Sitting down with Ace Baker, author of How to Make a Killing Jar, a powerful short story collection . We talk about teaching, process, inspiration, writing scales, consistency vs. quality, poetry within prose, community, answering big questions through writing, religion, hypocrisy, serendipity, and so much more!

First Friday is all about telling a personal story from my own life in an effort to allow you to get to know the person behind Chicken House Press a little better.
This is a quick little story about a charming experience I had while visiting NYC.

Sitting down with Sarah Barkoff, author of Emmy Gold is Totally Extraordinary, an upper middle class novel about embracing who you really are. We talk about process, inspiration, being a child actor, bad auditions, and why social media filters are so harmful. PLUS enjoy a reading of the complete first chapter!

First Friday is all about telling a personal story from my own life in an effort to allow you to get to know the person behind Chicken House Press a little better.

This is a quick little listen and it will give you a too-close-for-comfort look at my big celebrity crush.

First Friday is all about telling a personal story from my own life in an effort to allow you to get to know the person behind Chicken House Press a little better. My son - about whom the story is written - joined me for a quick fact check in which he shared the experience from his own perspective and offered some truly horrible advice that I hope you don’t take to heart.

Sitting down with Dr. Elena Sherwood, author of Greatness Finds a Way, a concise and punchy non-fiction that uses the authors own story to inspire change in others. Recorded over Instagram Live, the sound is a bit choppy, but the content is so rich! We talk about making space, message targeting, adding meaning to the world, writing your own story, freeing up memories, and embracing your greatness.

Sitting down with Susan Cullen, author of The World Collective, a thrilling YA debut. We talk about her new book and we touch on so many important things: process, magic, imagination, Nanowrimo, and being a parent who writes. Pre-orders are now available through Chicken House Press.

Sitting down with Marina L. Reed, co-author of On the Edge, a thrilling debut for a new kind of crime fiction hero. Cole Buckman is the leading man you've been waiting for! We talk about her new book and we touch on so many important things: process, full circle moments, middle of the night inspiration, magic, imagination, living characters, guts and glory, a writer's responsibility to their genre, and questions of good and evil.

Sitting down with J. Mitchel Reed over a Zoom call to discuss the inspiration and process behind his middle-grade fiction novel, Revernota, now available to order through the Chicken House Press bookstore.