1888: The How, The Why

Today we're connected with Kent Watson, Executive Director of PubWest and faculty member at Portland State University. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Kent Watson

As part of the Summer Writing Project, an annual collaboration between Black Hill Press, JukePop, and 1888 that advocates writing and supports reading, we present a panel to discuss Writing for Comics and Videogames. Exploring the changing media landscapes where words and images merge to compel a new generation of audiences. Stellar writing is no longer limited to books and television, as more outlets take their cues from multimedia. Learn about comic and game writing, and how interactivity can enhance a great story with George Krstic of Riot Games, Chris Tongue of Dark Horse Entertainment, Inc., and James Waugh of Blizzard Entertainment. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: George Krstic, Chris Tongue, and James Waugh

Today we're connected with Chris Muñiz, Editor-in-Chief of Gold Line Press and Ricochet Editions and College Doctoral Fellow in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Chris Muñiz

Today we're connected with Nathan Gonzalez, Publisher and Executive Editor of Nortia Press; Fellow with the Truman National Security Project; professor of Middle East politics and International Studies at California State University, Long Beach; author of Engaging Iran (Praeger) and The Sunni-Shia Conflict (Potomac/Nortia); and composer of chamber and orchestral music. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Nathan Gonzalez

Today we're connected with Sophie Wereley, editor of Shimmer Magazine, past editorial assistant at University of Chicago Press, and fiction writer whose works have been published in Daily Science Fiction and Intergalactic Medicine Show. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Sophie Wereley

Today we're connected with Ken Baumann, Founder of Sator Press, series cover designer at Boss Fight Books, author of Say, Cut, Map (Blue Square Press) and Solip (Tyrant Books), editor of the literary journal No Colony, co-founder of Sweetspot for iPhone, investor in Memrise, student at St. John's College, and actor in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family). Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Ken Baumann

Today we're connected with Abigail Beckel, Co-Founder and Publisher at Rose Metal Press, author, and editor of Brevity & Echo: An Anthology of Short Short Stories (Rose Metal Press). Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Abigail Beckel

Today we're connected with Caryl Pagel, Editress-in-Chief of Rescue Press, and Daniel Khalastchi, Co-Founder and Managing Editor. Caryl is the author of Experiments I Should Like Tried At My Own Death (Factory Hallow Press), and Twice Told (H_NGM_N Books), editor of jubilat, Director of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center, and faculty member at the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program (NEOMFA). Daniel is the author of Manoleria (Tupelo Press) and Tradition (McSweeney’s) and Associate Director of the University of Iowa’s Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Caryl Pagel and Daniel Khalastchi

Today we're connected with Carl Engle-Laird, editorial assistant at Tor.com and editor of Tor.com's novella series. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Carl Engle-Laird

Today we're connected with Kevin Smokler. Kevin is a writer, performer and public speaker based in San Francisco. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Kevin Smokler

Today we're connected with Vincent Scarpa, managing editor of The Austin Review and Spotlight, fiction writer, and Michener Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Vincent Scarpa

Today we're connected with Nathan Gebhard, founder and creative director of Roadtrip Nation and co-author of Roadmap (Chronicle Books). Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Nathan Gebhard

Today we're connected with Mellinda Hensley and Lauren Gorski, editors-in-chief of Southern California Review, the literary journal affiliated with the University of Southern California. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Mellinda Hensley and Lauren Gorski

Today we're connected with Colleen Dunn Bates, founder of Prospect Park Books and Raymond Press; author of Hometown Pasadena: An Insider's Guide (Prospect Park Books), The Eclectic Gourmet Guide to Los Angeles (Menasha Ridge Press), and Storybook Travels: From Eloise's New York to Harry Potter's London (Three Rivers Press); emeritus board member of PubWest; and L.A. restaurant critic for Westways Magazine. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Colleen Dunn Bates

Today we're live at Book Soup with Black Hill Press authors Veronica Bane (Mara and Miyuki), Peppur Chambers (Harlem's Awakening), Corrie Greathouse (Another Name for Autumn), and Nate Ragolia (There You Feel Free), with host Arianna Basco (Palms Up). This is the second half of the episode. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Arianna Basco Guest: Veronica Bane, Peppur Chambers, Corrie Greathouse, and Nate Ragolia

Today we're live at Book Soup with Black Hill Press authors Veronica Bane (Mara and Miyuki), Peppur Chambers (Harlem's Awakening), Corrie Greathouse (Another Name for Autumn), and Nate Ragolia (There You Feel Free), with host Arianna Basco (Palms Up). This is the first half of the episode. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Arianna Basco Guest: Veronica Bane, Peppur Chambers, Corrie Greathouse, and Nate Ragolia

Today we're connected with Mike Young--founder and editor at Magic Helicopter Press, publisher and designer at NOÖ Journal, poet, and author of We Are All Good If They Try Hard Enough (Publishing Genius Press), Sprezzatura (Publishing Genius Press), and Look! Look! Feathers (Word Riot Press). Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Mike Young

Today we're connected with Zach Dodson--founder of Featherproof Books, book designer, author (under the name Zach Plague) of boring boring boring boring boring boring boring (Featherproof), author (under the name Zachary Thomas) of the forthcoming Bats of the Republic (Doubleday), and professor at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Zach Dodson

Today we're connected with Jason Cook--founding editor of Fiddleblack, a journal, small press, and podcast centered on antipastoralism and concept horror. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Jason Cook

Today we're connected with Chad Prevost--publisher and editorial director of C&R Press, publisher and editor of Upstart Books, workshop leader at the Yale Writers' Conference, and author of Snapshots of a Perishing World (WordTech Communications) and A Walking Cliche Coins a Phrase (Plain View Press). Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Chad Prevost