Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!

Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due

Booking Overview

Lifewriting is an author-and-screenwriter focused show about the craft, practical routines, and personal life realities behind writing. It’s a strong booking target for literary/horror/screenwriting authors and educators who can speak to writing process, resilience, and career navigation.

Metrics

Episodes: 172

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 26.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

tanacoach@gmail.com

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Host

Steven Barnes - Co-host of Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!. In the provided episode descriptions, he discusses writing and screenwriting tools, plus health and staying centered while creating.

Tananarive Due - Co-host of Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!. In the provided episode descriptions, she talks about writing, research, and balancing work/family relationships, and shares updates on her upcoming no...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Published authors and screenwriters (often award-winning or bestselling), especially those with recent books/projects and a strong point of view on craft and process.

Required Achievements:

Bestseller status, Major awards or critical recognition, Recent novel/publication or major project release, Demonstrated expertise in writing craft and process

Recent Guest Discussions

Dan Chaon - His Most Recent Novel, Research For Writing, The Writing Life, And Creating Hope Through Art During Challenging Times

Recent Topics

Writing, Screenwriting, Novel, Publishing, Career

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!

LIFEWRITING LIVE! On the World Premiere of our short film, THE KEEPER! (And live chat with writers)

August 30, 2026

In this episode, Steve and Tananarive play the trailer to their short film, THE KEEPER, and talk about their experience at their first film festival as directors, the Blackstar Film Festival. They also discuss their plans to make a feature! And questions and announcements from writers who attended the taping live! Never miss a live episode! For the link, join one of our mailing lists: Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarivelist.comSteve's mailing list at https:...

LIFEWRITING LIVE! Make Your Own Short Film! (And book updates from Tananarive and Steve!)

July 30, 2026

In this episode recorded LIVE with an audience, Steve and Tananarive talk about the unveiling of their new masterclass, "Make Your Own Short Film!" based on their experience directing their upcoming short film, The Keeper. Tananarive also talks about the amazing reviews for her upcoming thriller novel, MAZYWOOD (Sept. 26), her upcoming Amazon Original novelette, "Battle of the Round House" (loosely inspired by her family history) - and Steve talks about his newest novel with collaborat...

Guest Dan Chaon! (One of Us, Ill Will, Await Your Reply)

June 26, 2026

In this episode, Tananarive catches up with her college classmate from Northwestern University, award-winning and bestselling author Dan Chaon. They talk about his most recent novel, ONE OF US, research for wriring, the writing life, and how creating art can create hope during challenging times. Tananarive also talks a bit about her upcoming novel, MAZYWOOD (Sept. 22). Never miss a live episode! For the link, join one of our mailing lists: Tananarive's mailing list at https://tananarive...

Publicly listed emails

tanacoach@gmail.com

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