GrottoPod

About GrottoPod

Conversations with working writers on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the broader writing community, recorded at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California.

Publisher

The Writers Grotto

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Feb 2017

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 157 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How do you make historical horror fiction relatable?

   Brandy Collins interviews author Markus Redmond about making historical horror fiction relatable through vampire reimagining and navigating the publishing world.

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   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Transitions, tips and techniques with Brandy Collins and Doug Henderson

   Journalist Brandy Collins and Doug Henderson discuss effective transition strategies, sharing valuable tips and techniques for navigating change.

3. 

   19 Apr 2025

   "You're going to the bookstore, aren't you?" with Lewis Buzbee

   Lewis Buzbee, Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss the craft of books, and why we still love bookstores, even after (especially after) working at them.Lewis Buzbee’s most recent novel is Diver. He is also the author of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Blackboard, After the Gold Rush, Fliegelman’s Desire, as well as three award-winning books for younger readers, Steinbeck’s Ghost, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, and Bridge of Time. His essays, poems, stories, and interviews have appeared in Lit Hub, Lit Stack, GQ, The New York Times Book Review, Paris Review, ZYZZYVA, Black Warrior Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. A former bookseller and publisher, he’s taught writing in the San Francisco Bay Area for a long time now.Other stuff we talked about in the episode:* Nadine Gordimer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer)* Dog Eared Books in San Francisco, California (https://www.dogearedbooks.com/)* Green Apple Books in San Francisco, California (https://greenapplebooks.com/)* Monterey Bay Aquarium (https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/)* Grotto Nights at the Library, May 27 (the panel that Doug and T. K. are going to be on in May at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 6pm) (https://sfpl.org/events/2025/05/27/presentation-grotto-nights-library)* Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/)

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How do you make historical horror fiction relatable?

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] They were very angry about it. They were very upset with me. I get it. It's not like I would ever get a bowl of popcorn and sit down and watch a slavery story. I understood where it was coming from, but it was the mixture of vampires, enslaved folks becoming vampires and getting revenge and gaining freedom. And I think that concept was intriguing enough for people to investigate the book. And yes, there were those who were like, nope, Not for me. This is wrong. And then there were others who went into it thinking that that's how they were going to feel. And the book completely changed their mind. […]

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