Talk Fiction

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. In our current self-made-business-focused era of creativity, almost anyone can (and will) call themselves a “teacher”, so long as there are “students” willing to sign up (and pay) for their lessons. But I can tell you from experience that not all writing teachers are created eq...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. Joining me today is the ray of Ibiza sunshine that is Francesca Bossert . Francesca is a poet, novelist, crocheter, horse whisperer, artisan bag maker, and celebrity talk show host . 😉 Among the many things I admire about Francesca is her insistence that art remain a source of...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. Many authors dream of attaining bestseller status. Many more would be happy just to be able to “make a living” as a writer. But how many of those authors would be ready (or willing) to wait a quarter of a century to realize those dreams? Hopefully, today’s guest will convince a...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. I’ve been gently needling today’s guest, the whip-smart and culturally attuned Beth Lisogorsky , for some time about starting a Romance themed podcast with me. Actually, I think she brought it up first and I refused to let it go. 😏Either way, I think you’ll appreciate the cris...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. Today, I’m hosting a bevy of badass Empress authors who, in addition to building independent careers around their writing in literary spaces, film, television, journalism, and publishing, have each penned a memoir which illuminates the rocky road taken on each their own journey...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. In the hot seat this month is expat story-maker Troy Ford, creator of Ford Knows Books and author of Lamb , a novel in snapshots. Troy and I had a rollicking chat, ripe with “air quotes,” about the far too often undisclosed wear-and-tear authors experience building a “platform,...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers! I was crazy delighted to host two of my favorite fiction writers and OG Substack friends, Maegan Heil and Wil Dalton , for this petite panel podcast on the ins, outs, and undersides of writing horror stories. Thrill as we talk-tackle the power of genre fusion, the allure of esc...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. Helping me kick off Season Two today is the Forged series author, 𝐂𝐁 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 . CB’s debut novel, Shattered , launched in April of this year (2025) from Provender Press , and Book Two, Merged , is scheduled to arrive early in the spring of 2026. Official release date TBD! CB and I...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: fiction writers. Today I have one of my all-time favorite funny people on the show to talk to us about the slippery slope that is shopping cart misdemeanor and the perils of poorly orchestrated sex education. We also talk about the wonderfully weird world of Wattpad, the blessing/curse that is...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. Today, I’m joined by fellow novelist and solo-preneur, Samuél Lopez-Barrantes , creator of if not, Paris , and author of The Requisitions , the flagship novel of his newly established publishing imprint, Kingdom Anywhere . Samuél has spent the last year forging a “non-trad” pat...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs, fiction writers. My guest today is Dennard Dayle , a massive writing talent who—in this humble podcaster’s equally humble opinion—spends far too much time succeeding brilliantly under everyone’s radar. Join us for an engaging exchange around the creation of his first book, Everything Abridged ,...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. Friends, I am beyond jazzed to bring you today’s podcast featuring successful author and marketing maven, Claudine Wolk , creator of the Substack newsletter (slash) book (slash) podcast Get Your Book Seen and Sold . In this episode, Claudine and I tackle book marketing (eek!),...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction, the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. Today’s interview is going to feel like a cozy lunch date with an old friend you haven’t seen in years but can jump right back in with as if you saw each other yesterday. CK Steefel , creator of the hysterically heartfelt Substack, Good Humor , joins me in a laughter-infused gab...

Content consideration: This episode marks the creator’s decision to slap an E (explicit) stamp on this podcast moving forward. Because talking candidly about writing and salty language go hand in hand, apparently. You’ve been advised. Welcome back to Talk Fiction, the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. In this episode, professional dream chaser,...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction, a podcast dedicated to entertainment media's most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. In this episode, yours truly, Meg Oolders, talks with fellow writer and multitude Ben Wakeman about avoiding the rut of niche-ness, embracing AI (for what it is), fostering empathy for the betterment of humanity, and about returning to the workforce after a full (but fleeting) cre...

Welcome back to Talk Fiction , the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers. In this episode, yours truly, Stock Fiction creator Meg Oolders, has a cozy fireside chat with micro-fiction maestro, Justin Deming, about his courageous leap into self-publishing, self-promotion, and self-marketing for his fifty-word story collection, 50 Fifties . We talk shop...

Welcome to the pilot episode of my newest creative endeavor. Talk Fiction is a podcast dedicated to entertainment media's most overlooked underdogs: fiction writers. In this episode, author J.E. Petersen and I dig deep on preserving our humanity, ditching digital dope, setting boundaries, and silencing our inner critic. Guest: J.E. Petersen DISPATCHES FROM INNER SPACE SHADOW AND FIRE VOLTAGE Host:...