September is that month between summer and autumn, hung in suspension between the swelter and cool release. Or that was my understanding of fall. On California time, autumn really seems to come when the rains begin. I'm told this happens in October. I'm writing this...
Dr. Cummins and I talk about the academic and the practical in both writing and magic and how to make the academic practical. If you ever wondered what academics on either side of the pond think about magic, you can get an inside scoop here. Show notes: You can...
Here’s what happens when you put two GenX witches on a podcast with no rules … old MTV jokes aside, talking both writing shop and podcast shop with Madame Pamita was a treat. Baba Yaga’s Book of Magic was a labor or love and devotion which included learning a new...
Margaret and I chat about her writing, and her podcasting, and her music, and anarchism, but mostly about writing and her excellent book A Country of Ghosts and the Danielle Caine series of novellas. There may have been fangirling. Margaret’s work is available...
August. In the South it is dog days and long afternoons of swelter until the sky cracks open too wet to hold in the moisture anymore. In California it seems to be the season of low morning haze that never means rain. It's mid-day cloudless skies and a breeze that...
Content warning: episode includes extensive discussion of death, dying, and things that happen to human bodies after death. There is also a brief discussion of the sexual assault of a minor. Take care of you and if you need to skip, we’ll be here next week. Mortellus...
Nicholas and I chat about his book Flower Essences from the Witch’s Garden. Our conversation covered the logistics of writing and researching the comprehensive reference guides he creates on multiple subjects but also how that feeds his great love of teaching. Show...
There are a lot of witchcraft books out there about working with the four elements, but Katrina’s is the only one I’m aware of that merges the western elemental tradition with Jungian archetypes. Katrina and I talk about writing, self publishing, leading a coven,...
Emma Kathryn was great fun to chat with. Her approach to writing, and magic, is practical and infused with her personal charm and wit. We also manage to squeeze some talk of baking — from the recipes in her book — into our chat. Show notes: Witch Life is available...
Not one, but two, new authors who’ve put together an excellent opening to a series of training materials for new witches and old hands alike. Irena and Caine are a delight and we all wrangled time, space and traffic to make this episode happen. Caine was in his car...