Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!
Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due | Realm
Authors and screenwriters Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due (and guests!) on writing, the writer's life, Hollywood, the work/family balance and relationships - the tools writers need to make themselves the heroes/heroines of their own story. - LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL at https://www.speakpipe.com/LifewritingPodcast (We might play your message!) - Join our MAILING LIST at www.lifewritingweekly.com
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Jun 12, 2022 • 47min
Tananarive Had COVID! On Writing When You Don't Feel Your Best
In this episode, Tananarive and Steve talk about her recent bout with COVID, how she got it, her symptoms, and strategies on how to keep a creative spark alive even when you're not feeling your best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 5, 2022 • 1h 1min
Best of Lifewriting: N.K. Jemisin!
ENCORE EPISODE from February 5, 2022. In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to MacArthur Genius Fellow and multiple Hugo Award-winner N.K. Jemisin (THE CITY WE BECAME, THE BROKEN EARTH trilogy) about creating art during a pandemic, the importance of writing short stories, writing for love versus writing for commerce, and strategies for coping with stress. Subscribe to the Lifewriting course at www.lifewritingpremium.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 29, 2022 • 52min
On Fighting Stress
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive reflect on deadly current events and how they can have an impact on a writer's life. They share the ways they have used their art to get through stressful times and share strategies on how to keep a creative spark when times are tough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 22, 2022 • 59min
Akela Cooper! (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Malignant)
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to screenwriter/producer Akela Cooper about her process, why she loves horror and science fiction, and writing for the new Paramount Plus series "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." She also talks about writing the hit horror movie MALIGNANT (directed by James Wan). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 15, 2022 • 52min
Story is Story! On Creative Flexibility
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk about the benefits of learning creative flexibility to write in many forms and genres: adapting a short story from a novel, or writing a graphic novel, screenplay or scripted podcast in addition to traditional prose. Learn to break down internal barriers to make the most of your creative talents! ENROLL FOR THE COURSE: www.lifewritingpremium.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 8, 2022 • 1h 1min
Sheree Renée Thomas! (Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian)
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to author and editor Sheree Renée Thomas about her journey with Afrofuturism -- from editing the groundbreaking DARK MATTER in 2000 to writing a short story in Janelle Monáe's MEMORY LIBRARIAN and Thomas's upcoming Marvel novel, BLACK PANTHER: PANTHER'S RAGE. As the editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, she also talks about do's and don'ts when submitting short stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 1, 2022 • 1h 8min
How to Murder Writer's Block in its Sleep
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk about the dreaded Writer's Block: what they think it really is, when they have experienced it, and strategies for murdering it in its sleep so you can flow with joy no matter how high the stakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 24, 2022 • 1h 3min
Nalo Hopkinson! (The Sandman Universe and Skin Folk)
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to their friend Nalo Hopkinson, the award-winning Afrofuturist author of novels like SKIN FOLK, MIDNIGHT ROBBER and BROWN GIRL IN THE RING, named a Damon Knight Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2020. She talks about overcoming homelessness, her journey in the arts, and transitioning to comics with Neil Gaiman. Also, how she copes with stress and uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 17, 2022 • 1h 7min
Octavia E. Butler on Writing (From our 2000 recorded interview!)
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive play excerpts from an interview they conducted at the home of the the late Octavia E. Butler in 2000. Butler was a longtime friend of Steve's, and the interview excerpts showcase the wisdom of the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and multiple award winner, bringing her words to life. Butler shared her secrets for facing down her difficulties as a writer - and lays out a path to success that other writers can follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 10, 2022 • 1h 12min
Rachel True! (The Craft & True Heart Intuitive Tarot)
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to actress and author Rachel True (The Craft) about her book True Heart Intuitive Tarot: Guide and Deck - as well as her history in Hollywood, her recent role in "Fugue State" in Shudder's Horror Noire anthology movie (which Steve and Tananarive wrote!), how she copes with anxiety and imposter syndrome, and how her intuition has helped save the day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
