All Episodes

LIFEWRITING LIVE! On Tananarive's upcoming novel, MAZYWOOD! And Steve's MAGIC Formula for Success

Lifewriting Live! Finding Your "Why" in 2026

Markus Redmond! (Blood Slaves)

LIFEWRITING LIVE! On Overcoming Interruptions and Chaos

LIFEWRITING LIVE! On Horror and Healing!

Tananarive and Steve's story in The End of the World As We Know It (based in the world of Stephen King's The Stand)!

LIFEWRITING LIVE! What Necessary Evil Have You Been Dodging?

LIFEWRITING LIVE! On Goals & Actions to Make the Universe Say "Oh, sh*t!"

The Keeper is a Wrap! Lessons for writers on directing

Best of Lifewriting: When History is The Monster! (The Reformatory)

SINNERS! How Ryan Coogler Shook Hollywood (And You Can Too!) *SPOILERS*

We Made Our Own "Vintage" Radio Play! Introducing THE WALKER (Guest J. Michael Hayes)

We're Directing Our First Short Film! Writing Lessons from the Director's Chair

Creating Art in the Midst of Chaos (adrienne maree brown)

Best of Lifewriting: A.I. and the Writer!

Guest Josh Ruben! (Heart Eyes, Werewolves Within)

Navigating Feedback in Your Writing - And in Life!

Lessons from Octavia Butler and Ray Bradbury On How to Survive 2025

Best of Lifewriting - Tananarive's novel The Reformatory - Turning Heartache to Horror

Clay McLeod Chapman! Wake Up and Open Your Eyes (Finding Hope in Horror)

A Tribute to Candyman Star Tony Todd (And an interview from 2017!)

Best of Lifewriting - Gabino Iglesias! (The Devil Takes You Home, House of Bone and Rain)

On Writing Through Pain - Guest Nadine Pinede! (When the Mapou Sings)

Best of Lifewriting - Stephen Graham Jones!

On Claiming Your Personal Power! (Kristin Iris Johnson - Wicked City)

Best of Scare Up the Vote! (Stephen King, Joe Hill, Rachel Harrison, Mike Flanagan, Stephen Graham Jones, Bryan Fuller & More!)

Nuzo Onoh (Where the Dead Brides Gather) - the Queen of African Horror!

Guest Nat Cassidy! (Nestlings, Mary: An Awakening of Terror)

Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian)

On Finding Your Voice! (Guest Michelle McGill-Vargas)

Guest S.A. Cosby! (All the Sinners Bleed, Razorblade Tears)

Best of Lifewriting: It's Spooky Season! Secrets to Writing Great Horror

Guest Justin C. Key! (The World Wasn't Ready for You, Out There Screaming)

Guest Justina Ireland! (Star Wars: The High Republic, Dread Nation)

Guest Grady Hendrix! (My Best Friend's Exorcism - How to Sell a Haunted House)

Author Jeff Lindsay! On Dreaming Dexter and the Dark Side of Fame

On Creating Unforgettable Characters!

It's Kamala Harris for President! The Power of Twists in Storytelling

Best of Lifewriting: Guest Maureen Ryan (Burn It Down!) - Horrors in Hollywood

Craft Lessons from A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (Spoiler free)

Best of Lifewriting: Paul Tremblay! (Horror Movie, Cabin at the End of the World)

On Thriving with New Opportunities and Challenges

Best of Lifewriting: On Keeping It Short! (The Joy and Power of Short Stories and Short Scripts)

Tananarive Won a Stoker Award for The Reformatory! (When History is the Monster)

On the Writer's Juggling Act - Working on Multiple Projects!

Best of Lifewriting - Nisi Shawl! (Kinning, Everfair) On Friendship with Octavia E. Butler

"So Be It! See To It!" Success Hacks for Writers

Guest Brent Lambert! (On A Necessary Chaos and Worldbuilding)

Guest David Dastmalchian! (Late Night with the Devil)

Best of Lifewriting: Leigh Bardugo! (The Familiar, Hell Bent, Ninth House)

Kat and Jazz from "Girl, That's Scary!" Podcast

The Black Guy Dies First! Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman & Mark H. Harris

Guest Erin E. Adams! (Jackal, The Black Girl Survives in This One)

Guest Jonathan Janz! (Children of the Dark)

Guest Lamar Giles! Ruin Road - On Writing YA (Horror)

Guest Alma Katsu! (The Hunger, Red London) - On Genre Jumping

Best of Lifewriting: LeVar Burton!

Guest Joe Hill! (The Black Phone, The Fireman, NOS4A2)

Best of Lifewriting: Horror Noire and Adaptation! (Victor LaValle and Stephanie Malia Morris)

Marc Bernardin! (Star Wars: Mace Windu)

Cynthia Pelayo! (The Shoemaker's Magician)

On Addressing Feedback Without Losing Your Way

Guest Shane Hawk! - Never Whistle At Night (Indigenous Horror)

Best of Lifewriting - Hollywood Horror Stories!

Ezra Claytan Daniels! (The People Under the Stairs & Upgrade Soul)

Best of Lifewriting: Make Your Short Film! (Guest Luchina Fisher)

Guest Linda D. Addison! (On Befriending Your Demons)

Our 102nd Episode Celebration!

Guest Aaron Covington! (CREED)

Guest Daniel Kraus! (Whalefall)

Best of Lifewriting: On Fighting Fear!

Guest Silvia Moreno-Garcia! (Mexican Gothic, Silver Nitrate)

Guests Omar Epps and Clarence A. Haynes! (NUBIA: The Reckoning)

Best of Lifewriting: The Writers' Room Survival Guide! (Niceole Levy)

On Tananarive's Novel THE REFORMATORY - and Turning Heartache to Horror

Our Favorite Horror Movies of 2023!

Best of Lifewriting - Horror Movies You Should Watch (Or Rewatch) for Spooky Season!

Guest Zakiya Dalila Harris! (The Other Black Girl)

The End of the WGA Strike! (And how the WGA's gains affect us all)

Secrets to Writing Great Science Fiction!

Guest Stephen Graham Jones! (The Only Good Indians, Don't Fear the Reaper)

Guest Hilliard Guess! On the WGA Strike & Coping With Stress

It's Spooky Season! Secrets to Writing Great Horror

Guest Gabino Iglesias! (The Devil Takes You Home: Bram Stoker Award winner)

Guest Leigh Bardugo! (Six of Crows, Shadow and Bone, Hell Bent)

Best of Lifewriting - Guest Nalo Hopkinson!

On Building Better Characters - And a Better Life!

Best of Lifewriting: Guest Rodney Barnes! (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty)

A.I. and the Writer 2.0! - Guest Robert Vamosi

Surviving in the Arts! Guest Kevin Grevioux (Underworld)

A.I. and the Writer!

Best of Lifewriting: How to Murder Writer's Block In Its Sleep!

Guest Zack Stentz! (X-Men: First Class, Fringe) - On Bouncing Back & the WGA Strike

Horrors in Hollywood - Guest Maureen Ryan! (Burn It Down)

On Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse & the Joy of Inclusivity (Spoiler free!)

On Keeping Your Creative Fire Alive During the Storms

Best of Lifewriting - Sheree Renée Thomas (Janelle Monáe's THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN)

Guest Cheo Hodari Coker! (Luke Cage, Creed II) & the WGA Strike

On the WGA strike, community for writers - and Clarion West!

Best of Lifewriting: Surviving Disappointment and Rejection!

Guest Naomi Ekperigin! On Horror and Comedy

On Tananarive's New Book - The Wishing Pool and Other Stories!

Guest Victor LaValle! (Lone Women) - And Bringing The Changeling to TV!

Best of Lifewriting - Guest Roy Wood, Jr.! (The Daily Show)

On Balancing Work, Art and Life!

Guest Nisi Shawl! On New Suns 2 and her friendship with Octavia E. Butler

On Hauntings and Horror! Guest Johnny Compton - The Spite House

On the Power of a Mastermind Group (Lessons from TV Writers Rooms)

Guest Ashley C. Ford! (Somebody's Daughter) - On Horror and Writing a Memoir

Best of Lifewriting - Story is Story! On Creative Flexibility

On Breaking Into TV Writing! (Guest Al Letson)

Best of Lifewriting - How to Collaborate Without Killing Each Other!

Best of Lifewriting: A Deep Dive into Jordan Peele's NOPE!

Guest Paul G. Tremblay on Getting Adapted (Knock at the Cabin)

On Staying Centered When Life Gets Busy

Best of Lifewriting: Akela Cooper! (M3GAN, MALIGNANT, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

One Year Anniversary! And Making Your Short Film (Guest Luchina Fisher)

On Fighting for Your Dreams in 2023

On KINDRED'S Journey to the Screen! Guest: Executive Producer Courtney Lee-Mitchell

Best of Lifewriting - Octavia E. Butler On Writing (Excerpts from our 2000 interview!)

Behind the Scenes at the KINDRED Premiere (and a clip of Octavia E. Butler!)

On Fighting Fear!

Patton Oswalt Returns! (I Love My Dad)

Best of Lifewriting: The Soulmate Process!

On Anticipating Octavia Butler's KINDRED on TV - Guest Monica A. Coleman

On Keeping it Short! (The Joy and Power of Short Stories and Short Scripts)

On the 10th Anniversary of Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw (Guest: Win Rosenfeld, president)

Horror Movies You Must Watch (Or Rewatch) for Spooky Season!

Guest: Elvira!!! (Cassandra Peterson - Yours Cruelly, Elvira)

On the Legacy of Jim Henson! And Creative Couples (Craig Shemin & Stephanie D'Abruzzo!)

The Writers' Room Survival Guide (Guest Niceole Levy!)

A deep dive into The Woman King!!! (Mostly* spoiler free)

LeVar Burton! (Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation)

On THE KEEPER & Turning Disappointment into Triumph (Guest: Illustrator Marco Finnegan)

Best of Lifewriting - Guest Bryan Fuller! (Hannibal, Queer for Fear)

On 2022 and the Rise of Marginalized Horror!

A Deep Dive into the Impact of Losing T'Challa (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Remembering Nichelle Nichols - Guest Ernest Dickerson! (The Walking Dead, Surviving the Game)

A Deep Dive Into Jordan Peele's NOPE (spoilers!)

Guest: Reginald Hudlin! (Boomerang, DC's Milestones in History comic)

On NOPE (no spoilers) - and clips from our Jordan Peele Interview in 2018!

On Why Writers Should Study Acting (and Improv!) - with Colette Freedman

On Surviving Disappointment and Rejection

Guest: Daniel José Older! (Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadowshaper)

On The Soulmate Process!

David Gerrold! (Star Trek's "The Trouble with Tribbles," Hugo winner)

Tananarive Had COVID! On Writing When You Don't Feel Your Best

Best of Lifewriting: N.K. Jemisin!

On Fighting Stress

Akela Cooper! (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Malignant)

Story is Story! On Creative Flexibility

Sheree Renée Thomas! (Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian)

How to Murder Writer's Block in its Sleep

Nalo Hopkinson! (The Sandman Universe and Skin Folk)

Octavia E. Butler on Writing (From our 2000 recorded interview!)

Rachel True! (The Craft & True Heart Intuitive Tarot)

Hollywood Horror Stories!

Rodney Barnes! ("Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty")

The Battle Over Outlines: Buzzkill or Game Changer?

Special Guest: Bryan Fuller! ("Hannibal")

What's Up, Pitches? Talking Your Way Into Hollywood

How Comics Can Change the World - Guests Charles Johnson, John Jennings & Bryan Moss

How to Collaborate Without Killing Each Other

On Horror Noire - Special Guests: Victor LaValle & Stephanie Malia Morris!

Special Guest: N.K. Jemisin!

Entering "The Twilight Zone"

Special Guest: Patton Oswalt!

Special Guest: Roy Wood, Jr.!

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