I talk to Nicole Pandolfo about the rules of screenwriting, generative writing exercises in the classroom and finding your voice as a writer.

This week, I talk to Angelique Palmer about her new book Also Dark, what sparked her path into poetry, and “what we do” vs “what we’re supposed to be doing.”