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Michele enjoys all aspects of sharing her work and is comfortable in a variety of formats including podcast, radio and television. In 2018 she appeared on NC Bookwatch-UNC-TV with host D.G. Martin to discuss creativity, writing and the release of her sci-fi novella, Reenu-You.
Michele has also been a featured columnist, contributor or interview subject in several online and print magazines including Chapel Hill News, the Chatham County Line, Ms. Magazine, and Southern Living Magazine.
Topics
Creativity, Well-Being and Writing
How to keep going as a writer, being a Black woman writer working in the speculative and horror genres, stocking the creative well, managing work/life balance, how not to self-reject your work, how to be a savvy submitter, etc., the power of positive self-talk
Fiction and Craft
The value of social horror/Black horror, women of color writing and publishing speculative fiction, What is Afrofuturism and why is it valuable for telling different types of stories, high level adaptations and representation of Black women’s stories in recent TV/film: Kindred, The Other Black Girl, The Angry Black Girl and her Monster, Swarm; how to create compelling characters and deep world-building.
A selection of podcasts and interviews
The Power of Micro-Communities
It was such a deep joy to be a guest on Rachael Herron’s Ink in Your Veins. She’s a fantastic teacher and a wonderful builder of literary community. We discuss lessons learned as a debut author, the micro-communities that form on a book tour, and how to rock a query letter (hint: research, research, research).
What is Elevated Horror?
Fantastic time talking with Emma Dhesi about new trends in horror!
Convincing Creatives with Evan Kidd
Stimulating interview about writing habits, empowering creatives mindset and power of neutral and positive self talk inspirations, taming inner critics.
NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast, Episode 39
Discussing my short story, “Etta, Zora and The First Serpent” and the writer Zora Neale Hurston who appears in the story.
Listen to the story and/or read here.
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