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206. AI Content Licensing for Authors: Julie Trelstad
May 25, 2026
14m 10s
205. Goal-Based Sci-Fi Research With Sue Burke
May 18, 2026
14m 01s
204. Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures
May 11, 2026
24m 36s
203. Hip Hop for the Future
May 4, 2026
18m 31s
202. Read, Write, Repeat with David D. Levine
Apr 27, 2026
15m 30s
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| 5/25/26 | 206. AI Content Licensing for Authors: Julie Trelstad | “Amlet AI creates a tool that allows authors to make it known to machine to developers that their work can be licensed and is available and that they expect to be compensated.” - Julie Trelstad In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “AI Content Licensing for Authors: Julie Trelstad,” host Beth Barany interviews publishing professional, Julie Trelstad. Julie shares her publishing journey, what AI content licensing is, and how authors and publishers can protect themselves again... | 14m 10s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | 205. Goal-Based Sci-Fi Research With Sue Burke | “One thing I recommend is that if you're really sure about something look it up cause you're probably wrong.” - Sue Burke In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled, “Goal-Based Sci-Fi Research With Sue Burke,” host Beth Barany talks to author and translator Sue Burke on the importance of goal-based research and how it can help generate conflict in your stories and avoid clichés. ABOUT SUE BURKE Sue Burke is an author and translator. Her novel Semiosis was nominated for the Arthu... | 14m 01s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | 204. Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures | “Fiction is a wonderful arena for dealing with some really complex topics and some difficult issues in a safe space.” - Alex Kingsley In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode titled, “Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures,” host Beth Barany chats with Alex Kingsley, a science fiction writer, playwright, game designer, and more exciting roles that inform their fiction writing. Together they talk about AI cognition, the importance of human intelligence in creating for the futu... | 24m 36s | ||||||
| 5/4/26 | 203. Hip Hop for the Future | “I'm trying to make sure we have artists, the next generation people who can get to the open mic for the first time and learn how to hold a microphone.” - Khafre Jay In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Hip Hop for the Future” host Beth Barany interviews hip hop organizer Khafre Jay where they discuss the importance of hip hop as a culture within the San Francisco Bay Area and his plans for the future to get more community members involved. From his business creati... | 18m 31s | ||||||
| 4/27/26 | 202. Read, Write, Repeat with David D. Levine | “I was a science fiction reader from the beginning, and I continued to identify myself as a science fiction writer. However, a lot of my stuff would have to be classified as fantasy.” - David D. Levine In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Read, Write, Repeat with David D. Levine” host Beth Barany talks to science fiction author David D. Levine about his career path, the challenges of history research, and how he uses it in his novels, including gender thr... | 15m 30s | ||||||
| 4/20/26 | 201. 5 Upcoming Inspiring Interviews | “Oh my goodness. Sue has so much to say about research and how to use research strategically about finding conflicts and problems and learning as much as you need to know to be able to move forward. So be sure to listen to our conversation. It was really fun talking with her. I so admire her.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, “5 Upcoming Inspiring Interviews“ host Beth Barany shares with listeners upcoming interviews for the podcast including with a fellow scie... | 7m 33s | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | 200. Uncertain Times: Five Creative Superpowers | “What is creativity? Here's the short of it. For me, creativity is about combining disparate elements, elements we might not even think of putting together. For us, for us as science fiction and fantasy writers, what might this look like? Well, this will be a fusion of tropes and genres and settings and your own personal spin.” - Beth Barany In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode titled “Uncertain Times: Five Creative Superpowers” host, Beth Barany shares what creativity means ... | 10m 55s | ||||||
| 4/6/26 | 199. Use Divination Cards to Spark Stories | “If you need help with ideas, if you want to play with randomness, to inspire you, to jumpstart your creativity, to come up with new ideas that you wouldn't have ordinarily thought of.” - Beth Barany *** In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Use Divination Cards to Spark Stories,” host Beth Barany shares her personal journey with Tarot, plus how you can use Tarot and the Mythulu Desk for your science fiction and fantasy stories. Discover practical tips for writers, in... | 5m 42s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 | 198. Beginning, Middle, End — And Mess | “Life is messy. Life is unpredictable, and so is creating. Make room for that. Create compassion.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Beginning, Middle, End — And Mess” host Beth Barany shares why embracing the mess in creativity can have powerful results. GET HELP WITH YOUR WORLD BUILDING - START HERE Free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/world-building-resources/ SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth BaranySHOW CO-PRODU... | 4m 17s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 | 197. Business Advice Creatives Can Actually Use | “Traditionally, at least for the last 200 years, there's been a cultural divide between being in business and being a creative, which is born out of a lot of images of the starving artist and really different movements that thought being an artist is totally different from being in business.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast episode titled “Business Advice Creatives Can Actually Use” host Beth Barany shares business advice for creative entrepreneurs and creative writers. ... | 8m 44s | ||||||
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| 3/16/26 | 196. Fun Values Check-In for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Writers | “ I care very much about your success and I really believe that our future is in our hands and as creatives, we have some incredible skill sets we get to bring to that.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Fun Values Check-In for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Writers,” host Beth Barany shares what values are most important to her, why that matters, how values can guide the choices we make, and about an upcoming creative business training. Beth also reveals how she found in... | 7m 54s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | 195. Trust Your Creative Process | “In difficult days when I'm struggling with my story or I'm struggling with my creative entrepreneur business. I turn to what I know and to what I trust, which is my emotions, my breathing, my physical body, and often it's a sign I need to do a bunch of self-care.” - Beth Barany What can you trust? Who do you trust? How To Write the Future host, Beth Barany asks you these questions in her latest episode, titled “Trust Your Creative Process” where she shares how learning to trust her emotion... | 7m 26s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | 194. Risk Taking Without Desperation: Write From Trust | “Every creative project involves risk, whether you are writing a novel, creating a play, a film, or starting your own creative entrepreneur business.” -- Beth Barany In the this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, titled “Risk Taking Without Desperation: Write From Trust,” host Beth Barany discusses how taking risks is unavoidable in both the realm of storytelling and being a creative entrepreneur. She shares her own business growth and future plans including different ways she think... | 7m 53s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | 193. Marketing and Selling Tips for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers | “Marketing and selling, especially learning how to do it in written form, is also a form of magic. It's just using words in a different way.” — Beth Barany Are you ready to learn the skills needed to market your novel? In this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, titled “Marketing and Selling Tips for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers” Beth takes listeners on an encouraging journey to guide you over the fear of marketing your novel. From crafting effective marketing hooks to usi... | 6m 05s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | 192. Level Up with Writer Feedback | “If you start asking for feedback too soon, it can really destroy the creative process for you. It can make you doubt the direction you're going in. There's all kinds of reasons why I recommend that you get feedback after you finish your first draft.” - Beth Barany Do you want feedback on the first page of your manuscript? Need to know if there’s something just missing? In “Level Up with Writer Feedback,” this How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany guides you throug... | 7m 46s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | 191. Writing Constraints: The Fast Creativity Reset | “For me, writing fiction is a place of play. So, yeah, that Aha came to me recently and I thought, okay, I need to dedicate myself to just playing with fiction for the next few days or the next few weeks, not taking everything so seriously. Just have some more fun.” How do you get unstuck in your writing? How can you make the process more fun? These are a couple of the questions How To Write the Future host, Beth Barany ask you in this episode titled “Writing Constrain... | 5m 01s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | 190. Ethical AI for Writers with Ana del Valle | “I think that if you sit on the sidelines and you choose to ignore these tools, you have no chance to compete in this new marketplace. You have no chance. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. These tools can help you do structure, do deep thinking, do critical thinking very quickly and very, very good, and you're gonna be competing with very hungry writers that wanna learn craft, that have incredible tools in their hands.” —Ana del Valle In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Ethical... | 17m 05s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | 189. World-Building Without Information Dumping | “ I really recommend you write your book anyway. Let it be as messy and chaotic as first drafts are.” - Beth Barany Hooking a reader in at the beginning without overwhelming them with information is essential, which is why in this How To Write the Future podcast episode, “World-Building Without Information Dumping” host Beth Barany breaks down how to draw your reader in by starting with your main character’s perspective, introducing key elements and essential details gradually. MORE R... | 6m 03s | ||||||
| 1/18/26 | 188. Fantasy Steampunk: Do You Need Magic? | “Do your research, read widely in the genre, and don't limit yourself to strict rules; go ahead and create something new. That would be cool.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, “Fantasy Steampunk: Do You Need Magic?” host Beth Barany answers a listener's question on whether magic is needed as an element to a steampunk novel. She dives into how to understand what genre you are writing, how to work using your instincts, plus why it can be exciting to create ... | 4m 55s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | 187. Decode The Obsidian Tower's Setting | “By setting in this case, we are getting the scope of the world. We are learning the rules of magic in this story.” — Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Decode The Obsidian Tower's Setting,” host Beth Barany analyzes The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso, showing you exactly how she works as a developmental editor and coach. You'll discover how character voice hooks readers, how setting creates intrigue, and how to ground your story in your character's perspec... | 8m 26s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | 186. How Much Science in Your Sci-Fi Stories? | “Go ahead and base your sci-fi entirely on your own imagination, whatever science that you want to integrate into your story. And make it feel real.“ —Beth Barany How Much Science in Your Sci-Fi Stories? That’s the question from a listener Beth Barany is answering in this How To Write the Future podcast episode. She answers whether you can base your novel entirely on your imagination, whether studying science is necessary, plus she invites you to get in touch with any questions th... | 5m 55s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | 185. How to Find a Literary Agent | “ It's essentially a marketplace. You want to shop around. You want to make sure that this person has a good reputation and you want to talk off the record in confidence with other writers.” — Beth Barany Finished your novel and ready to land a literary agent? In this How To Write the Future episode, Beth Barany shares how to research reputable agents, start smart conversations with fellow writers, evaluate fit, and communicate professionally—so your submissions stand out and your interests a... | 4m 53s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | 184. Writing Consistently: Facts and Myths | “Learning how to write fiction-- most people never learn in school, so we're learning as adults and therefore we're gonna have a huge learning curve.” - Beth Barany In this How to Write the Future podcast episode, “Writing Consistently: Facts and Myths,” host Beth Barany shares the common misconceptions about writing consistently, plus tips on how to find the rhythm of writing that suits and works for your writing style and a bit about her own writing journey. GET HELP WITH YOUR WORLD B... | 9m 43s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | 183. How to Handle Plot Holes Effectively | “It's hard to fix a manuscript that is not yet finished. This is what I counsel all of my clients and people who might want to work with me is write the whole first draft because there's something that brought you to the story.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future episode, “How to Handle Plot Holes Effectively,” host Beth Barany answers a listener's question on how to handle your story's plot holes when you’re deep into writing the rough draft and how to take the necessary ste... | 6m 49s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | 182. Writer's Block: Five Steps Forward | “In my opinion, the cure for writer's block is writing -- pure and simple.” - Beth Barany Do you wonder why you’re not writing and wish you were? Then listen to “Writer's Block: Five Steps Forward,” the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, where host and writing teacher, Beth Barany, shares five steps forward that you can put into action to help with your writer’s block. Plus, she shares the importance of creating a safe writing space and how to create a routine that wi... | 8m 51s | ||||||
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