The Sample Chapter Podcast

Episode 185 visits with the absolutely delightful women's fiction author, Katherine Ashenburg! In this interview portion, we discuss her research techniques and practices, discovering similarities be…

Episode 184 has the absolute privilege of featuring debut author, Michael Rose! Michael joins us to discuss the writing life, delayed author gratification, the importance of a mentor, and so much mor…

Episode 183 features a friendly new face to the show, S. Faxon! In the interview portion, we're discussing matters like discovering your writing genre, genre-blending, book trailers, and writing podc…

Episode 182 with the incredible author, and producer, Steven Paul Leiva is one I am so excited to share with you! Join the fun as we discuss his love for old-time radio shows, and monster movies, lea…

My guest for episode 181 is a special return guest, author, and podcaster, Theresa Halvorsen! We're discussing flawed characters and how to balance them, the struggles of writing a sequel, and Theres…

After a week of rest, we are back with episode 180 featuring epic adult fantasy author, L.M. Riviere! LaNae was last with us for episode 50 back in 2019 and this time she brings us the much-anticipat…

Episode 179 brings an all-new dynamic duo in the partnership that is Wilnona Marie and Brandy M. Miller! Together they bring just the right touch of romance to their newest novel, Free Falling and Lo…

Episode 178 features SciFi/Steampunk author & podcaster, Mark C. Harms! Join the conversation as we discuss our mutual love of the old D&D books, DragonLance, finding the "what if" question in everyd…

Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist-turned author, Katherine Dean Mazerov is our guest for episode 177! We're discussing the "so-what" story, keeping things lighter, writing that's inspired by life, an…

Episode 176 is here with thriller author, Michael Carter and his sensational debut book, In the Belly of the Bell-Shaped Curve! We're talking about writing as an experienced lawyer and having that ex…

Episode 175 features Oscar-nominated screenwriter, Jeff Arch! Mr. Arch shot to fame in the '90s with his worldwide mega-hit, Sleepless In Seattle, and has been writing ever since but now he joins the…

Episode 174 goes back to London for speculative fiction author, K.A. Hough! It's a wonderful conversation about family motivation, supportive spouses, NaNoWriMo beginnings, constantly learning, and h…

Episode 173 brings back a friend of the show from our early days, William Schlichter! You may know him as the Zombie/Horror guy but he's bringing forth an all-new type of story with his fantasy, crim…

Our guest for episode 172 is the incredibly talented, multi-genre author and podcaster, Katie Salidas! Tune in to our conversation to learn about her magical books in the genres of SciFi, Fantasy, Ho…

Episode 171 brings the heat with best-selling author, S.A. Lelchuk and his thrilling private eye, Nikki Griffin! Listen in as we discuss his writing process which includes driving cross-country (and …

Our guest for episode 170, David H. Hanks, brings his own brand of excitement in his thrilling character, Carson Griffon! Hear about this book series and how it was developed. Also, we'll learn how h…

J. W. Voyce comes to us from "across the pond" in England for episode 169 with his debut novel, Ending Samsara! Don't let the longer than usual runtime fool you as James and Jason go down the rabbit …

Episode 168 takes us north of the lower 48 into the Alaskan territory of Anchorage and guest author, Steven C. Levi! Listen in as we discuss finding/telling stories no one has heard before, get some …

Episode 167 brings back a favorite previous guest and incredibly talented author and playwright, Gary Morgenstein! This time Gary and Jason discuss the idiosyncrasies of writing habits, Characters th…

Episode 166 with WSJ and USA Today best-selling author, Jamie Beck is available! (Finally!) Some technical difficulties may have held the episode up, but you don't want to miss our conversations on s…