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Interviews with Writers … on The Write Focus this Summer

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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2022/06/first-interviews-start-june-22.html

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)

6:37 / Fall into Poetry with Poets / Joan Leotta September 17, 2025
Welcome to our autumn series Fall into Poetry. Here where I live, it’s not quite Fall, but I’m desperate for it, and this series is one way I can feed that devouring desperation. This season, we have poets who also write fiction, and that informs the direction of our episodes. While we writers may weave […]
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6:36 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 15 & Interview with Reiner Prochaska September 10, 2025
We have reached the last episode associated with the Summer Writing Challenge. Our Quick Tip covers the 3 Sets of 7 that we writers need for every story start—because you’re moving on to the next writing, right? Reiner Prochaska offers a fascinating view of writing challenges in discussing his two novels and scripts for stage. […]
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6:35 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 14 & Interview with Ryan Hines September 3, 2025
A sidestep into screenwriting led Ryan Hines back to writing short stories, novels, and flash fiction. He talks challenges and the Writer as a Thief of Life. That’s the best Quick Tip any writer can offer. Ryan Michael Hines is a novelist, podcaster, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles, CA, who loves the Southland sun […]
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6:34 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 13 & Interview with Todd Goodlett August 27, 2025
Santa Barbara screenwriter Todd Goodlett talks scripts, drafting and revising, conflict, and more in this week’s episode of our Summer Writing Challenge. Todd Goodlett is a screenwriter and a playwright. He is the recipient of the 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in Screenwriting. Todd is also the winner of the 2019 Final Draft Big Break […]
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6:33 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 12 & Interview with Jeffrey James Higgins August 20, 2025
Thriller writer Jeffrey James Higgins turns our interview into a smooth journey without any hitches in today’s episode. Located in the DC area, he helps writers with his salon, located at Elaine’s Restaurant , the literary hub of Alexandria, VA. If you’re in that area, do check out the salon. Jeffrey James Higgins is a […]
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6:32 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 11 & Interview with MB Dabney August 13, 2025
Can you see Autumn yet? I’m yearning for it, my special time of the year. Autumn is the anniversary of this podcast, starting five years ago, and my publishing journey, 10 years ago. It’s always wonderful to me. I see no signs yet, but I’m definitely looking—even though it’s much too soon. We can be […]
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6:31 / Summer Writing Challenge / Week 10 and Interview with Delia Pitts August 6, 2025
Into August and the last month of the Summer Writing Challenge with Week 10. Our interviews will stretch two extra weeks of September. Delia Pitts gives us a wonderful interview with fantastic information to share. Born and raised in Chicago, Delia Pitts graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor’s degree in history. After working as […]
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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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