Writer Experience

NEW EPISODE! Hannah Moscovitch is a Canadian playwright who rose to national prominence in the 2000s. She is best known for her plays East of Berlin, This Is War, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, and Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, for which she received the 2021 Governor General's Award for English-language drama. Her newest project, AMC's Ann Rice's Interview with the Vampire, for which she is a writer and Co-Executive Producer, is now streaming on AMC, and it's first season's finale premieres on television next week, November 13, 2022! https://twitter.com/moscotweets https://www.amcplus.com/pages/anne-rice-collection?utm_medium=sem&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=interview-with-the-vampire&utm_keyword=&utm_content=&gclid=Cj0KCQiAmaibBhCAARIsAKUlaKSI7l8fttL3wcRKl4vKJ_G5Yz2Dy6h6sFqODLmtQ35_DioDYQgfA-EaAiPXEALw_wcB

Originally released as Ep 38. Jonathan Frakes is the Director of Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, episodes of several Star Trek TV series, and The Orville, Producer of The Librarians and Roswell, and an Actor best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its subsequent films. https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes

Originally released as Ep 123. Danny Rubin is a screenwriter and playwright. He co-wrote with Harold Ramis the screenplay for Groundhog Day, for which the two received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He received a B.A. in biology from Brown University and a M.A. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University. Danny has taught screenwriting at numerous universities and lectured on the topic at academic conferences since 1995. He was a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English at Harvard University.

Recorded on March 10, 2022. Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher S1 and S2 are among the top 5 Netflix shows of all time. Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as well as written and produced shows such as Parenthood, Do No Harm, Private Practice, Daredevil, The Defenders, and The Umbrella Academy. The Witcher S1 and S2 are out now on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685 https://twitter.com/LHissrich

Zoe Whittall is the author of the Giller-shortlisted The Best Kind of People, the Lambda-winning Holding Still for As Long As Possible, and her debut, Bottle Rocket Hearts. She has published three collections of poetry: The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life, Precordial Thump, and The Emily Valentine Poems. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Cosmonauts Ave, The Believer, The Cut, The Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail and more. She is also a Canadian Screen Award-winning TV and film writer, with credits on The Baroness Von Sketch Show, Schitt's Creek, Degrassi and others. Zoe's newest novel, THE SPECTACULAR, is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Spectacular-Novel-Zoe-Whittall/dp/1524799416 https://twitter.com/zoewhittall

Originally released as Ep 82. L.L. McKinney is the author of the Nightmare-Verse books, an urban fantasy re-telling of Alice in Wonderland, starring a Black Alice, starting with the A BLADE SO BLACK trilogy (A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, A Crown so Cursed), and an upcoming graphic novel for DC Comics featuring Nubia, Wonder Woman's twin sister. She's also an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing and the creator of the hashtag #WhatWoCWritersHear. https://us.macmillan.com/series/thenightmareverse/ https://twitter.com/ElleOnWords

Robert is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and the bestselling author of many books, including supernatural and historical thrillers, The Night Crossing, The Romanov Cross, and The Einstein Prophecy (a #1 bestseller in the Amazon Kindle store). His latest book, the second and revised edition of "Robert's Rules of Writing: 111 Unconventional Lessons that Every Writer Needs to Know," released a few months ago, and his latest historical suspense novel, "The Haunting of HG Wells," was published last October. https://www.amazon.com/Roberts-Rules-Writing-Second-Unconventional/dp/1621537838/ref=asc_df_1621537838/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=533377895464&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7190103906615167768&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9073502&hvtargid=pla-1405510015858&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-H-G-Wells-Novel-ebook/dp/B08133NVPK

Sara Nestor is a motion picture literary agent at Verve Talent and Literary Agency.

Originally released as Ep 10. Ed Brisson is a Marvel exclusive writer for Iron Fist, Old Man Logan, and Extermination. https://www.twitter.com/edbrisson

Dean Koontz is the author of eighty NewYork times bestsellers, fourteen of which were #1. His books have sold over five hundred million copies worldwide, a figure that increases by more than seventeen million copies per year, his work is published in thirty-eight languages, and The Times (of London) has called him a “literary juggler.” He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives in California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirits of their goldens, Trixie and Anna. Dean's newest collection, NAMELESS: SEASON TWO, released on Amazon Original Stories on June 10, 2021. It's available to read and listen free to Prime members as well as Kindle Unlimited subscribers. Readers can download each story individually to their Kindle or Kindle app, or get the whole collection with just one click. Stories are also available for non-members for $1.99, with the option to add digital audio for free. Dean's newest novel, QUICKSILVER, is releasing on July 19, 2022! https://www.amazon.com/Nameless-Season-2/dp/B0942VGDTN https://www.amazon.com/Quicksilver-Dean-Koontz/dp/1542019907/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1640379922&sr=8-1 https://twitter.com/deankoontz

Julio Anta is a writer based in New York City. Raised in Miami, in a Cuban and Colombian family, Julio strives to tell narratively rich stories about diverse and empowered Latinx characters for Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade readers. His debut comic book series, HOME, is out now, courtesy of Image Comics. Julio's forthcoming work includes FRONTERA, a YA graphic novel from HarperAlley, and SI SE PUEDE, a non-fiction graphic novel from Ten Speed Press, releasing in Summer 2023 and Fall 2023 respectively. https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/home-tp https://twitter.com/julioanta

Murr is a writer, executive producer, and actor, best known as "Murr" on the hit television show Impractical Jokers on truTV. Originally from Staten Island, he now lives in Princeton NJ with his wife and puppy. Darren Wearmouth is a bestselling author and co-author of many novels, including Critical Strike and Fast Forward. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers Group and the British Science Fiction Association, and currently lives in Calgary, Alberta with his wife and daughter. Together, they are the co-authors of the international bestselling Awakened trilogy, the thriller Don't Move, and their brand new book, THE STOWAWAY, just released and is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Stowaway-Novel-James-Murray/dp/1250263654 https://twitter.com/jamessmurray https://twitter.com/darrenwearmouth

Originally released as Ep 39. Rodney Barnes is a Screenwriter and Producer who has written and produced The Boondocks, My Wife and Kids, Everybody Hates Chris, Those Who Can't, Marvel's Runaways, Starz' American Gods, Co-Executive Producer of Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and Comic Book Writer of Lion Forge's Quincredible.

David Jimenez-Katsman and Katrina Escudero are managers and producers at Sugar23, a newly formed management group founded in 2017 by Academy Award®-winning manager-producer Michael Sugar.

Howard Kazanjian is a film producer whose career spans 50 years. He has collaborated with Hollywood legends such as Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Sam Peckinpah, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, and worked on such classics as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi. Howard was also Vice President of Lucasfilm, Ltd., and is a published non-fiction author. He is known for producing some of the most commercially and critically successful films of all time and for coming up with central ideas on those films. The new memoir about Howard's life, HOWARD KAZANJIAN: A PRODUCER'S LIFE, written by J.W Rinzler, was just released on September 21st, and is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Howard-Kazanjian-Producers-J-Rinzler/dp/1951836189#:~:text=Howard%20Kazanjian%3A%20A%20Producer's%20Life%20Hardcover%20%E2%80%93%20September%2014%2C%202021

Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iconis are screenwriting partners and the co-writers of Five Feet Apart, The Curse of La Llorona, and the new Netflix film, NIGHTBOOKS, a live action feature film based on the book of the same name. The movie version of All This Time is currently in development and Mikki and Tobias have many more projects that are in the works. Mikki and Tobias have been on the show together before, and Mikki had also been on the show with Rachael Lippincott, who worked with Mikki on writing the novels for Five Feet Apart and All This Time. Mikki and Tobias' new film, NIGHTBOOKS, premiered on September 15th on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/81002270 https://twitter.com/mikkidaughtry https://twitter.com/tobiasiaconis

Originally releaed as Ep 85. Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series Andrzej Sapkowski, which was recently reported as being the most in-demand TV show in the world. Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as well as written and produced shows such as Parenthood, Do No Harm, Private Practice, Daredevil, The Defenders and The Umbrella Academy. https://twitter.com/LHissrich

Daniel Joshua Rubin is a multimedia writer and founder of Story 27 in Evanston, Illinois, a writing studio that provides consulting and education to storytellers in all media. He has written for television (NBC, the WB); new media (The Motley Fool, National Lampoon); and theater (with plays produced at Steppenwolf in Chicago, off-Broadway in NYC, and on the West End of London). He has taught dramatic writing at Loyola University in Chicago, and at the University of California, San Diego. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama, where he graduated with honors and a BS in Drama Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase. 27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Principles-Story-Storytelling-Shakespeare/dp/1523507160 https://twitter.com/DanJoshuaRubin

Fin Kennedy is an award-winning playwright, teacher, and university tutor whose plays are regularly produced in the UK and abroad. He specializes in writing for youth and marginalized communities and also teaches, blogs, campaigns, fundraises and dramaturgs other writers, with a particular focus on young people's projects in London's East End. His plays include Protection, the hip-hop musical Locked In, and How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Sheffield Crucible, 2007), which won the Arts Council's John Whiting Award, the first time in forty years that an unproduced script had won the award. In 2013, Fin joined Tamasha Theatre Company as co-Artistic Director. As well as writing plays, Fin also has many years of experience teaching playwriting. Whilst associate artist at Tamasha, he founded Schoolwrights, the UK's first playwrights-in-schools training scheme. As artistic director, he has launched Tamasha Playwrights, a new agency of playwrights-for-hire, offering diverse role models for young people's projects in inner-city schools. He writes as an occasional contributor to The Stage and The Guardian. Fin recently cofounded a new podcast “Out of the Woods: New Plays from the Balkans” which you can download wherever you find your podcasts. https://tamasha.org.uk/projects/out-of-the-woods-new-plays-from-the-balkans-podcast https://twitter.com/finkennedy

Travis M. Andrews is an author and staff writer for the Washington Post's style section, where he covers internet, pop culture, and the ways we live now. Previously, he was an associate travel and culture editor for Southern Living and a contributing pop culture reporter for Mashable and The Week. He has also written for Time, Esquire, GQ, and the Atlantic, among others. He lives in Washington, D.C., where he acquiesces to the every wish of his puppy Stevie Nix and misses his native New Orleans. His new book, BECAUSE HE'S JEFF GOLDBLUM: THE MOVIES, MEMES, AND MEANING OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST ENIGMATIC ACTOR released in May, 2021, and is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Because-Hes-Jeff-Goldblum-Hollywoods/dp/1524746037 https://twitter.com/travismandrews

For our 150th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 126-149 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from‬ industry professionals for Star Wars, HBO, Netflix, etc.

Vincent Lin is a filmmaker and founder of Valiant Pictures, a production company based in New York City. He recently placed as a top 50 semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and he's a judge for the NYU Purple List. Valiant Pictures is actively developing content from short films to feature films to episodic to commercial advertising.

Kevin and Matthew McManus are filmmakers and tv writers whose works include The Block Island Sound, American Vandal, Funeral Kings, Cobra Kai, 13 Cameras, and more. They write as a duo and are also brothers. The Block Island Sound released on Netflix on March 11, which they wrote, directed, and produced. https://www.netflix.com/title/81354464 https://twitter.com/KMcManusBros https://twitter.com/mattmcmanusbros

Mason Engel is a writer and filmmaker from Columbus, Indiana. Mason's short film, Amends, earned 3rd place in the Broadcast Education Association Film Festival and was accepted into the prestigious Hollywood Florida Film Festival. Mason is also very passionate about community involvement and has spoken at Hope Elementary School for Read Across America Day and the community Facebook channel, Celebrate Columbus. Here are some fun facts about Mason. ​He loves sci-fi, fantasy, and anything by Neil Gaiman He's a Hufflepuff (and slowly learning to accept that) He went to Purdue but bleeds Carolina blue He was a math major (emphasis on "was") He LOVES independent bookstores ​Mason's new short film, THE BOOKSTOUR, a 30 minute documentary and the story of his road trip to 50 indie bookstores in 50 days, is releasing in mid July to raise money for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation. The Foundation is using 100% of the profits to help indie bookstores recover from the pandemic. https://www.thebookstourfilm.com https://twitter.com/theamasonengel

Precious Brady Davis is truly a renaissance woman. You may recognize her name from being the first Trans bride on TLC's Say Yes to The Dress, but she was trailblazing for years before that: promoting diversity advocacy, LGBTQ rights, environmental justice and more. An award-winning diversity advocate, communications professional, and public speaker, she currently serves as the associate regional communications director at the Sierra Club. She served for three years as the assistant director of diversity recruitment initiatives at Columbia College Chicago, her alma mater, implementing the campus-wide diversity initiative and providing leadership and oversight of national diversity recruitment and inclusion policy initiatives. She also served as the youth outreach coordinator at the Center on Halsted, the largest LGBTQ community center in the Midwest. During Precious's tenure, she launched a $1.6 million CDC HIV prevention grant, which provided outreach, education, youth programming, and testing services to over three thousand young African American and Latinx gay, bi, and trans youth. Precious is married to Myles Brady and lives in Hyde Park on the South Side of Chicago, where they are raising their daughter, Zayn. For the first time ever, Precious is telling her story in her own words with the debut of her memoir I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ME which releases TOMORROW, JULY 1st, 2021! https://www.amazon.com/Have-Always-Been-Me-Memoir/dp/1542044316/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Theresa Rebeck is a prolific and widely produced playwright, whose work can be seen and read throughout the United States and abroad. Her fourth Broadway play premiered on Broadway in 2018, making Rebeck the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time. Other Broadway works include Dead Accounts; Seminar and Mauritius. Other notable NY and regional plays include: Seared (MCC), Downstairs (Primary Stages), The Scene, The Water's Edge, Loose Knit, The Family of Mann and Spike Heels (Second Stage), Bad Dates, The Butterfly Collection and Our House (Playwrights Horizons), The Understudy (Roundabout), View of the Dome (NYTW), What We're Up Against (Women's Project), Omnium Gatherum (Pulitzer Prize finalist). As a director, her work has been seen at The Alley Theatre (Houston), the REP Company (Delaware); Dorset Theatre Festival, the Orchard Project and the Folger Theatre. Major film and television projects include Trouble, starring Anjelica Huston, Bill Pullman and David Morse (writer and director), “NYPD Blue,” the NBC series “Smash” (creator), and the upcoming female spy thriller 355 (for Jessica Chastain's production company). As a novelist, Rebeck's books include Three Girls and Their Brother and I'm Glad About You. Rebeck is the recipient of the William Inge New Voices Playwriting Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award, a Lilly Award and more. https://twitter.com/TheresaRebeck

Isabella Mastrodicasa is a producer and a talent manager representing digital storytellers at Heroes and Villains Entertainment. https://www.instagram.com/isabellamastrodicasa

Alan Dean Foster is a writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series and more than 130 standalone novels. Alan’s works include Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, which was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original film was not a success, the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and more than 130 standalone novels including the Humanx Commonwealth novels, Icerigger Trilogy, and Spellsinger series. His newest novel, Madrenga, released November 2020, and is in stores now. https://www.amazon.com/Madrenga-Alan-Dean-Foster/dp/1680571451/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1621627715&sr=8-3

David Boxerbaum is a partner and literary agent at Verve Talent & Literary Agency.

Greg Russo is the screenwriter of the new MORTAL KOMBAT film, which opened Friday, April 23rd, as well as the upcoming films Saints Row, Space Invaders, and Death Note 2. MORTAL KOMBAT recently broke the record for most Red Band trailer views in a week, dethroning Deadpool. https://twitter.com/WriterRusso

Chris Enss is an author and screenwriter who has written more than 20 books on the subject of women in the Old West, and has collaborated with producer Howard Kazanjian on seven books, including two about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Chris has won 5 Will Rogers Medallion Award, 2 Academy of Western Artists Elmer Kelton Award, and the Western Writers of America Spur Finalist Award. Chris has 2 books coming out, the first called Iron Women, about the women who built the railroad, comes out later this year, and an upcoming book with Howard Kazanjian, called the Widow’s Circle, about the Elizabeth Custer, comes out in 2022. https://twitter.com/4par

Jermaine Johnson and Ari Lubet are managers and producers at 3 Arts Entertainment.

Ep 138 - "Overcoming Writer's Block During Quarantine Pt 2" by Writer Experience

Alex London writes books for adults including One Day The Soldiers Came: Voices of Children in Warm, children including Dog Tags series and An Accidental Adventure series, and teens including Proxy. At one time a journalist who traveled the world reporting from conflict zones and refugee camps, he is now a full time novelist living in Philadelphia. Alex' most recent book, the third and final installment in his Skybound Saga series, Gold Wings Rising, is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Wings-Rising-Skybound-Saga/dp/0374306893 https://twitter.com/ca_london

Kate Hope Day is the author of If, Then and the upcoming novel, In the Quick. She holds a BA from Bryn Mawr College and a PhD in English from the University of Pittsburgh and was an associate producer at HBO. The television rights for If, Then sparked a heated auction, which Heyday Films, the creator of the Harry Potter movies and Gravity, eventually won. Apple TV has greenlit the project contingent upon casting, with NBCUniversal as studio. Kate will be a co-producer for the show. IN THE QUICK is in stores now. https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Novel-Kate-Hope-Day/dp/0525511253 https://www.instagram.com/katehopeday

Carol Edgarian is the author of the New York Times bestseller Three Stages of Amazement and the international bestseller Rise the Euphrates, winner of the ANC Freedom Prize. Her articles and essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and W, among many others. She is co-founder of the non-profit Narrative, a leading digital publisher of fiction, poetry, and art, and Narrative in the Schools, which provides reading and writing resources to teachers and students around the world. She’s also written for the screen, is developing a limited series for Three Stages of Amazement, teaches fiction, and is a frequent speaker at speaking events around the world on the art of story. Carol's newest novel, VERA, is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Vera-Novel-Carol-Edgarian/dp/1501157523 https://twitter.com/caroledgarian

Paul Vidich is an author and former senior executive in the entertainment industry for over twenty years. After leaving his business career he turned to writing full time. His first novel, An Honorable Man, a Publisher's Weekly top 10 Mystery and Thriller in 2016, was followed by The Good Assassin and The Coldest Warrior. His essays and nonfiction have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Lit Hub, The Nation, CrimeReads, and elsewhere. Paul's newest novel, THE MERCENARY, is in stores now! https://www.amazon.com/Mercenary-Novel-Paul-Vidich/dp/1643136208 https://twitter.com/paulvidich

Jim Bloom's career in the movie and entertainment industries began when he worked with George Lucas on "American Graffiti". Soon after he became an assistant director working alongside many noted filmmakers including Francis Ford Coppola on "The Conversation", Robert Altman on "Thieves Like Us", Sam Peckinpah on "The Killer Elite", Steven Spielberg on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", Hal Ashby on "Bound for Glory" and "Coming Home", Mathew Robbins on "Corvette Summer", and Phil Kaufman on "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". He rejoined George Lucas to become an Associate Producer on "The Empire Strikes Back" and the first General Manager of ILM. Following this he became a co-Producer on "Return of the Jedi". He produced "Warning Sign" for 20th Century Fox, and "Fires Within", directed by Gillian Armstrong, at MGM. He has also developed movies with Carroll Ballard, Volker Schlondorf, Warren Beatty, George Miller, and Guillermo del Toro. In addition to being a producer, Jim worked as a creative executive at Sony Pictures, leading development and production of two business units: IMAX 3D movies ("Across the Sea of Time" and "Wings of Courage", directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud); and interactive movies. He also worked at Electronic Arts where he was recruited to help leverage EA entertainment properties into EA-TV (an interactive television venture). He later helped found an interactive games company with lead funding from Kleiner Perkins.

Jim Bloom's career in the movie and entertainment industries began when he worked with George Lucas on "American Graffiti". Soon after he became an assistant director working alongside many noted filmmakers including Francis Ford Coppola on "The Conversation", Robert Altman on "Thieves Like Us", Sam Peckinpah on "The Killer Elite", Steven Spielberg on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", Hal Ashby on "Bound for Glory" and "Coming Home", Mathew Robbins on "Corvette Summer", and Phil Kaufman on "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". He rejoined George Lucas to become an Associate Producer on "The Empire Strikes Back" and the first General Manager of ILM. Following this he became a co-Producer on "Return of the Jedi". He produced "Warning Sign" for 20th Century Fox, and "Fires Within", directed by Gillian Armstrong, at MGM. He has also developed movies with Carroll Ballard, Volker Schlondorf, Warren Beatty, George Miller, and Guillermo del Toro. In addition to being a producer, Jim worked as a creative executive at Sony Pictures, leading development and production of two business units: IMAX 3D movies ("Across the Sea of Time" and "Wings of Courage", directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud); and interactive movies. He also worked at Electronic Arts where he was recruited to help leverage EA entertainment properties into EA-TV (an interactive television venture). He later helped found an interactive games company with lead funding from Kleiner, Perkins.

Adalyn Grace is a New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth, which was named “2020’s biggest YA fantasy” by Entertainment Weekly. Prior to becoming an author, Adalyn spent four years working in live theatre, acted as the managing editor of a nonprofit newspaper, and studied storytelling as an intern on Nickelodeon Animation’s popular series The Legend of Korra. Local to San Diego, Adalyn spends her non-writing days by watching too much anime, and by playing video games with her dorky dog. Adalyn's newest book, All the Tides of Fate, releases today, February 2nd! https://www.amazon.com/Tides-Fate-Stars-Teeth-Duology/dp/1250307813/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.instagram.com/authoradalyngrace

Tiffany is a writer and director originally from Cashmere, Washington. She's won both the prestigious Disney ABC writing fellowship and a Sony TV Diverse Directing Fellowship. She wrote the feature adaptation of Nancy Drew for Warner Brothers, and her sequel to the classic Adventures In Babysitting was nominated for both DGA and Imagen awards. Her first original short The Swan won Best Picture at the LA Live Score Film Festival, and was an official selection at Palm Springs International. In 2019 Tiffany wrote two original features, Turkey Drop for Freeform; and Holidate for Netflix and McG/Wonderland, for which she also served as Executive Producer. Holidate is now streaming on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81034553 https://www.instagram.com/thetiffanypaulsen

Jay Faerber is a critically-acclaimed comic book and television writer. Currently he is a writer for The CW TV series Supergirl. He is also known for co-creating and writing such comic book series as Elsewhere, Copperhead, Noble Causes, Dynamo 5, and Near Death at Image Comics, and has worked on such iconic titles as Generation X, X-Men, and New Warriors for Marvel Comics, and The Titans and Green Lantern for DC Comics. He was also a writer for the TV series Star-Crossed and Zoo. twitter.com/jayfaerber Barbara Bottner is a New York Times bestselling author. Since growing up in the 1960s Bronx, Barbara has had a hand in almost every aspect of book publishing. She has written and illustrated over 50 books for children, has reviewed books for major trade and consumer publications such as The New York Times, has published short stories and essays in national newspapers and magazines, has written written sitcoms and screenplays, and has been teaching writing and illustrating in major institutions, including UCLA, Otis Parsons, and the University of Miami since 1973. Barbara’s first young adult novel since the 1980s, I AM HERE NOW, just released in August and is on sale now. Carol Weston is the author of 16 books, both fiction and non-fiction and has been the "Dear Carol" advice columnist at Girls' Life since the magazine's first issue in 1994. Her newest book is Speed of Life, which received starred reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Booklist. The New York Times Book Review called it "perceptive, funny and moving." About Ava and Pip, the New York Times Book Review said, "This is a book about sisterhood, but also a love letter to language." Carol has been on Today, CNN, Oprah, and The View and teaches writing at the New York Society Library. She’s also big on cats, walking, skiing, and art museums. Her husband, Rob Ackerman, a playwright who has done props for the SNL film unit for 25 years, was previously on the show. Carol published 3 personal essays in 2020, “Book Club With My Husband”, “Why My App Is So Very Proud of Me”, and “How I Finally Finally Finally became a Novelist”, which can all be found on her website. twitter.com/carol_weston Danny Rubin is a screenwriter and playwright. He co-wrote with Harold Ramis the screenplay for Groundhog Day, for which the two received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He received a B.A. in biology from Brown University and a M.A. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University. Danny has taught screenwriting at numerous universities and lectured on the topic at academic conferences since 1995. He was a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English at Harvard University. Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker award-winning author of Ararat, Snowblind, Dead Ringers, and Of Saints and Shadows, among many other novels. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of two cult favorite comic book series, Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. Chris is also the editor of such anthologies as Seize the Night, The New Dead, and Dark Cities. His new novel, RED HANDS (released December 8th through St. Martins Press), is a part of the Ben Walker series which has been optioned by AGC for television development. twitter.com/ChristophGolden Joy Gorman Wettels is a partner and producer at Anonymous Content focused on social impact content for women and youth. She’s also the executive producer of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, the Apple TV+ series Home Before Dark, and the feature films Seeking a Friend For the End of the World and The Meddler. https://twitter.com/joymaryro

Joy Gorman Wettels is a partner and producer at Anonymous Content focused on social impact content for women and youth. She’s also the executive producer of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, the Apple TV+ series Home Before Dark, and the feature films Seeking a Friend For the End of the World and The Meddler.

Peter Miller has been a literary and film manager for several decades and is President and CEO of Global Lion Intellectual Property Management, Inc. He has represented more than 1,500 books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers. In addition, his company has had multiple movies produced that he either managed, developed or executive produced, and currently has many film and television projects in development. Three of the films he produced have been nominated for Emmy Awards including Goodbye, Miss Fourth of July, A Gift of Love, and Helter Skelter. Peter has a number of film and television projects currently in active development with major film studios and production companies. He’s actively pursuing select clients and projects throughout the world. Website: https://globallionmanagement.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theliterarylion/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/globallionmgt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/globallionmgt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlobalLionMgt/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXjvy1_6SfuD-heMS_q0X3w 2020 Forbes Featured Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmariani/2020/05/11/what-will-be-the-new-normal-for-business-entertaining-after-the-pandemic/?sh=b8e13842098d Published Blogs on Medium.com: https://medium.com/@GlobalLionMgt Article written by Jean-Pierre Isbouts: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/DKWj0ssxHX Published Blogs on ThriveGlobal.com: https://thriveglobal.com/authors/peter-miller/

Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker award-winning author of Ararat, Snowblind, Dead Ringers, and Of Saints and Shadows, among many other novels. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of two cult favorite comic book series, Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. Chris is also the editor of such anthologies as Seize the Night, The New Dead, and Dark Cities. His new novel, RED HANDS (released December 8th through St. Martins Press), is a part of the Ben Walker series which has been optioned by AGC for television development. This new supernatural thriller finds "weird shit expert" Ben Walker on the hunt for a young woman who has been infected by a deadly bioweapon, and must unravel the mystery of her now deadly touch. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Hands-Christopher-Golden/dp/125024630X https://twitter.com/ChristophGolden

For our 125th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 101-124 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from‬ industry professionals for HBO, Netflix, Marvel, DC, etc.

John Zaozirny is a manager and producer at Bellevue Productions, where he oversees the feature film production slate. He has a multitude of clients who have written for film and TV. His producing credits include Always Watching and Eli, as well as Parallel, which comes out in December, and Infinite, which is coming out in 2021. https://twitter.com/johnzaozirny

Danny Rubin is a screenwriter and playwright. He co-wrote with Harold Ramis the screenplay for Groundhog Day, for which the two received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He received a B.A. in biology from Brown University and a M.A. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University. Danny has taught screenwriting at numerous universities and lectured on the topic at academic conferences since 1995. He was a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English at Harvard University.

Isabella Mastrodicasa is a literary manager and producer at Heroes and Villains Entertainment. She started her career at Verve Talent and Literary Agency in the motion picture literary department, transitioned to The Kennedy/Marshall Company, and now at Heroes and Villains she is focusing on Influencers, international formats and European writers and directors.

Carol Weston is the author of 16 books, both fiction and non-fiction and has been the "Dear Carol" advice columnist at Girls' Life since the magazine's first issue in 1994. Her newest book is Speed of Life, which received starred reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Booklist. The New York Times Book Review called it "perceptive, funny and moving." About Ava and Pip, the New York Times Book Review said, "This is a book about sisterhood, but also a love letter to language." Carol has been on Today, CNN, Oprah, and The View and teaches writing at the New York Society Library. She’s also big on cats, walking, skiing, and art museums. Her husband, Rob Ackerman, a playwright who has done props for the SNL film unit for 25 years, was previously on the show. Carol published 3 personal essays in 2020, “Book Club With My Husband”, “Why My App Is So Very Proud of Me”, and “How I Finally Finally Finally became a Novelist”, which can all be found on her website. https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Life-Carol-Weston/dp/1492654493 http://www.carolweston.com/ https://twitter.com/carol_weston

Barbara Bottner is a New York Times bestselling author. Since growing up in the 1960s Bronx, Barbara has had a hand in almost every aspect of book publishing. She has written and illustrated over 50 books for children, has reviewed books for major trade and consumer publications such as The New York Times, has published short stories and essays in national newspapers and magazines, has written written sitcoms and screenplays, and has been teaching writing and illustrating in major institutions, including UCLA, Otis Parsons, and the University of Miami since 1973. Barbara’s first young adult novel since the 1980s, I AM HERE NOW, just released in August and is on sale now. Set in the 1960s, I AM HERE NOW is a heartbreaking, powerful, and inspiring novel in verse about one artist’s coming of age--a strong depiction of what it's like to shatter your life and piece it all back together. https://www.amazon.com/Am-Here-Now-Barbara-Bottner/dp/125020769X http://barbarabottnerbooks.com/