For the final interview of the Write Stuff StoryBundle, Blackbird publisher Jamie Ferguson flips to the other side of the questions to talk about collaboration, Kickstarter, and what first-time organizers always underestimate.
StoryBundle founder Jason Chen on what fourteen years and 2,000+ authors have taught him about indie publishing, curation, and the long view.
Tracy Cooper-Posey on sustainability, systems, and playing the long game in indie publishing — her contribution to the Write Stuff StoryBundle.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
