Ink in Your Veins

Abdi Nazemian is the author of Like a Love Story and The Authentics. His novel, The Walk-In Closet, won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction. His screenwriting credits include the films T…

Lamar Giles writes novels and short stories for teens and adults. He is the author of the Edgar Award nominees Fake ID and Endangered, as well as the novels Overturned, Spin, The Last Last-Day-of-Sum…

Samantha Downing is the author of the USA Today and #1 International Best Seller, My Lovely Wife. She was born and raised in Marin County, California and now lives in New Orleans, where she is furiou…

Mindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning novelist who writes across multiple genres, including post-apocalyptic, historical, thriller, contemporary, mystery, and fantasy. While her settings may chang…

Alexandra Villasante has always loved telling stories—though not always with words. She has a BFA in Painting and an MA in Combined Media (that’s art school speak for making work out of anything). Bo…

Hannah Shaw is an award-winning kitten rescuer, humane educator, and unwavering animal advocate who has dedicated her life to protecting the tiniest and most vulnerable felines. Her project, Kitten L…

M.G. Hennessey loves Star Wars, the San Francisco Giants, strawberry ice cream, and dancing. She mentors teens at the Lifeworks program/LA LGBT Center, and volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Adv…

USA Today Bestselling author Aileen Erin is half-Irish, half-Mexican, and 100% nerd—from Star Wars (prequels don’t count) to Star Trek (TNG FTW), geeks out on Tolkien’s linguistics, and has a severe …

Amie McNee is a writer, speaker and a mentor who writes 16th century historical fiction. Using her medieval degree, which specialised in sex culture, her stories explore the power of the feminine. Sh…

Ella Barnard works with writers who are ready to become authors. She is the host of the Author Like a Boss podcast and owners of the Author Boss Academy. She enjoys helping people write a great story…

Jill Hedgecock is an award-winning and internationally-published author. She writes book review columns for both Books ‘N Pieces Magazine and a local East San Francisco entertainment newspaper, The D…

Julie Schooler is an author of 7 books and mama of 2 beautiful tiny humans. Her Easy Peasy books provide simple and straightforward information on parenting topics. The Nourish Your Soul series share…

Rachael Herron is a huge believer in writing fast so that you get a product that you can revise into the book of your heart. In this episode, she goes over exactly how you do that, including how to a…

Barbara Poelle began her publishing career as a freelance copywriter and editor before joining the Goodman Agency in 2007, but feels as if she truly prepared for the industry during her brief stint a…

Nancy Warren is the USA Today Bestselling author of more than seventy novels in romance and cozy mystery. Her current series is called The Vampire Knitting Club. She splits her time between Bath in t…

Beth Barany is an award-winning novelist, master neuro-linguistic programming practitioner, and certified creativity coach for writers. She specializes in helping writers experience clarity, so they …

W. L. Hawkin writes “edgy urban fantasy with a twist of murder.” Her Hollystone Mysteries series features a coven of Vancouver witches who solve murders using their wits and ritual magic, along with …

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV, winning 34 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors. The nationally bestselling author of 11 mysteries, Ryan's also an award-…

Valerie Francis is an author and Certified Story Grid Editor. She has published fiction for both women (love stories for busy women) and children (middle grade fantasy), and is currently working on h…

Are you ready to write a better story for yourself? Author Your Life is the oh-heck-yeah transformation that can happen when you literally put pen to paper and write the life you want to have. Lara Z…