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    Episode 444: Lies, Secrets, and Tension in a Closed-Setting - Interview with Iris Yamashita

    Episode 444: Lies, Secrets, and Tension in a Closed-Setting – Interview with Iris Yamashita

    Today, Lori is interviewing Iris Yamashita. They’ll be talking about how her experience as a screenwriter helped her create tension in a closed setting. 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… Read more »

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    Episode 432: Accessing Feeling and Emotions in Young Adult Romance - Interview with S.K. Ali

    Episode 432: Accessing Feeling and Emotions in Young Adult Romance – Interview with SK Ali

    Today, Lori is interviewing SK Ali. They’ll be talking about feeling and emotion in YA fiction and her new book Love from Mecca to Medina. 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… Read more »

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    Episode 430: Finding Inspiration and Writing Purpose-Drive Fiction - Interview with Carol Van Den Hende

    Episode 430: Finding Inspiration and Writing Purpose-Driven Fiction – Interview with Carol Van Den Hende

    Today, Lori is interviewing Carol Van Den Hende. They’ll be talking about finding purpose and her new book Orchid Blooming. 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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    Episode 429: World Building and Pacing in a Closed Setting Thriller – Interview with Jeffrey James Higgins

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Jeffrey James Higgins. We’ll be talking about his closed setting thriller novel, Furious: Sailing Into Terror. 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… Read more »

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    #5onFri: Five Tips on Writing about Sensitive Subjects in Fiction

    #5onFri: Five Tips on Writing about Sensitive Subjects in Fiction

    Growing up, we all read stories that ended with every problem resolved and neatly tied up with a bow. Damsel meets prince, they fall in love, they live happily ever after. Unfortunately, real life does not work like that. In real life, there are difficult, sensitive subjects and issues that may or may not ever… Read more »

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    Episode 418: Flashbacks, Time Travel, and Multiple Mysteries: Learning the Rules - Interview with Natalka Burian

    Episode 418: Flashbacks, Time Travel, and Multiple Mysteries: Learning the Rules – Interview with Natalka Burian

    Today, Lori is interviewing Natalka Burian. They’ll be talking about time travel, multiple mysteries, and Natalka’s book The Night Shift. 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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    Episode 414: The Travel Novel, the Unreliable Narrator, and Forgotten Slices of History - Interview with Scott Gates

    Episode 414: The Travel Novel, the Unreliable Narrator, and Forgotten Slices of History – Interview with Scott Gates

    Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Scott Gates. We’ll be talking about his novel, Gone, the Redeemer. 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 recaps of… Read more »

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