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by Marsha Casper Cook
For over 17 years, Michigan Avenue Media Podcasts have brought you shows on writing books and screenplays, self-help advice, movies, discussing relationships, publishing, health issues, marketing, fashion, and style. It's a fun, off-the-cuff live show, and then you can listen to it anywhere you listen to your podcasts. Visit our websites:https://michiganavenuemedia.com/https://marshacaspercook.com
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- 2 days ago1h 5m
Getting Your Screenplay Seen- Chris from Inktip - Host Marsha Casper Cook
Screenwriters, this one’s for you. Chris Cookson from InkTip.com joins me to talk about how producers actually search for scripts, what makes them stop and read, and what writers can do right now to get their work in front of the right people. I’ve been talking with the InkTip team for close to twenty years, first as a WGA agent, now as a screenwriter with optioned scripts. This is the inside conversation I wish every writer could hear. Join us because if you've ever thought of writing a screenplay or have screenplays sitting in a drawer it's time to learn how to make your characters come alive on the screen.https://www.inktip.comhttps://www.marshacaspercook.comFor more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
- 1 weeks ago56 min
Brad Gilmore SPECIAL GUEST - From The mic to the page - host Marsha Casper Cook
Marsha Casper Cook welcomes Brad Gilmore, Houston-based author, TV and radio host, and founder of Gilmore Media. Brad co-hosts The Hall of Fame with WWE Hall of Famer Booker T on ESPN Radio, hosts the podcast The Collection, and has worked with CW39 Houston and the Houston Press.Join us for a lively conversation about storytelling, interviewing, and building a career in media.For more info https://www.bradgilmore.nethttps://www.marshacaspercook.comFor more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
- 2 weeks ago54 min
From Classroom to Writing Children's Books - Host Marsha Casper Cook
Join Marsha Casper Cook on Writers Talk for a special children’s author show with Rich Linville. Rich spent years as a teacher and, since retiring, has built an impressive collection of children’s books. Marsha and Rich, both children’s authors, talk about turning classroom experience into stories, staying productive across many books, connecting with kids, and starting a writing career after retirement. A great listen for parents, teachers, aspiring children’s writers, and anyone who loves children’s books.for more info marshacaspercook.comhttps://www.childrensbookbyrich.comFor more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
- Oct 6, 20261h 37m
Delta James and Chris Jackson discuss Second Careers host Marsha Casper Cook
This week on Writers Talk, Marsha Casper Cook welcomes Delta James, a USA Today best selling author whose impressive portfolio includes over 300 books and Chris Jackson an independent reader and story analyst.Delta’s expertise lies in creating compelling characters and intriguing plots, ensuring that fans return to her stories time and again and Chris helps her all the way through the publishing of each and every book.Alongside Marsha, you’ll see why Delta and her have hosted numerous shows together and enjoy the camaraderie and fun they bring to each episode. And for this episode Chris Jackson joins them with her thoughts about writing and what makes a good story.https://www.marshacaspercook.com/https://www.michiganavenuemedia.comhttps://www.deltajames.comFor more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
- Sep 30, 20261h 1m
180 Books and Counting: Vincent Zandri on the Thriller Writer's Life
180 books and counting - This week on Writers Talk, host Marsha Casper Cook, award-winning author and producer at Michigan Avenue Media, sits down with New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller writer Vincent Zandri.Vincent is the winner of both the Shamus Award and the ITW Thriller Award, and the author of more than 180 books, including the Dick Moonlight PI series and the Jack Marconi thrillers. He's published with major houses and built a thriving indie career, and he hosts his own show, The Writer's Life.vinzandri.comMarsha Casper Cook is an award-winning author and the host of Writers Talk, the author-interview podcast she has produced at Michigan Avenue Media for more than 18 years.https://www.marshacaspercook.comMarsha Casper Cook is an award-winning author and the host of Writers Talk, the author-interview podcast she has produced at Michigan Avenue Media for more than 18 years.For more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
- Sep 25, 20261h 5m
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Award-winning author Mathew Tekulsky joins Writers Talk to talk about his journey from nature writing to fiction and film. He's an award-winning and best-selling author, screenwriter, photographer, and nature writer whose work spans fiction, nonfiction, and film. A native of Larchmont, New York, he earned a B.A. in History with a minor in English from the University of Rochester, and he lives in Santa Monica, California.His novels include The Chestnut Tree; Saving Annie, a Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Winner in Adult Fiction and an American Book Fest Best Book Awards finalist; and Bernie and the Hermit, a finalist in the William Faulkner–William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. His first novel, The Martin Luther King Mitzvah (Fitzroy Books, 2018), received the LitPick Top Choice book review award.for more about Mathewhttps://www.mathewtekulsky.com/Marsha Casper Cook is an award winning author, screenwriter and producer of all the Writers Talk Podcasts as well as Michigan Avenue Media PodcastsFor more about Marsha Casper Cookhttps://www.marshacaspercook.com/podcast/For more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
- Sep 18, 202652 min
Children's Books Matter - Ellwyn Autumn - Host Marsha Casper Cook
This week on Writers Talk, Marsha sits down with children's and YA author Ellwyn Autumn, M.Ed., to talk about writing stories for children and how difficult it is to sell books in an overcrowded market.Ellwyn Autumn, a certified teacher and author of children's picture books, middle-grade novels, and YA fiction. Ellwyn shares how her classroom experience shapes stories like the award-winning Kamyla Chung series, which tackles topics kids face every day. Marsha is also a children's author which she wrote from experiences that she learned while working in a Pediatric office as a Laboratory Technician.They also dig into their path to self-publishing, building a series readers return to, and what it means to write books that both entertain and teach.www.ellwynautumn.comwww.marshacaspercook.comFor more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
- Sep 15, 202656 min
Susan Shapiro Barash on Women's Secrets and the Power of Sisterhood - Host Marsha Casper Cook
Susan Shapiro Barash is the author of over a dozen nonfiction books, including Tripping the Prom Queen and Toxic Friends, and taught gender studies for more than twenty years at Marymount Manhattan College. Writing fiction as Susannah Marren, she's the author of A Palm Beach Wife, A Palm Beach Scandal, and Maribelle's Shadow, which won the 2022 Firebird Book Award.Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Elle, and she's appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and MSNBC.In 2021, she received the New York State Assembly Member's Exceptional Leadership Award. She's served as a panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts and a judge for the International Emmys.Marsha Casper Cook is writer best selling author, screeplay optioned writer, podcast host for over 17 yrs.https://www.marshacaspercook.comhttps://susanshapirobarash.com/For more info about the podcast go to https://michiganavenuemedia.com
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