Craftwork
Episodes
Braided Essays, Collective Solitude, & the Objective Correlative w/ Kasia Van Schaik
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Kasia Van Schaik about reverse outlining, asking "what if", sublimating emotion through landscape, and so...
Building Communities, Finding Guardrails, & Reading the Comments Section w/ Jean Marc Ah-Sen
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Jean Marc Ah-Sen about comic books, literary scenes, flipping the script on what a book can be, and so much more. Jea...
Dreaming in Fire, Working in Clay, & Reaching for Awe w/ Ramsey Campbell
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Ramsey Campbell about the importance of tapping into creative instincts, the pleasure of happy accidents, the lingerin...
Tonal Registers, Byzantine Journeys, & Repurposing Research w/ Michael LaPointe
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Michael LaPointe about navigating the pipeline between impulse and expression, breaking the genteel picture of literat...
Myth, Fetishism, & the Horror of Living in an Allistic World w/ Gemma Files
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Gemma Files about horny monsters, Lovecraftian Airbnbs, the female gaze, and so much more. Previously a film critic,...
Girlhood, Defamiliarization, & Poetic Excavation w/ Emily Banks
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Emily Banks about posthumous publications, linguistic allergies, the atomic nuts and bolts of imagery, and so much mor...
Ghost Stories, Market Pressures, & Tapping into the Subconscious w/ Naben Ruthnum
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Naben Ruthnum about character development, avoiding TV-brained writing, making sense of first-reader notes, and so muc...
Ekphrasis, Sinuous Sentences, & the Logic of Sound w/ Sarah Bernstein
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Sarah Bernstein about contemplation, finding time for writing, capturing the rush of language, and so much more. Sara...
Worldbuilding, Aha Moments, & Writing for the Stage w/ S. P. Miskowski
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with S. P. Miskowski about Asian horror cinema, the power of grief, the relentless desire to shape the self, and so much m...
Dream Journals, Imaginary Conversations, & Work-Life Balance w/ Fawn Parker
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Fawn Parker about showing the reader around the room, finding the right tense, protecting your writing time, and so mu...
Character Case Files, Consecution, & the Acoustics of Language w/ Rod Moody-Corbett
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Rod Moody-Corbett about tonal dissonance, sponging up influences, writing from memory, and so much more. Rod Moody-Cor...
Debauchery, Plotless Fiction, & the Paranoiac-Critical Method w/ Nour Abi-Nakhoul
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Nour Abi-Nakhoul about copy editing, creative nonfiction, feverish creations, and so much more. Nour Abi-Nakhoul is a ...
Ecstasy, Ruin, & the Talent of the Room w/ Kathe Koja
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Kathe Koja about balancing simultaneous projects, resisting online distractions, raising the literary dead, and so muc...
Cruel Elegance, Cosmic Pessimism, & Rust Belt Vibes w/ Paula D. Ashe
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Paula D. Ashe about writer's block, narrative movement, urban legends, and so much more. Paula D. Ashe (she/her...
Collaboration, Closet Dramas, & Writing for Audio w/ McKenna James Boeckner & Carlee Calver
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with McKenna James Boeckner and Carlee Calver about nature writing, epistolary possibilities, elusive chicken detectives, ...
Weird Tales, Uncanny Dolls, & Creative Breakthroughs w/ Lisa Tuttle
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Lisa Tuttle about genre history, the ideal protagonist, Harlan Ellison's writing advice, and so much more. Lisa ...
Eavesdropping, Travel Writing, & Glasgow Kisses w/ Mark Anthony Jarman
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Mark Anthony Jarman about hockey fiction, deadwood words, finding inspiration in newspaper clippings, and so much more...
Obsession, Transgression, & the Library of Gestures w/ Maryse Meijer
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Maryse Meijer about metaphor, quotation marks, the dubious necessity of author photos, and so much more. Maryse Meijer...
Maximalism, Weird Angels, & the Taste of Prose w/ Craig Laurance Gidney
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Craig Laurance Gidney about genre mashups, writing workshops, telling Mom which of your stories to avoid, and so much ...
Productivity, False Epiphanies, & Existential Dread w/ Niall Howell
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Niall Howell about crime fiction, creative spontaneity, the magic of public swimming pools, and so much more. Niall Ho...
Romance, Ritual, & the Darkness of Yacht Rock w/ Phoebe Marmura
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Phoebe Marmura about fear, fairies, set design, and so much more. Phoebe Marmura is a writer and artist. Her wor...
Scaffolding, Dionysus, & Mental Bonfires w/ Lindsay Lerman
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Lindsay Lerman about philosophy, procedural knowledge, writing dialogue, and so much more. Lindsay Lerman is a writer...
Magic Realism, Intertextuality, & Making it Beautiful w/ William Ping
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with William Ping about historical fiction, hauntology, Animal Crossing, and so much more. William Ping is a novelist and j...
Agency, Microtensions, & Mythic Resonance w/ Randy Nikkel Schroeder
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Randy Nikkel Schroeder about noir, character possession, Biblical frisson, and so much more. Randy Nikkel Schroeder ...
Persona Poems, Metacognition, & Vancouver Island Marmots w/ Meghan Kemp-Gee
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, we chat with Meghan Kemp-Gee about poetry, screenwriting, comics, and so much more. Meghan Kemp-Gee is the author of The Animal i...
Trailer
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Craftwork: a podcast by writers for writers co-hosted by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer.We created Craftwork to address questions that freque...