Podcast: Will Write for Wine

I discovered this podcast on iTunes last summer while searching for writing podcasts. It's hosted by authors Samantha Graves, who writes romantic adventure (and also writes paranormal and futuristic romance as C.J. Barry) and Lani Diane Rich, who writes contemporary romantic comedy and women's fiction.

Divided into about five blocks, each episode has a little something for everyone, whether or not you write the same genres as Sam and Lani. The meat of each episode is the C block, when they get down to discussing their chosen topic. WWfW stopped airing new, regular episodes last August, and now broadcasts only occasionally. But the archive has 61 episodes that cover a lot of ground.

[**UPDATE** The gals announced on September 12, 2009, that they'll begin 'casting regularly again, once a month, beginning October 9.]

My favorites -- the C blocks I still go back to now and then -- are:

Ep 13: 50 Ways to Torture Your Characters
Ep 33: On Structure...We Think.
Ep 42: Rules? There Are Rules? Crap.
Ep 29: 50 Way to Hose Your Writing Career

Their Movie Nights are fun, too, wherein they discuss the arcs in movies like Finding Nemo (Ep 7), The Princess Bride (Ep 11), Romancing the Stone (Ep 27), and Raiders of the Lost Ark (Ep 41).

As you may have guessed from the podcast title, you'll get wine recommendations (Sam will spend money on a good red; Lani likes a good white, the cheaper the better). And if you like writerly communities, the show has its own forum (registration required).

[image via Will Write for Wine]
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