We’re so excited to share our latest Plume episode, featuring THE Jessamine Chan! Jessamine’s novel, The School for Good Mothers, is a New York Times bestseller, a penetrating and mind-bending speculative dystopian tale that provokes deep conversations. In this episode, Melanie and Dawn dive in with Jessamine, talking about The School For Good Mothers, publishing … Read more
Season 3, Episode 1: A Novel in Progress, A Conversation with Melanie Unruh To kick off Season 3, Plumesters Sam and Dawn are turning the tables on their fellow co-host, Melanie Unruh, the “Mother of Plume,” and talking to her about writing novels, sticking with large projects, and the founding of Plume. This is a … Read more
This month, we’re happy to introduce Plume’s November featured writer, Kendra Tuthill! Kendra Tuthill holds an MA in Fiction Writing from Portland State University. She has won several awards for her plays and screenplays, most notably landing a semi-finalist position in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest for her dark, superhero screenplay titled Kendar the … Read more
We’re excited to introduce Plume’s September featured writer Paula Treick DeBoard (@HerPlotThickens), author of HERE WE LIE, THE DROWNING GIRLS, THE FRAGILE WORLD, & THE MOURNING HOURS. Keep an eye out for this month’s digital Plume (dropping next week!), which will feature Paula’s letter of encouragement to writers and the first chapter of her novel, HERE WE LIE. Our podcast interview with Paula will follow shortly after.
My best friend Karin told me that when she sleeps it’s like going to the movies. She dreams complete stories. And she doesn’t always have the lead role! That surprised me because I’m always the star of my own dreams. If I remember them. Of course she’s a fiction writer and I write nonfiction—I’m working … Read more