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episode 16: Michael Pickard On Time Travel, Writing, and Sneezing Money
Michael Pickard has had three careers, including working in software and retail, and has written 11 titles including nine novels, two children's books, and a collection of juried short stories. Dozens of Pickard's short stories have been published, including Hardwired, which won a Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Prize in 2005...
episode 15: Trek Takes 5: IMPOSTORS
Welcome to episode five of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans... PICARD is back for the third and final season, and as a lifelong fan of the series and a critic of the franchise's direction over the past few years, Alex will talk with film critic and writer Lucas Hardwick, sharing their "first takes" on every episode--coming at you every Friday morning throughout the 10-episode show...
episode 13: Cooking Up Mystery and More with GP Gottlieb
Alex welcomes the delightful G.P. Gottlieb, author and podcaster for a fun, free-ranging discussion about writing and being a writer, the role of food, the pandemic, the Chicago backdrop in her work, and so much more.
After recovering from breast cancer in 2015, she took baking classes for fun and began writing in earnest, melding two passions, nourishment for mind and body and recipe-laced murder mysteries...
episode 12: Derek O. Hanley's Photos from the Front Lines
Alex welcomes Derek O. Hanley to the show to discuss Derek's photography project, which began as a way to document the experiences of medics and evolved into a way to capture the emotions of the pandemic. Derek shared how his background as a medic and his family's history of photography helped him gain access to the medics and capture intimate moments. He also discusses how he had to remain emotionally detached in order to capture the moments...
episode 11: Trek Takes 4: NO WIN SCENARIO
Welcome to episode four of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is TREK TAKES? Well, Star Trek fans.....
episode 10: Eugenics and Dystopian Love Stories with Monte Schulz
In this fascinating conversation with Monte Schulz (son of the late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz), Alex talks about Schulz’s new novel filled with robust characters, an unraveling mystery, mayhem, innocence, and moral disintegration. Metropolis (Fantagraphics, August 23, 2022) is a coming-of-age novel with a moral puzzle at its core...
episode 9: Trek Takes 3: SEVENTEEN SECONDS
Welcome to episode three of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is it? Well, Star Trek fans.....
episode 8: Authorship and Entrepreneurship with JV Hilliard
From D.C. lobbyist to storyteller to entrepreneur, JV Hilliard is an epic & dark fantasy author of the Warminster series who sees his rapidly-growing writing career as part of a larger creative enterprise. Owner of Altered Reality Magazine, Hilliard has licensed the intellectual property of his books to an augmented reality/virtual reality video game company that will launch the Realm of Warminster game in 2024...
episode 7: Trek Takes 2: DISENGAGE
Welcome to episode two of a special bonus series here on Mysterious Goings On...TREK TAKES. What is it? Well, Star Trek fans.....
episode 6: Small Town Settings, Amnesia and Conversion Vans with Melissa Payne
In today's can't-miss episode, we meet Melissa Payne, bestselling and award-winning author of The Secrets of Lost Stones, Memories in the Drift, and The Night of Many Endings. She first learned the real importance of storytelling when she worked for a residential and day treatment center for abused and neglected children, where she wrote speeches and letters to raise funds...