LOTF 30: Kat Howard on Breaking Rules, Fairy Tales, & Writing Comics

In LOTF 30, we chat with Kat Howard about her writing process, breaking writing rules, her experience with writing residencies like the Clarion Workshop, what it’s like to write a comic, and SO much more!

Kat is the author of the novels Roses and Rot and the Alex Award winning An Unkindness of Magicians. Her short fiction collection, A Cathedral of Myth and Bone, is now out from Saga Press and she's writing The Books of Magic for Vertigo Comics. Her novella, The End of the Sentence, co-written with Maria Dahvana Headley, was an NPR Best Book of the Year in 2014. She currently lives in New Hampshire, where she is working on her next projects.

Show Notes:

Find Kat: Website | Twitter | Instagram

If you want to support our podcast and you’re interested in purchasing any of the books we talk about, consider purchasing through our affiliate links above. As always thank you very much for your love and support!

LOTF 29: Automata Review | Eli Ryder + John Flynn-York

In this episode, we are chatting with Eli Ryder and John Flynn-York, the editors of Automata Review! This conversation is special to us, because we all met in our MFA program.

We talk about what they’re doing with the magazine, and learn all about Automata’s origins, first year, future plans, and so much more!

Show Notes:

• Where Were You Last Pluterday? by Paul van Herck

• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

• Find Eli | Twitter

• Find John | Website | Twitter

• Find Automata Review | Website | Submissions | Twitter

If you want to support our podcast and you’re interested in purchasing any of the books we talk about, consider purchasing through our affiliate links above. As always thank you very much for your love and support!

LOTF 28: 2018 Reflect + 2019 Envision

In this episode, we chat about our 2018 writing and reading accomplishments, as well as our 2019 writing and reading goals.

Show Notes:

• Mackenzie’s 2018 Writing Accomplishments

  • “When I Believed I Was Simply "‘Not Smart’” | February 2018 | The Mighty

  • “The Colors of Her Life” | December 2018 | The Manifest Station

• Lisa’s 2018 Writing Accomplishments

  • “Redemption” | May 2018 | Automata Review

  • “Birth” | November 2018 | Unnerving Magazine

• Favorite 2018 Reads (books that didn’t make it onto the podcast!)

  • Lisa’s

    • The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

    • We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

    • An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

  • Mackenzie’s

    • The Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

    • The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi

    • The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

• Anticipated 2019 Reads

  • Lisa

    • A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard (January 2019)

    • Inspection by Josh Malerman (April 2019)

    • Growing Things by Paul Tremblay (July 2019)

    • The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste (released October 2018)

  • Mackenzie

    • The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden (January 2019)

    • Storm of Locusts by John Scalzi (April 2019)

    • The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell (released March 2018)

If you want to support our podcast and you’re interested in purchasing any of the books we talk about, consider purchasing through our affiliate links above. As always thank you very much for your love and support!