Ink in Your Veins
Episodes
Ep. 060: Rachael Herron with 3 Writing Tips You've Never Heard Before
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael Herron gives 3 tips to help you get to the page, daily. These are tips she doesn't see many other people talking about, and she wants to sh...
Ep. 059: Amy Bernhard On Getting a Little Uncomfortable with Our Writing (While Still Finding Joy)
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Bernhard talks about finding the new joy in the process of writing and about putting ourselves in situations in which we feel a little uncomfortab...
Ep. 058: Karen Dionne on Not Being Afraid to Try New Things in Your Writing
26 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Dionne talks to Rachael about her FABULOUS new book (Rachael loved it) and what it's like when a writer really has a room of her own (the answer...
Ep. 057: Rachael Herron on Why You Should be a Liar and a Thief
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael Herron was born to lie — and guess what? It’s a hallmark of many creative types. Turns out, dissembling is actually good for your creative...
Ep. 056: Fiona Maazel on Pushing Yourself In Your Writing
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Maazel is author of the novels A Little More Human (2017), Woke Up Lonely (2013); and Last Last Chance (2008). Maazel is winner of a 2017...
Ep. 055: Rachael Johns on Plotting vs Pantsing vs Her Own Method
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael Johns is an English teacher by trade, a mum 24/7, a chronic arachnophobic, and a writer the rest of the time. She rarely sleeps and never iron...
Ep. 054: Alisha Rai on Editing Sex Scenes
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alisha Rai writes hot and emotionally complex contemporary romance novels and is frequently sought as a speaker on topics such as love in the digital...
Ep. 053: Rachael Wants to Know What Next?
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rachael takes her birthday week and the midyear to talk about what's next on the horizon and confesses the crime she tried to commit ...
Ep 052: Elizabeth Greenwood on Being Bold in Your Writing Career
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of PLAYING DEAD: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud, a nonfiction book about people who have faked their de...
Erika T. Wurth on Fitting What You’re Writing to the Best Form
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Erika T. Wurth’s published works include a novel, Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend and two collections of poetry, Indian Trains and One Thousand Horses Ou...
Ep. 050: Jessica Abel on Working on One Project At a Time
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cartoonist and writer Jessica Abel is the author of Growing Gills, Out on the Wire, La Perdida, and two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words &...
Ep. 049: Sherry Thomas on How to Craft a Character Through Pain
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sherry Thomas is one of the most acclaimed historical romance authors writing today, winning the RITA Award two years running, and appearing on innume...
Ep. 048: Monica Leonelle on Writing Faster with Dictation
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Monica Leonelle has written over half a million words of fiction spread across several genres and series, most notably her young adult urban fantasy a...
Ep. 047: Rachael Herron on How She Steals Characters from Real Life
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long...
Ep. 046 Michelle Gonzales on Not Waiting To Be Found
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Punk writer, Michelle Cruz Gonzales is the author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band, a book about her days in the groundbr...
Ep. 045: Sara Ramsey on How to get Unstuck in Your Writing
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Ramsey is a historical romance author with great taste in Champagne, bad taste in movies, and a serious love for journals and washi tape. Her awa...
Ep. 044: Bethany Herron on Weird Travel Writing
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bethany Herron has had short works of nonfiction and fiction published in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, PEEQ, and the anthology Bad-Ass Faeries: It’...
Ep. 043: Rachael in Venice
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Live from Venice, Rachael talks about her writing retreat, both the one she led for sixteen writers, and the private writing retreat she had alone a...
Ep. 042: John Gaspard
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Gaspard is the author of the Eli Marks mystery series The Ambitious Card, The Bullet Catch, The Miser’s Dream and The Linking Rings), from Hene...
Ep. 041: Sheree L. Greer
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, Sheree L. Greer founded The Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center to showcase and support the work of ancestor, elder, a...
Ep. 040: Antonia Crane
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Antonia Crane is a writer, Moth Slam winner, and writing instructor in Los Angeles. She is the author of the memoir, “Spent” (Barnacle Books, Rare...
Ep. 039: Gigi Pandian
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
USA Today bestselling author Gigi Pandian spent her childhood being dragged around the world by her cultural anthropologist parents, and now lives out...
Ep. 038: Jason Gurley
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Gurley is the author of Greatfall, The Man Who Ended the World, and other novels and stories. His bestselling self-published novel Eleanor was a...
Ep. 037: Kate Maruyama
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Maruyama‘s novel Harrowgate was published by 47North. Her short work has appeared in Arcadia, Stoneboat and Controlled Burn and is now featured...
Ep. 036: Anna Doogan
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Doogan is a writer, dancer, and mother of three. Her writing has also appeared in Hip Mama, The Literary Kitchen, and Arcadia Magazine’s Online...
Ep. 035: Adrienne Bell
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adrienne Bell is a wife and a mother of two. She’s lived her whole life in Northern California. She has a deep, abiding love of all things Disneylan...
Ep. 034: Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo was named a 2012 Los Angeles Central Library ALOUD Newer Poet and the 2013 Poets & Writers California Writers Exchange poetry w...
Ep. 033: Lisa Marie Rollins
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Marie Rollins is poet, playwright, theater director and dramaturg. She was a CALLALOO Journal London Writing Workshop Fellow, is an alumni in...
Ep. 032: Honorée Corder
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Honorée Corder is the author of 20 books, including You Must Write a Book, and Prosperity for Writers. She is also Hal Elrod’s business partner in ...
Ep. 031: Gwenda Bond
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gwenda Bond writes YA and children’s fiction. Her novels include the Lois Lane series, which bring the iconic comic book character front and center ...
Ep. 030: Aya de Leon
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aya de Leon directs the Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley. Kensington Books published her debut feminist heist novel, UPTOWN THIEF, in July...
Ep. 029: New Year Goals with Rachael
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Special New Year's episode! I intend to make this an annual episode, and I loved recording this because it made me sit and really think. In this episo...
Ep. 028: Mridu Khullar Relph
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mridu Khullar Relph is the founder of The International Freelancer. She has written for The New York Times, TIME, CNN, ABC, The Christian Science Moni...
Ep. 027: Joanna Penn
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
J.F.Penn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers on the edge, as well as bestselling non-fiction for authors published und...
Ep. 026: Dani Shapiro
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dani Shapiro is the bestselling author of the memoirs Still Writing, Devotion, and Slow Motion, and five novels including Black & White and Family His...
Ep. 025: Janine Bajus
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Janine Bajus is an internationally known Fair Isle knitter, designer, and teacher. Her goal is to provide the information that people need to knit the...
Ep. 024: Tien Chiu
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tien Chiu is a weaver, a dyer and a couture seamstress. She’s also a writer. In addition to writing articles for Handwoven and Complex Weavers Journ...
Ep. 023: J. Thorn
11 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
J. Thorn has published over one million words and has sold more than 170,000 books worldwide. He is an official, active member of the Horror Writers A...
Ep. 022: Greta Beekhuis
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Greta Beekhuis, is an author, knitter of complex mathematical equations, word nerd, physics junkie, voracious reader, and open wheel racer. Her first ...
Ep. 021: Grant Faulkner
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Faulkner was born and raised in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He earned a B.A. in English from Grinnell College and an M.A. in Creative Writing from San Fran...
Ep. 020: Holly Robinson
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Novelist, journalist and celebrity ghost writer Holly Robinson is the author of the memoir The Gerbil farmer’s Daughter and many novels including mo...
Ep. 019: Larissa Brown
14 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Larissa Brown writes books - about Vikings and about knitting - as well as creating designs for hand knitters. Her first novel was Beautiful Wreck and...
Ep. 018: Julia Skott
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Skott is a journalist and writer in Sweden. She’s published two non-fiction books called Body Panic and Shut Up I’m Counting. She also produ...
Ep. 017: Jennifer Baker
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Baker received her MFA from The New School’s graduate program in Creative Writing. She works as a production editor, and contributes to Bus...
Ep. 016: Dana Kaye
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Kaye received her B.A. in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago. After college, she worked as a freelance writer and book critic. This ex...
Ep. 015: Chris Baty
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Baty accidentally founded National Novel Writing Month in 1999, and oversaw the event's growth from 21 friends to more than 300,000 writers in 9...
Ep. 014: Cat Rambo
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cat Rambo lives, writes, and edits in the Pacific Northwest. Her work has appeared in such places as Asimov's, Weird Tales, and Strange Horizons. She ...
Ep. 013: Clara Parkes
01 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Over a decade ago, Clara Parkes abandoned San Francisco's high-tech hubbub to build a quieter creative life on the coast of Maine. Since then, she has...
Ep. 012: Courtney Gillette
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney Gillette is an essayist and reviewer, reviewing books for Lambda Literary since 2010. She co-hosts The Hustle reading series, helps behind t...
Ep. 011: Kim Werker
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Werker is a writer and freelance editor who tries to make something – anything – every day. Many of those things are awful; some are not. She ...
Ep. 10: Morgan Jerkins
12 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Jerkins discusses her writing process. She lives and writes in New York. She graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Comparative Li...
Ep. 009: Raina J. Leon
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Raina J. León was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was introduced to poetry by her mother from a young age. She holds multiple ...
Ep. 008: Nayomi Munaweera
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nayomi Munaweera's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize and won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia ....
Ep. 007: Arisa White
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode: ARISA WHITE is a Cave Canem fellow, Sarah Lawrence College alumna, an MFA graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and au...
Ep. 006: Wendy Ortiz
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy C. Ortiz is a Los Angeles native. She is the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, 2014), Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, 20...
Ep. 005: Esmé Weijun Wang
07 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Esmé Weijun Wang is an award-winning author and advocate. At esmewang.com, she provides resources that assist aspiring and working writers in develop...
Ep. 004: Adrienne Celt
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Adrienne Celt was born in Seattle, WA and has lived in a great many places since then. (A non-exhaustive list: Iowa, California, Chicago, and St. Pete...
Ep. 003: Adrienne Martini
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Adrienne Martini, author of Sweater Quest and Hillbilly Gothic (Free Press), talks to Rachael about her writing process. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Ep 002: Cari Luna
18 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cari Luna, author of The Revolution of Every Day and winner of the Oregon Book Award for Fiction, tells us about her process. Hosted on Acast. See a...
Ep 001: Rachael Herron
08 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode, Rachael Herron presents the format for upcoming shows by interviewing herself about her own process. How do you write a boo...