Writing and Editing

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Alison Ver Halen , a writer who writes for her clients or helps them do it themselves.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Douglas Smythe, who describes himself as a “Male Grooming & Shaving Guru.” He’s written, blogged, and podcasted about shaving—yes, that kind of shaving, of your face—and has a website where he sells all manner of shaving stuff. This is not using an electric razor: this is using one of those old-timey-style blade shavers and shaving soap (not lather or cream). He ha...

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Lyn Barrett , who is a writer as well as a facilitator of Writers’ Workshops and Memoir Classes for People with Dissociative Disorders . Her latest book is called Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory. Note: Lyn is grateful for the work of her *second* editor, Sarah Chauncey , who skillfully coached her through the writing of the book.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is bestselling writer Tom Fowler . He is the author of the C.T. Ferguson mysteries and the John Tyler thrillers, both of which are set in his home town of Baltimore.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Jill Phillips , the author of Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960’s Post-War London Through One Family’s Story .

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Caroline Malloy , who is a former academic, but now is a book coach as well as a resident historian onboard cruise ships.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Tammy Euliano , who is all of the things in the title of this episode. She’s published two medical thrillers, Fatal Intent and Misfire , and teaches at the University of Florida.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Sarah Chauncey, who is a writer, editor, and book coach . She also maintains a website called Living the Mess , where she writes and blogs about anxiety, depression, and rewiring your brain for inner peace. 

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Kyle Evans , who is a product designer, writer, podcaster, and general thinker about creativity.

Send us Fan Mail I talk about shortness and spareness in writing , film , and jokes.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Cathy Jean-François , who talks about the incorporation of details about her own depression into her novel The Box , for which she is looking for a literary agent.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Tegan Kehoe , who is a public historian specializing in healthcare and science at the Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Her book,  Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures , was published in February 2022.

Send us Fan Mail My guest is Diane Hatz, who indie-published her book Rock Gods & Messy Monsters in September 2022.  She also has a substack called Next Draft . In the 1990s, Diane worked at major and indie record companies. She is the co-founder of The Relay , a fanzine on The Who.

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Meirav Zur . She is a theatre performer, producer, writer, and director. Her latest show is Inconceivable: The Totally True One-Woman Semi-Fertile Quasi-“Musical .” 

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Karin Freeland, who is a life coach and the author of The Ins and Outs of My Vagina: A Penetrating Memoir .

Send us Fan Mail I discuss how the phrase "not necessarily" seems to be taking on a new meaning.

Send us Fan Mail This episode, published on the 12th anniversary of the death of standup comedian Greg Giraldo, covers his life, his writing, and his character. Further info: - Greg Giraldo: A Comedian's Story , by Matt Balaker and Wayne Jones (book) - Give It Up for Greg Giraldo (video documentary) - Dark Side of Comedy: Greg Giraldo (TV series episode) *** NOTE: Apologies for the sometimes...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Maccabee Griffin . He’s a voiceover actor and podcaster. ■ Announcements: - I successfully appealed the removal of episode 60 of my podcast from YouTube because they had said it violated community standards (questioning the integrity of the 2020 US election). I'm happy to say that YouTube has now reinstated the episode. - As of this episode, the frequency of...

Send us Fan Mail Wayne reacts to the notice he received from YouTube that one of the podcast audio episodes he had uploaded there had been removed for violating community standards.

Send us Fan Mail Wayne provides an update on the book he's writing, My Sam Johnson: A Biography for General Readers .

Send us Fan Mail Wayne discusses two examples of what may be scams he came across on Instagram, one to get your short book published and making money for you (and with a double-your-money-back guarantee), and the other an offer to make money selling books on Amazon without you  actually writing any books.

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is James Noll , who practices those first three arts and also has a friend who helps him with the fourth one. (One of his books is available for free BTW.) He has also been a teacher for the last 20 years.

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Natasha Mott. Natasha is many things. A neuroscientist, a writer , a host of two podcasts, Syllojism   and NeoAcademia . She describes herself as an "ex-academic, former seller of science/biotech shill ... now, depending on the day I might be  a podcaster, an educator, a scientist, a meme-r, a world builder, a creator, an organizer, a friend, a mother, a wri...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Marcy Pusey. Marcy has a wide range of ability and experience. She’s a writer of books on adult trauma as well as books for children. She says that her "jam" is "anything related to story (the ones we tell ourselves and the ones we tell the world) and how it interacts with the brain." Marcy is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Certified...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a continuation of my conversation with Dr. Valerie Fridland , who is a professor of linguistics in the English department at the University of Nevada, Reno. She’s also more publically engaged than many linguists, with a regular column in Psychology Today , and an upcoming book called Like, Literally, Dude . In this second part of our chat, we concentrate on a co...