Kelden and I talk about research deep dives into the often unpleasant realities of witch trial transcripts, witchcraft scholarship, and switching it up between fiction and nonfiction writing. Show Notes You can order The Witches’ Sabbath and his first book The Crooked...
Before the pandemic, I'm guessing I averaged fifteen to twenty books a year with lots of magazines and "long reads" from different periodicals thrown in. I, like a lot of folks, read more during the pandemic and then cranked up my reading at the end of last year to...
Jason Mankey and I joke about making it big writing the next hot YA blockbuster series, what it’s really like to write witchcraft books full time, and looking forward to festivals and conventions returning. Show Notes You can order The Witch’s Book of Spellcraft and...
WitchLit Pod goes weekly! This is Victoria dropping into your feed to give you a quick update. The response from writers has been wonderful and we’ve got so many great interviews to share with you that we’re bumping up to a weekly schedule. Starting next week, April...
Artist and author Lulu M. Sylvian writes fun, steamy romance filled with wolves, vampires, witches, and ghosts. We chat about coming to writing from an usual starting point and how maybe writing sex scenes in public or with your family watching TV nearby is maybe not...
With the podcast going like gangbusters, I've had to up my reading game to keep up the interviews. I'm also in three bookclubs and sometimes I just like to read stuff for my own edification or just for fun. So here's the reading from March with some commentary from...
Enfys is musician, teacher, coven leader, blogger, and publisher author. Their book Queer Qabala is out in June 2022 but you can get a preview in our conversation about juggling multiple creative outlets, wrangling the legacy of the Golden Dawn in contemporary...
When I was single-mom commuting 80 miles a day roundtrip to grad school for a full day—TA in morning comp classes and my writing workshops at night—I spent a lot of time in a little coffeeshop down from the library. The name I can’t recall but I’m certain it was of...
Dodie Graham McKay is a documentary filmmaker and author of Earth Magic — part of the Llewellyn Elements of Witchcraft series — which delves into correspondences, practices, and the importance of centering the protection of our planet in our craft. (Note: there is a...
A.J. Scudiere is a USA Today bestselling author ten years and approximately 50 books into a writing career. As A.J., she writes speculative fiction and science-based thrillers including the Nightshade Forensic FBI Files. Show notes: A.J.’s books including her...