Wireside Chat: Jeremy Billingsley

In which hosts Paul Witcover and Melissa Hart talk with MA Creative Writing instructor Jeremy Billingsley about his experiences as publisher of the small press Sley House, including an unexpected diversion into the subject of ancient grimoires. 

Wireside Chat: Eileen Rendahl

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!

Wireside Chat: Kirsten Imani Kasai Flournoy

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. 

Wireside Chat: Halloween Edition with Mary Sangiovanni, Sidney Williams, and L. Marie Wood

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."

Wireside Chat: Beth Revis

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.

Wireside Chat: Jennifer Barksdale

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. 

Wireside Chat: Marisa Cleveland

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.

Wireside Chat: Special Pride Month Edition with Gregory Kompes

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.

Wireside Chat: ”Mountainview Low-Residency MFA” with Benjamin Nugent

Hosts Melissa Hart and Paul Witcover are joined by Benjamin Nugent, director of the Mountainview Low-Residency MFA program at SNHU. 

Wireside Chat: ”Copyright for Creative Writers” with Ellen Phillips

In this episode, copyright expert and SNHU archivist Ellen Phillips provides the facts that creative writers need to know about copyright protections under US Law.