Episode 5 of The Authors' Studio Podcast is an interview with Melissa Payne, author of In This Life or Another (September, 2026).

Melissa is the bestselling author of six novels, including The Wild Road Home and Memories in the Drift. After an early career raising money for nonprofit organizations, Melissa began dreaming about becoming a published author and wrote her first novel. Her stories feature small mountain towns with characters searching for redemption, love, and second chances. They have been three-time Colorado Book Award finalists and three-time Colorado Authors League winners for mainstream fiction. Melissa lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her husband and three children, a friendly mutt, a very loud cat, and the occasional bear.

More: www.melissapayneauthor.com

The Authors' Studio podcast is a production of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Co-hosts: Mira Landry

Mark Stevens www.writermarkstevens.com

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers www.rmfw.org

Theme music: "Moon Shine" by Brass Queens: www.brassqueensnyc.com

Vish is a filmmaker and author, born in Hyderabad, India, and now based in Castle Rock, Colorado. He founded The Picture Theory, a storytelling platform built on the belief that every frame and every sentence should make the world feel something.

Prashnenti: the First of All is his debut novel. It began as a screenplay before growing into a larger world on the page, and it moves between Indian mythology, ancient history, and a modern investigation.

Episode 3 of The Authors' Studio Podcast is an interview with C.N. Kuster, author of The Bloodweaver, featuring a discussion about world-building techniques in fantasy fiction.

More about C.N. Kuster:

www.cnkuster.com

The Authors' Studio podcast is a production of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Co-hosts:

Mira Landry

Mark Stevens

www.writermarkstevens.com

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

www.rmfw.org

Theme music: "Moon Shine" by Brass Queens: www.brassqueensnyc.com

Episode 2 of The Authors' Studio Podcast is an interview with Rachel Horak Dempsey, author of the novella PNOKO, about the challenges of pacing and maintaining tension in a novella.

More about Rachel: www.rachelhorakdempsey.com

The Authors' Studio podcast is a production of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Co-hosts:

Mira Landry

Mark Stevens www.writermarkstevens.com

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers www.rmfw.org

Theme music: "Moon Shine" by Brass Queens: www.brassqueensnyc.com

Welcome to The Authors' Studio podcast - interviews with ficiton writers about specific craft issues and the book publishing business.

In Episode 1, cohosts Mira Landry and Mark Stevens offer a general discussion about how they will approach discussions about writing fiction.

Produced by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

Theme music:

"Moon Shine" by Brass Queens: https://www.brassqueensnyc.com/

Hosts:

Mira Landry

Mark Stevens

www.writermarkstevens.com

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

www.rmfw.org