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Craftwork Podcast
@craftworkpod.bsky.social
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/craftwork

Co-hosted by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer. Everything about writing: craft, process, and technique.
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Dreaming in Fire, Working in Clay, & Reaching for Awe w/ Ramsey Campbell!

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November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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In this interview, we chat with Jean Marc Ah-Sen about comic books, literary scenes, flipping the script on what a book can be, and so much more.

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November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Tonal Registers, Byzantine Journeys, & Repurposing Research w/ Michael LaPointe!

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October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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We chatted with Ramsey Campbell about creative instincts, happy accidents, eerie children's tales, and so much more.

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October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Myth, Fetishism, & the Horror of Living in an Allistic World w/ @gemmafiles.bsky.social!

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September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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In this interview, we chat with Michael LaPointe about navigating the pipeline between impulse and expression, breaking the genteel picture of literature, finding liberation in failure, and so much more.

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September 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Girlhood, Defamiliarization, & Poetic Excavation w/ Emily Banks!

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September 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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In this interview, we chat with Gemma Files about horny monsters, Lovecraftian Airbnbs, the female gaze, and so much more.

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September 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Ghost Stories, Market Pressures, & Tapping into the Subconscious w/ Naben Ruthnum!

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August 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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We chat with Emily Banks about posthumous publications, linguistic allergies, the atomic nuts and bolts of imagery, and so much more.

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August 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Also be sure to listen to our previous episode: Ekphrasis, Sinuous Sentences, & the Logic of Sound w/ Sarah Bernstein!

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July 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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We chat with Naben Ruthnum about character generation, TV brain, interpreting first-reader notes, and so much more.

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July 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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We chatted with Sarah Bernstein about contemplation, finding time for writing, capturing the rush of language, and so much more.

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May 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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We chatted with @spmiskowski.bsky.social about Asian horror cinema, the power of grief, the relentless desire to shape the self, and so much more.

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May 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Also be sure to check out our previous episode, Character Case Files, Consecution, & the Acoustics of Language w/ @rodmoo.bsky.social!

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March 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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We chatted with @spmiskowski.bsky.social about Asian horror cinema, the power of grief, the relentless desire to shape the self, and so much more.

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March 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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We chatted with @fparker.bsky.social about showing the reader around the room, finding the right tense, protecting your writing time, and so much more.

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February 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Listen to episode 15! We chatted with @rodmoo.bsky.social about tonal dissonance, sponging up influences, writing from memory, and more.

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January 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Listen to episode 14: Debauchery, Plotless Fiction, & the Paranoiac-Critical Method w/ Nour Abi-Nakhoul!

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January 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We've had an amazing first year—thanks for all the support! If you've enjoyed our show and would like to see us keep going, please share, rate and/or review! Your support means everything.

Happy new year 🖤 📖 ✒️

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December 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Listen to episode 13: Ecstasy, Ruin, & the Talent of the Room w/ @kkoja.bsky.social!

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December 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Listen to episode 12: Cruel Elegance, Cosmic Pessimism, & Rust Belt Vibes w/ Paula D. Ashe!

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December 28, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Listen to episode 11: Collaboration, Closet Dramas, & Writing for Audio w/ McKenna James Boeckner & Carlee Calver!

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December 26, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Listen to episode 10: Weird Tales, Uncanny Dolls, & Creative Breakthroughs w/ Lisa Tuttle!

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December 24, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Listen to episode 9: Eavesdropping, Travel Writing, & Glasgow Kisses w/ Mark Anthony Jarman!

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December 22, 2024 at 2:32 PM