Episodes
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Episode 024 - Bo Chappell
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Bo Chappell is the South Carolina-based author of Year 47 and Once You Get to Know Me, as well as the editor of By Year's End and Aphotic Realm's Appalachian Horror anthology. We talk about kindness, positivity, the joy of the creative community—and watching horror films as a kid!
Bo on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Bo-Chappell/e/B01N8Z39SO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/infrafan
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast-at-gmail-dot-com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Episode 023 - Marshall Riley
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Marshall Riley is a Seattle-based musician who made, among many other brilliant tracks, Losing the Plot's intro tune!! Their last release, "Emerald Shitty", is now available on cassette tape through Captain Crook Records:
https://captaincrookrecords.bandcamp.com/album/emerald-shitty?fbclid=IwAR2blAk5uUjpXv5wYTdth0ogc6V06VJwbClQJPzS09ERVAwOwVXR_n1WTJ4
We talk about what inspires Marshall creatively, growth as a musician, and the brilliance of Laura Dern and others! (Instead of Naomi Watts, as we usually do :D)
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast-at-gmail-dot-com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Episode 022 - Philip LoPresti
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Philip LoPresti is a New York-based poet, photographer, and fiction author, most recently of the novella “The Things We Bury”, out with NihilismRevised. We talk about depression, tragedy, meaninglessness, cruelty—and awaiting our awards for all the stuff we didn’t say out loud!
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/philip.lopresti.92
The Things We Bury:
https://www.amazon.com/Things-We-Bury-Philip-LoPresti/dp/B084QLMQSV/
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast-at-gmail-dot-com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Episode 021 - Sam Crichton
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Sam Crichton is an actor who has lived all over the place, now currently residing in Stavanger, Norway. He is the star of many films made by the Stavanger Filmmakers club, where has also given a lecture and led an acting workshop.
We talk about the creative process of acting, what he has learned from living in so many places—and Smash Brothers!
A Guided Tour of Stavanger, short film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEBrLuLtucI&fbclid=IwAR0FcKyM4fxLgTf_0NPlnJmSShLiwvIDI6BeyVPqenqeV5MGjTuB8rYlJEk
Sam’s acting tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XluNaIr-MA
Acting workshop videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTRthPTi71I&list=PLcUmbo0FH06pDQBEWItSonvM2FLw1SbQ8
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast-at-gmail-dot-com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Episode 020 - Frank Edler
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Frank Edler is an author, most recently of the novella “CatCoin”, which is a fictional retelling of the history of bitcoin--but with cats!
He released the novella “Scatterbrain”, a horror comedy novella about a killer brain, at the end of 2018.
He also runs the Bizzong! podcast, where he interviews authors of weird and wonderful stuff!
Our conversation started over on Bizzong!, with Frank interviewing me about my writing:
http://bizzong.projectentertainment.libsynpro.com/influencer-leo-x-robertson-bizzong-podcast
And the conversation continues here, on Losing the Plot, about Frank’s books, as well as dodging drama and killer brain haikus!
Catcoin:
https://www.amazon.com/Catcoin-Fictional-Cryptocurrency-Frank-Edler-ebook/dp/B084LRJZDV
Scatterbrain:
https://www.amazon.com/Scatterbrain-Frank-J-Edler/dp/1721047530
Bizzong podcast:
http://bizzong.projectentertainment.libsynpro.com/
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast-at-gmail-dot-com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday May 25, 2020
Episode 019 - Eddie Generous
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Eddie Generous is a prolific author of, among many other things, “Stomp and chomp” books brought out by Severed Press. He also recently released “Plantation Pan” with Omnium Gatherim--it’s his sci-fi cosmic horror sequel to “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen. He is also editor-in-chief of the publisher Unnerving, which puts out the semi-pro horror mag Unnerving Magazine as well as countless novels, novellas and short story collections. Check out their latest series, Rewind or Die, for pulpy 80s inspired horror!
We talk about why we write, the current landscape of horror and crime fiction—and not knowing what the hell is going on!
Eddie on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Generous/e/B07BHZWHRL/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Unnerving:
https://www.unnervingmagazine.com/
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast-at-gmail-dot-com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday May 18, 2020
Episode 018 - Aphotic Realm Team
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Chris, Dustin, Adrian and I catch up about all things Aphotic and many things not!
We talk about the latest Aphotic Realm updates, what everyone's been writing, Dungeons & Dragons, Trash TV and more!
Aphotic Realm:
https://aphoticrealm.com/
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast-at-gmail-dot-com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Episode 017 - AM Dellamonica
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Alyx Dellamonica is a Canadian science fiction writer, with many short stories published since the 80s! They recently completed an MFA in creative writing, for which they wrote a horror screenplay. As L X Beckett, they have begun a brand new science fiction novel series, published by Tor, that starts with “Gamechanger.” It tackles climate change, social rating systems, the gig economy and more!
For a great introduction to this world, check out their novella, “Freezing Rain, A Chance of Falling”, originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction:
https://www.curiousfictions.com/stories/2156-l-x-beckett-freezing-rain-a-chance-of-falling
We talk about challenging yourself as a writer, the Clarion West Writers Workshop--and terrible Canandian weather!
Gamechanger:
https://www.amazon.com/Gamechanger-L-X-Beckett/dp/1250165261
LX Beckett site:
https://www.lxbeckett.com/
AM Dellamonica site:
https://alyxdellamonica.com/
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast_at_gmail_dot_com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Episode 016 - Erin Al Mehairi
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Erin is an Ohio-based poet, short story writer, editor and—most importantly—Losing the Plot alumnus! She returns to the podcast to talk about what she's been up to, what she's working on next, Shakespeare, werewolves and solving social media for good! (Busy woman!!)
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ErinAlMehairi
Blog:
https://hookofabook.wordpress.com/
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast_at_gmail_dot_com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Episode 015 - SC Burke RETURNS!
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
SC Burke returns to discuss the many, many great new releases by his publisher, NihilismRevised.
We talk about encouraging creativity, what it means to be an experimental writer--and we fangirl over Twin Peaks! (Here's the analysis video that we discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AYnF5hOhuM )
SC on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/SvenTheNihilist
NihilismRevised on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/NihilismRevised/
As always, if you're a reader, writer, creative type, someone with something to say, you can always get in touch with me using losingtheplotpodcast_at_gmail_dot_com. I look forward to hearing from you!
Marshall, who provided Losing the Plot’s intro music, has an EP out now! Check out “Emerald Shitty” here!
https://emeraldshitty714.bandcamp.com/releases