Dec 30, 2015

Hey hey! Thanks for joining me for our very last episode in 2015.

Today I'm talking about why I stopped making New Year’s resolutions and what I do instead. It’s been an amazing year here at DIY MFA. I’ve interviewed some awesome people this year and have gotten to share some major milestones with you, not the...

Dec 23, 2015

Hey there Word Nerds!

It’s the week before Christmas, and I wanted to do something a little bit different from the interviews we’ve had these many weeks. This week’s topic is something I’ve been wanting to talk about for a while and then I received a question via email from one of our listeners and I decided it...

Dec 16, 2015

Hey there, Word Nerds. Thanks for joining me for another installment of DIY MFA Radio.

Today I’m talking to Drew Chapman. Drew is a thriller author. His debut novel, The Ascendant, was published in 2014 and the sequel The King of Fear is currently being released as a serialized eBook and will be out in paperback come...

Dec 9, 2015

Hey there word nerds!

Thanks for joining me today for DIY MFA Radio. I’m so excited to share this episode because I’m interviewing literary agent Janet Reid, AKA the Query Shark. *Cue shark music from Jaws in 3... 2... 1...*

Janet is a literary agent at FinePrint Literary Management in NYC, where...

Dec 2, 2015

Hello hello Word Nerds and welcome to Episode 71 of DIY MFA radio.

Today I’m talking with Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review  and we'll be talking about literature and reading, and what makes stories great. We'll also be discussing the book he recently edited called The Unprofessionals: New American Writing from...