The Bradbury Experiment

It can be overwhelming to test drive a new writing format, genre or platform. Like many adventures you may find it's easier and less scary with friends. Hear how a collab with friends on Kindle Vella paid off in unexpected ways.

How does sleep relate to your writing life? And could you write stories where the goal is to make your audience fall asleep?

This episode we are experimenting with visualization, and meditation. Because sometimes creative work requires clearing some mental space.

Where I nerd out about the ReMarkable, a new writing tool I got for Christmas. We ponder which parts of writing work best with longhand or typing, and why even writers who love a laptop can have a serious pen and journal addiction.

Where we talk about mental health for writers, and wacky-but-effective coping methods. About the myth of the Tortured Artist, and why a float tank (probably) won't cause you to revert to a cave person, no matter what you saw in the movie Altered States.

Where I talk about the new concept for this podcast, why I chose my pen name, and how getting used to rejection is a necessary weevil for any working fiction writer.

Making writing a regular part of your life requires actually having your life (kind of) managed. Who knew?

Season 2 starts with a piece not intended for publication - and a new voice. We discuss the many different reasons there are to write stories.

An update on the podcast, and why the first attempt was doomed to fail, but the overall experiment is doomed to succeed.

They say time waits for no one, but what if you're a time traveler? This week, I pause one project, fast forward another, and pull a fresh story from the past.

Staying present, without getting stuck in your head, is the tightrope we're all walking right now. So I plucked an unfinished draft from the past, and sent it sailing towards the future.

This week's episode comes a day late, laden with grief, but bearing some happy memories from yesterday. Because we definitely need them right now.

This was a week when the best laid plans fell through. Still, there's comfort to be found in unexpected places.

Where would you go if you bought a magic carpet at a garage sale? And would you remember to bring a passport and clean underwear?

This week's story features a surprisingly upbeat ghost, and a girl who needed a confidence boost. Much like your resident storyteller, after two failed story attempts...

This week's story is a fine illustration of the difference between a good person, and a good protagonist. Also, some dad joke level humor.

This week, I wrestle with my own hubris, and my character has to face her future, and her flaws.

In this week's episode, a woman undergoes a magical transformation... into exactly what she's always been. It's unclear whether that's a reward or a curse.

In this week's episode, I retell "Red Riding Hood," because I could basically riff on anything with an Aarne-Thompson number for the rest of my life and never get bored. Fairy tales are truly the gift that keeps on giving, y'all.

This week, I tell you a ghost story, and how I exorcised a story that had been haunting me for years.