Kate Maruyama's guest appearances

Kate Maruyama

How Do You Write

The Virtual Memories Show

Open Book with Maggie Downs & Tod Goldberg

Are You There, Ghost? It’s Me, Chiwan.

Joanna Penn

Ashton Applewhite

Honorée Corder

Kurt Andersen

David Shields

Bob Stein

Dani Shapiro

Eddy Portnoy

Michael Scott Moore

Becca Syme

Jennie Nash

Lee Goldberg

Sacha Black

Orna Ross

Andrew Parker

OwlTail

In this episode of Are You There, Ghost? It's Me, Chiwan, our host catches up with horror writer extraordinaire Kate Maruyama, who was raised in a small college town in New England and now lives in Los Angeles with her family. Chiwan first met her in 2014 and was knocked out by her debut novel, Harrowgate, of which Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events, says, "Strangely moving and movingly strange, Harrowgate is the world's creepiest answer to 'How's the wife and kid?'" Her new book, the novella Family Solstice, is equally frightening and equally moving. #haunted #ghost #Harrowgate

In this episode of Are You There, Ghost? It's Me, Chiwan, our host catches up with horror writer extraordinaire <a href="https://katermaruyama.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Maruyama</a>, who was raised in a small college town in New England and now lives in Los Angeles with her family. Chiwan first met her in 2014 and was knocked out by her debut novel, Harrowgate, of which Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events, says, "Strangely moving and movingly strange, Harrowgate is the world's creepiest answer to 'How's the wife and kid?'" Her new book, the novella Family Solstice, is equally frightening and equally moving. #haunted #ghost #Harrowgate

Living with Ghosts, Harrowgate with Kate Maruyama

Author, 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 virtual book tour (including the launch in a virtual version of her childhood home), what her and her students' pandemic-era fiction looks like, the joy of getting her first Asimov's publication last year, and more! Follow Kate on Twitter and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author, editor and activist <a href="https://katermaruyama.wordpress.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Maruyama</a> rejoins the show to celebrate the publication of her wonderfully creepy new novella, <a href="https://omniumgatherumedia.com/paperbackorder/family-solstice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Family Solstice</a> (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 <a href="http://www.kitreed.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kit Reed</a>, might have made of This Whole Situation we're in, the positives of holding a virtual book tour (including the launch in <a href="https://youtu.be/kAKWok9H2r0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">a virtual version of her childhood home</a>), what her and her students' pandemic-era fiction looks like, the joy of getting her first <a href="https://fromearthtothestars.com/2020/10/28/writing-hope-in-times-of-trouble/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Asimov's</a> publication last year, and more! Follow Kate on <a href="https://twitter.com/KateMaruyama" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katemaruyama/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> • More info <a href="http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-421-kate-maruyama" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">at our site</a> • Support The Virtual Memories Show via <a href="https://patreon.com/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> or <a href="https://paypal.me/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Paypal</a>

Episode 421 - Kate Maruyama

Author, teacher &amp; 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&amp;SF &amp; 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 than broad &amp; deep thinking, and more. Follow Kate on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author, teacher &amp; activist <a href="https://katermaruyama.wordpress.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Maruyama</a> checks in from LA. We talk about whether writers have a responsibility to write a positive future and how she helped organize the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-better-futures-in-times-of-crisis-tickets-103971784406" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Writing Better Futures in Times of Crisis</a> 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, <a href="https://www.antioch.edu/continuing-education/course/AUO%20CRW%201910_28620697/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">teaching writing online</a>, whether her F&amp;SF &amp; 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 than broad &amp; deep thinking, and more. Follow Kate on <a href="https://twitter.com/KateMaruyama" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katemaruyama/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> • Listen to <a href="http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-329-kate-maruyama" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">our full-length podcast</a> • More info <a href="http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/covid-check-in-with-kate-maruyama" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">at our site</a> • Find all our <a href="http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/the-covid-19-sessions" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">COVID Check-In episodes</a> • Support The Virtual Memories Show via <a href="https://patreon.com/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> or <a href="https://paypal.me/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Paypal</a>

COVID Check-In with Kate Maruyama

Writer, 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 diverse writing community. Along the way, we discuss the differences between screenwriting vs prose writing, how she teaches students to avoid using archetypes that demean an entire population (and why Baby Driver turns out to be a woke crime movie), the authors her parents hosted at Wesleyan University during her childhood and the embarrassing question she asked Ralph Ellison, the social justice mission of Antioch College, how she taught creative writing in South Central LA and what her students taught her, and why the fast-fail model of screenplay sales has a lot to recommend it. • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Writer, teacher, and activist <a href="https://katermaruyama.wordpress.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Maruyama</a> joins the show from <a href="http://readercon.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Readercon 2019</a>! We talk about her first novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Harrowgate-Kate-Maruyama-ebook/dp/B00BL7U8EO/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Harrowgate</a> (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, <a href="http://www.kitreed.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kit Reed</a>. 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 diverse writing community. Along the way, we discuss the differences between screenwriting vs prose writing, how she teaches students to avoid using archetypes that demean an entire population (and why Baby Driver turns out to be a woke crime movie), the authors her parents hosted at Wesleyan University during her childhood and the embarrassing question she asked Ralph Ellison, the social justice mission of Antioch College, how she taught creative writing in South Central LA and what her students taught her, and why the fast-fail model of screenplay sales has a lot to recommend it. • More info <a href="http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-329-kate-maruyama" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">at our site</a> • Support The Virtual Memories Show via <a href="http://patreon.com/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> or <a href="http://paypal.me/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Paypal</a>

Episode 329 - Kate Maruyama

This week Tod &amp; Maggie are joined by horror writer Kate Maruyama, author of HARROWGATE, to talk about scary books, scary things, and the scary world we live in. P

Open Book with novelist Kate Maruyama

Kate 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 working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate 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 <a href="http://inspiration2publication.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspiration2publication.com</a> 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 working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.