Jonathan recommends 13 books from a wide variety of authors to help you find success as a creative writer.
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Jonathan welcomes back DC Comics writer Lyndon Radchenka to talk about the difference between serialized and episodic stories.
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Jonathan welcomes back poet Ryan Fitzpatrick to talk about his new country music-inspired book of poetry, No Depression in Heaven.
Pick up your copy of Ryan's new book the usual way.
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Jonathan talks about managing your audience's expectations by knowing what they will likely expect based on the type of story you're writing.
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Jonathan welcomes back podcast producer and aspiring screenwriter Dan Vadeboncoeur to talk about his ongoing Meathouse screenplay and dive into the "messy middle" of the screenwriting process.
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Jonathan welcomes back poet Christian Bok to talk about his ongoing project, The Xenotext. It's a poem coded into the genome of a deathless bacterium, thereby creating a text durable enough to outlive any apocalypse.
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Jonathan welcomes frequent collaborators GMB Chomichuk and Lyndon Radchencka to talk about the latest Stranger Fiction release, Sky Devil and the Haunted Air, soon to be available on Kickstarter at kickstrange.com.
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Jonathan concludes his talk about how he collaborated as a team with fellow writer Matthew Medney and artists Scott B. Henderson and GMB Chomichuk to create Last Breeds, a comics novel starring an "asshole Tarzan" in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
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Jonathan talks about how he collaborated as a team with fellow writer Matthew Medney and artists Scott B. Henderson and GMB Chomichuk to create Last Breeds, a comics novel starring an "asshole Tarzan" in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
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Jonathan welcomes back writer Matthew Medney to talk about the last few years of his career, how he came to run the long-beloved Heavy Metal imprint, and starting his new publishing company, Gungnir Books.
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Jonathan welcomes back indie comic creator Lyndon Radchenka to talk about his new gig writing for DC Comics: how he got it, what he had to write, and what he's going to do now to follow it up.
Ask your local comic store to order copies of DC's Zatannic Panic, featuring Lyndon's story:
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Jonathan returns to the podcast after a hiatus to discuss his publishing company Stranger Fiction: what it is, what it does, and what you can expect from it in the years to come.
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Jonathan welcomes “Fearless” Fred Kennedy to talk about his Image comic Dead Romans and how he dug out of his pandemic-induced creative funk.
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Jonathan welcomes Uniter columnist Elena Sturk-Lussier to talk about their recent piece on the isolation of self-employment and freelance work.
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Jonathan welcomes studio-mates Gregory and Lyndon to talk about how they stay motivated to continue creating when the work is not progressing well.
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Jonathan welcomes Justin Currie, a.k.a. Chasing Artwork, and Lyndon "The Letterer" Radchenka to talk about the risk and reward of building yourself a reliable feedback loop in your writing.
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Jonathan welcomes professional stylist Tara Cole-McCaffrey to talk about how to create your own personal writing style.
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Jonathan welcomes friend and frequent collaborator GMB Chomichuk to share his thoughts on the indie filmmaking process immediately after they wrapped production on The Princess and the Dragon, a terrifying horror take coming soon to a screen near you!
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Jonathan welcomes comic co-creators Lyndon Radchenka and Zach Schuster to talk about their upcoming Hero-Man, and their recent trip to France to promote the book at an international comics festival.
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Jonathan welcomes in his podcast producer Dan to talk about his "Meathouse" screenwriting project and about how to stay motivated and keep writing in the face of adversity.
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