Podcasts

Kevin T. Johns is a writing coach, editor and author who helps genre fiction writers plan, draft and finish their novels. He hosts The Writing Coach Podcast.

A Ten-Year Journey to The Call to Witchery: Lorraine Johnston on Contemporary Fantasy, Story Structure, and Marketing a Debut – The Writing Coach Ep. 243

Lorraine Johnston's debut contemporary fantasy, The Call to Witchery, began in a morning journal in 2016. She talks about the…

Writer's Block, Recovery, and Hope: David Deane Haskell on The Solarian Deep and Wounded Angels – The Writing Coach Ep. 242

Sci-fi and nonfiction author David Deane Haskell talks about the five-year writer's block that followed his sobriety, the floodgates that…

Twenty Drafts, Three Books, One Character: Sherilyn Decter on Writing The Promise Trilogy – The Writing Coach Ep. 241

Sherilyn Decter spent two years and over twenty drafts turning a minor character from her Moonshiner Mysteries series into The…

A Writing Coach and Her Client: Ellen Baker and Terence Sullivan on Alice of Oz, Summerland Cove, and Two Paths to Publishing – The Writing Coach Ep. 240

Novelist and writing coach Ellen Baker joins her longtime client Terence Sullivan, whose viral TikTok series became the novel Alice…

Writing is Rewriting: Steven Puri Returns to Talk Flow States and Hollywood Screenwriting – The Writing Coach Ep. 239

Steven Puri, founder of Sukha and a former Hollywood visual-effects producer, returns to talk about the neuroscience of flow states,…

Pre-Made vs. Custom Book Covers, Explained | Usama Munir, Design Dusk - The Writing Coach Ep. 238

Usama Munir, founder of Design Dusk, walks through the real difference between pre-made and custom book covers, how genre conventions…

Writing Transgressive Fiction: Ron Black on Bleu and the Character No One Has to Like - The Writing Coach Ep. 237

Ron Black's debut novel 'Bleu: A Transgressive Tale' takes a hard look at addiction, the art world, and domestic violence,…

Marketing Your Book Without Losing the Time to Write It: Marvin Wey of AuthorScale on AI, TikTok, and Selling More Books - The Writing Coach Ep. 236

Marvin Wey, co-founder of AuthorScale, on the two proven social media formats selling books right now, how to find the…

The Spiritual Side of Beating Writer's Burnout: Charlotte Donlon on Rituals, Rest, and Writing - The Writing Coach Ep. 235

Spiritual director Charlotte Donlon on the rituals, permission, and belonging that keep writers out of burnout.

Murder, Wormholes, and A.I.s in Your Head: Talking Sci‑Fi with J.E. Sheasby - The Writing Coach Ep. 234

J.E. Sheasby joins The Writing Coach to explore AI, sentience, futuristic crime, worldbuilding, and the decade-long journey behind his ambitious…

For Once in My Life: Rob Cole on the Biography of Arlinda Willis - The Writing Coach Ep. 233

Rob Cole discusses the authorized biography of Arlinda Willis, a story of Jim Crow Alabama, Cleveland's Black entertainment scene, and…

Five Days, Mullins Beach, and 40 Years of Friendship: The Barbados Writing Retreat with Nathan Lang - The Writing Coach Ep. 232

Kevin T. Johns interviews Nathan Lang, Barbados resident, hospitality expert, and co-host of the November 2026 Barbados Writing Retreat, about…