In season five, episode thirteen of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie talks with Lindz Amer about their multifaceted journey as a writer and creative. They discuss how they found their way to success on YouTube, building a brand around it, and balancing a creative schedule across multiple mediums.  Links from the panelists: Lindz's website: https://www.lindsayamer.com/ Queer Kid Stuff: https://www.queerkidstuff.com/ Rainbow Parenting Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rainbow-parenting/id1625886479 Activist, You! Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ac ..read more

In season five, episode twelve of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie talks with Keaton Wooden about his journey in music and in writing. They discuss how he found a connection to music, when writing came into his creative journey, and how to advance projects into the production stages.  Links from the panelists: Keaton's website: http://www.keatonwooden.com/ Keaton's music: http://www.keatonwooden.com/select-music Connect on social media! Keaton's Twitter: https://twitter.com/keatonwooden Gotham Writers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/gothamwriters Josh’s Twitter: https://twit ..read more

In season five, episode eleven of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie talks with Varud Gupta about his multifaceted journey as a writer. They discuss how he went from food and travel to graphic novels, how to determine what projects to focus on, and the challenges and rewards of writing across mediums. Links from the panelists: Varud's website: https://www.varudgupta.com/ Varud's books: https://www.varudgupta.com/books Connect on social media! Varud's Twitter: https://twitter.com/VarudGupta Varud's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/varudgupta/ Gotham Writers' Twitter: https://t ..read more

In season five, episode ten of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie talks with Sharan Dhaliwal about her experience as both a writer and an editor. They discuss how she launched an immediately successful magazine, finding the right lane for your creativity, and the eternal balancing act of being a writer. Links from the panelists: Sharan's website: https://www.sharandhaliwal.com/ Sharan's book: https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/burning-my-roti-breaking-barriers-as-a-queer-indian-woman-book Or: https://www.gaystheword.co.uk/product-page/burning-my-roti-by-sharan-dhaliwal Burnt Rot ..read more

In season four, episode thirteen of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie talks with Phil Cohen about his journey through and expertise in adapting books to film. They discuss how he finds the stories worthy of adaptation, some specific examples of projects that have really worked, what cinematic storytelling looks like, and how to set yourself apart from the masses of competition out there. Links from the panelists:Phil's recent music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Ntmr0jxmM&ab_channel=BigScaryMonsters Work with Phil! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjP3yag5 ..read more

In season four, episode twelve of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie talks with Adam Borba about his journey as a Disney movie producer and middle grade author. They discuss finding your brand and audience as a writer, the creative differences between production and differences in creative process between novel writing and movie production, what makes a story worthy of the screen, and the intricacies of adapting materials like Peter Pan. Links from the panelists: Adam's book: https://www.lbyr.com/titles/adam-borba/the-midnight-brigade/9780316542517/ Adam's movie credits: https ..read more

In season four, episode ten of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie chats with Ken Davenport about his journey to Broadway producer. They discuss the value of learning as you go, breaking into the production side of show business, finding your community, and creating something no one else has done. Links from the panelist:Ken’s website: https://kendavenport.com/ Theater Makers Studio: https://theatermakersstudio.com/ Theater Makers Summit: https://www.thetheatermakersstudio.com/summit44072070 Be A Broadway Star board game: https://beabroadwaystar.com/ The Dan Plan: http://thedanpla ..read more

In season four, episode nine of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie chats with S.B. Divya about transitioning from an electrical engineer into a full-time writer. They discuss the crossover between engineering and science fiction writing, when and how to turn writing into full-time, and becoming an editor in addition to being a writer. Links from the panelist:S.B. Divya’s website: https://sbdivya.com/ S.B. Divya’s new novel, Machinehood: https://sbdivya.com/machinehood Escape Pod: https://escapepod.org/ Escape Pod anthology: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/648054/escape-p ..read more

In season four, episode eight of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie chats with Jasmin Darznik about becoming a bestselling author. They discuss her journey from childhood reader to bestselling author, how she chooses the subject of her next stories, the difference in writing fiction and nonfiction, and leading the story with setting. Links from the panelist:Jasmin’s website: https://jasmindarznik.com/ Jasmin’s books: https://jasmindarznik.com/books Connect on social media!Jasmin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasmindarznik?lang=en Gotham Writers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/go ..read more

In season four, episode seven of Gotham Writers' Inside Writing, host Josh Sippie chats with Tommy Dean about becoming a career literary magazine editor. They discuss the wide world of literary magazines, the submission process, finding who you want to be as a writer, and the expanding world of flash fiction. Links from the panelist: Fractured Lit: fracturedlit.com Uncharted Mag: unchartedmag.com Tommy’s website: www.tommydeanwriter.com Tommy’s substack: https://tommydean.substack.com/ Pre-order Tommy’s new flash collection, Hallows: https://altcurrent.square.site/product/hollows-flash-stories ..read more