Scripts & Scribes

We talk to playwright, screenwriter and director Barbara Hammond about the differences between writing for the stage and writing for the screen, how acting and directing have changed the way she approaches writing, and her experience of following her single character play through to becoming a trilogy. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a […]

We talk to author Leonard Goldberg about the combination of medicine and politics in his latest book Patient One, how his medical career influences his writing, penning a series versus a stand-alone novel, balancing his medical and writing careers, transitioning between writing for the medical field and writing for a mass audience, and the importance […]

We talk to author Margaret Dilloway about researching in two different fields for her newest book, writing about subjects with a personal slant, how newspaper writing helped her fiction, how she landed her first agent, and why she likes to participate in book clubs. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing […]

We talk to journalist and author Nancy Mullane about how she came to know five prison inmates, the intricacies of researching within the prison system, how she organized four years of research into a manuscript, the role her publishing house Public Affairs played in submitting her book for the Pulitzer Prize, and how she landed […]

We talk to bestselling mystery-thriller author, Brian Freeman about how the genre of psychological suspense differs from those of mystery and crime, the process of putting together a psychological suspense novel, the importance of setting, the pseudonym under which he writes chick-lit, and why he enjoys connecting with book clubs. Listen to the entire interview below. Have […]

We talk to author and neurology and economics professor, Paul Zak about how the brain chemical oxytocin affects morality, maintaining narrative in a science book, writing for a general audience versus for the scientific community, becoming a narrator with whom readers can connect, and the importance of online promotion. Listen to the entire interview below. Have […]

We talk to playwright, Alex Lewin about studying playwrighting at UC San Diego, how his new play The Interview draws from his real life experience going through the long process of becoming a Big Brother through the Big Brother/Big Sister Program, and how his play doesn’t follow traditional play structure. Listen to the entire interview below. Have […]

We talk to Aspen Comics writer/Editor-in-Chief, Vince Hernandez about the challenges he faces as an editor, developing creator owned comics, how, as a writer, he deals with being edited by someone else and much more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered?  Send us an EMAIL!  Or Tweet it to […]

We talk to Dark Horse Comics Senior Managing Editor and writer, Scott Allie about how he got his start in the industry, the submission process at Dark Horse, writing prose vs. for the comic book medium and much more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered?  Send us an EMAIL!  Or […]

We talk to Bloomsbury USA Publishing Director, George Gibson about what he does as Publishing Director, taking the reins at Bloomsbury USA, the type of books he is looking for, running publishing houses large and small, and some of Bloomsbury’s newest books. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered? […]

We talk to Idolized writer/creator, David Schwartz about how he got started writing comics, developing creator owned books, where the idea for Idolized came from and much more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered?  Send us an EMAIL!  Or Tweet it to us at @ScriptsScribes.

We talk to Tin House Co-founder and editor, Rob Spillman about what it’s like editing a literary magazine, what he looks for in a great short story, the importance of confidence in writing, recent trends in the world of literary fiction, and the (less-obvious) differences between short stores and full-length books. Listen to the entire interview below. […]

We talk to Stone Masters series author, V.M.K. Fewings about bringing something new to the popular vampire genre, being influenced by Anne Rice, doing historical research, and signing and working with a mid-sized publisher. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered?  Send us an EMAIL!  Or Tweet it to us at @ScriptsScribes.

We talk to screenwriter, Sean Hood about the challenges of re-inventing an iconic franchise, doing production rewrites on location, Amazon studios, originality in television vs. films, consulting with writers whose work you are hired to rewrite, who the best Robin “Hood” is and more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like […]

We talk to Black & White author, Wes Albers about drawing from his personal experience to write a grittily-realistic novel, how things fell apart with two different agents before he signed with a mid-sized publisher, balancing being a writer and being a cop, how he landed his job as director of the Southern California Writers’ Conference, and […]

We talk to Oppression author, Jessica Therrien about writing a young adult series, getting published without an agent, working with a mid-sized publisher, and her typical writing style. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered?  Send us an EMAIL!  Or Tweet it to us at @ScriptsScribes.

We talk to W.W. Norton Senior Editor, Tom Mayer about the nature of being an editor, the process a submitted manuscript goes though to become a published book, the editor-author relationship, the difference between editing fiction and nonfiction, and what makes a manuscript really stand out. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing […]

We talk to Harbinger writer, Joshua Dysart about his new Valiant title Harbinger, bringing real life themes and issues into comics, why comics are more widely accepted as art and entertainment in Asia and Europe than in the U.S., how a writer gets a job on a comic property, whether Toyo Harada or Professor X would win […]

We talk to Award Winning noir author, Kelli Stanley about her use of period objects for research and inspiration, incorporating real-life places and events into her writing, how she got back on her feet after her agent left the country, and moving her book series from a small publisher to a large one. Listen to the entire […]

We talk to screenwriter Alex Litvak about film school, how his career as a development executive has affected his screenwriting, the special challenges of resurrecting an iconic franchise, bringing a new take to classic material, writing with a partner, pitches and OWA’s and much more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing […]