In which hosts Paul Witcover and Melissa Hart engage bestselling author and Online MFA instructor Eileen Rendahl in a wide-ranging discussion of ghostwriting, pseudonyms, point of view in fiction, and the ups and downs of the freelance writing life!

Adjunct instructors Lauren A. Forry and Gina Troisi read from their work and share their writerly wisdom in the latest Word for Word event from the SNHU online Creative Writing programs.

In which hosts Melissa Hart and Paul Witcover welcome MFA instructor Kirsten Imani Kasai Flournoy for a stimulating discussion of creativity, witchcraft, and the writer's journey. 

Writer Joan F. Smith, author of The Half-Orphan’s Handbook, joins hosts Jacob Powers and Paul Witcover to read from her upcoming novel, The Other Side of Infinity, and answer questions about literary craft and careers.

In which ghosts Paul Witcover and Melissa Hart, along with special ghasts Mary SanGiovanni, Sidney Williams, and L. Marie Wood, celebrate Halloween early in a Horror-themed Wireside Chat focusing on "ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night."

In this episode, SNHU Online MFA instructor Beth Revis talks about her new bestselling Star Wars novel, The Princess and the Scoundrel (about the wedding and honeymoon of Leia Organa and Han Solo), work-for-hire projects, and the fun and challenges of writing in someone else's intellectual-property sandbox.

Jeremy Flagg is a graphic designer, high school teacher, writer, and instructor in Southern New Hampshire University’s Creative Writing MFA program. In this episode, Jeremy discusses his professional background, the business of graphic design, the skills necessary for success in a variety of careers, the value of risk-taking, and the importance of the Liberal Arts. For more on Jeremy, please visit his website: https://remyflagg.com/about/. 

In which hosts Paul Witcover and Melissa Hart are joined by guest Jessica Barksdale in a discussion of time travel, Shakespeare, genre mash-ups, and more. This episode was recorded August 8, 2022 and the video recording is available here. 

Bestselling author and literary agent extraordinaire Marisa Cleveland joins hosts Paul Witcover and Melissa Hart in a fun and frank discussion of the relationship between writers and their agents. This episode was recorded July 11, 2022, and the video recording of this conversation is available here.

Hosts Anne-Marie Yerks and Paul Witcover are joined by instructor Gregory Kompes for a special Pride Month edition of Wireside Chat, in which we talk about the state of LGBTQ+ representation in publishing and Gregory's new scifi series, Queer Planet. This conversation was recorded on June 13 and the video recording is available here.