Interview: Tracy Cooper-Posey on The Indie Author Survival Guide
Tracy Cooper-Posey on sustainability, systems, and playing the long game in indie publishing — her contribution to the Write Stuff StoryBundle.
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Interview: Douglas Smith on Brick by Brick: How to Build a Story
Douglas Smith is a five-time award-winning author described by Library Journal as “one of Canada’s most original writers of speculative fiction.” He’s published in 28 languages, won Canada’s Aurora Award four times, and written everything from urban fantasy novels to short fiction for the top markets in the field. His contribution to the Write Stuff…
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Interview: J. Daniel Sawyer on The Pitch-Perfect Author
J. Daniel Sawyer has spent over forty years studying how language and sound affect human psychology—starting with his first choir and his first radio drama, and continuing through a career that’s produced over thirty books and nearly a dozen podcasts. He writes from a private forest in a rural exile, which sounds about right for…
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Interview: T. Thorn Coyle on Let Your Life Be Lightning
T. Thorn Coyle is a writer, creator, and teacher whose work spans essays, fiction, and poetry. Kris Rusch, the curator of the 2026 Write Stuff StoryBundle, describes Thorn as “a positive voice in a world of darkness” and “probably the best teacher I know” for how to create and survive in tumultuous times. Thorn’s contribution…
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Interview: Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Write Attitude
Kristine Kathryn Rusch is a New York Times bestselling author who has sold more than 35 million books worldwide. She’s also the curator of the Write Stuff StoryBundle, a collection of 15 books on writing and publishing. Her own contribution to the bundle is The Write Attitude, originally published in 2015 and now substantially revised—about…
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Interview: Dean Wesley Smith on Writing Novels with the Waltese Falcon
Dean Wesley Smith has published hundreds of novels and thousands of short stories across multiple genres. He’s a former editor of Pulphouse Publishing and the co-publisher of WMG Publishing with Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He’s also one of the most outspoken advocates for writing into the dark—no outlines, one draft, done. His contribution to the Write…
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Interview: Ron Collins on On Being (And Becoming Again!) A Writer
Ron Collins is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author with around thirty years of writing under his belt. His book in the Write Stuff StoryBundle is On Being (And Becoming Again!) A Writer—a collection of eight essays about what it means to live a creative life, written during a time when Ron was finding…
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Interview: Darcy Pattison on Picture Books: Write and Publish
Darcy Pattison has been writing and publishing children’s books for decades. She’s published over seventy books, both fiction and nonfiction, and has earned starred reviews and a shelf full of awards. About fifteen years ago, she attended a Master Class with Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, which inspired her to launch her own…
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The 2026 Write Stuff StoryBundle
The second edition of Bundle Up! is in the 2026 Write Stuff StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch! This collection of books covers topics from writing and publishing children’s books, to how to use Kickstarters as an author, to how to survive in the ever-changing world of indie publishing. All fifteen books in this year’s…
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Story Spotlight: “The Wreck of the USS Hollander” by James Pyles
In James Pyles’ “The Wreck of the USS Hollander,” a deep-ocean research crew descends into the abyss to explore a long-lost WWII sub—and discovers that some crews never stand down, and some debts can only be paid in the dark. Excerpt Cora flipped a switch and the speaker grills fore and aft echoed with the…
