A Conspiracy of Lemurs

A Regal House Publishing podcast that celebrates the writing craft.


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All Hail the Mighty Underpup: Writing the Underdog Hero in Children’s Literature

 In anticipation of the release of our 2019 Kraken Book Prize-winning title, Thomas Creeper and the Gloomsbury Secret, J.R. Potter will be joining us on A Conspiracy of Lemurs...

The Impact of the Pandemic on Writers, Artists, and the Creative Community:

 Joey Garcia and Joni Renee Whitworth, contributors to the upcoming upcoming release (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic, will be joining us to discuss the impact of...

Surviving Racism in a Global Pandemic: Being Black or Brown in America during the Coronavirus

Alicia Mosley and Ella deCastro Baron, contributors to the upcoming release (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic, and Joanell Serra, coeditor of (Her)oics, (Pact Press, March 2021)...

Political Literature: The Personal and the Political, an Intertwining Narrative

Julie Wittes Shlack, author of This-All-at-Onceness, joins Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk to discuss and ins and outs of political literature – how it may be differentiated from...

The Road to Redemption: Landscape, Culture, and Catastrophe As Catalysts For Character Development

Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk spend an hour with two of our Southern Mash Literature Series authors: Rebecca Baum, author of Lifelike Creatures, and Karol Hoeffner, author of...

Traveling in Place – Stories in Which Place takes a Significant Role

Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk spend an hour with Jan Alexander, author of Ms. Ming’s Guide to Civilization, and Karen Quevillon, author of The Parasol Flower, discussing the...

In a Moment of Madness – Exploring Mental Illness in Gothic Literature

Melanie Cossey, author of A Peculiar Curiosity, and Lillah Lawson, author of Monarchs Under the Sassafras Tree, join us on A Conspiracy of Lemurs to discuss the role of...

Truth in Historical Fiction

Karen Quevillon, author of The Parasol Flower, and Mitchell James Kaplan, author of Into the Unbounded Night, join Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk to discuss the writing of...

Girlz ‘n the Hood with Dr. Mary Hill-Wagner

Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk are delighted to welcome Dr. Mary Hill-Wagner to join us on A Conspiracy of Lemurs to discuss the inspiration behind her upcoming publication,...

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