Podcasts…and so much more.
Story Works Round Table
Conversations About Craft
Each week, Alida, Kathryn, and Robert talk storycraft. Covering all genres, they draw on their own experiences and those of special guests. It’s a show about writing, creative process, and the writing life. By writers for writers.
Story Works Reading Series
A Literary Journal for the Ears
Every month, Alida publishes a new story or lyric essay on the podcast. The author reads the piece, then sits down with Alida to discuss its inspiration, process, and challenges. For writers, readers, and readers curious about writers.
Story Works Anthology
Annual Print Literary Journal
The best of the Story Works Reading Series will appear in an annual anthology. Because what writer doesn’t want to appear in print? And what reader doesn’t want to fall asleep cuddling a good book? For bibliophiles who read and fall asleep…eventually.
Did you know…?
Alida is more than a podcaster.
Alida is an author, developmental editor, writing coach, and teacher.
Story is a lifelong passion of mine. No matter what else I’m doing (kayaking, cycling, being walked by my dog, sitting on my deck watching the birds while pretending to work – thank goodness for laptops!), I am consuming, creating, or crafting story.
Find out more below. Some links visit Alida at www.WordEssential.com.
I make meaning of life and myself through the exploration of questions, problems, fascinations, and obsessions. In A Room Full of Books & Pencils, my Substack forum, I will explore my essentials.
Essentials?
I recently explored my father’s downward spiral through dementia, which led me to ask what is left of us when the rest has been stripped away? And we must assume that what remains is the essential part of us, since it does remain beyond all else. What will be left of me? What will be left of you? Only the essential.
Come in, explore with me, and discover some of your own essentials.
Writing Coach, Author, Online School, Craft Books
Developmental Editor and Coach
For fiction and CNF authors.
Fiction
Visit Alida’s author site.
Story Works Fiction School
An online school of storycraft.
Story Works Guide to Writing Fiction
Storycraft books.