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Just Keep WritingEpisode 186 - No Prescriptions: Collaboration on a Novella Craft BookThis week, Marshall, Brent, Jenna, Shingai and Wil interview Kate Maruyama and LP about the novella craft book they are collaborating on. Happy Holidays to our amazing community!
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Episode 159 - An Interview with Kate Maruyama
Kate Maruyama
Raw Dog Screaming Press
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Shingai Njeri Kagunda
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2025-12-2656 min
Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 668 – The Guest List 2025Virtual Memories Show:
The Guest List 2025
It’s time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition, now celebrating its thirteenth anniversary: The Guest List! I reached out to 2025’s pod-guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they’re hoping to read in 2026! Twenty-six guests responded with wonderful, idiosyncratic, and illuminating book recommendations: Jonathan Ames, Kayla E., Dan Goldman, Dean Haspiel, Jennifer Hayden, Rian Hughes, Paul Karasik, Glenn Kurtz, David Leopold, Seth Lorinczi, Sacha Mardou, Kate Maruyama, Whitney Matheson, Josh Neufeld, Lance Richar...
2025-12-231h 21
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 668 - The Guest List 2025It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition, now celebrating its thirteenth anniversary: The Guest List! I reached out to 2025's pod-guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they're hoping to read in 2026! Twenty-six guests responded with wonderful, idiosyncratic, and illuminating book recommendations: Jonathan Ames, Kayla E., Dan Goldman, Dean Haspiel, Jennifer Hayden, Rian Hughes, Paul Karasik, Glenn Kurtz, David Leopold, Seth Lorinczi, Sacha Mardou, Kate Maruyama, Whitney Matheson, Josh Neufeld, Lance Richardson, Ari Richter, ML Rio, Dmitry Samarov, Jonathan Sandler, Damion Searls...
2025-12-231h 21
The Nerd Count PodcastEpisode 015 – Kate MaruyamaFor our 15th episode, we welcome author and teacher Kate Maruyama. In this episode, we discuss how we met through her mother, writer Kit Reed, Readercon experiences, how she ended up in L.A., working for Sylvester Stallone, the impact of narcissistic sociopaths, how L.A. influences her writing, being stewards of ideas, her experience teaching writing, why editors want to hear your unique voice, the false notion of “correct” writing, the vapidity of AI-produced fiction, how teaching keeps her honest, creating in times of stress, being a juror for the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards, choosing your “genre”...
2025-10-271h 05The Nerd Count PodcastEpisode 015 – Kate MaruyamaFor our 15th episode, we welcome author and teacher Kate Maruyama. In this episode, we discuss how we met through her mother, writer Kit Reed, Readercon experiences, how she ended up in L.A., working for Sylvester Stallone, the impact of narcissistic sociopaths, how L.A. influences her writing, being stewards of ideas, her experience teaching writing, why editors want to hear your unique voice, the false notion of “correct” writing, the vapidity of AI-produced fiction, how teaching keeps her honest, creating in times of stress, being a juror for the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards, choosing your “genre”...
2025-10-271h 05
The SF in SF PodcastOctober 2025: Kate Maruyama, Jordan Rosenfeld and Sumiko SaulsonKATE MARUYAMA is the author of Alterations, The Collective, Bleak Houses, and Harrowgate and her novella Family Solstice was named Best Fiction Book of 2021 by Rue Morgue Magazine. Her short work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and she is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of the Uncharted Short Story Prize. She served on the working Board for Women Who Submit, and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards. She writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles. Learn more about this versatile author at https://www.katemaruyama.com/
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2025-10-131h 26Just Keep WritingEpisode 180 - What Makes a Novella (Part 1)This week, Marshall, Nick, LP, Sameem, Jenna, Brent and Wil dive into reading and writing novellas!
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Episode 159 - An Interview with Kate Maruyama
Jenna Hanchey
Sameem Siddiqui
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2025-10-0356 min
Living The Next Chapter: Candid Conversations with Authors and Writers for Readers Searching for a New ReadE562 - Kate Maruyama - The Collective and The Alterations - Hollywood History, Horror and Family DynamicsEpisode 562 - Kate Maruyama - The Collective and The Alterations - Hollywood History, Horror and Family DynamicsKate Maruyama is the author of Harrowgate, Bleak Houses, and The Collective and her novella Family Solstice was named Best Fiction Book of 2021 by Rue Morgue Magazine. Her short work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and she is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of the Uncharted Short Story Prize. She served on the working Board for Women Who Submit, and the Board for the Shirley Jackson Awards. She writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in...
2025-07-0942 min
Life of JEMLife of JEM with Writer Kate Maruyama on Writing Fiction about three generations of womenJEM interviews one of her favorite writers, Kate Maruyama, author of Alterations, an engrossing novel about three generations of women. They talk about the author's use of films and Hollywood history to create her fictional world and how she builds compelling characters, as well as her masterful use of multiple female perspectives and voices. JEM and Kate do a deep dive into craft and the editing process while emphasizing the joys and struggles of living a writing life. Kate is a fascinating guest and she discusses the decade it took her to bring her latest beautiful book to fruition...
2025-07-061h 01
Brushwood Media NetworkCover To Cover with Kate MaruyamaALTERATIONS by Kate Maruyama (Running Wild Press; March 2025) is an absorbing Hollywood history and compelling love story forged with a rich literary family drama. Its characters allow the past and present to intertwine, highlighting how family, whether we like it or not, makes up who we are. Maruyama is best known as a horror writer, but this new novel is inspired by Maruyama’s aunt and her New England Boston marriage as well as her time spent living and working in Los Angeles. As Matt Tyrnauer, director of Victoria’s Secret: Angels & Demons and...
2025-06-2128 min
Cover To CoverKate Maruyama - Rich Literary Family DramaALTERATIONS by Kate Maruyama (Running Wild Press; March 2025) is an absorbing Hollywood history and compelling love story forged with a rich literary family drama. Its characters allow the past and present to intertwine, highlighting how family, whether we like it or not, makes up who we are. Maruyama is best known as a horror writer, but this new novel is inspired by Maruyama’s aunt and her New England Boston marriage as well as her time spent living and working in Los Angeles. As Matt Tyrnauer, director of Victoria’s Secret: Ange...
2025-06-2128 min
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 643 - Kate MaruyamaOne of my fave guest/friends, Kate Maruyama, rejoins the show to celebrate her wonderful new novel, ALTERATIONS (Running Wild Press)! We talk about the book's long gestation/publishing history, Kate's love of old Hollywood & costume design, closeted movie stars and how she told the story of a gay relationship in the '30s & '40s, and how it felt to write a non-horror horror story. We get into her own Hollywood experience in the '90s, how it informs Alterations, and how it felt to repeatedly smash into the glass ceiling, as well as how ghosts creep into...
2025-06-171h 15
Power-Up With The Immersive Full Audiobook Experience!Alterations by Kate MaruyamaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/144130to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Alterations
Author: Kate Maruyama
Narrator: Jenny Kutnow
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
Release date: 03-21-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Adriana gets a job sewing for Edith Head at Paramount's costume department in the early 1940s. Adriana falls in love with a bit player named Rose and the two move in together. Living with a woman goes unnoticed as most people presume they are only roommates. But as Adriana's career blossoms, society and life start to interfere and Adriana makes decisions that affect...
2025-03-2111h 01Just Keep WritingEpisode 159 - An Interview with Kate MaruyamaThis week, LP and Wil sit down with Kate Maruyama to talk about writing horror, writing novellas, and so much more!
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Raw Dog Screaming Press
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2024-12-1348 minLife of JEMLife of JEM: On Writing Horror: JEM with Christian Livermore, Kate Maruyama and Ryan Peña (the Halloween episode!)A special Halloween reading by three amazing horror writers, Christian Livermore, Kate Maruyama and Ryan Peña and a conversation with them moderated by JEM about what makes horror writing sing along with valuable tips for those burgeoning writers out there. Boo!!
2024-10-281h 13
The North American Friends Movie ClubBarb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)Brent, Nate, and Kate take a trip with the 2021 American comedy film Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar starring: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr., Michael Hitchcock, Kwame Patterson, Reyn Doi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Vanessa Bayer, Fortune Feimster, Rose Abdoo, Phyllis Smith, Mark Jonathan Davis, Karen Maruyama, Jayde Martinez, Tom Lenk, Hank Rogerson, Josh Robert Thompson, Andy García, and Reba McEntire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-07-251h 05
The SF in SF PodcastJuly 2023: Charlie Jane Anders and Kate MaruyamaCHARLIE JANE ANDERS is currently hard at work on a new adult novel, tentatively called The Prodigal Mother. Most recently, she wrote the young adult Unstoppable trilogy: Victories Greater Than Death, Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, and Promises Stronger Than Darkness. She’s also the author of the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes, and Never Say You Can’t Survive (August 2021), a book about how to use creative writing to get through hard times. Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. She’s won the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, Lambda...
2024-02-111h 51
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2023-01-2000 min
The Storyteller Co-OpShort Shorts: Mini-Stories and PoetryFive different authors. Five different works. Today's episode features very short stories and poetry, all under 10 minutes each. The Center of My Universe by Crystal D. Mayo Not Yet by Kate Maruyama A collection of poetry from little words. by a.hashman (Amber Young) The New Neighbor by Michael Buchta Pools of Blue & Butterfly Wings by Ashley R. Jones, from her horror collection A Dash of Murder
2022-03-1346 min
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 465 - The Guest List 2021Thirty of this year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2021 and the books they hope to get to in 2022! Guests include Jonathan Baylis, Zoe Beloff, Jacques Berlinerblau, Anne Cattaneo, Michael DeForge, Shary Flenniken, Sophia Glock, Heywood Gould, Glenn Head, Ron Hogan, Kate Lacour, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Matt Madden, Kate Maruyama, Robert McCrum, Robert Meagher, Anahid Nersessian, Scott Newstok, Weng Pixin, Alta Price, Keiler Roberts, Dmitry Samarov, Nadine Sergejeff, Dash Shaw, Jen Silverman, Edward Sorel, Rosemary Steinbaum, Karl Stevens, Andi Watson, and Heather Cass White (+ me)! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memo...
2021-12-211h 14
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 421 - Kate MaruyamaAuthor, editor and activist Kate Maruyama rejoins the show to celebrate the publication of her wonderfully creepy new novella, Family Solstice (Omnium Gatherum). We get into why she wrote a haunted house story at a time when everyone's stuck in their homes, how she pushed herself to finish the book during the early months of the pandemic, and how Family Solstice celebrates the great (and maybe a little haunted) home she grew up in. We get into what Kate's mother, the late, great Kit Reed, might have made of This Whole Situation we're in, the positives of holding a...
2021-02-151h 11
The Virtual Memories ShowCOVID Check-In with Kate MaruyamaAuthor, teacher & activist Kate Maruyama checks in from LA. We talk about whether writers have a responsibility to write a positive future and how she helped organize the Writing Better Futures in Times of Crisis virtual event (happening 5/14/20!). We also get into how she self-shamed into finishing a novella but is averse to the myth of WFH productivity, teaching writing online, whether her F&SF & horror background prepared her for this scenario, the fragmentation of LA and the challenges that creates for keeping community, reading for the Shirley Jackson Awards, the theory that panicked brains focus on details rather...
2020-05-1341 min
Late and LiveS03E06 - Late and Live Mix (8th May 2020)May's Late and Live Mix might be on of our most varied episodes ever featuring even more new music from Streets of Rage 4, classics from Sonic Colours, Dynamite Headdy, F-Zero GX and more, plus fantastic remixes from turtledove, FFmusicDJ, Iceferno, Super Mercato Bros. and DJ Max-E!
Tracklistings:
- Sonic Colours - Starlight Carnival Act 1 (requested by FrostGamer98)
- turtledove - Water On The Moon?! (requested by Aisu915)
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive version) - Beat It (requested by Awinnerwasyou)
- F-Zero GX - Kate Alen (requested by Nicolaas Hamman)
- FFmusicDJ - Hidden Palace Future
- Iceferno - Scar...
2020-05-081h 10
RISK!Patreon Picks #1Chris Garcia, Karen Maruyama, Kate (neé Kevin) Bohl, Joe Matarese, Oz du Soleil and TS Madison share stories about a big fight, a closed bar, a jealous husband, canceled plans and a well endowed Turk.Support RISK! on Patreon at Patreon.com/RISKMake a one-time donation to RISK! at PayPal.me/RISKshowGet tickets to RISK! live shows at RISK-show.com/tourGet the RISK! book at TheRISKBook.comTake our storytelling classes at TheStoryStudio.orgHire Kevin Allison to make a personalized video at Cameo.c...
2020-03-311h 35
The Virtual Memories ShowThe Guest List 2019It's time for our annual Guest List episode! More than two dozen of the year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2019 and the books they hope to get to in 2020! Guests include Christopher Brown, Nina Bunjevac, Jerome Charyn, Caleb Crain, Joan Marans Dim, Boris Fishman, Katelan Foisy, Mort Gerberg, Eva Hagberg, Peter Kuper, Kate Lacour, Liniers, Kate Maruyama, Edie Nadelhaft, Sylvia Nickerson, James Oseland, Dawn Raffel, Witold Rybczynski, Frank Santoro, Ersi Sotiropoulos, Karl Stevens, James Sturm, Frederic Tuten, and Chris Ware! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patr...
2019-12-3142 min
The Virtual Memories ShowGil Roth AMABecause of a last-minute guest cancellation, I had no show lined up for this week! Rather than take a second week off this summer, I decided it was time for another Gil Roth AMA episode, since the last one was almost 5 years ago. Thirty-two past and upcoming guests and Patreon supporters came through with questions for me, including (in the order I answered them): Ken Krimstein, Hugh Ryan, Barry Corbett, Joe Ciardiello, Glynnis Fawkes, Kyle Cassidy, Ian Kelley, Kate Lacour, Dean Haspiel, Eddy Portnoy, Kate Maruyama, Tom Spurgeon, Jonathan Hyman, David Leopold, Paine Proffitt, David Townsend, Boaz Roth, Chris...
2019-08-191h 57
The Virtual Memories ShowKate MaruyamaWriter, teacher, and activist Kate Maruyama joins the show from Readercon 2019! We talk about her first novel, Harrowgate (47North), which managed to make new motherhood and domesticity even creepier than the ghost story that overlays it. We get into how her husband and kids reacted to that book (it's about a woman who dies in childbirth), and when she got around to reading the work of her late mother, Kit Reed. We also talk about how she spent 20 years in Los Angeles before stumbling across its literary scene, and how she's making up for lost time by promoting that...
2019-07-161h 15
Mom RagePlanet TeenagerThis week, Amelia and Edan talk about their intentions and resolutions for 2019, and their shared goal to stay off social media. Amelia talks more about her challenging visit with her mom, and Edan shares some big news. At 28:00, they interview novelist and writing teacher Kate Maruyama about what it's like being a mom to two teenagers. For books/articles we mention, go here. Support us!
2019-01-1500 min
Ink in Your VeinsEp. 037: Kate MaruyamaKate Maruyama‘s novel Harrowgate was published by 47North. Her short work has appeared in Arcadia, Stoneboat and Controlled Burn and is now featured in two new anthologies, Phantasma: Stories and Winter Horror Tales as well as on The Rumpus, Salon and The Citron Review among other journals. She teaches at Antioch University Los Angeles in the BA and MFA Programs and for inspiration2publication.com as well as for Writing Workshops Los Angeles. She writes, teaches, cooks and eats in Los Angeles where she lives with her family. How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of...
2017-03-0225 min
Ani-Gamers PodcastAGP#064 – Cannon Busters, Under the Dog, and Eating Contests at Otakon 2016The crowd at the Cannon Busters premiere at Otakon. Evan, Clarissa, Gerald, and Daryl are up in front.
Evan and David went to Otakon 2016, but David got an early train out of town, so Evan had to settle for a huge supergroup of podcasters and bloggers in this post-Otakon show. Daryl Surat, Gerald Rathkolb, and Clarissa Graffeo from Anime World Order; Alain and Kate from the Reverse Thieves/Speakeasy; and Carl from Ogiue Maniax sit down to discuss their favorite and least favorite parts of Otakon 2016, and the future of the convention as it moves to Washington, DC in 2017...
2016-08-1900 min