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Tag: publishing

The Metaworker Podcast | 022 Creating Anthologies, Part 3
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 022 Creating Anthologies, Part 3

December 13, 2024January 6, 20250

Elena, Mel, and Cerid discuss Mel’s launch of River and Stone and Cerid’s updates for Artificial Sweetener, as well as the thought and care that goes into book design and illustration. #TheMetaworker @SpecFicNZ

The Metaworker Podcast | 021 Creating Anthologies, Part 2
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 021 Creating Anthologies, Part 2

October 11, 2024December 16, 20240

Elena, Mel, and Cerid discuss publishing software, fostering communities, marketing plans, and their hopes for their publications. #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday

The Metaworker Podcast | 017 A Writer’s Life For Me: Catchup with Matthew Maichen, Part 2
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 017 A Writer’s Life For Me: Catchup with Matthew Maichen, Part 2

December 1, 2023May 20, 20240

Elena, Mel, and Cerid talk with former Metaworker Editor in Chief Matthew Maichen about their writing rituals, how they create characters, and the benefits and drawbacks of writing with or without a plan. #TheMetaworkerPodcast #TheMetaworker

The Metaworker Podcast | 016 A Writer’s Life For Me: Catchup with Matthew Maichen, Part 1
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 016 A Writer’s Life For Me: Catchup with Matthew Maichen, Part 1

November 8, 2023March 6, 20240

Elena, Mel, and Cerid talk with former Metaworker Editor in Chief Matthew Maichen about his writing and publishing journey since he stepped away from leading the magazine. #TheMetaworkerPodcast #TheMetaworker

The Metaworker Podcast | 013 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 3
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 013 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 3

August 17, 2022March 6, 20240

In this final episode of the special editors chat, Matthew, Elena, Mel and Cerid get personal. They talk about their own writing projects and how they approach their writing, they share what they get up to outside of their fiction lives and to finally wrap things up, they provide a list of great plugs from recent reads they loved.

The Metaworker Podcast | 012 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 2
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 012 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 2

August 3, 2022March 6, 20240

Episode Description: Matthew, Elena, Mel, and Cerid talk about how they got into writing and why they are involved in the publishing world, even as …

The Metaworker Podcast | 011 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 1
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 011 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 1

July 13, 2022March 6, 20240

Matthew, Elena, Mel, and new intern Cerid talk about how they fell in love with reading, then move into a history lesson about how The Metaworker got started, and how Mel and Cerid joined the team.

The Metaworker Podcast | 009 Ruins by Mary Paulson
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 009 Ruins by Mary Paulson

January 19, 2022March 6, 20240

Episode Description: In this episode, Matthew, Marina, and Elena talk with Mary Paulson about her poem, Ruins. We talk about writing poetry to express deep …

“Upon Being Published” by Ulyses Razo
Poetry

“Upon Being Published” by Ulyses Razo

November 30, 2020September 9, 20240

Riding shotgun, I look out the upper right cornerof the windshield, writing in a blackEnglish car,and see a dark thing: a dot,with a wing, twirling …

Interview with Gerardeen Santiago of Aionios Books
Interview

Interview with Gerardeen Santiago of Aionios Books

May 8, 2017September 1, 20200

Editor-in-Chief’s Note: Gerardeen Santiago is a poet and publisher I originally met at Glassless Minds in Oceanside. When the Metaworker staff was suggesting new people …

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