Writing All the Things

Andrew Najberg returns with a couple of short readings from his forthcoming releases and a discussion of the origins of his novels.  You don't want to miss this! www.mfapayday.com 

Our guests on this episode are the co-hosts of Once upon a Disney, Larry Brenner and Andie Redwine.  Check out their Facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/onceuponadisneypodcast, and listen to their podcast most any place where podcasts can be heard. 

Here's an interview with the co-host of MFA Payday, Drēma Drudge. Her bio: "Welcome! I'm Drēma Drudge, author. From reading cereal boxes on the breakfast table when I was a wee thing to reading my first chapter book in a mimosa tree which birthed my love for novels and twinned it with my affection for trees, the written word and I have been fast friends forever. I've also been writing in one capacity or another since I was about nine, starting with terrible poems and graduating to melodramatic stories in junior high. (No one explained to me then that my beloved books came from the destruction of my (almost) equally beloved trees!)Mercifully, I eventually discovered that there are books, classes, and programs on writing and I learned how to write! Now I have an MFA in Creative Writing.Read more about my books.I'm married to the incomparable Barry Drudge, musician (and writer) extraordinaire. We have two grown children, and we live in a charming small town filled with plenteous, splendid, trees and wide Victorian homes.Barry and I have been privileged to travel to some really cool places. My first novel ended up being written in six countries! As a result of our travels, I've ended up writing in some fascinating, gorgeous places, such as sitting in a pew in the Pantheon in Rome and writing in Recoleta Cemetery in Argentina. I've visited the homes, birthplaces, and graves of many of my writing and art heroes and have often had the opportunity to write in or about those very places, something my younger self never imagined possible."Southern-Fried WoolfBriscoe Chambers is not only the manager of her country music star husband, but a graduate student trying to complete her Virginia Woolf thesis by fall – the same time her cheating husband, Michael, has an album due to avoid being in breach of contract. No problem, right?Except his co-writer will be Velvet Wickens, his idol who has been opening shows for him. And who happens to be the one he's cheating with. Now Briscoe has been asked by their record label to ensure the album gets finished on time. To accomplish this, they must all live together for the duration of the writing of the album.And by the way, Briscoe knows, and it's triggering coping mechanisms she had thought were long gone.Fans of the writing of both Taylor Jenkins Reid and Virginia Woolf will enjoy this novel that has plenty of sweet tea, country music, Virginia Woolf, and heartache. In addition, the reader gets to watch over Briscoe's shoulder as she crafts her essay and attempts to untangle her troubled marriage.Sign up for a free story over at  www.dremadrudge.com. 

Recently we had a fascinating conversation with Helen Zuman. Bio:After graduating from Harvard in 1999, Helen Zuman joined a cult—oops!—stayed for five years, then composted the stinky guck of that experience into fertile soil via Mating in Captivity, her award-winning memoir. Next, she published What Is a Sex Cult? How Cults Reveal Our Culture. As of 2023, she is working on a novel, provisionally titled Common App, in which a college application essay editor compromises the Republicrat candidate's chances of winning the 2024 presidential election by taking creative license with his son's Common App Personal Statement. Born in London and raised in Brooklyn, Helen currently homesteads with her husband in Beacon, New York, while dreaming of her next trip to Scotland. She listens to her favorite song, “Scotland the Brave,” three times a day. To stay in touch, sign up for her email list at helenzuman.com.  

Just stopping in to say a quick hey from a beach on Lake Michigan and encourage you to find your happy place  and tell you to take a well-deserved artist's date! 

Friend of the podcast, Chella Courington, returns to read from her “Hearts Forged in Resistance.” Chella Courington returns to our podcast to share her latest release, a dynamic volume of poetry called “Hearts Forged in Resistance,” pre-order price guaranteed until September 8, 2023. The book will be released by Finishing Line Press on November 10, 2023. Listen to us speak with Chella about her hauntingly vivid poems and hear her read on this episode. You don't want to miss this beautiful language and these evocative images, flowers of words, all. (And hear her husband, Ted, say hello in the background now and again.) Learn more about her on her website.  And if you haven't subscribed to our newsletter, why not do it now? 

Patricia Hudson  has been a freelance writer for more than 30 years. She's written for magazines ranging from Country Living to Women's Sports and Fitness, but her favorite assignments focus on historical topics. She was a contributing editor at Americana magazine for more than a decade, writing about historic preservation, folk art, and travel destinations for history lovers. As a frequent contributor to Southern Living magazine, she traveled extensively in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, profiling people whose passion for those regions matched her own. She's a long-time member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Her book credits include: Inns of the Southern Mountains, and Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, as well as The Carolinas and the Appalachian States, a volume in the Smithsonian Guide to Historic America series. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee with her husband, photographer, Sam Stapleton.

On this episode we talk with author Anne Armistead. Take a listen! From Anne: Welcome to my writing journey! I write love stories, set in the past and present. I earned my English literature degree from the University of Georgia and my MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University. I am a member of the Atlanta Writers Club, Georgia Romance Writers, and the Historical Novel Society. When I'm not writing, I'm reading, taking nature walks, and watching BBC television. My husband and I have two daughters, an adorable baby grandson, and a senior pup named Jackpot (so named because we hit the jackpot when he "rescued" us). My debut historical romance is a Southern Gothic paranormal romance DANGEROUS CONJURINGS (Soul Mate Publishing, April 2018), set in the aftermath of the American Civil War. WITH KISSES FROM CÉCILE, co-authored with Jan Agnello (Storyology Design and Publication, September 2019) was awarded the 2020 Georgia Independent Author of the Year Award in historical fiction and the Silver Award from Literary Titan. My debut sweet contemporary romance is A CHRISTMAS CANNOLI KISS, published by The Wild Rose Press. My historical time travel romance A TRYST IN PARIS is out on submission for publication. My work-in-progress is another sweet contemporary romance in which two hearts re-connect for a second chance when circumstances bring the former high school sweethearts back to their quaint and cozy hometown in the north Georgia mountains.annearmisteadauthor.comhttps://www.facebook.com/armisteadanne/https://twitter.com/ArmisteadAnnehttps://www.instagram.com/annearmisteadauthor/

We recently interviewed the fabulous, talented, and hilarious Kate Beer writing as Eliza MacArthur. The quote in the title "Everything is a love story" is her sharing the best advice she received in grad school from the amazing Kenny Cook! Eliza MacArthur is a writer of romance and humor. She lives in the mid-south with her husband, two feral werewolf children, and two doodles who, if she is honest, are more rotisserie chicken than canine. She is fueled by decaf coffee and a good grumpy/sunshine trope.She cut her teeth stealing romances from the cabinet under her mom's bathroom sink (where all good Midwestern moms kept their Julie Garwood paperbacks in the 90's.)Eliza's debut novel, Soft Flannel Hank, releases in April 2023. She is currently writing two serialized romances on Patreon: a paranormal romance entitled Til All the Seas Run Dry (sequel to Soft Flannel Hank, out Spring 2023) and a medieval highland romance entitled Hold Fast.You can find her website here. 

On today's episode we speak with author Teddy Jones about writing no matter your age. She was a joy to interview, and what a lovely voice she has. Teddy Jones is the author of five published novels, Halfwide; Jackson's Pond, Texas; Slanted Light, the second in the Jackson's Pond, Texas series; Making It Home, the third, and Well Tended; as well as a collection of short stories, Nowhere Near. Her short fiction received the Gold Medal First Prize in the Faulkner-Wisdom competition in 2015. Jackson's Pond, Texas was a finalist for the 2014 Willa Award in contemporary fiction from Women Writing the West. Her as yet unpublished novel, A Good Family was named finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing competition in 2018.Although her fiction tends to be set in West Texas, her characters' lives embody issues not bounded by geography of any particular region. Families and loners; communities in flux; people struggling, others successful; some folks satisfied in solitude and others yearning for connection populate her work. And they all have in common that they are more human than otherwise.Jones grew up in a small Texas town, Iowa Park. Earlier she worked as a nurse, a nurse educator, a nursing college administrator, and as a nurse practitioner in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. For the past twenty years, she and her husband have lived in the rural West Texas Panhandle where he farms and she writes.https:/www.tjoneswrites.netwww.facebook.com/teddy.jones.148www.instagram.comTeddyJonesWritesAmazon author page-Teddy JonesGoodreads author page-Teddy JonesTwitter--@TeddyJonesWrites

On this episode, Barry and I talk with a wonderful writing duo, Ted Chiles and Chella Courington. Chella Courington (she/her) is a writer and teacher whose poetry and fiction appear in numerous anthologies and journals including DMQ Review, The Los Angeles Review, and Anti-Heroin Chic. She was raised in the Appalachian south and now lives in California with another writer and two feline boys. Her recent microchaps of poetry are Good Trouble, Origami Poems Project; Hell Hath, Maverick Duck Press; and Lynette's War, Ghost City Press. Her novella, Adele and Tom: The Portrait of a Marriage, will be re-released by Impspired Magazine (England) in February 2023. Twitter: @chellacouringto  Instagram: chellacourington  Web Page: chellacourington.netTed Chiles has published short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction in a variety of literary journals. In his former life he taught economics, the most dramatic of the Social Sciences. He lives in Santa Barbara, California with a writer, two avocado trees and two cats.You'll enjoy hearing how two authors navigate the writing life in the same household. 

Today, we speak with Ashley B. Davis about self-publishing and more. Ashley B. Davis writes the ordinary and extraordinary. She has poetry and short work appearing in Trembling With Fear, The Grey Rooms Podcast, Months to Years, Liquid Imagination, Jamais Vu, and Eunoia Review.When she is not living in fictional worlds, she lives with her partner, her seven-year-olds, and two rescue cats in southern California, where she manages rental property.Her debut YA fantasy The Space Between You and Me debuted on November 14, 2022. You can find it on most online retail sites.To connect with Ashley...on her website: www.ashleybdavis.comInstagram: @shleybdavisTwitter: @shleybdavisGoodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13755985.Ashley_B_Davis

Elizabeth Burton is a working writer whose fiction and non-fiction have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA from the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University. She lives and teaches in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with her husband and a plethora of animals.On this episode, Elizabeth shares with us literary journal submission etiquette, as well as what she's writing, and more. (We can't wait to read her WIP!) 

The delightful Melissa Hamilton joins us on this episode to talk about her MFA experience, her work in science, puppetry, and planning unicorn parties! 

Have you published everything you wanted to in 2022? Let's submit everything on your computer BEFORE the end of the year! We've just put the finishing touches on the six-week Pitch Your Pants Off Challenge from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15 which contains the same steps we've used to publish nearly everything we've written since we graduated with our MFA's. This is a complete challenge that gives you everything you need to know to get your writing out into the world. A FREE “Pitch Your Pants Off” submission tracker (And it's not an ugly ol' basic excel tracker, either!) A FREE submission checklist that you can follow step-by-step to send your writing out the door! A FREE PITCH SUBMISSION COURSE SENT VIA EMAIL TO YOU EVERY WEEK OF THE CHALLENGE outlining where and how to pitch  A FREE pitching tips calendarLove the idea but feel like you'll need a bit of extra accountability or help focusing? We've got you!Not only do we have MFA's in Creative Writing, so we've been there, but Drēma is also a certified life coach, so goal setting is her game. Contact her at info(at)mfapayday(dot)com to schedule a coaching call. She'll critique your first pitch with you to be sure it hits all of the crucial pitching points.Please understand that the results we're sharing with you are not typical. Your results may vary.That being said, the challenge is TOTALLY free when you register at www.mfapayday.com. Here's hoping this has you in a pitching state of mind. Let's get published!Drēma  and Barry 

Andrew Najberg is the author of the speculative horror novel Gollitok (Cactus Moon Press, 2023), the collection of poems The Goats Have Taken Over the Barracks (Finishing Line Press, 2021), and the chapbook Easy to Lose (Finishing Line Press 2007). His short fiction has appeared in Prose Online, Psychopomp Review, Bookends Review, Wondrous Real,  Utopia Science Fiction and others. His poems have appeared in dozens of journals online and in print, including North American Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Cimarron Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and Good River Review. An AWP Intro award recipient and the 2022 National Poetry Month Brain Mills Press grand prize winner, he received an MFA in poetry from Spalding University and an MA in creative writing from University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Currently, he teaches for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is serving as a senior editor for Symposeum magazine.  Symposeum Issue 4 has just been released, and is the product, Andrew says, "of a lot of work and collaboration" and he's proud to be a part of it.   

On this, episode one of MFA Payday, we interview Matt Berman who sees himself has half writer, half photographer. We love this deep dive with Matt into how his after-the-MFA journey has developed. Join us here and over at mfapayday.com. There, you can get your very own "Pitch Your Pants Off" FREE submission tracker when you sign up for our newsletter. 

You've spent countless hours and thousands of dollars earning your MFA in Creative Writing. Now what?  How do you build your writing career with intention? What are the tools and tricks to keep your creativity alive after you've turned in that last assignment? We're Drēma Drudge and Barry Drudge. Join us as we explore how to make your MFA pay on our new podcast, MFA Payday!Through interviews with MFA graduates and publishing industry insiders, we will share the most up-to-date information on what to do with that degree in your hand. Coming Fall 2022.  www.mfapayday.com 

This episode of Writing All the Things not only explains but also tells you how to go about creating a reader magnet.In a relaxed, folksy manner, the Drudges approach literary fiction as if it's accessible to all -- BECAUSE IT IS! And that music Barry wrote for the show! Get outta here! (Go to writingallthethings.com for show notes and links mentioned on the episode.) Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Barry and Drema announce their plans for 2021, discuss the pros and cons of trad vs indy pubbing, and so much more! writingallthethings1@gmail.com Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

BARRY AND DREMA BOTH SHARE THEIR ORIGINAL FLASH FICTION STORIES. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! WARNING: NSFW. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Drema Drudge, author of Victorine, reads Christmas scenes from the novel. Learn more about her at dremadrudge.com. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

In this episode, WATT gives you their favorite gift-giving ideas for the readers and writers in your life. Show notes at: writingallthethings.com. Contact us at: writingallthethings1@gmail.com. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Host Barry Drudge, a writer of all things but especially songs, gives us songwriting basics. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

What are authors doing to market their books while the world is closed down? What book trends are happening at this moment? Guess who is beginning to interview authors for our next episode! Rate, review, subscribe. Follow us on Twitter and Insta. Subscribe to our newsletter, Writing All the ThingSupport the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Hi All,Here Drema reads a Sandra Cisneros story, Barbie-Q, and Barry explains one of the songs he wrote for Victorine, the album. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Barry Drudge interviews author Drema Drudge about her novel, Victorine. He also shares about the music he created to go with it. If you preorder the novel or order it day of release, send you receipt or a screenshot to: victorinebonus@gmail.com and we will send you a link to download the album for FREE! (Limited time offer!) www.dremadrudge.comSupport the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Welcome to Season 2! We'll be alternating reading first pages and interviews this season. If there's someone you'd like us to interview, let us know at: writingallthethings1@gmail.com. Thanks for listening! Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

We discuss our exciting news for the new year, what inspires us to write, and more on this holiday edition of Writing All the Things! Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Gobble, gobble! Welcome to our Thanksgiving episode. Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

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Welcome! In this episode we talk about whether or not you are ready for an agent -- just some things to think about.We discuss literary news -- from Wild Nights with Emily to the PEN AMERICA Prison Writing Awards. Poet Ashley Taylor lets us read two of her splendid poems, Jawbox and Untitled? Gushing ensues, because it's awesome. Inspiration: Remember your writing why.Instruction: Test your manuscript to see if it's agent ready. :-)In Whatcha Readin' we discuss Emma Donnaghue's Akin, The Unknown Mao, and more. Contact us at: writingallthethings1@gmail.com. We'd love to discuss your first page of whatever creative writing on our show. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Starting a newsletter and why you should, what we're reading: (Sally Rooney and Lisa Lutz), our reader's first page, and more! Write us at writingallthethings1@gmail.com with comments and your first page. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Building anticipation in your reader, another first page, what we're reading, and more! Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Hey there! We've avoided podcast fade by recording our eighth episode!! This features a reading based on a #Friends# episode, a conversation about clarity, a moment of Brian Wilson adoration, a tribute to Toni Morrison, and a bonus acapella bit of a song B and D wrote years ago about cigarettes after the outro. :-) All of this plus the first page of Nikki Hughey.Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Write, revise, and repeat. That's the formula for making your writing the best you can. This episode shares our best tips!Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Cold open: Hey, I’ve finished my novel. Come and get it world! (Crickets sound)Hello? Hello? Is anyone out there? 1. This podcast may contain literary language and contagious ideas. Listener discretion is advised. 2. Welcome/Intro Welcome to WATT, your biweekly home for all things writing instruction, analysis, inspiration, and writing news and trends. Though our podcast is casual by design, we confess to being sometimes pretentious curious. I’m Drema Drudge, author of the forthcoming novel, Victorine, from Fleur-di-Lis Press. I’m a graduate of the Spalding University MFA in Creative Writing Program, and I’m currently a freelance writer and writing coach. My fondest wish is to return to Paris next year with a French translation of my book in hand to celebrate the publication of my novel. To that end, I’m, god help us all, attempting to learn some French. So far I suck at it. I’m Barry Drudge, co-host and recent MFA graduate of Spalding University, former ghostwriter and a songwriter and musician who has worked with Grammy winners in Nashville. I am a closet novelist as well. Drema says I’m pretty much winning French on Duolingo.Literary News and Trends: Happy Book Birthday to Katy Yocum. Her debut literary fiction novel, Three Ways to Disappear, comes out July 16.Here is the book’s description on Amazon: Leaving behind a nomadic and dangerous career as a journalist, Sarah DeVaughan returns to India, the country of her childhood and a place of unspeakable family tragedy, to help preserve the endangered Bengal tigers. Meanwhile, at home in Kentucky, her sister, Quinn--also deeply scarred by the past and herself a keeper of secrets--tries to support her sister, even as she fears that India will be Sarah's undoing.As Sarah faces challenges in her new job--made complicated by complex local politics and a forbidden love--Quinn copes with their mother's refusal to talk about the past, her son's life-threatening illness, and her own increasingly troubled marriage. When Sarah asks Quinn to join her in India, Quinn realizes that the only way to overcome the past is to return to it, and it is in this place of stunning natural beauty and hidden danger that the sisters can finally understand the ways in which their family has disappeared--from their shared history, from one another--and recognize that they may need to risk everything to find themselves again.With dramatic urgency, a powerful sense of place, and a beautifully rendered cast of characters revealing a deep understanding of human nature in all its flawed glory, Katy Yocom has created an unforgettable novel about saving all that is precious, from endangered species to the indelible bonds among family. NOTE: Drema was a reviewer; Barry has heard portions of it read aloud by Katy. In other literary news, Publishers Weekly reports that “Publishers are holding their breath to see if President Trump’s decision to postpone the imposition of 25% tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods imported from China will become permanent.The new tariffs, which included books, were proposed this spring. But after meeting with China President Xi at the G20 conference this weekend, Trump agreed to delay any new tariffs as part of an effort to restart trade talks. In his speech, Trump said new tariffs have been delayed “for the time being.””Analysts aren’t convinced his decision will remain firm. Time will tell. And, finally, I mentioned last time I am doing social media work for a popular romance author. Yes, I am happy to report I am Shirley Jump’s current social media assistant. Not only am I enjoying working for her, I’m also learning morSupport the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Title: Let’s Talk about Writer’s Block, BabyEpisode #5 Note: the preshow music is a sampling of what Barry is writing to accompany Drema’s novel, Victorine. 1. Advisory: This podcast may contain explicit language and contagious ideas. Listener discretion is advised. 2. Welcome/Intro Welcome to WATT, your biweekly home for all things writing instruction, analysis, inspiration, and writing news and trends. We’re sometimes irreverent, but our material is (we hope) always accessible. I’m Drema Drudge, author of the forthcoming novel, Victorine, from Fleur-di-Lis Press. I’m a graduate of the Spalding University MFA in Creative Writing Program, and I’m currently a freelance writer and writing coach. I’m Barry Drudge, co-host and recent MFA graduate of Spalding University, former ghostwriter and a songwriter and musician who has worked with Grammy winners in Nashville. 1. News and trends: Fears that Barnes & Noble would close have been allayed by it being acquired by the hedge fund Elliott ‘s Advisors, according to Publishers and Writers. The fund paid $638 million for what is the remaining largest bookstore chain in the United States. Stay tuned for what if any changes will occur as a result of this purchase. According to the bookstore chain’s website, the store’s origins was truly homespun: Charles Barnes started a book business from his Wheaton, Illinois home in 1873. His son, William, partnered with G. Clifford Noble in what became Barnes & Noble in 1917. Their flagship store opened in NYC during the Great Depression. Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, is coming to the big screen in September 2019. The director of the project is John Crowley, who also directed Brooklyn, the well-received film adaptation of Colm Toibin’s novel. Not unexpectedly, Tayari(Ta YAH Ree) Jones won the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction recently, the award often known as the Orange and Baileys for the sponsors. This UK award was given for Jones’ novel An American Marriage. Jones is on the faculty of the Rutgers University MFA program. Her book was an Oprah book club selection in 2018. This is next on my list! Been waiting for this one, and it’s finally available at the library! 2. Whatcha readin’? Barry – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Drema – Marilla by Sarah McCoy. From Anne of Green Gables series. n My Sister the Serial Killer -- satirical 5. Topic of this episode is: Writer’s Block, by popular demand. This topic has been hot on Twitter, with some writers saying it doesn’t exist, while some saying it’s crippling their craft. Emotions are running high. Here are our FB group’s members’ thoughts, edited by us for length and clarity but not content. Bob Henderson says: I feel I suffer from it when writing music. When I'm out rising my bicycle or doing something I can sing something random and be like that would be cool to add as a lyric, but when I sit down and try to force it to be something it's hard to add more content to it. I have a lot of instrumentals that would be fully completed songs, but writers block seems to hinder a lot of that. It’s gotta be natural and in the moment, not forced is what I am learning. Liz Wilkes notes:I feel like I'm always dealing with writer's block. With or without an outline, I stilSupport the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Show Notes Episode 4Topic: Literary Tourism (inspired by Lyndsie Manusos’ article in the June 3 Book Riot newsletter.1. Advisory: This podcast may contain explicit language and contagious ideas. Listener discretion is advised. 2. Welcome/Intro Welcome to WATT, your biweekly home for all things writing instruction, analysis, inspiration, and writing news and trends. We’re sometimes irreverent, but our material is always accessible. I’m Drema Drudge, author of the forthcoming novel, Victorine, from Fleur-di-Lis Press. I’m a graduate of Spalding University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, and I’m currently a freelance writer and writing coach. You can learn more about my writing at dremadrudge.com. I’m Barry Drudge, co-host and recent MFA graduate of Spalding University, former ghostwriter and a songwriter and musician who has worked with Grammy winners in Nashville. I’m writing my first novel. FACT CHECK: Independent bookstores in our area? 3. News and trends: It’s an all-things-Atwood world right now, from Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale to The Testaments, a sequel to Handmaid, coming September 2019. Now, according to Variety, Entertainment One has picked up the rights to Margaret Atwood’s debut novel, The Edible Woman, published in 1969, to create a TV series. We’re happy to relay that the Poetry Foundation tells us that “The Emily Dickinson Museum, located in Amherst, MA, has received a $22 million gift as part of a larger bequest to Amherst College from the late alumnus, William McCall Vickery. "The transformative gift, the largest ever received by the museum, will be known as the 'William McCall Vickery ’57 Emily Dickinson Fund' and is specifically earmarked for the maintenance and improvement of its buildings, grounds and collections."”It's Pride Month, so salute to all of our LGBTQ friends. Lambda Literary, promoters and advocates of the LGBTQ literary community, recently announced the winner of the 31st Lambda Literary Awards. (Nicknamed the Lammies.) The Lambda’s Trustee Award was awarded to Alexander Chee; Masha Gessen won the Visionary Award, and lastly, the Publishing Professional Award went to Barbara Smith. These individuals helped the LGBTQ cause. Additionally, twenty-five book award winners were honored. 4. Whatcha readin’?La Luministe. Review on dremadrudge.com. Barry: Love Poems for Married Couples 5. Topic of the episode:Since it’s vacation time for many people, we want to continue talking abouttraveling and writing: Today’s emphasis is Literary Tourism (From the June 3 Book Riot Newsletter, Lyndsie Manusos – recently moved to Indy. She discusses, which are in our neck of the woods, the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library; The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies. A quick list of where we’ve been/what lit figure sites we have seen and what you gain from literary tourism. Writing Instruction: Obviously, if there is an opportunity for you to practice nearby literary tourism, that would be ideal, so seek out museums or libraries or literary locations in your own town and surroundings if possible. If not: Maybe you already know all about your favorite author, but if you don’t: choose your favorite author. Then google your author; read the Wikipedia article about them. Find out where your author was born and where (if they are deceased) they are interred, if they arSupport the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

Show Notes Episode Three: Livin' La Vida Nonlocal: Travel and WritingWe discuss how travel can affect and grow your writing. This episode's writing instruction involves an assignment involving travel. Whatcha Readin'? reveals what books we are reading, have read, or are looking forward to reading. Stephen King, A. Scott Berg, Alexandra Horowitz, and Elena Ferrante make our lists.In News and Trends we discuss the faltering of print literary journals and ask readers to buy and subscribe to one if they can to keep them from dying off. (We love online journals, too, though.)Our First Page segment takes a look at Elizabeth Burton's novel-in-progress, The Puppet's Voice.Please subscribe, review, and share our podcast. Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list here on our website for updates and offers.If you'd like us to consider your unpublished first page of creative writing for critiquing on air, please send it to: writingallthethings1(at)gmail(dot)com.Join in the fun on Twitter: @ThingsWriting, or our Facebook group: Writing All the Things Podcast, and Writing All the Things on Instagram. Find us on Patreon. Thank you and keep writing! Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

In Episode Two, your hosts, Barry Drudge and Drema Drudge, discuss the intersection of music and writing in literary news..We analyze the luscious first page of E.L. Miller's novel-in-progress. Whatcha Readin'? inspires you to read and write. To wrap the show, a fun sensory challenge provides writing instruction. Become a Patron!Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)

In this, the premiere episode of Writing All the Things your hosts, Barry Drudge and Drema Drudge, define literary fiction and tell you a little something about themselves. We also critique the first page of writer Kyle Kirkley's novel-in-progress. And we discuss what we're reading. Support the show (https://c6.patreon.com/)