Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors

270 Episodes

1. The one where fantasy author C.L. Polk explains how she crosses genres in her work.

   Published: 5/15/2023
2. The one where Melissa Blair tells us how she lit up BookTok by publishing her novel anonymously.

   Published: 5/8/2023
3. The one where Victor Manibo explains how he uses the Story Engine card deck to help shape his novels.

   Published: 5/1/2023
4. The one where #1 NYT bestseller Dennis Lehane explains why working in the absolute worst hell is not as bad as writing the middle of a novel.

   Published: 4/24/2023
5. The one where NYT bestseller Caroline Kepnes tells us what it’s like to have a hit Netflix show based on her YOU series.

   Published: 4/17/2023
6. The one where Anthony McCarten explains what it’s like to write biopics for Winston Churchill, Queen, and Whitney Houston.

   Published: 4/10/2023
7. The one where Brenda Novak explains what it’s like to sell books and coffee out of your Airstream.

   Published: 4/3/2023
8. The one where NYT Bestseller Kim Sherwood explains what it was like to write a James Bond chase scene when she’s never driven a car.

   Published: 3/27/2023
9. Hugh Howey Update! Silo, Beacon 23, and More.

   Published: 3/21/2023
10. The one where Tracy Clark explains what happens after you figure out where you’re going to hide the body.

    Published: 3/20/2023
11. The one where Vaishnavi Patel explains how she hit the New York Times list with her debut novel.

    Published: 3/13/2023
12. The one where NYT Bestseller William Landay explains why no writer of any quality can base their work on fact.

    Published: 3/6/2023
13. The one where New York Times Bestseller Daniel Suarez talks ChatGPT, future tech, and what it’s like to get a phone call from the pentagon after they read your book.

    Published: 2/27/2023
14. The one where #1 New York Times Bestseller James Rollins explains why villains must have a purpose and how the prologue just might be dead.

    Published: 2/20/2023
15. The one where Gregg Hurwitz discusses Orphans, AWA Studios, and writing for Morgan Freeman.

    Published: 2/13/2023
16. The one where Swedish sensation Tove Alsterdal explains the importance of setting as a character.

    Published: 2/6/2023
17. The one where bestselling author C.J. Tudor explains why it's better to have no agent than the wrong agent.

    Published: 1/30/2023
18. The one where Mary Adkins explains why you don't need an MFA (unless you do).

    Published: 1/23/2023
19. The one where Ewan Morrison explains how being a hippie, swinger, part-time Marxist prepper with his own nuclear bunker has helped shape his fiction.

    Published: 1/16/2023
20. The one where Claire Douglas explains why she writes so damn fast.

    Published: 1/9/2023