Everyone’s a sellout now
So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok?
our opinions are correct Podcast Episode 132: A Sense of Place with Jessica Johns
Sometimes, a story is set in a place that isn’t just a location. It’s a character. How do places come alive?
pop culture detective – Solarpunk and How We Escape Dystopia
In this episode we explore a relatively new subgenre of science fiction called Solarpunk, which aims to imagine better, more ecologically harmonious, futures on earth.
Grieving a Friendship w/MariNaomi
Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with award-winning author & illustrator MariNaomi, talking about their new & ninth book, I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, a collage-comics graphic memoir about a…
How to build a planet
We’re going to tackle a few very small questions in this episode, like how to build a planet from scratch – and then, how to build governments on that planet.…
What Makes a Story Feel “Fast” Or “Slow”?
People talk about “pacing” all the time when it comes to storytelling — but what does “pacing” mean? How do you make a story feel like it’s moving faster or…
Ghosts – Believer Magazine
Last year I became fascinated with an artificial intelligence model that was being trained to write human-like text. The model was called GPT-3, short for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 3; if…
Q&A: Girmay Edits BOA Selections
What do you predict will be difficult about reading for these selections?I feel as certain as I can be that there will be many manuscripts that are just incredible—I imagine…
Writers Confront Climate Crisis
Writers Rebel NYC, a coalition of writers who are part of the activist group Extinction Rebellion, seeks to encourage conversation and action around climate change through literature.
Pandemic Pen Pals
Writer Rachel Syme’s pen pal matching program has connected more than nine thousand correspondents from over fifty countries during the pandemic. {read}