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Sera Gamble interviews Eric Kripke (Image: Sera Gamble Official)
Kripke spent some time online chat time with Sera Gamble (You, The Magicians, Supernatural) for a round of "Writer Q&A." Sera Gamble interviews Eric Kripke (Image: Sera Gamble Official) Over the course of the half-hour, Kripke and Gamble cover a number of topics, from how his adaptation of the Garth Ennis/Darick Robertson comic book series came to[...]
Bookselling Requires a Great Query Letter & It's Harder Than It Looks
Hodapp frequently presents on writing and querying, and her advice is invaluable. Listen here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/27716243/download.mp3 Listen on YouTube: Jason Henderson is the host of the Castle of Horror and Castle Talk Podcasts, the editor of the Castle of Horror Anthology series, and the author of Quest for the Nautilus: Young Captain Nemo from Macmillan Children's Books[...]
True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld Joins Apple's Emily Dickinson Comedy Series
The actress is also a successful recording artist for Republic Records and is currently in studio writing and recording her first full-length album. For Apple's part, Dickinson joins a programming slate that includes Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine, a morning-show drama starring Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; Are You Sleeping?, starring Octavia Spencer; and a Kristen Wiig-led comedy[...]
2018 Spelling Bee Spotlight: A Look at Some of This Year's Student Spellers
Thanks to our random-number-generating friends over at Random.org, we are able to offer you a look at ten randomly selected contestants and see if Karma selected someone who might just end up taking it all… https://youtu.be/X_4XNXu-qDMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 90 Years of Champions (https://youtu.be/X_4XNXu-qDM) Credit: Scripps National Spelling Bee Speller #71: Alisha Chakravarty (Turlock,[...]
The Writer's Journey 2017: Breaking In And Managing A Career In Hollywood
From Bleeding Cool reporter Mike Rupert: In The Writer's Journey panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, Utah Mohammed, Tony Puryear and Brandon Easton shared their wisdom on how to break into the writing scene — be it TV, comics, novels, or film. Brandon started the panel off by listing three hashtags: #writersjourney, #scriptchat and #tvwriterchat[...]
Castle Talk: J.A. Pitts On His New Sara Beauhall Urban Fantasy, Night Terrors
We talk about writing female antagonists and the sources of urban fantasy– and just how many words a day you can get when you're really rolling. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/John_Pitts.mp3 Or listen on YouTube if you prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-L2KYUzykQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: John "J.A." Pitts, "Night Terrors" (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-L2KYUzykQ)   Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to[...]