Episodes

  • On Claiming Your Personal Power! (Kristin Iris Johnson - Wicked City)

    On Claiming Your Personal Power! (Kristin Iris Johnson - Wicked City)
    Nov 3 2024
    In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to Wicked City television series creator Kristin Iris Johnson about her journey to Hollywood as a queer Black woman with disabilities -- and how she claimed her personal power to thrive as a writer and producer in such a competitive industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Best of Scare Up the Vote! (Stephen King, Joe Hill, Rachel Harrison, Mike Flanagan, Stephen Graham Jones, Bryan Fuller & More!)

    Best of Scare Up the Vote! (Stephen King, Joe Hill, Rachel Harrison, Mike Flanagan, Stephen Graham Jones, Bryan Fuller & More!)
    Oct 22 2024
    Wow - just WOW. Tananarive talks about mounting Scare Up the Vote, the horror community's campaign event to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. On this episode, excerpts from amazing talks about horror and why voting matters by your horror faves: Stephen Graham Jones, Gabino Iglesias, Stephen King in conversation with Joe Hill, Erin E. Adams, Mike Flanagan in conversation with Kate Siegel, Bryan Fuller, Akela Cooper and Rachel Harrison. And that's just a tiny slice of the full broadcast with a slew of other great horror creators, which you can watch at scareupthevote.com The event raised more than $21,000, but you can still show your horror head love for the Kamala Harris campaign by contributing at https://secure.kamalaharris.com/a/scare-up-the-vote?attr=116075965 - every contribution here will be credited to Scare Up the Vote! LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Nuzo Onoh (Where the Dead Brides Gather) - the Queen of African Horror!

    Nuzo Onoh (Where the Dead Brides Gather) - the Queen of African Horror!
    Oct 15 2024
    That's right, royalty is in the house - Nuzo Onoh has been hailed as "The Queen of African Horror." This Nigerian-British writer is a pioneer of the African horror genre, and she talks about how tropes like vengeful ghosts have shaped her writing. Her books include Dance for the Dead and the upcoming Where the Dead Brides Gather. LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Guest Nat Cassidy! (Nestlings, Mary: An Awakening of Terror)

    Guest Nat Cassidy! (Nestlings, Mary: An Awakening of Terror)
    Oct 6 2024
    Tananarive talks to author, playwright, actor and screenwriter Nat Cassidy about how his different artistic endeavors have fed into a single creative drive. On fluidity in creativity and the persistence to follow your dream -- and then the NEXT dream. LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian)

    Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian)
    Oct 5 2024
    In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to comics creator and screenwriter Pornsak Pichetshote. On how his feeling of displacement after moving from the U.S. to Thailand as a child helped him become a storyteller, mastering comics and TV writing - and The Horizon Experiment (The Manchurian), his new community-building comics project to showcase creators on the margins. (Including Tananarive, whose comic is Moon Dogs.) LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • On Finding Your Voice! (Guest Michelle McGill-Vargas)

    On Finding Your Voice! (Guest Michelle McGill-Vargas)
    Sep 22 2024
    Tananarive talks to debut novelist Michelle McGill-Vargas about how she nurtured her writing practice while teaching full-time and how she found her voice to write her debut vampire novel, AMERICAN GHOUL. On the persistence and confidence writers need to win! LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Guest S.A. Cosby! (All the Sinners Bleed, Razorblade Tears)

    Guest S.A. Cosby! (All the Sinners Bleed, Razorblade Tears)
    Sep 15 2024
    In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to New York Times bestseller S.A. Cosby, author of the bestselling novels ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, RAZORBLADE TEARS (praised by Barack Obama!) and BLACKTOP WASTELAND. They talk about how he almost gave up writing, blending crime fiction and horror, and what inspires him to write. LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Best of Lifewriting: It's Spooky Season! Secrets to Writing Great Horror

    Best of Lifewriting: It's Spooky Season! Secrets to Writing Great Horror
    Sep 8 2024
    In this episode, pioneering science fiction author Steven Barnes and Bram Stoker Award / Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Tananarive Due (your hosts!) break down the secrets to writing great horror: bringing the scares and why strong characters matter so much in horror. LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) Join Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.com Join Steve's mailing list at https://stevenbarneslist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 mins