Writers Drinking Coffee

A year in retrospect; we published things, we wrote things, we inflicted poetry on innocent bystanders. We also invited people to asking us questions on Twitter and FB, and today we read the questions and answer them for you. … Continue... Episode 29 – A Year in Retrospect

Jeannie sits down with novelist Heather Rose Jones to talk about her creative processes, mainstream lesbian publishing, historic romance for LGBT, and other topics. … Continue... Episode 28 – Interview with Heather Rose Jones

Television, Movies, episodic podcasts; in storytelling there’s a definite trend for watching or following a series of stories with an over-arching theme or plot presented in episodes. … Continue... Episode 27 – Storytelling by Episodes

Adjectives and verbs and adverbs and more! Cliches are made of words. Most cliches derived from accuracy, but lose their meaning over time. Our eggnog-sodden team looks into old ones. We pick at many of our favorites. … Continue... Episode 26 – Death by Cliche part Deux

The Silver Anniversary episode! Jeannie goes on a rant (Many F Bombs) on the topic of cliches found in writing. The words used to only describe women, or only men, and it may be time to move past them in writing. Also Chaz asks are odd numbers sexier? … Continue... Episode 25 – Death to Cliches!

In which Chaz and Jeannie interview Geralyn Lance from Subterranean Press. How does a publisher’s Production Manager…. Manage words? How do they find artists? How do they wrangle bookbinders? … Continue... Episode 24 – Interview with a Publisher

Chaz and Jeannie managed to capture the elusive and mysterious Marie Brennan at World Fantasy Con. If you love alternative history and dragons, you’ve got to give her a read! … Continue... Episode 23 – Meet Marie Brennan

In which Chaz and Jeannie go to World Fantasy Con and sit down with Caitlin Blasdell - Chaz’ American agent. What does an Agent do? How do you become one? Why do you need one? Caitlin tells all! … Continue... Episode 22 – Going Out into the World

Jeannie and John chatting about how they get inspired to get things done, as well as keep track of what they're writing and what resources are available. … Continue... Episode 21 – The Inspiration to Get Things Done

In which Chaz reads Jeannie a story he wrote recognizing the immortal genius of David Bowie, our Starman who fell to earth forever. … Continue... Episode Twenty – Ashes to Ashes

Today our guest star Juliette Wade talks in the coffee shop about World Building. She runs a regular online workshop on on the topic for all kinds of fiction - it used to be on Google Hangouts, but now has a YouTube channel. … Continue... Episode Nineteen – How to Build a World

Today we invited Tiana Hanson in to talk about how to pursue a career in reading things out loud. If you write a book and want to read it on Audible, or really just enjoy reading aloud, there is a path to success. … Continue... Episode Eighteen – Voice Work and Audible

Jeannie and Dave invite Doug Garrett and Ray Greer into the coffeehouse to talk about how they started writing for games, writing a first novel, process, and the general crossovers of game writing to mysteries and more … Continue... Episode Seventeen – From Gaming Beginnings

Chaz Brenchley reading his "Live at Maly's" which is found in the pages of Tales from the House Band v. 2 … Continue... Episode Sixteen – Live at Maly’s

We have guest lecturer and playwright Carol Wolf with us, teaching the most important elements in creating a play: Creating tension, 3D characters, and writing for a confined visual space. … Continue... Episode Fifteen – The Play’s the Thing

Liz (Squishy) Houchin wrote in via the Writers Drinking Coffee FB page asking about muses. John and Jeannie sound off on the topic of muses they've seduced and left sated in their wake. … Continue... Episode Fourteen – Those Tricksy Muses

In which one of our co-hosts and his wife go off to Ireland and all they brought me is this… oh hey! Jamesons! Here’s your reading list, according to who drank with Chaz and Karen. … Continue... Episode Thirteen – World Con Dublin Recap

How do you end up the editor in chief for a major online Zine? You volunteer, of course. David Speakman joins Jeannie and Dave (Web Spider) to talk about his writing career progression, Tightbeam Magazine, and more. … Continue... Episode Twelve – Online Zines and Game Writing

With Chaz away at World Con in Dublin and John away at Burning Man, a lonely Jeannie invites Alice Cornwell back to read one of Jeannie’s first stories published in Continue... Episode Eleven – Living Dead in Miami

We invited a Millennial to come chat on the show to talk about where her peers tend to find content to read, what they like, and how they find more. Alice came and schooled us all on how she and her friends find things to read … Continue... Episode Ten – Instagram, Tumblr and SnapChat – Oh My!

Do you write short stories? Our writers (and guest lawyer) discuss the difference between an Anthology and a Collection. Also for new writers - how do you know you’re being successful? How do you measure progress? Special guests return - Karen Brenchley and Judith Szepesi … Continue... Episode Nine – Anthologies, Collections, and KPIs

Special guest Karen Brenchley joins the coffee club to talk about writing groups. What is a writing group, and how do you organize it? What goals can you accomplish? What are official ones versus what can you do locally for free? … Continue... Episode Eight – Writer Groups & Editing

Heroes, sidekicks, villains, henchmen - our coffee committee review our favorites and describe why. Can an ensemble point of view work? Who did good ensemble/different character episodes and stories? … Continue... Episode Seven – Our Favorite Characters

Today we invited in an intellectual privacy lawyer to talk to everyone about copyright, privacy, trademarks, and how to avoid treading on the rules and laws about them. What is fair use argument? How does parody fit in? Is Fan Fic legal? … Continue... Episode Six – Is your story, strictly speaking, legal?

In which the hosts debate whether technical writing helps advance your writing career. Or what is a writing career? … Continue... Episode Five – More Writing Careers