The Arc of The Bard

Cheril reads time travel psychedelia, Trip and Rift . Stories come from within us, and sometimes seemingly from elsewhere. AI is simply unable to do what humans can. She nails that whole thing. I’m so glad we finally got into this conversation in this show. Cheril does some cool stuff in these books. She broaches relationships, healing, history and even inventing a new language… a new language as...

Amin Amat disrupts the OZ Universe. He has a unique take on Post-Dorothy dynamics. This illustrators foray into writing is a formidable storm. Listen Right Now While I learned a great deal about the world of illustrating from an accomplished one, I was pleased to hear Amin’s description of storytelling, and particularly writing characters. He’s learned how the characters take over the process. Now...

Ken gives a materialist explanation of WHY we bring stories forward, as well as how. He says the MEME LAYER is an evolutionary necessity . Please listen. Lots of great business advice as well. We spoke about the unique value of people on the autism spectrum. There is some talk about how screenwriting format helps with the visual aspect of prose. Ken read from his graphic novel CARRAVAGGIO: A Light...

Michael and I talked about his 2 books, The Flowerbed and Two Minutes . He sees our minds as each being a unique universe to draw from. He was inspired by his grandpa who used poetry to heal from war. The excerpt from Two Minutes is a whimsical use of a darkroom as both respite from the outside world, and vehicle in which to detach and travel through space. Please listen and enjoy that. The Flower...

Wow, talk about noir. I had to make up a new word for Miriam ! I probably didn’t make Noiress up first. LOL. Miriam read from Gray New Deal and also from her entry Saving, in Austin Noir . Much of this discussion is about the dark turn in American economics of the past few decades and the effects it has had on people’s lives. Noir, indeed. Being an LCSW, MFA—that’s a social worker who mostly works...

Lessons from The Arc of The Bard | Things for guests to consider | An analysis of the process to this point | How it came about in the first place | Back to Sundays only Dialogue Impetus My podcast, The Arc of The Bard , is built on storytelling and on simply doing what I want. The guest discussions are about the nature of storytelling as a facility of consciousness, as well as an opportunity for...

Walt Meyer is a journalist and a fiction and non-fiction writer. We talked lot of writing process and also sociology. What do you think of American education and bullying? How about elves? This talk is a very good time. Walter G. Meyer is also a travel writer and a journalist. He also co-wrote GAM3ERS, a one-man play about World of Warcraft. Then we got into the subject of his book, Rounding Third...

Jamie wrote a genre-bending foodie book . He is an innovative guy with an interesting approach to writing and marketing his books. Music is a big motivator. It’s enough to make me want to play along with the acclaimed playwright . The main purpose of TAOTB is to discuss storytelling and the origin of thought and a lot of philosophical stuff like that. But we discussed the difference in writing pla...

Jaime Buckley 💎 is a talent stack. He writes and illustrates his books . He has music, instructional books, and theory, all organized on his Life of Fiction Substack . He gets into writer questions and has a podcast at JaimeBuckley.com . Jaime read from his Chronicles of a Hero . You’ll get the music related to his writing here . Gear Girls at Spotify, also. → NOTE: For my usual Sunday/Monday lis...

KaylaVerse recently released Telensia, City of AI . We spoke about the origin of stories, supporting creative development during youth, and maintaining family and community in times of challenge. She is gracious enough to let us hear her music during this conversation! The first episode of her web series is available now. ^ Storytelling takes so many forms, and Kayla uses all of them. She produces...

Ian is a natural teacher. I learned the more he spoke. He read from his YA novel The Secrets of The Strange Days . We discussed the human nature of storytelling, screenwriting, the value of finding a teacher, and the stimulation-oriented product of AI versus the existential value of human creativity. Find all his links below. I think you’ll agree that when he finds the representation he’s looking...

James Salsido released episode 1000 of his podcast Salsido Paranormal , the most comprehensive collection of paranormal stories on the internet, on April 5th, 2026 (today). We talked about that interface between fiction and the unexplained and how storytelling can play a role in our interpretation of the unseen realms. James read from his upcoming novel, called Unveiled , a disclosure story of ano...

Brownell Landrum says, “Lose yourself in the fiction, find yourself in the truth.” Her books are rife with lessons. We got into all my favorite stuff, and I learned plenty of new references and descriptions of consciousness. Reincarnation is a theme in her writing… over and over again. If you can figure out who the historical couple from her book We Meet Again is, she’ll send you one. Can you figu...

Fran Tabor touched on Morphic Resonance and Rupert Sheldrake , Business, anthropomorphic extraterrestrials and Christian Fiction. Fran reads from her Science Fiction novel, One Planet, Two Worlds . Here are Fran’s Links: Amazon , Facebook , LinkedIn I would like to have these conversations with a lot more Substackers. Whether there is a book or product to promote or not. If you create Fiction in a...

Mark Mustian is a wealth of knowledge and accomplishment. I implore you to please visit News and Events , and also the About page of his website. Mark read excerpts from his latest novel, Boy with Wings . He is: * A published Author * A former Elected Official * A Lawyer * The Organizer and Founder of the Word of South Books and Music Festival Mark’s experience as a published author spans the chan...

Much about the crafting of Short Stories. Richard reads from the Short Story Anthology called Fifty States , and also from his stalker novel Born on Monday . Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less Use this link for discounted tech items | Refurbished, open box, etc. Read and share my GiveSendGo Visit easytopia ! where I share all my short fiction. The conversations with Richar...

Elise is a consummate writer and teacher. She writes Detective Mystery novels that are a lot of fun and adventurous. I have to immediately note that I kept coming back to character development with her. Her experience as a theater and drama teacher, who has written scripts and plays kept me digging into that with her. You’ll like this conversation if you work on personalities in your writing, and...

Michael was gracious enough to share the introduction to a forthcoming book. My First Year in stand-up: Lessons in Life, Laughter, and Loss. His comedy journal and blog can be found here, at Substack . Michael Halcomb.com is his academic information. Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less Use this link for discounted tech items . Refurbished, open box, name brands, etc.. Check...

Midnight Snack is where you’ll find Sharon’s horror Flash Fiction. We had a great time talking about our approaches to Flash Fiction, and the real life of writing horror, and other suspenseful things. Someone Has to Say it is where you get her Divorce Greeting Cards . What else is there to say about that? * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for discounted...

Sean is the Founder of Poets Out Loud, in NYC , where he resides. He is the Administrator at Writers.com , and is developing a card game for poets, called Poemancer . Sean grew up in Milwaukee,Wi. He studied Creative Writing at the University of Central Florida. Read my commentary and find more important links below. * Get my $5 eBook | The political class in 15 minutes or less * Use this link for...

Nuts and Bolts Guy | Macaulay Christian has quite a list of accomplishments, and goals. He takes a practical approach to writing as well. Macaulay's writing is peppered with construction language, and political inference. We have a fruitful talk about problem-solving, prose, and the state of the empire. He reads from his Fantasy saga, Holindrian & The Human Revolution , and the forthcoming follow-...

Alicia Anderson has a PhD in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology, which is so perfect for this podcast. It was fortuitous for me, as a pure, purposeful autodidact, to have the validation and such broad agreement with someone with such depth of formal knowledge on the subjects I like to explore regarding writing and storytelling. If there’s deconstruction, then there’s reconstruction. Alicia...

G.E. Moore is a former educator who has decompressed his experience as a teacher into stories, with his students in mind. His recent Afro-Futurist/Fantasy novel, Bealz: Prince of the Southside , weaves difficult realities with imaginative episodes, encouraging kids to grasp everything available to them for their forward development. If you like the premise of the Arc of The Bard ←(hear the promo),...

Introducing Annika La Vina * Harvard ‘25 * Specializes in short fiction and poetry, currently writing both a fantasy trilogy and a historical fiction novel. * Drawn to concise, emotionally driven writing that emphasizes feeling over explanation. * In high school, wrote Finding a Superpower , a story about a boy dying of cancer, which unexpectedly moved readers—including a teacher who cried while r...

The premise for Easytopia! , and The Arc of the Bard , is that the phenomenon of original thought is fascinating and mysterious. Storytelling is a facility of that phenomenon. Artificial intelligence compiles data and calculates previously existing information. But what is the origin of human thought? Where do stories come from? I have no problem asking you to please visit my Givesendgo , because...