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Chicago Writes
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A monthly podcast hosted by CWA member Bill Turck featuring in-depth interviews and candid conversations with published authors on the art, craft and business of writing.
Episodes
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One Final Thought with WC Turck
On this the final episode of Chicago Writes, Time Management for the writer. Part two of my conversation with Paul Bryan Roach author of Jack's Rogues available on Amazon. The art of the Press Release and building a Media Contact List. Plus, we catch up with The Spine Bookshop owner Lindsay…
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Author Paul Roach and the Fundamentals of Research for Novelists
We spent the past couple of episodes with an exploration of the science fiction genre. Fantasy and magic are popular subgenres. Often over-looked is the spiritual sub-sub-genre. Paul Roach served twenty-seven years in the US Navy Medical Corps, with multiple combat and noncombat deployments. His...
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Talkin' SyFy with Professor Joe Austin
Jotham Austin, is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Chicago. He is also a Chicago Writers Association Board Member and Director of the Book of the Year Contest. Professor Austin is the author of the sci-fi psychological thriller, ‘Will You Still Love Me, If I Become Someone…
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Talkin' Science Fiction with Joe Austin
Jotham Austin, is a Research Associate Professor UChicago. He is also a Chicago Writers Association Board Member, Director of the Book of the Year Contest. Professor Austin is the author of the sci-fi psychological thriller, "Will You Still Love Me, If I Become Someone Else?” He is also the…
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Robert Conlon's Celtic Knot and a Chicago Story from Brad Meinecke
A great city writes its own blood and spit and sweat and Chicago is a writer’s city. That muscle and toil can never be told from the outside but can only be rightfully told by those who have lived and walked the avenues and alleyways. Sinclair’s The Jungle was written here. We are at once…
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Writing, Workshops and Poetry with Ashley Honeysett, David W. Berner and Sharon Woodhouse
First up, Sharon Woodhouse is a former Chicago-based indie publisher, and the current owner of a book business agency, Conspire Creative. Sharon is also the author of the new book, The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books. Sharon is offering a free six-part...
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BOTY Hospital Heal Thy Self's Mark Taylor and Empire of the Sun's Stephen Zimmer
Mark Taylor is a former newspaper and trade magazine reporter who covers the business, financing and delivery of healthcare. Taylor is a former Kaiser Fellow and a co-founder of the Association of Health Care Journalists. He is the author of Hospital, Heal Thyself: A Mathematician’s Plan for…
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Amy Yee, Award Winning Author and Journalist, plus Adam Kaz, Jason Page and a Book Ban Update
Adam Kaz on getting published with Zines, and a writing and organizing technique. Adam talks about beat words. Connect with Adam at thegroundisuneven.com and check out his portfolio at kazadam97.journoportfolio.com. And on Facebook and Instagram you can find him at kazadam97. Zine World’s…
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The Art of Writing Horror with Downpour Author Christopher Hawkins
On this episode of Chicago Writes, Christopher Hawkins is an award-winning author and a current book of the year winner from the CWA. His works of short fiction have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Cosmic Horror Monthly, Fusion Fragment, Underland Arcana and The…
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Forces of Nature: Author Sharon Ann LaCour and Anti-Book ban Activist Lindsay Schultz
Lindsay Schultz owns/manages The Spine Bookshop in Smyrna, Tennessee. Lindsay is battling efforts to ban or restrict books at schools and libraries. She is also the host of The Spine Bookcast on Youtube. The website is The Spine Bookshop. com Sharon Ann LaCour’s debut literary novel, The Meeting…
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Historian, Author, Survivor. A conversation with Pat Camalliere
From maximizing your local market to building in history to deepen a novel and cautionaries on dialogue in memoir writing, Pat Camalliere is a survivor in more ways than one. Pat Camalliere is the author of The Cora Tozzi Historical Mystery Series, including The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods....
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David Ladensohn's off-beat memoir, Fly Fishing with Leonardo da Vinci
David Ladensohn is the author of an extraordinary and truly unique perspective on the brilliance of Leonardo da Vinci, titled Fly Fishing with Leonardo da Vinci. Fly-fishing is his passion. That passion has taken him around the world. Ladensohn is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at…
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DePaul's Blue Book and Hope for Next-gen Writing with Chris Solis Green
In the age of AI and social media it is easy to be cynical about the future of writing. In highlighting the best high school writing, across multiple genres, Depaul's Blue Book is testimony to the timelessness and vibrancy of written self-expression. Critically acclaimed, Chris Solís Green is the...
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House of Honor: Margaret Philbrick, A Stolen Caravaggio and a Prodigal Child
Margaret Ann Philbrick is an award-winning author and poet. she is the contributing editor of the essay and poetry collection for women, Everbloom—Stories of Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives. Her poems and articles have been featured in numerous anthologies and publications, including her...
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Writing for Educators: The Advocate Educator’s Handbook's Rebecca Kling and Vanessa Ford
On this episode of Chicago Writes, the Podcast of the Chicago Writers Association, Educator and Award-winning Children's Author of Calvin, Vanessa Ford M.A.T. and Author of the Critically-acclaimed No Gender Left Behind and Educator Rebecca Kling, Authors of The Advocate Educator’s Handbook:...
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Writing to Make a Change with Tom Tresser
From CWA BOTY winner Linda Gartz' Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago, to Civic Lab founder Tom Tresser's NO GAMES CHICAGO How A Small Group of Citizens Derailed the City’s 2016 Olympic Bid, there are lessons writers can learn about storytelling…
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Registry of Forgotten Objects; DePaul's Miles Harvey
Miles Harvey is the author of three nonfiction books, The King of Confidence (a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice selection), Painter in a Savage Land, and The Island of Lost Maps, a national and international bestseller. He teaches creative writing at DePaul University in Chicago, where...
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The Art of the Memoir with Kevin Hall and Risa August
Kevin M. Hall is a New York author. He is the author of 3 books, Ilion My Childhood My Memories, My Rosemount MN. Memories, and SIGNS - The Veil is Thinner Than We Imagine. The website is Kevin-Hall.com. Risa August is a champion. She is the author of the award-winning memoir, or the biography of...
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Jonathan Eig, King: A Life and the Art of the Biography
Jonathan Eig is an American journalist and biographer and the author of six books. His most recent King: A Life (2023), a biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was just awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Eig is also the author of… Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (2005). Ali: A Life....
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Anatomy of an Amazon Book Promotion
Host WC Turck takes you along for a need-to-know marketing hack on Amazon for his new novel, The Assassination of Baby Hitler: A Love Story with Dan Davies from Renegade Press LLC, renegadepresspublisher.com. Unlock a wealth of writer resources by joining the Chicago Writers Association today....
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Marketing and Cross Marketing for Authors with Janet Sutherland-Madden
After recovering from a brain aneurysm in 2004 that left her blind and paralyzed, Janet Sutherland Madden wrote an astounding book of trauma and the courage to overcome is titled “Nose Over Toes.” Her latest project is a children's book titled, "Rhett, the kind little Corgi," a No.# 1 Amazon...
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Chicago Writes, March 2024: A Conversation with Jill Christman and Gary D. Wilson
On this episode of Chicago Writes, our remaining Book of the Year authors, Prof. Jill Christman and Gary D. Wilson discuss their award-winning books and offer advice they give their writing students. Gary D. Wilson is a critically acclaimed novelist and writer of narrative short story fiction.…
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Book of the year Winners, Rita Woods and Lois Hoitenga Roelofs
Lois Hoitenga Roelofs is one of CWAs Book of the Year winners for her moving memory, Marv in Charge: A story of Bold Love and courage, from Deep River books. An uncommonly candid book on death, dying and faith. Her website is loisroelofs.com Rita Woods Latest novel, The Last Dreamwalker, was just...
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A Band of Authors: Mark Hutson, Rick Kaempfer and a Scam Alert
Happy New Year! In our season 3 opener: An author scam alert, plus a conversation with one of last Year's Book of the Year award winning author Mark Hutson of the critically acclaimed "So Costly a Sacrifice," available on Amazon. Plus, a bit of WC Turck's conversation with Rick Kaempfer, author…
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An Award-Winning Author on Book Marketing Platforms and Strategies
Do you think of Book marketing as confusing and complex? You are hardly alone! Long time friend of the podcast and one of the most proactive authors for marketing, David W. Berner’s success doesn’t just happen but requires a bit of work and effort from the author. After speaking with Mike…
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Book Marketing on a Budget: A conversation with LitNuts cofounder Mike O’Mary
Mike O'Mary knows book marketing. As an Indie publisher he produced several NYT bestsellers, including Dina Kucera's Everything I Never Wanted to Be-A Memoir of Alcoholism and Addiction, Faith and Family, Hope and Humor. Together with his daughter, Kathleen Meyer, they began an online newsletter...
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Chicago Writes October 2023: Ana Castillo and Michael Finney
Professor Ana Castillo is an author, poet and visual artist. Her latest critically acclaimed book is a thought-provoking collection of short stories transcending demographics titled Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home, published by Harper Collins. Available at Amazon and all fine bookstores. Her website…
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Chicago Writes Compelling Sex Scenes and Publishing Cocktails
Writing compelling Sex Scenes for novelists, with author, screenwriter and Producer Dorothy Mackevich Marks. Her latest book is Les Beaux Châteaux which tells the story of father and son antique dealers amid the twilight of a romanticized legacy French culture. Visit…
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CNN’s Nora Neus on Writing Oral History
Nora Neus is an Emmy-nominated journalist and author. Neus field-produced Anderson Cooper’s CNN coverage of the 2017 white supremacist riot in Charlottesville, Virginia. Before joining CNN, she worked as a local news reporter and fill-in anchor for the CNN affiliate in Charlottesville. Nora also...
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Funny Business: Writing Humor and more with Author Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith founded ArtSource, a leading art consulting company. In 2017 she switched gears to pursue a dream to be a full-time writer. Her debut novel Truth and Other Lies is about truth and coming clean to yourself and about truth and honesty. It is about perseverance and second chances.…
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Writing Fiction for Young Adults with Kristin Oakley
Kristin Oakley’s latest young adult novel is “The Devil Particle”. Kristin teaches writing workshops, has critiqued manuscripts through the University of Wisconsin‘s -Madison Division of Continuing Studies, and has helped writers hone their agent pitches at the Division’s Writers’ Institute. She…
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Chicago Writes Poetry and Artbooks
Christina D. Rodriguez is an award winning Latinx poet, and entrepreneur from New York, currently living in Chicago. Her poems have appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Yes, Poetry, Rust + Moth, Satin Soulbits, and elsewhere. She is a board member of the Chicago Writers Association as the organization’s...
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Story Structure and Story Collaboration with Author David Fletcher
Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, The '72 White Sox and a Transforming Chicago, by David Fletcher, John Owens, and George Castle, was a runner up for this year’s Book of the Year Award for non-Fiction. David Fletcher speaks about the book, story structure techniques and collaboration on a writing…
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Critically Acclaimed Author Toya Wolfe and Last Summer on State Street
Toya Wolfe scored with her debut novel, "Last Summer On State Street". This is good and necessary storytelling. Toya joins host WC Turck for a deep diving into this critically acclaimed, and CWA Book of the Year award winner for Traditional Fiction. From Faulkner to Sista Souljah and much more....
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Chicago Writes: A Resource for Writers, February 2023
On this episode of Chicago Writes, News about the 2023 CWA Writer's Educational Series. Also, A reminder to register now for Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference. March 25-26, 2023 Visit ChicagoWrites.org! Plus, Associate professor of English and Creative Writing, Shawn Shiflett on...
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Chicago Writes Celebrates the 2022 Book of the Year Award Winners!
It's a brand-new year, as The Chicago Writers Association Celebrates the 2022 Book of the Year Award Winners! We talk rhythm and vulnerability in writing with the sumptuous memoir This Jade World author Ira Sukrunruang, voice and mythology with Christina Marrocco from her powerful novel Addio…
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CWA December 2022, Suzy Takacs and the Art of the Book Cellar
The independent bookstore means far more to their communities, as well as for authors. We thought we’d explore that relationship, how and if brick and mortar retail stores are the best option for self-published authors, as well as the challenges independent bookstores face in our ever-changing...
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Writing and Marketing Horror with Author Dan Klefstad
Like love and sex, fear is instinctual. The fight or flight response to things which may cause us harm is centered in our amygdala, a roughly almond-shaped mass of gray matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, involved with the experiencing of emotions. The root of our nightmares. This is the…
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Alex Poppe on Writing with Purpose, Plus Rick and Dave talk with Scott Turow!
On the October episode of Chicago Writes host WC Turck talks with author Alex Poppy on Writing with purpose, and a bit from Radio misfits hosts Rick and Dave and their conversation with bestselling author Scott Turow. Catch their full interview at radiomisfits.com. Plus, October announcements and…
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Dan Davies of Renegade Press LLC
Dan Davies is best known as the writer, actor, and producer of the cult-film “Ed Gein- the musical.” He co-starred with Sadie Kaye in Miss Adventure meets Motörhead, which was a highly rated video on Will Ferrell/HBO's Funny or Die. He won for Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) along with Majid…
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The Book Doctor is in with Donald G. Evans
On this episode of Chicago Writes, a conversation with Book Doctor Donald G. Evans. Writers News in our new Around the Web segment and pushing the envelope on audio books and telling the truth in memoirs from R&B star Danny Boy Steward. A link to Donald G. Evans.com, book doctor, author, and...
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Chicago Writes Talks with Two of the First Chapter Contest Winners
Host WC Turck speaks with First Chapter contest winners, Cheryl L. Reed and Mary Dean Cason about landing the right agent, characterization, story structure and more. The opening chapter to Map of My Escape by Cheryl L. Reed captured first place in this year’s very competitive first chapter...
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Storytelling for the Writer with Chicago Story Press
Anne Beall and Judi Goshen are the publishers of Chicago Story Press. Their latest book is a collection of stories expanding upon concepts of love titled Storytellers' True Stories about Love. Chicago story press.com is the website. For Submissions to Chicago Story Press, click HERE Find Anne...
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Chicago Writes on Branding, Publishing Online and the Story of Literature
In the May episode of Chicago Writes, a Podcast of the Chicago Writers Association, host WC Turck talks Branding with Michael Finney. Michael Finney is a Business Strategy Consultant focused on Media and Message. Find his workbook and course "How to Create a Personal Band in 10 Steps" at...
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Voices from the 2022 Let’s Just Write, An Uncommon Writers Conference
In just 3 short years the Chicago Writers Association's Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writer's Conference has become a must attend event for Writers and Authors. In it's first 2 years Let's Just Write earned critical accolades from Writer Magazine, calling it one of the Best conferences in…
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Writing Memoirs and Non-Fiction with the CWA 2021 Book of the Year Winners, Gary V. Johnson and Andrea Friederici Ross
Continuing with our spotlight on the CWA Book of the Year award winners for 2021, this episode features our outstanding authors for Indie and Traditional Non-fiction. Plus CWA announcements and upcoming events! Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick by Andrea Friederici Ross describes the…
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CWA Book of the Year Award Winners Talk the Art of Fiction Writing
Libby Fischer Hellmann and Rachel Swearingen are the 2021 Chicago Writer's Association Book of the Year winners for Fiction. In this Episode Libby and Rachel talk about the Art and Business of Writing, Marketing and more. Libby Fischer Hellmann's website is https://libbyhellmann.com/ Rachel...
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Rachel Swearingen, Critically Acclaimed, award winning CWA’s Book of the Year award winner.
Rachel Swearingen won this year’s award under Traditional Fiction for her latest work is “How to Walk on Water and Other Stories.” In 2019, the Guild Literary Complex named her one of 30 Writers to Watch. She lives in Chicago and teaches in Cornell College’s low-residency MFA program....
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Libby Fischer Hellmann: 2021 Chicago Writer’s Association’s Book of the year award Winner for Indie Fiction
Critically acclaimed author Libby Fischer Hellman writes strong women. From her Ellie Foreman Mysteries, to the suspenseful adventures of blond and beautiful Chicago PI, Georgia Davis. And Hellman has taken us around the world, to war, and across history through the eyes of female characters-you...
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