Interviews with Writers … on The Write Focus this Summer

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Kaye George (June)

Elle Andrews Patt (July)

Elaine Isaak (July)

Melissa Bourbon (August)

Anne Louise Bannon (August)

Sarah Burr (August)

Jane Sloven (August)

and more! (September)

6:30 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 9 & Interview with Elle Hartford July 30, 2025
We’ve reached the end of July, two-thirds of our Summer Writing Challenge. How are you doing on your summer goal? Share your progress in the Comments. In this week’s episode our talk is with cozy fantasy mystery writer Elle Hartford. Elle writes the award-winning Alchemical Tales series, a blend of cozy mystery and cozy fantasy. […]
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6:29 / Summer Writing Challenge / Wk 8 & Interview with Paula Messina July 23, 2025
It’s Week 8 of the Summer Writing Challenge. Eight is symbolic of two disparate meanings: 1] almost to completion, when completion is symbolic 10, and 2] a step beyond perfection, as 7 is the perfect number. We’re not perfect. We’re not even a step before, let alone beyond. We do try. After a Quick Tip […]
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6:28 / Summer Writing Challenge / Interview with Ron Katz July 16, 2025
Welcome to our mid-July week for the Summer Writing Challenge. Our interview introduces Ron Katz, who brands his mysteries as The Sleuthing Silvers. We open with a Quick Tip on Antagonists and close with a Check-In. I’m burning ahead to my goal—which is always a good place to be. On to the episode! Ron Katz, […]
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6:27 / Summer Writing Challenge / Wk 6 & Interview with donalee Moulton July 9, 2025
July 9 means we’re in the 6th week of the Summer Writing Challenge. Returning to us in this episode is donalee Moulton, a great writer living in one of my favorite locations, Halifax, Nova Scotia. We open with a Quick Writing Tip on Using Twists then close with a Check-In, as usual. donalee Moulton’s first […]
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6:26 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 5 & Interview with Karen Grose July 2, 2025
Midsummer brings us to July, and we start July with an interview of Toronto writer Karen Grose. Before the interview, we have a Quick Writing Tip: Don’t completely panic when characters take over the story. It’s then that we cede control of the story to them. After our interview, we close with the 5th Check-In. […]
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6:25 / Summer Writing Challenge / Interview with Judy Penz Sheluk June 25, 2025
The Summer Writing Challenge enters the 4th week of June with a slight tiptoe into July. How is your challenge progressing? Share your goal and project, problems and solutions, and successes in the Comment Section. Our interview this week is with Judy Penz Sheluk. As a Quick Tip, I chatter about writing a coherent story. We […]
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6:24 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 3 & Interview with Al Sirois June 18, 2025
Welcome to our third week of June and our third week of the Summer Writing Challenge. How is your challenge going? Share your progress in the Comments, and hit the LIKE button whenever you enjoy an episode. Our interview this week is with veteran writer Al Sirois, based in North Carolina although he began writing […]
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6:23 / Summer Writing Challenge / Wk2 & Interview with Joan Ramirez June 11, 2025
In this episode of the Summer Writing Challenge~ A Quick Tip on what you need before you start writing, the Interview with Joan Ramirez on Organizing and Prioritizing and Reaching into Characters, and our Check-in for the week. TIMINGS 00:40 Welcome 01:18 Quick Tip #2 5:00 Interview with Joan Ramirez Bio and The Write Rules, […]
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6:22 / Summer Writing Challenge / Welcome and Introduction June 4, 2025
Welcome to the Summer Writing Challenge which continues all through June, July, and August for 13 episodes. Join us for quick writing tips, writers talking about challenges, and goal check-ins. [The final check-in will occur the first Wednesday in September, in the 1st episode of the Fall into Poetry series.] In today’s episode, host M.A. […]
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6:21 / Writers on Writing / Teresa Inge May 28, 2025
Writing in her car at midday is all Teresa Inge needs to create stories with strong protagonists. With 18 years of publishing experience, she keeps writing simple with laptop and trusty battery. Once she has a theme placed in her Outer Banks setting, she gives her sleuth a business so they can encounter and investigate […]
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