A Conspiracy of Lemurs

A Regal House Publishing podcast that celebrates the writing craft.


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The Seeds of Fact in the Garden of Fiction: Growing Southern Novels

Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk chat with Mimi Herman, author of The Kudzu Queen, and Dale Neal, author of Kings of Coweetsee, about Southern fiction, the “seeds” of...

The past is never past (Faulkner) – Southern Fiction and Sour Mash Writers at Regal

Join us for a deep dive into Southern fiction and Regal House's Sour Mash series with Marjorie Hudson, author of Indigo Field, and Culley Holderfield, author of Hemlock Hollow. ...

Writer as Recording Artist: Power and Empathy in Fiction

We welcome Roxanne Doty, author of Out Stealing Water, and Amy L. Bernstein, author of The Protero Complex, to our podcast to discuss Writers as Recording Artists: Power and...

Crossing Boundaries in YA and MG Fiction

One of the most common themes in literature for young people is boundaries crossed—in friendship and family.  Young people are changing rapidly, and they often find it very hard...

Rural Settings: The Rich Opportunity for World Building with Non-Binary Characters

Gary Eldon Peter, author of The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen, and Valerie Nieman, author of In the Lonely Backwater, join us to discuss the rich opportunity...

Middle Grade Fiction: Empowering Young Readers

Ginger Park, author of The Hundred Choices Department Store, Frank Morelli, author of Breaking News, and Diana Renn, author of Trouble at Turtle Pond join us for a lively...

Writing About Mortality

We are delighted to welcome Michele Herman, author of Save the Village, Laraine Herring, author of A Constellation of Ghosts: A Speculative Memoir with Ravens, and David R. Roth,...

Education in Literature

M.B. McLatchey‘s memoir Beginner’s Mind and Kevin McIntosh‘s novel Class Dismissed address similar educational themes and explore some of the same tensions in and out of the classroom. M.B....

Navigating the Indie Publishing Scene with Jon Sealy, founder of Haywire Books & author Heather Bell Adams

 Jon Sealy, founder of Haywire Books and author of The Edge of America, The Whiskey Baron, So You Want to Be a Novelist, and The Merciful  and   Heather Bell...

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