Genre-Rama!

Season one, episode five of the Genre-rama podcast is titled: Writing Lessons Learned from Heathers (1988) and features an interview with director Michael LehmannTo access the free creative writing starter library mentioned in the show, click here.The fake sponsor for this episode is a fictional coaching company called the Ich Luge Subterfuge Service. Whether you need to forge a note for gym class or have totalled your Dad’s 1961 Ferrari and need to clean up the evidence, the Ich Luge Subterfuge Service is on hand for all your underhand needs.This is #NotARealProduct. Anyone who tries to sell you this service is an agent of evil and thus not to be trusted.CASTHost: Helen CoxGuest: Michael LehmannMichael Lehmann is the director and producer of such films as Heathers, Meet the Applegates, The Truth About Cats and Dogs and 40 Days and 40 Nights.Michael has also directed episodes of TV shows such as Dexter, True Blood, Californication, Veronica Mars and most recently, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window which is now streaming on Netflix.Jingle Performance: The One Man Barbershop QuartertetIch Luge Subterfuge Service Voice Over Artist: Blarock

Season one, episode four of the Genre-rama podcast is titled: How to Write Teen Fiction and features an interview with author Sophie McKenzie.To access the free creative writing starter library mentioned in the show, click here.The fake sponsor for this episode is a phoney translation technology called Teen-slate. This unique algorithm is designed to help parents and carers better understand the musings of their own little Betty, Baldwin or Barney.This is #NotARealProduct. Anyone who tries to sell you a pack or ten of Realit-ease is an agent of evil and thus not to be trusted.CASTHost: Helen CoxGuest: Sophie McKenzie.Sophie McKenzie is the multi-award-winning, original queen of teen thrillers, whose debut, Girl, Missing, is still a top-ten YA bestseller fifteen years after first publication. Sophie followed this success with two further books in the series: Sister, Missing and Missing Me, alongside over 20 other adventure and romance novels, including The Medusa Project series, Blood Ties and Blood Ransom. Her latest teen thriller, is Hide and Secrets, published July 2021.Sophie's first adult novel, Close My Eyes, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club and she has since published three more psychological thrillers for grown-ups. Her books have sold more than one million copies in the UK alone and are translated and sold all over the world.  She lives in North London.http://www.sophiemckenziebooks.com Twitter: @sophiemckenzie_Instagram: @sophiemckenziebooksJingle Performance: The One Man Barbershop QuartertetTeen-slate Voice Over Artist: Shba Cochrane

Season one, episode three of the Genre-rama podcast is titled: WritingLessons Learned from Superman 1978 and features an interview withcomic book script-writer and award-winning filmmaker James Peaty.To access the free creative writing starter library mentioned in the show,click here.The fake sponsor for this episode is a fictional real estate service calledVillas for Villains.This is #NotARealProduct. Anyone who tries to sell you a subscrption is anagent of evil and thus not to be trusted. CASTHost: Helen CoxGuest: James Peaty is an established scriptwriter for publishers includingMarvel Comics, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics, Titan Comics andRebellion Publishing. He’s written titles including Batman, X-Men, GreenArrow. Supergirl and Doctor Who as well as Diamond Dogs and SkipTracer for 2000AD/Judge Dredd Megazine. In addition he’s also an awardwinning filmmaker who has won prizes both at home and abroad for hisshort films Appraisal and Maureen.Jingle Performance: The One Man Barbershop QuartertetDate the Cape Voice Over Artist: Eli Harris

Season one, episode two of the Genre-rama podcast is titled: How to Write Superheroes and features an interview with Kick-Ass and Jupiter’s Legacy Creator Mark MillarTo access the free creative writing starter library mentioned in the show, click here.The fake sponsor for this episode is a fictional dating website called DatetheCape.World. This is the perfect dating site for superheroes, and those who want to buy them a milkshake. Whether you’re a super-stunner or just want someone who’ll always be there to catch you when you fall in love, or off a skyscraper, Date the Cape will find the perfect match.This is #NotARealProduct. Anyone who tries to sell you a subscrption is an agent of evil and thus not to be trusted.

Season one, episode one of the Genre-rama podcast is titled: Why Genre Fiction is Essential to Humanity’s Survival and features an interview with film critic and former Sci-Fi Now editor Jonathan Hatfull.To access the free creative writing starter library mentioned in the show, click here.To access all episodes, click here.

A podcast for fiction writers.Do you like to write about monsters or true love or spaceships or spies or time-travel or ghosts or zombies or sharks or vampires or robots or chases or escapes? Once upon a time did you wish upon a star that one day someone out there in a galaxy far, far away would talk to the top writers in your dream genre so you could tap them for writing advice?Well fear not, I got you (I know, I know, I got you, who’s got me?).In season one of Genre-Rama, mystery and romance author Helen Cox is joined by a host of special guests and together they explore:Why is genre fiction essential to humanity’s survival?How to Write Superheroes.How to Write Teen Fiction.How to Write Monsters.How to Write Mystery.Each genre in the series has a dedicated double episode that includes an interview with a well-known writer in the genre and an analysis of the writing lessons learned from a genre movie that pops.Stay tuned for the launch of Episode 1 Why is genre fiction essential to humanity’s survival? on Tuesday 1st of June.Want to kick-start your fiction writing between now and then? Pick up a Free Creative Writing Starter Library here.