by Megan Leigh | April 5, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCan writing be taught? Why go to a genre-specific writing course? What do students learn at such workshops? Charlotte and Megan talk to writer and founder of Odyssey Writing Workshops, Jeanne Cavelos, about teaching...
by Megan Leigh | March 22, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCharlotte interviews writer David Tallerman about writing fantasy and crime, writing-for-hire, Dungeons and Dragons, and the current trend for nostalgia in a lot of genre fiction. David Tallerman has written novels,...
by Megan Leigh | March 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode, Charlotte and Lucy talk to writer and lecturer Tiffani Angus. They discuss the estrangement of women’s bodies in apocalyptic fiction. While there is a lot of genre fiction written about the...
by Megan Leigh | February 22, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDo science fiction, fantasy, and horror narratives require violence? Are there other ways of creating conflict and tension in genre stories? This week, Charlotte, Lucy, and Megan look at how violence is used in genre...
by Megan Leigh | February 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor over 30 years we have used the Bechdel-Wallace test to push for gender equality in film. But does it go far enough? The Bechdel-Wallace test should be applauded for getting the conversation started, but we...
by Megan Leigh | January 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe chat to fantasy writer Jeannette Ng about her use of Christian mythology in her debut novel, Under the Pendulum Sun. Full episode notes are available here:...