S6 E04: How Can NaNoWriMo Help You? Featuring Author & NaNoWriMo Participant Brian LeTendre.

Welcome to The 9th Story Podcast! We discuss the big questions that writers want to know with the help of guest authors, and experts. This week our special guest is author and NaNoWriMo participant Brian LeTendre. NaNoWrimo is the National Novel Writing Month. It takes place every November, and is a challenge for writers to complete a fifty thousand word novel in one month. Brian completed the challenge the first year he participated. We talk to Brian about the benefits of NaNoWriMo to writers, and how it affected his writing career. Read More …

S6 E03: What Do Readers Want? Featuring Our Good Friend & Prolific Reader Mary Paul.

Welcome to The 9th Story Podcast! We discuss the big questions that writers want to know with the help of guest authors, and experts. This week our special guest is Mary Paul. She is a good friend of ours and a prolific reader having read over 1,200 books. We are discussing the topic “What Do Readers Want?” Read More …

S6 E02: Why Do We Write? Part Two: Featuring Daniel Foytik of The Lift.

Welcome to The 9th Story Podcast. We have made some changes to the podcast this season. Instead of interviews we are answering the big questions that writers want to know with the help of guest authors. In this weeks episode we are discussing the topic “Why Do We Write.” This is part two of a two part discussion with Daniel Foytik (creator and narrator of the audio drama podcast The Lift). Read More …

S6 E01: Why Do We Write? Part One: Featuring Daniel Foytik of The Lift.

Welcome to the first episode of season six for The 9th Story Podcast. We are making some major changes to the podcast this season. Instead of interviews with writers we are answering the big questions that writers want to know. In this weeks episode we are talking about “Why Do We Write.” This will be a two part discussion with Daniel Foytik (creator and narrator of the audio drama podcast The Lift). Read More …