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    Episode 399: Neurodiversity, Family Dynamics, and Cooking: Adventures in Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction - Interview with Gillian McDunn

    Episode 399: Neurodiversity, Family Dynamics, and Cooking: Adventures in Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction – Interview with Gillian McDunn

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Gillian McDunn. We’ll be talking about Honestly Elliott, a middle grade novel about a big-hearted boy trying to find the way to his best self.  Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter especially for our podcast… Read more »

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    Episode 398: Trust Your Reader and Trust Yourself: Writing a Multiple Point of View Thriller

    Episode 398: Trust Your Reader and Trust Yourself: Writing a Multiple Point of View Thriller – Interview with JK Ellem

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing JK Ellem. We’ll be talking about Ravenwood, a serial killer domestic thriller, and the sequel to Mill Point Road, the Amazon US & UK #1 Bestselling Thriller. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter, especially for… Read more »

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    Episode 397: Archives, Fandoms, and Committing Your Obsessions - Interview with Isaac Fellman

    Episode 397: Archives, Fandoms, and Committing Your Obsessions – Interview with Isaac Fellman

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Isaac Fellman. We’ll be talking about his latest novel, Dead Collections, a heartwarming romantic fantasy that will be out on Feb 22, 2022. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter, especially for our podcast listeners. Every… Read more »

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    Episode 396: When Fantasy and Reality Intersect: Writing Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction - Interview with Ryan Dalton

    Episode 396: When Fantasy and Reality Intersect: Writing Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction – Interview with Ryan Dalton

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Dalton. We’ll be discussing his latest novel, This Last Adventure, a middle-grade story about the bond between a teenage boy and his grandfather, how that boy copes with his grandfather’s memory loss, and what it means to live a life worth remembering. Have you signed up to… Read more »

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    Episode 395: The Many Levels of Character and World Building in a Rom-com - Interview with Alana Quintana Albertson

    Episode 395: The Many Levels of Character and World Building in a Rom-com – Interview with Alana Quintana Albertson

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Alana Quintana Albertson. We’ll be talking about her latest book, Ramón and Julieta, which happens to combine three of my favorite things: rom-coms, tacos (and other great food), and of course, Shakespeare references. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an… Read more »

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    Episode 394: What Stories Are You Telling Yourself? Marketing Mindset Shifts for Writers - Interview with Sue Campbell

    Episode 394: What Stories Are You Telling Yourself? Marketing Mindset Shifts for Writers – Interview with Sue Campbell

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Sue Campbell. We’ll be talking about mindset, in particular the harmful stories we creative folks tell ourselves, so we can carve out the creative life we’ve always known we were meant to have. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an… Read more »

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    William Germano

    Episode 393: The Craft of Revision – Interview with William Germano

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing William Germano. We’ll be talking about On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter, especially for our podcast listeners. Every month, you’ll get an email from our podcast producer with… Read more »

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    Leslie Vedder

    Episode 392: World Building and Character Friendships in a YA Fairy Tale Retelling – Interview with Leslie Vedder

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Leslie Vedder. We’ll be talking about her YA debut novel The Bone Spindle. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter especially for our podcast listeners. Every month, you’ll get an email from our podcast producer with… Read more »

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    Ashanti Anderson

    Episode 391: The Medium and the Message: How Poetry Communicates a Deeper Truth – Interview with Ashanti Anderson

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ashanti Anderson. But first, I am excited to announce the launch of DIY MFA Radio Insiders program, a monthly newsletter, especially for our podcast listeners. Each month, you’ll get an email from our podcast producer with recaps of the most recent episodes, a curated Listening List of episodes… Read more »

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    Charlie Jane Anders

    Episode 390: Idea to Premise to Story: Crafting a Dynamic Short Story – Interview with Charlie Jane Anders

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Charlie Jane Anders. Charlie Jane is the author of the essay collection Never Say You Can’t Survive along with the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes.  Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. Her fiction and… Read more »

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